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Thanksgiving Thankful Turkey Craft & Writing Sheets are a quick print favorite addition to the Preschool, Kindergarten, or First Grade lessons, crafts, & activities that you have planned for your kids this fall.
Looking for an easy, fun, & festive activity that you can use to decorate the bulletin board or hall outside your classroom? These Thanksgiving Thankful Turkey Craft & Writing Sheets are a quick print favorite addition to the other Preschool, Kindergarten, or First Grade lessons, crafts, & activities that you have planned for your kids this fall!

The Thankful Turkey Craft  comes with five different turkeys to choose from. All of them have different feet or shoes to add. Mix them up amongst your students to add a little spunk as you line the turkeys up for display in the hall.

Each turkey has 8 blank feathers. Have your kids think of 8 things they are thankful for. It always helps to come up with many things in large group or at carpet time and write them on your chart or white board. This way, students who are struggling to come up with 8 or who need help with spelling, will have something to refer back to for help. 

These two Thanksgiving writing sheets  also give students a chance to reflect on what they're thankful for! Let them choose if they want the boy or girl pilgrim next to their list. 








Get Thankful Turkey Craft & Writing Sheets HERE!

This November Mega Pack also includes the above shown activities plus, TONS more!







Get the November Mega Pack HERE!

Thanks for letting me share these activities with you! I hope your littles love and enjoy them. I also hope they make your teacher life & prep just a tad bit easier!

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Thanksgiving Thankful Turkey Craft & Writing Sheets are a quick print favorite addition to the Preschool, Kindergarten, or First Grade lessons, crafts, & activities that you have planned for your kids this fall.

-Til next time
       
These Veterans Day resources and activities are a perfect addition to go along with the other ideas, crafts, and games you have planned for your Preschool, Kindergarten, or First Grade kids. Build a differentiated reader, a FREE printable, book suggestions, math, literacy, and more!
Veterans Day is approaching quickly! How can it be November already? 
We've had warmer than normal weather here in Illinois, making me just a bit in denial about what month it actually is! 
Anyway, I wanted to share some resources and activities that you can do with your littles in the upcoming week in celebration of all Veterans who have and do serve our country.

A great way to introduce Veterans Day to your kids is with this short six-minute video of Michelle Obama & The Penguins of Madagascar: 

Continue to reinforce what Veterans Day means with a Build-Your-Own Veterans Day Emergent Reader that will allow you to pick and choose which pages you include for your students. 

There are 21 pages to choose from. Here are what some of them look like:

Have your students work on the words "We are..." or "I remember" or mix each page up and alternate!

Here are some other Veterans Day themed picture books that you can use as read alouds. Hero Mom & Hero Dad are my personal favorites, along with The Poppy Lady. But they are all very good.
If you love FREE resources, you can print out my Veterans Day Roll-Add-Color sheets. There are three available. Simply give your students a pair of dice. Have them roll the dice, add the numbers together, and color the area in the picture that has the answer. 

I've also marked down my Veterans Day BUNDLE of Activities, which includes two different emergent readers, Veterans Day mazes, Posters & Pocket Chart Pieces, Color-By activity sheets, ABC Order Practice, & more! 
These Veterans Day resources and activities are a perfect addition to go along with the other ideas, crafts, and games you have planned for your Preschool, Kindergarten, or First Grade kids. Build a differentiated reader, a FREE printable, book suggestions, math, literacy, and more! #veteransday #holidays #freeprintable #freebie #kindergarten #math #literacy

The ABC Order Activity Sheets that are included in the bundle are kept very simple, with none of the words repeating the first letter. I highly recommend this activity for your more advanced students or as a fast finisher activity. 
 Students can also get some number practice in with a Counting Poppies Math Emergent Reader. There are two versions of this math reader so that you can choose which better meets the needs of your kiddos! 

 I found some adorable craft ideas on Pinterest that your littles can create. 
These Paper Poppies are easy to make and serve well as a visual reminder of why we celebrate.

 Another one I really liked is a little bit messy, but the kids will remember it forever...hand-shaped flags! This is a good one to bring parents in to help with. You can even make it into a card to give to a Veteran.
A BIG Thank You to all Veterans out there. We look forward to celebrating you on November 11th! 
Thanks for letting me share these activities with you. I hope your littles love and enjoy them. I also hope they make your teacher life & prep just a tad bit easier!

