We have a number of favorite children's authors, and these most popular Ezra Jack Keats Books always make our list to read.
Need some fun, active learning activities for teaching prepositions in Kindergarten, first grade, or second grade? This post has 5 ideas to get you started!
An easy peasy way to draw an exceptionally tall giant! Age: Upper primary Resources: paper, pencil, eraser, watercolour paint, ruler What you do: STEPS 1- 4 I have drawn in pen so you can see! You do it all in light pencil because you are going to need to rub some lines out before you paint. 1) Using a pencil on A4 white paper draw a point in the middle of the top and one at the middle of the bottom. Join these lines using a ruler. Then draw a line from the top middle to each bottom edge. 2) Next, draw a line about 2 cm from the top and one about 5 cm from the top. These are for the head and the waist lines. Then draw a head, a waist and arms. 3) Now add curved trouser bottoms and curved shoes. 4) Draw the sides of the boots and the soles then add the eyelets and laces. Add the sleeves of the shirt, braces and curves lines for the waist. Draw the giants face. Erase all the lines you don't need now. 5) Paint with watercolours. Add a background. This idea came from Usborne Art Ideas: Big Book of Things to Draw
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Step by step instructions for how to make a pencil catapult for a fun and hands-on STEM activity. What are you going to launch?
Make a simple guitar and set up fun and easy sound science experiments for kids. How do sounds sound different in different rooms.
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Kids and grown ups alike will have fun with these simple ideas for activities in genealogy. Know your roots!
As Lorde once said, "and we'll never be royals"; but we can sure party like them with the sweetest Union Jack Yarn Heart Garland. Help commemorate the upcoming coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. If you're having a party or simply want to add a bit of pizzazz to your home or work area, you are going to love these yarn crafts. It's a simple project that uses scrap or recycled materials. It's easy enough for kids but a fun craft for adults as well. You can even turn each yarn heart into an ornament instead of garland if you prefer. There are actually several different uses for this easy-peasy craft project. The Union flag pattern lends itself well to the shape of a heart, however, you could easily choose other colors or one color of yarn for occasions other than royal weddings, especially as an even easier yarn craft for kids. PLUS! These Union Jack Cupcakes on RecipeLion are the perfect complement to this garland. Check them out and get decorating!
“The Gruffalo” è una delle storytelling che preferisco perché consente di sviluppare un percorso interdisciplinare completo, è il punto di partenza per creare tante attività e rendere i bambini partecipi nell’affrontare, in modo semplice, argomenti complessi. La morale racconta come un astuto topolino riesca a sfuggire ai predatori del bosco, fingendosi amico di uno spaventoso mostro […]
Throughout the year my students have really strengthened their writing. Their ideas are growing by leaps and bounds, and their grammar, structure, and organization is also improving. The one thing that continues to plague them, even my best writers, is consistently using and formatting dialogue properly. Why is it that students find using quotation marks correctly so difficult? This week I was feeling ambitious, so I decided to tackle it. Here are a few activities and things I tried with my kiddos. Feel free to give them a try and let me know how they work out. I also welcome any other ideas you have. I started by telling my kiddos that I wrote a story and wanted their opinion. I displayed the story on the smart board. It was a story that contained lots of dialogue, but no quotations marks or proper punctuation or formatting. They quickly identified what the problem was. As a class, we went through and they edited it together. Next it was time for some buddy practice and reteaching opportunities for those who needed it. I found a wonderful FREE resource by Kristine Nannini on teacherspayteachers.com. Here's the link to the wonderful resource. Thanks Kristine! It provides great hands-on practice with a little scaffolding built in! As they worked in pairs, I floated around the room and gave assistance as needed, and also pulled a small reteach group for a few friends that were really struggling. Time to apply the skill to writing. I gave students the choice of either working in pairs or working independently. Most chose to work with a friend. I then posted three pictures for students to choose from. Their assignment was to write a short story that included dialogue between the two animals. I told them that of course it would be funny, but they just needed to be sure to write and format the dialogue correctly. They really enjoyed this activity and came up with some great conversations. 4. Independent Practice: Due to the way our schedule worked out, they ended up doing this part a few days later, so it really was a good indication of how much they remembered and could actually apply the skill in their writing. I posted one more picture, and instructed them to write a story (that included dialogue) based on the picture. They got a real hoot out of the picture and came up with some really creative and truly good stories :) And amazingly, they did a really good job writing their dialogue correctly! Picture credits:Snake & bird- http://www.flickr.com/photos/djphoenix18/3988720849/in/pool-1914019@N23/ Cat & mouse- http://pets.onas.ru/cat_mouse_strawberry_1.jpg.html Ant & Snail- http://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/ant-snail-amazing-picture-27062011/ Jedi Squirrels- http://500px.com/photo/1976424/jedi-squirrels-by-mark-white
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Cartellini sul verbo avere adatti all'apprendimento, consolidamento o ripasso del verbo attraverso la costruzione di semplici frasi in lingua inglese.
