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Have you read Santa Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins? It’s a great holiday read-aloud during Christmastime for your students or children. This post share a fun, FREE Santa Bruce craft perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. Plus, there’s a variety of ELA activities you can do, too! Grab it today over at The Inspired Apple by Babbling Abby. #teach #craft #craftivity #santabruce #kidlit #picturebooks #christmas #holiday

December 17, 2018

Santa Bruce Craft

One of my favorite new book releases this holiday season is Santa Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins. Santa Bruce is about a grumpy, yet oh-so-lovable bear who is mistaken for Santa. Though he’d rather be hibernating, he pulls through for the forest animals and  gives presents to all. I created a free Santa Bruce craft that you…

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Enjoy this free printable holiday bucket list to use in your classroom at school! Your students will love the festive tasks and activities incorporated into the school day. They're simple and inexpensive and the perfect way to celebrate the Christmas holiday with your students in preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade! There are two different versions - one that is Christmas-specific and the other is more general and inclusive. #christmas #holiday #bucketlist #free #printable #printables #handdrawn

November 29, 2018

Holiday Bucket List for the Classroom

I’m so excited to share this free printable with you today! After seeing Kelle’s family-oriented holiday bucket list over at ETST, I thought how wonderful it would be to draw up a holiday bucket list for the classroom! Each list has fifteen different activities and tasks that promise to add a little holiday magic to…

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Today, I’m sharing EIGHT of my favorite Holidays Around the World-themed picture books and activities that will fit right into your curriculum whether you teach kindergarten, first grade, or second grade OR if you're looking to add some new titles to your home library! Each book shown below matches with a set of paired activities, so that your lesson plans are ready to roll and you can simply teach! They’re Common Core standards-aligned, focused on comprehension, vocabulary and a variety of ELA skills, and include three differentiated assessments. #kidlit #christmas #holiday #picturebooks #readaloud #teach

November 20, 2018

The Best Gingerbread Books for Kids

This post shares my favorite gingerbread-themed books for kids for the 2018 holiday season. There’s a mix of old favorites and new, all perfect for kids and students ages 3- to 8-years-old. Today, I’m sharing TEN of my favorite Gingerbread-themed picture books and activities that will fit right into your curriculum whether you teach kindergarten, first grade,…

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November 19, 2018

The Best Christmas Books for Kids

This post shares my favorite Christmas books for kids for the 2018 holiday season. There’s a mix of old favorites and new, all perfect for kids and students ages 3- to 8-years-old. Today, I’m sharing TEN of my favorite Christmas-themed picture books and activities that will fit right into your curriculum whether you teach kindergarten, first grade,…

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This post shares several standards-based ELA activities you can use with the Thanksgiving read-aloud, Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet. Students in kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and even third grade will benefit from this collection of activities that cover vocabulary, comprehension, text-based questions matched to Bloom's Taxonomy, and differentiated assessments! It's the perfect Thanksgiving picture book with colorful illustrations and a great story to match! #ELA #babblingabby #tpt #inspiredapple #teacher #teach #thematicunit #Thanksgiving #holiday #kidlit #readaloud #picturebook #parade #elementary #kindergarten #firstgrade #secondgrade #thirdgrade #homeschool

November 16, 2018

Balloons Over Broadway Activities

Today, I’m excited to share my new favorite Thanksgiving read-aloud, Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet, along with some ELA activities you can incorporate into your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade classrooms. (PS. I definitely think you could use them with your third graders, too!) I’ve talked a lot recently about the library of read-aloud activity sets that…

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Use this FREE printable in your elementary classroom the day after Halloween. This activity provides the teacher with four differentiated worksheets that teachers can use post-Halloween so that students can describe how they spent October 31st. This activity can be used with students who do and do not celebrate the holiday. #Halloween #free #freebie #printable #worksheet #kindergarten #preschool #firstgrade #secondgrade #thirdgrade #fourthgrade #fifthgrade #homeschool #costumes #fun #teach #ELA #writing #writingactivity

