Both of my sons struggle with fine motor skills, so it’s often challenging to craft with them. As a former art teacher and crafty DIYer, this is tough for me, because I really want them to enjoy the arts. To at least, get the therapeutic side of making things in their lives. After digging in […]
Thematic Halloween Word Wall: 2 options
Thematic word walls are a passion for us here at The Classroom Creative. As a teacher with experience from preK all the way to eighth grade, I can’t stress the importance of having visual supports for our young writers enough. Now that I have a son on the autism spectrum, we use photo cards and […]
50 Fall Crafts & Activities for Kids
Every season has its special beauty and autumn is no exception. Watching the trees turn from a uniform green to all varieties of gold, yellow, and red is a spectacular experience. Till the arrival of a long cold winter, we have got you covered with these 50 plus Fall craft ideas and activities for kids! […]
Free Printable Candy Corn Counting Center 0-15
Hello, everyone! I’m excited to share a Halloween freebie with you all today! Both of my sons are working on one-to-one correspondence skills for math, so I created this fun math center geared for preschool, kindergarten, and of course, special ed. There are 16 printable jars in total from 0-15, and a sheet of printable […]
Halloween Word Wall Words
October marks the start of many spooky writing activities across all elementary schools! Using thematic word walls, especially illustrated thematic word walls is critical to help support your young writers! As a mom to a son on the autism spectrum, I can attest first hand how we really need to support our students’ visual learning. […]
Fall Word Wall Cards {34 Hand Illustrated Images}
During writer’s workshop, one of my biggest pet peeves as a teacher was “Mrs. L, how do I spell Frankenstein? Santa Claus? Cauldron?” Even after prompting students to use their brains to “sound it out”…the request kept on pouring in, which often interrupted my revision meetings with students. To combat this problem, I and many […]
Sight Word Mustache Props
Sight words: love em’ or hate em’- all new readers need to master them. It’s crucial for parents and teachers to present sight words in a fun-loving way. With the advent of teaching blogs, Pinterest and this very website, there’s no shortage of ideas to teach our little ones the most challenging aspect of sight […]
Pumpkin Art Project for Kids Using Elements of Art
This pumpkin art lesson is designed for the regular classroom teacher who either a.) doesn’t have art as a special class for their students or b.) wants to incorporate visual lessons with measurement. Unfortunately, in many of our schools here in Chicago, arts are cut to help with school budgets. Often times, the regular classroom […]
Halloween Classroom Door Decorations
Door decorations are a simple way to gear up your classrooms and homeschools for the holidays and seasons. Whether you are a crafty maven or don’t have a creative bone in your body, we have loads of ideas to get you inspired for Halloween this school year. Here’s some of the latest and greatest Halloween […]
Apple Unit Writing Activities Mini-Book
Need a simple mini-book for your apple units this fall? We’ve made an adorable mini-book that will make an excellent addition to your writing activities within your apple unit. It’s also common-core aligned for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade! This apple unit mini-book includes: cover in both black & white AND color a KWL […]
