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January 10, 2017 By Karen Whiteside

Valentines Day Craft for Bulletin Boards

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Looking for a unique Valentine’s Day bulletin board idea? Use our Valentine’s Day art project that studies the some of the elements of art: line and color. This craft is inspired by the Cubism movement. Our class looked at works by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque for inspiration. Create this simple Valentine’s Day craft by […]

Filed Under: art lessons, arts & crafts, Blog, bulletin boards, elements of art, first grade, free printables, kids craft, kindergarten, Valentine's Day

January 8, 2017 By Karen Whiteside

Snowman Craft using Construction Paper

This simple snowman craft can be a fun addition to any winter unit. All this snowman art activity takes is construction paper and drawing a few shapes. My son did completed this snowman project in his kindergarten class, and this idea would also work well for first graders. These snowman art activities turned out so […]

Filed Under: art lessons, arts & crafts, Blog, first grade, kids craft, kindergarten, winter

December 19, 2016 By Karen Whiteside

Snowflake Activites for First, Second, and Third Grade

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Snow never gets old forย kids- to them it’sย magical. ย Tie in your students’ interest in snow with a interdisciplinary study. ย This snowflake craft isย filled with writing, science, drawing, art, rhyming, and language arts. It’s the perfect addition to your snow literacy units for first grade, second grade, and third grade! We’ve differentiated the activity so it […]

Filed Under: arts & crafts, Blog, bulletin boards, classroom decor, classroom printables, differentiation, drawing, first grade, kids craft, kindergarten, Science, second grade, winter, writing

December 13, 2016 By Karen Whiteside

Snowman Activity for First Grade and Second Grade

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When it is snowing outside, all children love to make snowmen! We have brought this fun outdoor winter activity indoors and have added a fun educational spin! Rolled up in our snowman craftย is sequence writing, science, drawing, art, poetry, rhyming, and language arts. It’s the perfect addition to your snowman literacy units for kindergarten, first […]

Filed Under: arts & crafts, Blog, bulletin boards, Life cycle activities, winter

December 12, 2016 By Karen Whiteside

Reindeer Activities for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade

Winterย is here! The snow is falling and it’s time to decorate your homes and classrooms with reindeerย crafts and activities. We have a really cute reindeer craft glowing with science, writing, language arts, and art! ย This flippable interactive reindeerย craft will make an adorable addition to your Christmas or Arctic Animals unit! Add hands-on fun to your […]

Filed Under: arts & crafts, Blog, Christmas, classroom decor, classroom printables, first grade, literacy, reindeer activity, Science, second grade

December 6, 2016 By Karen Whiteside

Upcycled Water Bottle Snowflake Craft for Kids

We are excited to be a part of Elmerโ€™s blogging team. ย This post is sponsored by Elmerโ€™s. ย All opinions are 100% ours. Winter has arrived and it’s time to spend our days indoors crafting. ย Our recycling bins are loaded with crafting materials- so we dreamed up this snowflake craft using the most discarded item in […]

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December 5, 2016 By Karen Whiteside

Free Reindeer Template and Craft

Santa needs reindeer to help pull his sleight this year and we have the perfect craft to get the job done! Grab our free printable reindeerย template and have the kids craft a mixed media reindeer!ย Added bonus: the kids will work on their fine motor skills. This simple watercolor Christmas craft will surely brighten any classroom, […]

Filed Under: arts & crafts, Blog, Christmas, classroom decor, fine motor skills, free printables, freebies

December 5, 2016 By Nicolette Lennert

Letter to Santa Free Printable Template

December is bustling with great ideas for kids to participate in meaningful and authentic writing. ย Even the most reluctant writers insist on writing their letters to Santa and their Christmas lists! ย To make the writing process more fun, we’ve created a custom letter to Santa template. ย Teachers, this Christmas writing activity would a great portfolio […]

Filed Under: Blog, Christmas, first grade, free printables, second grade

December 1, 2016 By Nicolette Lennert

Gingerbread Man Literacy Activities for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade

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If you own our clever Gingerbread Man Activity (Life Cycle and Writing) pack from our Teachers Pay Teachers store, you are in for a sweet upgrade! ย We’ve added more than 35 pages of activities to help your literacy units this December.   This interactive and flippable Gingerbread Activity now includes: a labeling activity (differentiated for […]

Filed Under: Blog, gingebread

November 30, 2016 By Nicolette Lennert

Teacher Gift Idea: Custom Binder Clips with a Free Printable Gift Tag

Move over candles, coffee mugs, and scented lotions: here’s what teachers really want for the holidays, aside from a beach vacation after surviving the first semester of school. Most teachers secretly want gift cards to stores they frequent to buy things for their classes: Dollar Tree, Target, and most of all TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS. ย Most […]

Filed Under: Blog, Christmas, free printables

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