October 30, 2018

Post-Halloween Activity

Let’s face it, when Halloween falls during the school week, you just have to embrace it and all the craziness excitement that comes with it. So, even though you’ve attended the Fall Fest, thrown a party at school, paraded them through the hallways to show off their costumes, read ALL THE READ-ALOUDS, been visited by…

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Grab eight FREE Halloween-themed printables perfect for using in your preschool, kindergarten, first grade, or second grade classroom. #halloween #october #free #freebie #printable #elementary #school #teacher #teach #curriculum #directeddrawing #art #kidart #craft #craftivity #pumpkins #bats #skeleton #spiders #summarize #wordwork

October 22, 2018

Eight Halloween Freebies

This post is a round-up of eight different Halloween freebies found within posts or in my Teachers Pay Teachers shop. Use them in your preschool, kindergarten, first, or second grade classroom! Pumpkin Directed Drawing Summarizing Activity Spider-Themed Word Work (editable template) Pumpkin Painting Halloween Costume Fun Skeleton Poster Templates Pumpkin Investigation Boo Bat Directed Drawing Pumpkin…

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Here are FOUR different sets of activities that you can use in the month of October to make learning FUN and teaching a BLAST! (FYI: not all of them are Halloween-themed in the event that you don't incorporate that theme in your school!) They incorporate themes for: Halloween, pumpkins, bats, community helpers, fire safety, and more! They're perfect for use in Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade classrooms. They're hands-on, engaging, and standards-based. They could even be used at a classroom Halloween party!

October 16, 2018

Hands-on Halloween Activities

As a teacher, it has always been my desire to make learning fun, which is why I was intent on having a set of hands-on Halloween activities that were engaging, standards-based, and student-focused. I believe that what is going on the in the classroom should be reflective of relevant themes because it helps students identify…

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I'm sharing TEN of my favorite pumpkin books and activities that will fit right into your curriculum whether you teach pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, or second grade. Each book shown below matches with a set of paired activities, so that your lesson plans are ready to roll and you can simply teach!  They're Common Core standards-aligned, focused on comprehension and vocabulary, and include three differentiated assessments. BOOM DONE

September 26, 2018

Ten Favorite Pumpkin Books and Activities

Fall is here! It’s official! Regardless of the weather in your region (still in the mid-70s here!), it’s time to sprinkle pumpkin spice like confetti and shower leaves like happiness. Or something like that. Today, I’m sharing TEN of my favorite pumpkin books and activities that will fit right into your curriculum whether you teach pre-k,…

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Looking for alphabet activities to help your children or students learn to identify and recognize upper- and lowercase letters? This is a great activity for doing just that! This set of mixed font letters can be used for sorting, making names, word building, spelling practice, sight words, or even on a bulletin board. Print on colored paper, cut, and boom - a great activity for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, ESL/ELLs, and students with exceptional needs. You could easily add them to a literacy center, use at home, or in the classroom. Tons of options! #ELA #literacy #alphabet #activities #printable #specialneeds #specialed #letters #teach #kids #students

September 14, 2018

Mixed Font Alphabet Activities | Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade

I don’t think it’s any hidden secret that I have a little thing for fonts. Okay, a big thing. I’ve even developed 100+ fonts of my own that teachers and creatives worldwide use to create resources for their own classrooms. It’s a fun little hobby, but one that began for me waaaaaaay before an Apple Pencil…

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These St. Patrick's Day centers and activities are SO FUN -- and this post includes FREE clover ten frame cards!

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This is such a GREAT at-home activity to help your littles learn their letters! AND - it'll get them on their feet to burn some energy.

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These twenty-five FREE literacy center activities are easy to introduce, skill-oriented yet basic enough for kindergarten and first grade students to complete independently, and low-prep. Does it get any better?!

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