Help kids stay academically connected with fun practice and review activities to complete over Christmas break.

Your students will love creating their own snowman puppets and stories. Here’s a free lesson plan, printable puppet, story web and mini-book. Materials: My Snowman Puppet and Story Web My Snowman Mini-Book Pencil Crayons Popsicle stick Glue Scissors Stapler Sheet of paper or writing notebook for writers’ workshop (to write draft). Proofreading materials, such as a Word Writing Book, [...]

This fun math game for learning centers will help your young students connect numbers with their value as well as begin to work on addition skills. A free printable is included!

Your students will love making their own adorable polar bear paper bag puppets. Materials: Polar Bear Paper Bag Puppet (polar bear head and polar bear body) Scissors Crayons Glue Paper Bag Instructions: Color the P0lar Bear. Cut out the Polar Bear. Glue the body to the side of the paper bag. Glue the head onto the [...]

This slideshow was my first attempt at putting one together, and I created one based on the myths of Christmas. Check them out!

Here’s a free My New Year’s Resolution writing prompt and lesson plan. Materials: My New Year’s Resolution Writing Prompt Pencil Dictionary, word wall or Words Writing Book Instructions: Discuss and write the definition of the term, New Year’s Resolution on an overhead or the whiteboard.   “A decision that you make on the first day of the [...]

A Pajama Day is a fun and meaningful way to acknowledge your kids’ hard work. Here are helpful tips to make the most of this celebration!

This Butterfly Project Lesson Plan is actually a valuable social studies lesson about children and the Holocaust, where kids can honor the innocent children who perished.

Your students will love to create their own one of a kind calendars. The calendars can be created as gifts for parents or grandparents. Materials: Calendar template (12 copies per student) Calendar months and year template (1 copy per student) Cover Templates: Create your own or You Mean the World to Me! template Crayons 3-hole puncher Yarn [...]

The Math in My Life Project Lesson Plan provides a fun opportunity for you to see what kinds of connections your kids have made regarding math in their every day lives. It also answers the age-old question, “When am I ever going to use math, anyway?”