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Discover who has stolen the Easter eggs, while reviewing math and literacy skills, with these Easter escape room spring activities for kids! Students will complete up to eight different Easter centers for kindergarten. At the spring literacy centers and spring math centers, the students practice CVC words, syllables, digraphs, blends, subtracting from 5, decomposing 10, extending patterns and ordering numbers. Easily plan your Easter activities with these spring centers for kindergarten!

8 Captivating Easter Activities for Kindergarten

Who stole the Easter eggs? Was it the Easter Bunny? Discover the egg-snatching culprit in The Case of The Lost…

Beat spring fever, as you solve the mystery of the missing seeds, with these Spring or Easter escape room spring activities for kids! Students will complete up to eight plant activities and plant centers for kindergarten. At the math centers and literacy centers, students will practice decomposing numbers, comparing numbers, recognizing 2D and 3D shapes, adding, subtracting, beginning blends, CVCe words, middle sounds, and high frequency words. Download your spring centers for kindergarten now!

8 Fun Spring Activities for Kindergarten

Managing the classroom during the springtime can present a set of challenges, especially when it comes to student behavior and…

The Best How to Catch a Leprechaun Activities and Craft

The Best How to Catch a Leprechaun Activities and Craft

Before we know it, March will be here and our little learners will be busy brainstorming creative ways for how…

St. Patrick's Day Activities for Kindergarten

8 Easy St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Kindergarten

Swap out those leprechaun traps and messy leprechaun tricks with these engaging St. Patrick’s Day activities and centers for kindergarten!…

Help students better understand the informational writing process with these informational writing mentor texts, authors and series! This comprehensive list of mentor texts for informational writing will help build confident writers as they dive into writing their own informational writing piece or all about writing piece. These writing mentor texts are filled with nonfiction text features. Use these as part of your writing mini lessons or independent writing activities during writing workshop!

20 of the Best Informational Writing Mentor Texts for Kindergarten

Informational writing is one of the most challenging writing units to teach at the early elementary level. With the help…

Boost engagement and help students better understand procedural writing with these 15 how-to writing mentor texts for kindergarten and first grade! These procedural writing mentor texts help students understand sequential writing as well as transition words for their how-to writing pieces. Use these how-to mentor texts for your writing mini lessons and allow students to use them as a model as they work on their own informational writing. You will also find how-to writing activities & crafts!

20 of the Best How-To Writing Mentor Texts for Kindergarten

How-to writing is one of my students’ favorite units of writing! Aren’t they always so eager to be the teacher?!…

Opinion writing can be a bit of a struggle for kindergarten and first grade students, but it doesnโ€™t have to be that way! Here are 20 opinion writing mentor texts that will help students construct their opinion writing or persuasive writing piece. These mentor texts for opinion writing include The Day The Crayons Quit, Red is Best, and Hey, Little Ant. Plus, find opinion writing activities, including The Day The Crayons Quit activity and craft. Read these opinion writing books today!

20 of the Best Opinion Writing Mentor Texts for Kindergarten

As we all know, kindergartners are full of opinions! However, teaching them how to write an opinion writing piece can…

Fine Motor Tools and Fine Motor Activities for Kids

15 Fine Motor Tools for the Classroom

In the last decade, Iโ€™ve witnessed more and more students facing challenges with fine motor skills. Our little learners are…

Build fine motor skills and imaginative play with these individual Valentineโ€™s play dough kits for Valentine's Day student gifts! This Valentineโ€™s Day party activity serves as both a Valentineโ€™s craft and a Valentineโ€™s sensory activity. Students will create their own Valentineโ€™s designs using the Valentineโ€™s play dough mats. These play dough kits also make a great Valentineโ€™s student gift. Your students will love these Valentineโ€™s Day fine motor activities during your Valentineโ€™s party stations!

Valentineโ€™s Play Dough Kits for Valentineโ€™s Day Student Gift

Boost fine motor skills and enhance your studentsโ€™ imaginations by introducing these Valentine’s play dough kits! These kits provide limitless…

Celebrate the New Year with these New Year's resolution craft books and New Year's activities! Your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students will love setting goals with this New Yearโ€™s goal craft. This craft for New Yearโ€™s allows kids to set academic goals and personal goals, as you discuss New Year's resolutions for kids. Use the New Yearโ€™s resolution writing prompts to help guide your students with goal setting. Place this New Yearโ€™s craft on your New Yearโ€™s bulletin board!

