Need a catchy poem to motivate your students and kids to brush their teeth during Dental Health Month and all year? I know teeth brushing is a colossal struggle in my home, and catchy little tunes make the routine more fun! Here’s a free printable tooth brushing poem that teaches self-care and good dental habits. This […]
How to Fold a Heart Shape into an Envelope Tutorial
Create our heart folded Valentine’s Day envelope craft as a fun activity to make with your classroom for Valentine’s Day. Just following the four easy steps pictured below. Include a “heart” acrostic poem on the inside of the envelope. Send this wonderful gift home to a parent, sibling, or grandparent! scissors pencil construction paper 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 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 Spring Haiku Lesson and Template
April is National Poetry Month! So, get your classrooms and homeschools fired up about poetry with haikus (which I consider a “gateway” poem). Haikus, unlike many forms of poetry, are simple in structure and form, and are easy for kids to adapt with limited language. My first and second graders really enjoyed writing their haikus […]
