Thursday, February 29, 2024

Spring Themed Resources

Spring is such a fun time for learning with the anticipation of plants and flowers busting through the ground, beautiful colors all around, weather to talk about, kites flying in the wind and let's not forget about bugs and butterflies! Let's look at some spring themed resources that will support your classroom or at home learning!

Kites Positional Word Reader

This kite themed emergent reader is a fun way to learn about positional words! Where will my kite take me? This comes in full color or students can make their own reader with the black and white version.

The cut & paste version adds an additional challenge as students select where the kite goes. They will love creating their very own books to read again and again.

Cut & Paste Reader

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Spring into some math fun with these monthly themed math pages!

Spring Math Bundle

These are geared toward kinders and made with the standards in mind.

Perfect for morning work, daily review, math centers, or at home practice.

The monthly theme is a great way to keep students engaged. Students look forward to seeing the new monthly themes.

Life Cycle Resources

What would spring learning be without the talk of life cycles and butterflies?

Butterfly Life Cycle Bundle

This math & literacy resource includes so many different ways to incorporate learning about butterflies into your spring themed learning.

Posters and Writing Activities

Place these butterfly posters around your room for write the room and other writing activities.

Emergent Reader Cut & Paste

Keep the theme going with this reader. Students can complete each page of this reader as they learn about the butterflies life cycle.

Learning Cube and Graphing

For some graphing fun students can create a learning cube to use for these graphing activities. There is also a bonus poetry word search.

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I love poetry and with April being

poetry month it is good time to incorporate

it into your spring learning!

Poetry Word Searches for Spring

Each spring themed poem has highlighted words for the student to find in the word search. These can be laminated to use in centers again and again.

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Students love readers and these are another way to celebrate spring. The first is about spring words, students can fill in the picture on each page that matches the spring word.

Spring Words Reader

Flowers Positional Words

The second reader is about flowers and is a positional word reader.

I hope you found just the right spring themed resource for your classroom or at home learning to add to your spring time fun!

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

The Easter Story Emergent Reader Freebie & Easter Story Crowns

As we approach the Easter season, I wanted to share with you a couple of resources that are perfect for your Christian classroom, Sunday school, or at home learning.

The Easter Story is a free emergent reader that comes with three different options for various levels of learning. The first is a colored version that you can read to the classroom or add to your reading center. The second version comes in black and white. Students will love coloring their very own reader and adding it to their book boxes to read again and again!

The Easter Story Freebie

The third option turns the reader into an interactive cut & paste activity. Students will be challenged as they cut out pictures to add to each page.

One user left this rating..

"My students and I loved this! The squares were easy to cut even for my most challenged child, and the message was clear and easy to read. Thank you! "

I hope you find this free resource helpful in teaching the real meaning of Easter.

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If you are looking for a craft to add to your Easter learning, you might find this hats craft a fun addition. This can be purchased alone or in a bundle.

Easter Bible Story Crown

This crown comes in full color or a black & white for students to color and create their very own. The side of the hat include words that can be used to retell the story of Easter.

Bible Story Crowns Bundle

This bundle includes 6 different crowns.. The Easter Story, The Nativity, Noah's Ark, The Good Samaritan, Zacchaeus, and the Great Catch of Fish.

I hope that you find just the right resource to help you celebrate Easter with your students or children!

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Saturday, February 10, 2024

DIY Farm Themed Crayons Made With Old Crayons and Silicone Molds

When life gives you old and broken crayons....create something new! I love crayons and I have to admit I even have my very first box of crayons. So over the years of raising kids, old or broken crayons went into a shoe box.........just waiting for a time like this!

I needed a farm themed gift for a sweet little one who loves his farm animals! So I thought I would try melting crayons into farm shapes. I dug out my box of old crayons! I did read that the name brand crayons work best for melting, so I stuck to using those for this project.

I took a trip to the local Hobby Lobby and found this silicone mold on sale for 50% off. When looking for molds, the thicker ones are the best.

The hardest part of this project was peeling the paper off the crayons. Some of these crayons were over 35 years old. I have heard that soaking them in water helps, but I just kept peeling.

I broke the crayons up and filled the molds, overfilling a little in those that needed to spread. I mixed the colors in some. The chunky crayons like the barn are best for littlest hands. Be aware that small details might break off of some molded crayons.

Putting the mold on a cookie sheet really helps keep the melted crayon from spilling. Melt at 300 degrees for about 10 to 15 minutes. Some colors take longer to melt than others. After it is melted, you can take a toothpick to both swirl and mix if you like and fill in areas that seem thinner.......like the legs on farm animals.

Let cool for about an hour before pushing out of the molds. This was very satisfying! I found a very cute box and some filler at the dollar store to complete this gift.

I loved creating these and was thrilled with how they turned out. They were a perfect gift but would also be good for a farm theme in the classroom or at a party. Think party favors!

If you are doing a farm theme in your classroom here are a few resources that I created just for that. Here you will find math worksheets, emergent readers, cut & paste, pocket chart cards and writing activities.