One of my favorite things to do for Earth Week and Spring was to plant seeds and watch them grow. Large lima beans work great for this, and before planting I always soaked beans in a small amount …
Learn how to build a catapult! This STEM activity is so fun for kids and needs just a few simple supplies! Plus learn history in the process.
A collection of crafts, activities and recipes to help celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee! With themes surrounding the Union Jack, Kings & Queens, Princesses and Castles, there’s something for everyone! Union Jack Crafts Thinly Spread Union Jack Stained Glass and Patriotic Votive Candles ...Read More »
1-2-3 Come Do A "Jack and the Beanstalk" Fairy Tale Craft With Me Do you read the fairy tale genre to your children? It’s one of my students’ favorite themes. Among their favorites is Jack and the Beanstalk. To help them sequence & retell the story, I designed this super-fun beanstalk craft. So that you can quickly & easily make an example to share, I’ve included full-color patterns, as well as the black & white ones for students. Children color & cut out the castle & title cloud, then glue them together. An 8-link paper chain is suspended from the bottom of the cloud. Three leaves, with story element captions (Setting, Characters & Events) add to the beanstalk’s appearance. Since there are a variety of versions for Jack & the Beanstalk, I’ve included a number of “picture tile” options. Students choose the ones that were in the story that they read, then color & cut out these mini "pages". They sort the picture pages into the 3 different story element categories: setting, characters & events, then sequence each group of pages, in the order that they appeared in the fairy tale. These “itty bitty” storytelling booklets, are then glued to the appropriate leaf. Before displaying, have students partner up, taking turns explaining what the setting is and who the characters are, then retelling the tale using the picture prompts. For writing practice, and to further check comprehension, I’ve also included a “Here’s What Happened…” worksheet, which can be done as a whole group with little ones. Completed projects look terrific suspended from the ceiling as a border along a hallway wall. I've included a "Climbing new heights in reading" poster to add extra pizzazz to your display, which is sure to garner lots of compliments from passers by! Today's featured FREEBIE is a back to school apple puzzle. This is an inexpensive little gift you can make for your kiddos for that first day of school, which will occupy their time for a bit, freeing you up. I've also included a large apple puzzle, to be used as an independent center activity, as well as a blank grid, to help younger students easily put their puzzles together. The patterns come in color, as well as black and white, so kiddos can color, then cut out their own puzzle, then put it together; which gives you even more "sanity saving" time. Well that's it for today. Thanks for popping in. It's a lovely summer day here in Michigan. So love the sunshine streaming in my office window, along with a frangrant and gentle breeze. Feeling very contented and blessed. Wishing you a carefree day.
This cut and paste Jack O' Lantern craft is perfect for practicing those cutting and sticking skills on Halloween!
DIY Jack-O-Lantern Memory is a fun learning game that has students practicing letters, numbers, addition or subtraction, and sight words.
These paper plate crafts for Halloween are perfect for in the classroom, a Halloween party or just something fun to make at home.
These Jack and the Beanstalk activities are an engaging way to help your students practice a variety of grade level math and literacy skills.
Children need to complete some simple addition sums and follow the key to colour this Jack O' Lantern maths fact colouring page.
Your kids will love blowing pom poms through a LEGO maze that they create themselves. This is a great rainy day activity to keep the kids busy and entertained.
At Little Lamb Daycare in Eugene, Oregon they spent the day reading and discussing, Jack and Beanstalk, as their topic of the day!The class made magic beanstalks then traced over capital, Bs,
Have a look at our guide to jacks game rules, the classic schoolyard game that is easy to learn and that you can play anyplace at any time.
Need some fun, active learning activities for teaching prepositions in Kindergarten, first grade, or second grade? This post has 5 ideas to get you started!
Teach upper case and lower case letters in a fun way with this Jack and the Beanstalk letter matching activity! Kids will love learning with this!
This game is played individually with a dice. Students roll the dice and draw the appropriate piece to create festive Jack-O-Lanterns, perfect for Halloween! After rolling the dice 4 times your students will have completed a Jack-O-Lantern and I assure you they will be excited to keep rolling and dr...
