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Torn Paper Apple Craft for Kids

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Learn all about apples during apple week! Pair this apple paper craft with your favorite apple books or apple activities during the month of September. This simple apple craft for kids is perfect for the beginning of the school year. Work on fine motor skills, as your preschool and kindergarten students tear and glue pieces of paper. This fall craft makes a perfect apple bulletin board. You can complete this apple craft after your apple investigation!

Apple Week is one of my favorite September themes! This simple torn paper apple craft is perfect for the beginning of the school year! Students are able to strengthen their fine motor skills, as they tear and glue each torn piece of paper. Preschool, kindergarten, and even first … [Read more...]

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Back to School Crafts for Kids

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Back to school crafts are a great way to kickoff the new school year! Today, I am sharing some of my favorite back to school crafts for preschool, kindergarten and first grade. You will find a David Goes to School craft, an all about me craft, a first day feelings craft and more. These crafts are great for teaching rules and expectations as well as building a strong classroom community from day one. You will also find name crafts including a Chrysanthemum craft and alphabet name soup craft.

The start of a new school year can be very overwhelming for our young learners. Getting used to a new classroom, new friends and new teacher is exciting, but also a bit scary. One way to help break the ice and make learning more fun during those first few weeks of school is … [Read more...]

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Editable Name Writing Practice Activities

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Looking for some fun and engaging name writing activities for preschool and kindergarten? These back to school name writing practice mats and name building activities are perfect for helping students learn how to write their name. Early elementary students get to practice tracing their name and building their name with magnetic letters. These editable name mats work well for centers, morning work or early finisher activities. Use these name practice mats with your favorite name books for kids!

Teaching preschool and kindergarten students to write their names is an important milestone in their educational journey! Not only does it help them develop essential fine motor skills, but it also fosters a sense of identity and ownership over their work. To help students master … [Read more...]

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Fine Motor Name Activities Practice Mats

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Looking for some fun name activities for your preschool or kindergarten classroom? These fine motor name activities are perfect for word work, fine motor tubs, literacy centers, early finishers or morning work. You can use these back to school activities with your favorite name books for kids. Download the editable name mats for name spelling practice. Students get to build letter recognition and sound recognition, as well as fine motor skills, with these fun name activities for kids!

Name activities not only help children recognize and spell their own names, but they also foster a sense of identity and belonging for our preschool and kindergarten students. By engaging in kinesthetic, visual and tactile name practice activities, young learners become more … [Read more...]

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Tissue Paper Earth Day Craft Mosaic for Kids

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Pair this tissue paper Earth Day craft mosaic for kids with your favorite Earth Day books and Earth Day activities! This Earth craft is simple enough for kindergarten, and even, preschool students. Add an "Earth Day Promise" to the craft with the FREE writing prompt! #preschool #kindergarten #firstgrade #earthday #craftsforkids #kidscrafts #teachers #springactivities #teacher

Pair this tissue paper Earth Day craft mosaic for kids with your favorite Earth Day books and Earth Day activities! This Earth craft is simple enough for kindergarteners, and even, preschoolers. Add an "Earth Day Promise" to the craft with the FREE writing prompt at the bottom of … [Read more...]

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I'm Ashley, a Kindergarten teacher who loves live music, Mt. Dew (no coffee for me), and the color yellow. I believe learning should be developmentally appropriate, engaging, rigorous, but most importantly FUN... so welcome to my blog where content,
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