PIN ME FOR LATER!...
These Veterans Day resources and activities are a perfect addition to go along with the other ideas, crafts, and games you have planned for your Preschool, Kindergarten, or First Grade kids. Build a differentiated reader, a FREE printable, book suggestions, math, literacy, and more!

Til next time,

This Father's Day Flip Book activity is fun, easy, and will go along with the other cards, gifts ideas, and crafts you have planned for your kids to do for their dads, uncles, or grandfathers. 6 tabs provide info that shows how much your PreK or Kindergarten littles love their special someone while incorporating writing practice at the same time. Simple cutting and easy assembly allows all students to happily succeed! #fathersday #fathersdaycrafts #endoftheyear #endoftheyearactivities #flipbook
Father's Day is a little over a month away so I wanted to give you a few ideas (including some FREE ones) that you can Pin to save for later so that your not searching at the last minute to look for something new! 

This Father's Day Flip Book Craftivity is fun, easy, and will go right along with the other cards, gift ideas, and crafts that you have planned for your kids to do for their dads, uncles, and grandfathers this Father's Day. 
This Father's Day Flip Book Craftivity is fun, easy, and will go right along with the other cards, gifts ideas, and crafts that you have planned for your kids to do for their dads, uncles, or grandfathers. Six tabs provide information that shows just how much your Preschool or Kindergarten littles know about and love their special someone while incorporating beginning writing practice at the same time. Simple cutting and easy assembly allows for all students to happily succeed!
Six tabs provide information that show just how much your Preschool or Kindergarten littles know about and love their special someone while incorporating beginning writing practice at the same time. 
This Father's Day Flip Book activity is fun, easy, and will go along with the other cards, gifts ideas, and crafts you have planned for your kids to do for their dads, uncles, or grandfathers. 6 tabs provide info that shows how much your PreK or Kindergarten littles love their special someone while incorporating writing practice at the same time. Simple cutting and easy assembly allows all students to happily succeed! #fathersday #fathersdaycrafts #endoftheyear #endoftheyearactivities #flipbook
Let me show you  a closer look!
There are actually six different covers that you can choose from for this activity. Both male and female students can choose to make one for their mom, aunt, or grandma. Your fast finishers can make multiple ones! 
I had my five year old (who's not yet in Kindergarten) make a sample so that you can see the steps students need to take to complete this project. 
Start by having them pick a cover and color it. 
Then they can grab a pencil and fill out the beginner writing portions of all the pages included. The first page has the "All About" and "Favorites" tabs. I know you can't see it in this picture, but she thinks her dad loves to do dishes! Woo-hoo, lol!

The next page encourages students to write about something their dad, uncle, or grandfather dislikes. My daughter knows my husband well...she wrote that he dislikes fits! Then she drew a picture of her brother and sister throwing fits - ha!

Next, students will draw a portrait of their special person. For the record, he doesn't own a pair of yellow pants, but maybe she wishes he did?!

Then they will write out what dreams their special person has. I like this Big Dream!

Finally, they write 5 reasons why they love their father, uncle, or grandpa.
Time to cut it all out! Simple cutting and easy assembly allows for all students to happily succeed.
Throw some math in there, and have your students practice measuring by laying out the tabs from shortest to tallest!
Glue the tabs together to make a flip book!
Now your students can take turns reading their flip books to their peers before taking them home to make their special someone feel extra loved!
You can get this activity here: Father's Day Flip Book

Before I give you a FREE DOWNLOAD, let me show you some Father's Day ideas I found on Pinterest that I loved:

With the end of the school year quickly approaching, I know that many teachers are already starting to get things organized and ready for this Back to School this fall.
Here's a FREE DOWNLOAD for you to print out now that will be a perfect addition to your Back to School plans.
FREE BACK TO SCHOOL DOWNLOAD

-Til next time
     
This Father's Day Flip Book activity is fun, easy, and will go along with the other cards, gifts ideas, and crafts you have planned for your kids to do for their dads, uncles, or grandfathers. 6 tabs provide info that shows how much your PreK or Kindergarten littles love their special someone while incorporating writing practice at the same time. Simple cutting and easy assembly allows all students to happily succeed! #fathersday #fathersdaycrafts #endoftheyear #endoftheyearactivities #flipbook


I LOVE teaching Fairy Tales! Today I want to share my absolute all-time favorite resources with you, as well as give you some activity ideas, some YouTube videos your kids will be sure to fall in love with, and a Little Red Hen FREEBIE (which will be at the end of the post)! 
**This post contains affiliate links.**

Fairy tales are my favorite books to read to students. I especially like to read different versions of them that allow us to compare/contrast. Have you seen the ones that are told by an unexpected character from each story. These are just some of them from the collection. But there are a lot more available too. 


