Today’s gingerbread craft also teaches children to identify emotions while using a mixed media approach. Typically, we always see gingerbread men and women smiling, but this gingerbread activity takes a different approach. You can use our gingerbread template (provided below) to differentiate if children still need help drawing a gingerbread man/woman freehand. Prior to starting […]
Gingerbread Craft- Bird Feeder Craft with Free Gingerbread Template
This bird feeder gingerbread craft is perfect for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders. It promotes fine motor skills and a lively discussion about what birds eat! This fun, but messy craft is perfect for the holidays and equally as fun when the kids get to see the birds nibble from their creations! cardstock honey or […]
Free Winter Poem for Kids
Need a free printable winter poem for your preschool, kindergarten, first, or second grade classrooms this season? This winter poem is great for fluency work while introducing winter imagery and vocabulary. Find the rhyming words, search for sight words, and even have the kids memorize and perform the poem for other classrooms! Poetry is a […]
Free Printable Christmas Drawing Activity
Today’s post is a free printable Christmas drawing activity for the holidays! It is part of our differentiated Christmas Tree Life Cycle Writing Craftivity. This activity focuses on preserving the Christmas traditions through drawing for your kindergarteners, first, and second graders. Plus it makes a nice keepsake! Help keep holiday traditions alive by downloading our activity. […]
Turkey Hat Craft for Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving have the kids create a turkey craft that is festive and fun! We provided a template and easy-to-follow instructions below. Once the kids create a hat, have them wear it and share what they are thankful for this Thanksgiving. Pass the hat around and get the whole family involved with sharing what they too […]
5 Free Thanksgiving Math, Literacy, and Art Activities for K-2
Need some great freebies for your Thanksgiving math and literacy blocks this November? Check out these FREE Thanksgiving math and literacy center resources below! We’ve rounded up some of our greatest freebies for your primary grades. We hope these help out your classrooms and homeschools in preparation for Thanksgiving this week and next week! Free […]
Free Thanksgiving Making Words Activity
For most of us, this is our last week to have fun with all the Thanksgiving literacy activities before the holiday break! We thought we’d say thanks to our readers with a free printable Thanksgiving making words literacy activity. This making words activity has the mystery word “thankful” and is a perfectly differentiated literacy activity. […]
Thanksgiving Math Activity for the Primary Grades: Count by 5s Turkey Handprint Craft
The turkey handprint craft is so common in primary grade classrooms, that it is practically a rite of passage in childhood. We’ve taken that iconic Thanksgiving craft for kids, and have added an additional educational twist! This turkey counting by 5s activity comes straight from my homeschool last week, and was a great hands-on introduction […]
Free Printable Thanksgiving Poem for Kids
Need a free Thanksgiving printable poem for your kindergarten, first, or second grade classrooms this November? This Thanksgiving poem is great for fluency work while introducing holiday vocabulary. I loved using poetry in my classrooms! So many mini-lessons and comprehension strategies can be addressed without taking up a massive amount of instructional time. An additional […]
Free Printable Thanksgiving Place Cards Craft for Kids
One of the best Thanksgiving crafts for kids this November, beyond the paper turkeys and hats, is place cards! These free printable Thanksgiving place cards will showcase their early writing and can be saved in scrapbooks for years to come. Have your classrooms and homeschools make enough for their families this November in these last […]
