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Kindergarten Spring social studies activities
Mother's Day Craft - Flower Bouquet Card Writing Activity
This is the most adorable card for mother's day. It is a writing activity and craft that is in the shape of a flower bouquet for mom! The best part is it will tell mom why she is so special and these flowers will live forever! This craft works for grades K-2. This would also be a beautiful writing display for the month of May! All black-line masters for the Mother's Day craft activity are included in the download.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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K - 3rd
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All About Plants - Science for Little Learners (preschool, pre-k, & kinder)
Make learning all about the Plants and Seeds fun and hands on in your classroom! Use a small table or a small bookshelf to create an engaging science center full of hands on materials for students to explore and investigate using the included printables, vocabulary cards, book, anchor charts, and discovery pages (science journal pages)! Included is a read aloud book for circle time, anchor charts, and a suggested book list. There is even a half page note you can send home to families, so they ca
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten Complete Curriculum BUNDLE
Spring Coloring Pages {Made by Creative Clips Clipart}
This 11-page coloring book includes a cover and 10 unique coloring pages. This book has a variety of scenes celebrating spring! Use these pages for early finishers, indoor recess, parties, writing prompts and more!This coloring book is included in my CREATIVE CLIPS COLORING BOOK BUNDLE 2. If you have purchased that discounted bundle, you already own this!This product is for PERSONAL USE only and cannot be copied, redistributed or posted for others. Check out my other coloring books to see exampl
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PreK - 5th, Staff
All About Weather - Science for Little Learners (preschool, pre-k, & kinder)
Make learning all about the Weather fun and hands-on in your classroom! Use a small table or a small bookshelf to create an engaging science center full of hands-on materials for students to explore and investigate using the included printables, vocabulary cards, book, anchor charts, and discovery pages (science journal pages)! Included is a read aloud book for circle time, anchor charts, and a suggested book list. There is even a half-page note you can send home to families so they can continue
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten Complete Curriculum BUNDLE
All Year Count & Graph Shapes Math Bundle incl. Spring & Summer Activity Pages
This fun All Year Graphing Shapes Bundle will get your students excited about learning how to count and graph! Students will count shapes and record the totals by coloring in the graph. Students can also color the whole picture. These activities are perfect for morning work, math centers, early finishers, substitutes and homework.Teachers have commented:"My students loved these! So perfect for our graphing unit.""My students need lots of extra help with graphing and this pack is perfect!""These
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K - 1st
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Water Cycle Experiments Activities Craft Project Worksheets Vocabulary Cards
Save time planning for your water cycle unit with these hands-on experiments, craft project, vocabulary cards, and activities.You receive:• step by step instructions for 3 water cycle experiments• coordinating pages for each experiment that test students' understanding• links to digital Seesaw recording pages for easy tech integration• 2 sets of vocabulary cards (hand-drawn pictures & real photographs) for the following water cycle words - evaporation, collection, precipitation, condensation
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K - 3rd
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Flower Shop and Garden Shop Dramatic Play
Flower Shop Dramatic Play and Garden Shop is a fun theme you can do in your pretend or dramatic play center in the spring or when you are learning about plants. A teacher planning web breaks the theme down, week by week and includes a book list. There are labels and real classroom photos showing how to set up your flower shop or garden shop in your dramatic play center. Just print the labels, signs, and make the props. This theme integrates social, math, language, literacy, STEM, science, and fi
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Dramatic Play Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Map Skills- Reading a Map and Activities
✅⭐️Are you studying maps in your primary classroom? If so, then you will love this all inclusive NO PREP set! Not only does it go over cardinal directions and how to read a map, it also reviews parts of a map such as the map key, title, and compass rose. It is a perfect lesson to include in your social studies geography unit!⭐Please know that this resource is a PDF. It is great for distance learning if you are sending home packets or are able to transfer it to Google Slides™ to use in Google Cla
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K - 5th
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Farm Math and Literacy Centers for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Farm math and literacy centers are loaded with fun, farm center activities to help your students build math and literacy concepts! Now includes two fine motor activities, one writing center, six literacy activities, and eight math activities.Literacy skills covered are letter identification, beginning sounds, rhyming, syllables, vocabulary, researching, and writing/journaling. Math skills covered are one-to-one correspondence, counting, addition, subtraction, number identification, 2D shapes,
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PreK - K
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Plant Investigation Unit: All About Plants, Life Cycle and Needs