Here are links to my top 5 favorites, but you can browse through all of them here.







If you really want to have your kiddos rolled up in giggles, try this one:
(Ok, I laugh just reading the title!)


My students like to create their own fairy tales and also reenact their interpretations of the well known ones. I happily noticed that they were falling in love with them just as much as I was. 

However, when they would go to the reading carpet to look at the variety of fairy books I had laid out, they were only skimming the pictures. 

I needed fairy tale books that were more at their level. 

So I ordered some from online. All kinds of them at a variety of levels. I was so excited when they arrived, but to my disappointment, for most of my students, the words were still too hard and the sentences still too long. 

I decided to create my own miniature versions of classic fairy tales (& fables & folk tales-but those are for a different time!) that are at simple levels...levels that even beginner readers could handle. 


 I bundled them together (there are 16 fairy tale readers total) so that if you're interested and want them for your classroom, you can access them all in one simple download - Fairy Tales Emergent Readers Bundle.

They are also available individually as well! They include the following stories: 



     

(This last one is perfect to read during your Christmas week of activities!)

When your students read these little books, have them use gel highlighters to highlight sight words that you have or are currently working on. Or blends, or whatever you want them to focus on. 

Whenever I read a Fairy Tale to my students, I like to also show them the matching YouTube channel CoolSchool's videos! They are fun, silly, and perfect for comparing and contrasting. Plus, they'll have your littles rolling on the ground in giggles!

There are many types of videos on the CoolSchool channel, but we focus most on the FairyTale (& Nursery Rhymes...but those are for a different post!) ones with Ms. Booksy, who not only narrates the story, but jumps right into the story herself...literally! 


Here are a couple of our favorite...although they all are really good:

Jack & the Beanstalk:

Little Red Riding Hood:

If you're looking for math and literacy activities to go with your Fairy Tale units, I have a few that will go with the more common ones used in classrooms. Most of the activities were made with the Common Core standards in mind.

This Goldilocks & the 3 Bears Math & Literacy Bundle includes over 100 pages of emergent readers,  vocab reinforcement, labeling activities, fact/fiction practice, counting & pattern practice, and so much more! 

     

     


Here is a Rapunzel Math & Literacy Bundle of Activities. It includes 75 pages. There is even a Spanish emergent reader included! 

     

     


Don't forget to also introduce your kiddos to Fables & Folk Tales! 
I've created fable and folk tale emergents readers, which I'll talk about some other time.

Remember that FREE DOWNLOAD I have for you? Well, it's a The Little Red Hen emergent reader! Before I send you off to download it, here are some ideas that you can use along with it. 

These craft ideas are simple and involve supplies you most likely already have! (I hate having to go out and purchase a bunch of stuff I only wind up using once a year.)






Ready for a FREEBIE?! 
You've found them! The perfect Fairy Tales Emergent Readers for your Preschool, Kindergarten, or First Grade kids. These easy to read books will go right along with the other activities and crafts you have planned for your fairy tales unit. Plus, they are a perfect way to practice high frequency words! Plus, you can download one for FREE! #fairytale #littleredhen #fairytales #kindergarten #firstgrade #emergentreaders #fairytalesforkids #freedownload
This Little Red Hen Reader has easy to read text and includes 20 pages. Many of the pages are repetitive so that littles can experience even more success when reading! Take a peek at some of the pages...you can download it absolutely FREE using the link below!

And here's CoolSchool's matching video to go with it! (It starts at minute 17:09)

I hope you enjoy these resources as much as I do. 
May they keep your littles reading!

If you're looking for even more Fairy Tale ideas, follow my Fairy Tales Pinterest Board!

-Til next time
          
You've found them! The perfect Fairy Tales Emergent Readers for your Preschool, Kindergarten, or First Grade kids. These easy to read books will go right along with the other activities and crafts you have planned for your fairy tales unit. Plus, they are a perfect way to practice high frequency words! Plus, you can download one for FREE! #fairytale #littleredhen #fairytales #kindergarten #firstgrade #emergentreaders #fairytalesforkids #freedownload




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