K-3 Book Reviews, Puppets, Colouring, Clip Art
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!
Inside: An autumn poem for K-1 students. I just put together a poem for next week and thought I would share it with you. As far as I can figure the author of the poem is unknown. But if you know who they are, please leave a comment and I’ll credit them properly. If you click on the image you … Read more
Inside: 14 free pumpkin poems your kids will love! Happy October! I have a collection of pumpkin poems for you and it’s FREE! Download link is at the end of this post. I love using poems in my classroom. Not only are they lots of fun but they’re perfect for choral and repeated readings. We learn one poem a week. … Read more
Inside: A collection of poems, art ideas, and writing for a butterfly unit. We’ve been learning about butterflies for the last couple of weeks so I wanted to share all the great things we’ve done! Tie Dye Butterflies I love this project and do it every year. The kids love it, too! The first thing we do is colour round … Read more
Inside: I have LOTS of free lion and lamb activities for your classroom. In two more days it will be March 1st and I always like to do some March lion/lamb activities. In this post I’ll be sharing some links from things I’ve done in previous years, plus a few more cute and useful ideas for you. LION OR LAMB … Read more
Inside: Free Christmas Poem Printable. One poem, 5 different backgrounds. Hello Friends! I have a quick little freebie for you today. It’s a cute Christmas poem that I’ve jazzed up with five different backgrounds (2 coloured and 3 black and white). Every Monday I introduce a new poem that we practice reading all week long. We read chorally, in groups, … Read more
Inside: Lots of fire safety activities for first grade. Free printables. Last week we focused on fire safety. I almost always introduce a new theme with a poem. Here’s a free copy of “I’m a Little Firefighter”. We started out by reading these two books: And throughout the week we watched a variety of fire safety videos from YouTube. This … Read more
Inside: Valentine ideas for your primary classroom Hi Everyone, Eight more days until Valentines! Love, love, love it! I’m going to share some of the things I like to do in my class on Valentine’s Day. Valentine Bags We usually make these bags in white (easier to find) but you can see how sweet the coloured bags look, too. I … Read more
Inside: Review of Jan Brett’s book The Easter Egg Have you had the pleasure of reading this beautiful book by Jan Brett? My class is a big fan of all things Jan. We just love her fun stories and absolutely BEAUTIFUL illustrations. After a brief book review, be sure to scroll down for tons of free Easter ideas. Title: The … Read more