Looking for a fun and easy low prep way to practice nursery rhymes? With this Jack and Jill nursery rhyme craft activity students make a crown that retells the Jack and Jill nursery rhyme with sequencing pictures and words. The sequence pictures are designed so that students can order the events in the nursery rhyme and be used as a visual prompt in their retelling of Jack and Jill. Save when you buy this as part of a popular nursery rhymes bundle with Humpty Dumpty and Itsy Bitsy Spider! And check out these Fairy Tale Retell hats for Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs! Included with this engaging activity (check out the preview for a detailed look): All templates to make a Jack and Jill hat with sequencing pictures - just two pages for students to cut! Step-by-step directions with photos - project to a whiteboard or print out for small group work A cut-and-paste coloring sheet to build a sentence from the nursery rhyme Suggested Uses: Make with students when they have heard and learned the rhyme Send home with the students for them to retell to their parents Hold a nursery rhyme wax museum with students dressed up as characters, and crafts from this resource to display to other classes What teachers are saying: I used this for our nursery rhyme unit and it was perfect. They loved wearing them around for the rest of the day. Haven E. Easy prep, great for retelling, kids enjoyed walking around and proudly chanting Jack and Jill Margarita E. Great practice with sequencing and my littles ALWAYS love a hat! Melissa C. I was able to adapt this for my ECSE kids to help them retell the nursery rhyme. They really liked the crown! Easy ECSE *************************************************************************** Did you buy this when it was reduced? ALL PRODUCTS are discounted for the first 48 hours after uploading. Don't miss out! Follow Sweet Sensations store to be the first to know when new resources are published!
I have a few fun pumpkin activities and ideas for you to use this fall season in your classroom. The pumpkin activities can be used for grades K-4th. You will find reading and math pumpkin activities that will still be educational and go along with any curriculum. Scroll down below to see all my pumpkin resources. Some are FREE and some are paid products. FREE Pumpkin Glyph is a fun project to do with students during the fall or holiday season. This glyph uses a legend that students have to follow to make a pumpkin that describes them. Once all the pumpkins are made, will the students be able to tell which pumpkin belongs to which student? Click the picture on the left to download it from TPT. Here are 3 PLACE VALUE blocks that students match the blocks with the number. These packs have 10s, 100s, amd 1000s place. Click on the pictures below to read more about them. Here is a FUN and FREE game to help learn addition facts. Cut apart all the addition task cards and place them in a coffee can. Students take turns drawing task cards and stating the sum on each one. If the student says the correct sum, they get to keep the card. If the students says the wrong sum, they have to the card back in the coffee can. If a student picks a Poison Pumpkin card, they have to put ALL their cards back in the can. Beware! this game gets a little loud. But the students are learning and having fun too! Click on the picture to download this freebie. Do your students need some help distinguishing from antonyms and synonyms? This pack has 50 task cards. Students decide if the 2 words on the task cards are antonyms or synonyms. This comes in a cute pumpkin theme. Great to brighten up your reading centers this fall season. Pumpkin "_ed" Sounds has 40 task cards. Students try to find the matching word that makes the same ending sound. Another cute pumpkin theme to use for your reading centers. These are perfect for 1st and 2nd graders. I'm also trying my hand at clipart. Here are the pumpkins I made. Click on the picture below to read more about it. I found a few fun resources on Amazon that you may like to also use in your classroom. Click on the links below to read more about them: Pumpkin Cut-Outs Colorful Pumpkin Cut-Outs Pumpkin Calendar Numbers Pumpkin Face Cut-Outs Pumpkin Wall Border Pumpkin Borders Peanuts Pumpkin Border Pumpkin Notepads Here are some books I found on Amazon that are all about pumpkins. Click the links below to read more about each one. How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? From Seed to Pumpkin The Biggest Pumpkin Ever The Roll-Away Pumpkin Thanks for stopping by today. When I make more pumpkin resources, I'll post them here. Check back later for updates. See you soon, Click the picture on the left to see Halloween theme resources. Click the picture on the left to find Free and Paid resources for Fall. All resources are for K-5th grade classrooms.
This Jack and the Beanstalk alphabet game is a super fun fairy tale inspired activity! You can even use it to teach kids numbers, shapes and sight words.
Looking for a printable pumpkin activity for preschoolers and kids? This Jack O Lantern Cut and Glue activity is sure to be a hit! With many different face possibilities, your kids will love to practice their fine motor skills with some laughs along the way! Lately, my kids have been obsessed with puzzles, pasting activities, […]
