Need a fun and easy Father’s Day craft and writing activity? Have your students craft a superhero cape for the important men in their lives! Along with a cape template are superhero-inspired writing activities that the kids can customize. This simple project has templates for uncles, grandpas, and stepdads too! Grab this superhero craft and […]
Free End of the Year Writing Activity: Remember When…
Whether you teach the primary grades, intermediate, or middle school, the end of the school year is a great time to reflect with your classes about the past school year through their writing. I’ve used a “Remember When” writing activity across all grade levels. My 1st and 2nd grade students were as engaged in this […]
Free Printable Spring Bucket List for Kids
Looking to create adventures for your kids this spring? Grab our free printable spring bucket list. I always love having lots of things to do with my kids. I left the printable blank so you can fill in activities that reflect your children’s ages. Have fun together and brainstorm lists of things to do with […]
Mother’s Day Sun Craft
Want to make your students’ adjective vocabulary more accurate and specific? Create our Mother’s Day Sun Craft! It broadens your student’s adjective palette with descriptive words about the sun that can also be descriptive about their mothers! 30 plus years later I can still remember my second grade teacher Ms. Beth pointing to her available thesauruses […]
How to Differentiate Writing for New Writers
One of our readers asked us advice on how to differentiate writing for her kindergartener. Our reader was told that her daughter needed more support in writing. Anyone familiar with the new common core standards for kindergarten knows the rigor placed on our little ones now. Any kindergarten teacher understands that the levels of students’ […]