Come explore the world of plants with this investigative science unit! Your students will have the opportunity to explore this topic using: arts and crafts, printables, mini books, science explorations and so much more! This non-fiction pack includes:1. Recommended Book List2. Life Cycle of a Plant Poster3. Life Cycle Cards (clipart set and real photo set)4. Plant Life Cycle Mini Flip Book5. Finish the Plant Life Cycle Student Worksheet6. KWL Chart7. "Can, Have, Are" Graphic Organizer 8. Venn D
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Plants: Plant Life Cycle Print & Digital Activities BUNDLE
Plants, Plant Activities, Parts of a Plant, Plant Life Cycle, Spring
This pack is jam-packed with lots of fun and interactive spring plant activities to make learning about plants a blast in your classroom! What's Included:-Tops and Bottoms Carrot craftivity flip book: students create a flip book carrot and sort the vegetable pictures by tops or bottoms of a plant-Plants Need Craftivity: students identify the needs of a plant and create a flower craftivity-My Greenhouse: students create their very own greenhouse and plant a seed to watch it grow -Plant Journal: s
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K - 3rd
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Kindergarten Memory Book End of the Year Class Activities
This End of the Year Memory Book was designed specifically for Kindergarten and first grade students. The pages feature large spaces for drawing and larger dotted lines for writing. Memory books are the perfect way to gather students' opinions and experiences throughout their kindergarten or first-grade school year. They also serve as a sweet end-of-year memento for students to look back on.Five cover page options are included: PreK, Transitional Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade, as wel
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K
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Butterfly Spring May June Bulletin Board Mindfulness Craft: Mindful Monarchs
Create a bright and beautiful display while encouraging students to reflect on how they can be mindful. This kit is very low prep– print the monarchs on colored paper and have students cut them out, or print on white paper and let the students color them.The monarchs say, "I can be mindful by..." on one wing, with space for students to list three ways to be mindful on the other three wings. Blank butterflies are also included! Product includes multiple versions to best suit your students:Here's
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K - 5th
Social Skills (SEL) and Character Curriculum Bundle for Little Learners
Social skills (SEL) are essential skills that teachers need to teach just like they need to teach letters and sounds. It is a life skill! The social skills units in this bundle include tons of visual supports, classroom routines, social stories, songs, engaging activities, vocabulary building, booklists, specific SEL lesson plans, positive notes, and much more. Create a classroom community of confident students who can solve problems, follow rules and routines, be kind to others, have empathy to
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PreK - 1st
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All About Me Craft Kid - Back to School Activities
This All About Me craftivity is so so CUTE! Kids and parents will love it. Great for All About Me Social Studies units, Back to School, or Open House.I like to use this craft at the beginning of the year. It's a fun way to get students excited about writing while allowing them to share about themselves and get to know each other.These are ADORABLE in the hallway during Open House.
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PreK - 3rd
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Father's Day Craft | Donut for Dad
This Father's Day, help your little ones create something sweet and memorable! They'll make a tasty donut, sprinkled with adjectives to describe Dad (or Grandpa, or Uncle...)Included:donut patterns & picsdad, grandpa, and uncle word cards15 sheets of *new* sprinkle adjectivesa blank sheet of sprinkle adjectivesDonut you know? I love you! -donut labelNEW: easy to print version!This is a ZIP file!Please be sure to check out my matching Mother's Day craftivity here on TpT!I hope you love it! E
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PreK - 4th
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Social Studies Lessons | PowerPoint & Google Slides | BUNDLE
It's so hard to squeeze dedicated social studies lessons into our already jam-packed schedules. These short, no-prep, paperless mini-lessons will help you facilitate deep conversations about important topics. Bite-Size Social Studies is perfect for distance learning or remote learning. A paperless, no-prep, narrated version of these lessons will be added, so even the youngest students can learn independently. Send the files home via your chosen platform (Google Classroom, SeeSaw, etc).Each slide
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K - 3rd
Community Helpers Preschool | Community Helpers Kindergarten Unit | Worksheets
Community Helpers Preschool and Kindergarten! Community Helpers Worksheets and PowerPoint! This community helpers unit contains a 29 page PowerPoint and GOOGLE SLIDES with beautiful photos and clickable links. This pack also contains a class display with word/picture reference cards, hands-on community helper worksheets, and writing pages! Teacher Instruction Sheet included!Click on PREVIEW for a glimpse at all of the pages.New! More community helpers have been added for a total of 24 community
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PreK - K
Also included in: Preschool Back to School
Insects Bugs Activities Lesson Plans Math & Literacy for Preschool Pre-K
This INSECT unit has everything you need to teach your young learners about insects including detailed daily lesson plans, activities, extension ideas, and centers. Everything is written out and planned to make your job easier! It includes 10 Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - photos, class poll, insect songBugs Everywhere - photos, insect song, concept sortAmazing Ants - photos, concept of print poem, movement songGrasshoppers - photos, beginning sound sort, grasshopper poemCaterpillars &
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PreK - K
Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Complete Preschool Pre-K Curriculum
Patriotic Coloring Pages w/ Designs for Memorial Day (and Other Occasions!)
