K-3 Book Reviews, Puppets, Colouring, Clip Art
Inside: Santa Claus and Christmas tree countdown freebie plus a link to some free Christmas paper Hello Friends! I’ve written a few posts over the years where I’ve shared my Santa Claus countdown sheet, but this year’s is the best. I made the Santa Claus myself this time so it’s nice and clear and crisp. And I threw a … Read more
Inside: A review of Santa’s Stuck and lots of cool activities to go with the book Santa’s Stuck is one of my favourite Christmas books. But better yet, my students always loved this book, too. It’s been around awhile (2004) but it’s definitely worth reading. In fact, I think it will become one of those timeless Christmas classics. Santa’s Stuck … Read more
Inside: 3 beautiful zentangle Christmas coloring pages Hello! I’ve been busy making some zentangle Christmas coloring pages. Eventually I’ll be making a set of 12, which I’ll sell, but for now you can grab 3 of the pages for free! This set contains the three images you see above. Each picture is on its own separate page (8.5 x 11 … Read more
Inside: The Very Best Christmas Present book review, free book activities, free clipart Hi Friends! Believe it or not, one of my all-time favourite Christmas books is a Golden Book that I’ve had for 31 years! The Very Best Christmas Present is a very sweet story and an excellent read-aloud. My copy is the one I bought my youngest son … Read more
Inside: 10 free Christmas poems, perfect for primary students. Hi Friends! I thought I would round up my Christmas poems and put them in one blog post. It’s fun to have a varied collection of poems this time of year. Our guided reading lessons often got missed in the busy-ness of the days leading up to Christmas, but I felt … Read more
Inside: Four fun and cute reindeer crafts for six-year olds to make: A card, ornament, gift bag, and sponge painting. It’s definitely been a reindeer Christmas in my class. We did some reindeer art, made reindeer ornaments, reindeer cards and reindeer gift bags. Reindeer Art HERE’S HOW WE MADE THEM: 1. I pulled the kids over to my table in … Read more
Inside: A December poem to share with your first grade friends. Hi Everyone! This is a very quick post. I put together a little Christmas poem this evening that I’m using with my class this week. If you click on the image you’ll be able to grab both a colour and a black and white version. Enjoy!
Hello! Today I have a cute Christmas tree for you to use in your classroom printables. Enjoy! DOWNLOAD CHRISTMAS TREE CLIP ART
Inside: Directions for a beautiful and easy Christmas art activity. Hi Friends. I wanted to share our Christmas ornament art with you. Not only were they ridiculously easy to make, but they turned out so well! We put these in our gym as part of our Christmas concert decorations and they looked bright and sparkly. EASY Steps: Photocopy the … Read more