New Year’s Resolution Craft for Kids

As the clock strikes midnight and we say goodbye to the past year, there’s an undeniable sense of renewal in…

Build fine motor skills and boost imaginative play with these individual Christmas play dough kits for kids! This holiday party activity serves as both a Christmas craft and a Christmas sensory activity. Students will create their own winter designs using the Christmas play dough mats. These play dough kits also make a great Christmas student gift. Your preschool, kindergarten and first grade students will love this sensory play activity during your Christmas party stations!

Christmas Play Dough Kits for Student Gifts

The holiday season is upon us which means it’s time to start planning your classroom holiday party! On top of…

Hot Chocolate Party Winter Centers for Kindergarten

Brrr! I’m not sure how the weather is where you live, but it sure is getting cold outside here! My…

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You all know I love a good party day, and Glow Day You all know I love a good party day, and Glow Day is no exception!

Organized chaos is my favorite! Learning is meant to be messy and fun! Drop me a โค๏ธ if you agree!

Drop a ๐Ÿ’ก or the word GLOW in the comments for the direct link to my favorite Glow Day activities!

And, hands up if you get out this week or next!

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Before saying goodbye to school and hello to summe Before saying goodbye to school and hello to summer break, kick off the end of the year countdown to summer with this summer bucket list craft for kids! This end of the year craft is the perfect way to harness the excitement for summer, as students brainstorm summer bucket list ideas and plan the ultimate summer vacation!

Drop the word BUCKET in the comments if youโ€™d like a direct link!

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These pool noodle sentence spinners are similar to These pool noodle sentence spinners are similar to the pool noodle word spinners we used at our end of the year party. The kiddos will spin the beginning, middle, and end to create a silly sentence!

Check my post from earlier in the week for a peek at all the Pool Party math and literacy centers.

Drop the word POOL in the comments for the direct link to these new and discounted Pool Party activities!

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โ€œMrs. Spitzerโ€™s Gardenโ€ is another great rea โ€œMrs. Spitzerโ€™s Gardenโ€ is another great read aloud for the end of the year! ๐ŸŒป

Just as you would lovingly tend to a garden, Mrs. Spitzer carefully nurtures her garden of students, helping them grow over the course of a school year.

โ€œSome of the plants grow quickly, pushing upward, eager, impatient. Some grow more slowly, unfolding themselves bit by bit. Some plants sprout thin and tall. Some are bushy and wide spreading. Some are bold, showy. Some are silvery and quiet, the color of the earth.โ€

And when the year is over, her job is done, โ€œbut the plants will keep growing!โ€

Drop the word BOOKS in the comments for the link to all of my favorite end of the year books!

Let me know one of your favorites!

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Save time by simplifying your end of the year awar Save time by simplifying your end of the year awards ceremony with these no prep, student-created awards!

Just print your student awards on regular copy paper! Thatโ€™s it!

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Drop a ๐Ÿ‘‘ or the word CROWNS for the direct link to the crowns!

Also, when is your last day of school? We donโ€™t get out around here until mid June!

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The kiddos loved these pool noodle twisters for ma The kiddos loved these pool noodle twisters for making CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words at their end of the year Pool Party!

Check my last post for a peek at all the Pool Party math and literacy centers.

Drop the word POOL in the comments for the direct link to these new and discounted Pool Party activities!

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To celebrate the end of Teacher Appreciation Week, To celebrate the end of Teacher Appreciation Week, we are giving away two $25 Target gift cards!
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Glow day has always been an end of the year theme Glow day has always been an end of the year theme day fave, but a classroom Pool Party with my little guy was the perfect way to splash into summer!

Who says you need an actual pool to throw the ultimate pool party? ๐ŸŠ

With a little creativity and some engaging activities, you can bring all the fun of a poolside celebration right into your classroom! 

A classroom pool party is the perfect way to keep your little learners engaged at the end of the year!

Drop the word POOL in the comments for the direct link to these new and discounted Pool Party activities!

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