American Symbols Patriotic Coloring Pages: This set of my interactive coloring sheets (with writing prompts) includes American patriotic symbols appropriate for:September 11thPatriot DayConstitution Day Memorial DayPresidents' DayVeterans' DayFlag Day4th of July...and any American history unit. Students add bold patterns to different Patriotic American symbols and then color their designs to produce a Pop Art-styled artwork. These coloring pages are fun, easy, and unique. It's a sure winner with
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K - 8th
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Farm Animal Nonfiction Unit, Reading and Writing Activities, Crafts & More!
Are you looking for a comprehensive unit for teaching farm animals? Check out this farm unit for kindergarten or first grade packed full of standards based activities. This non-fiction unit will teach your students all about life on the farm!Learn all about the farm with the following activities: Directed Drawings for cow, pig, duck, chicken, goat, horse, sheep, barn and Mrs. Wishy-WashyMrs. Wishy-Washy inferencing activityFOUR farm animal informational texts with real pictures for: cows, pigs
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K - 1st
Christmas Around the World Scrapbook
A TpT TOP SELLER!!!! Take your students on a magical trip aboard Christmas Airlines to learn about Christmas in other countries! This interactive Christmas Around the World Scrapbook is a creative way to track student learning, and is a wonderful keepsake! This 63 page packet comes with a student scrapbook, Christmas Airlines plane boarding passes, passports and passport stamps for the journey, a teacher's guide with suggestions for books to read on your trip, food ideas, and fun crafts for eac
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K - 5th
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Community Helpers Activity Craft
Community Helpers Build a community for your social studies community helpers unit with these cute and easy to cut templates. Students will have fun with this 3D building activity and creating a class book on community helpers. Students will enjoy adding their own details to these templates.Included16 Different community buildings craft28 Community HelpersWeb worksheet about community helpersWriting PromptsClass book coverReview printables See Preview!!!Great for Art Center & Writing Cen
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K - 2nd
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Butterfly Life Cycle & Craft & Writing Activity, Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Butterfly life cycle and craft to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. A fun hands-on butterfly activity for preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade!Study the lifecycle of butterflies (if you have them in your classroom or not). A fun and interactive book perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade to teach all about the butterfly lifecycle!Get this product as part of a BUNDLE and SAVE!HUGE Kindergarten Science BundleIncluded in this download:Each page is interactive. Students w
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PreK - 1st
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Importance of learning social studies
Social studies offers valuable insights into history, geography, and much more. Social studies captivates students by providing them with perspectives from the past, present, and future, allowing them to understand history and navigate current events. It enables them to appreciate how previous generations have shaped their present reality. In essence, social studies opens their eyes to the vastness of life beyond their immediate surroundings.
Benefits of learning social studies
Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:
- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
By teaching social studies, teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills, foster civic engagement, and promote social awareness and responsibility.
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On TPT, social studies resources come in various formats, from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of social studies concepts, or to reteach a tricky topic. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning social studies will be so much easier.
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If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital social studies resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you’re teaching students about America’s democratic process, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how to read maps, or World War II, we’ve got you covered.
Social studies resources on TPT offer informative lessons, engaging texts, intriguing facts, interactive puzzles, and enjoyable trivia games. These grade-specific resources ensure that all students can access age-appropriate materials that stimulate their minds and enhance their creative thinking abilities.
For instance, first graders can explore worksheets on senses and emotions, followed by a coloring page featuring Harriet Tubman. Older students can test their knowledge with quizzes on statistics and capital cities, then delve into the history of the Underground Railroad through an informational sheet or enjoy a word search focused on civil rights leaders. With such a wide variety of subjects and topics covered, our social studies pages provide endless opportunities for students to explore the world in captivating ways.
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