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Directed Drawing Calendar | Parent Gift | Holiday or Mother's Day Project
>>> UPDATED THROUGH 2026 <<<This calendar has all the elements that a Nana, Gamma, or Nona would love to see from a favorite child of theirs. Anyone would light up when gifted 12 directed drawings, a sweet picture, and a beautiful calendar! These are so easy to assemble and requires little to no materials! This product includes:- 3 years worth of calendars- 12 directed drawing templates- 12 blank templates for monthly drawings- 12 coloring options- 20 background options - optio
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PreK - 8th
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Martin Luther King Jr.- Early Reader Kindergarten and First Grade- MLK Day
Finding nonfiction materials at an appropriate level for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day for young students is always difficult!! With that thought in mind, I created this little book about Martin Luther King for MLK Day in kindergarten (or first grade) classrooms!!
This book has one fact per page with illustrations to support young readers. Many sight words are used to support early readers as they begin to read nonfiction text.
Title Page: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Page 2: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Parent Christmas Gift {2024 Calendar}
*****September 2023 UPDATE: This calendar has now been updated with a 2024 calendar. You will also find a BLANK calendar, a SPANISH calendar, and a cover page for the calendar. Enjoy*****This is a sweet calendar that your students can make as a holiday gift for parents or loved ones! You'll find everything you need for students to decorate each page of the year. Step by step instructions are included, as well as pictures of each month. December is a Christmas tree, but an alternate simple star,
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PreK - 6th
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Handprint Calendar – Student Made Calendar for a Parent Christmas Gift
Looking for a student made holiday gift for parents? This handprint calendar makes the perfect Christmas gift and keepsake item for parents that they will treasure for years to come. Not only does this student made calendar make the perfect gift for parents but it’s also an inexpensive, fun, and creative project for your students to make.This calendar pack includes:3 cover options for your student's calendar books2024, 2025, 2026 & 2027 yearly calendars (Calendars will continue to be updat
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PreK - 2nd
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Me On the Map Activities and Map Skills Flip book for First Grade Social Studies
This circle book corresponds perfectly to the classic book, Me on the Map! The Me on the Map flip book shows maps from the book from smallest to biggest to make a powerful visual of our place in the world for kids!Just staple the Me on the Map flip book at the top when it's assembled. THIS ME ON THE MAP FLIPBOOK COMES IN 2 VERSIONSVersion with patterned sentences (Here is my planet. It is ____.) and labels already on the pages; Version with no sentences and labels to cut and paste in the appro
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PreK - 2nd
Community Helpers Unit
This Community Helpers Unit has everything you need to teach your little learners about the people who play important roles in our communities. This Unit has a variety of activities that go into a fun and engaging deep dive into these vital professions, and the best part is that they are all CCSS aligned! What is included?10 mini lessonsWrite the room (editable)Dramatic play centersAnchor chartsCraftsEmergent readersA lapbookSTEM activitiesSight word activitiesClassroom community activitiesCheck
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Handprint Calendar 2025 - A perfect gift for the holidays
The 2025 handprint calendar makes a great gift for families during the holidays. Directions for handprints along with pictures are included in the packet. This is a great gift that families will treasure for years to come!I update this unit every summer and you can download the update for FREE, so there is no need to buy it again next year!Colored and black & white versions are available in the packet.Alternative poems and handprint ideas for some months.Blank versions of the calendar pages
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Handprint Calendar Gift
******2024 Calendar is here!******* *****This will not be updated until mid October 2024 for the 2025 calendar year.UPDATED: Some graphics, added an April (non-Easter) version + more! Since Easter is in March, there is a bunny version in March instead of April. I added new handprint options for October (pumpkin), March (rainbow) and December (snowman) for children that do not celebrate holidays. I also added 3 additional calendar cover options. Now included: boy and girl versions of each calend
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PreK - 3rd
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Christmas Ornament Keepsake Tag-Updated for 2023
This is a very special Christmas Ornament Keepsake Tag! UPDATED FOR 2023Available in English and Spanish!What is included: Ornament with the year for PreK- Fifth GradeOrnament without the year Ornament with the year ***Plastic Ornament Balls and Ribbon are needed and not included***Once you have purchased this resource don't forget to come back and leave feedback to help you gain some TpT credits! If you want to keep up to date with my sales, new resources, freebies and so much more click the gr
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PreK - 4th
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Christmas Craft Bulletin Board | Holiday Wreath Christmas Name Craft
Use this fun holiday wreath to spice up your holiday activities and bulletin boards this winter! Students will love creating their own customized holiday wreath to display on a bulletin board, take home to family, or gift to a friend. These wreaths can be easily differentiated for a variety of uses. Get this name craft and more at a M A J O R discount with the Name Craft Bundle!This Christmas Wreath Name Craft is a great holiday activity that includes letter recognition, name recognition, spelli
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PreK - 1st
Also included in:Â Name Craft Year Long Bundle Back to School Kindergarten Bulletin Board Ideas
Fingerprint Calendar {Editable} Parent Christmas Gift
Need a super adorable Christmas present for parents? This fingerprint calendar is just the thing you're looking for! These are such an amazing Christmas gift and keepsake for parents that will be treasured forever. The calendars in this pack are editable! So you can change the dates and continue to use it year after year!I have been making a handprint calendar for years! But, with 25-27 kids in my class, that project just took WAY too long and was SO much work!! This option is SO, SO much quicke
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PreK - 4th
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Holiday Gift | DIY Ceramic Tile Coaster Templates
This is a gift that your student parents will be sure to love. These templates were created to make your coaster creating process as simple and fun as possible. INCLUDED: - 26 Templates that fit on 4x4 ceramicSDesigns included: Christmas Crew, Santa's cookies, Elfie, ornaments, presents under the tree & snowflake tile templates for your students to color. - Blank Templates for students to create their own designs - Directions on how to make ceramic tile coasters with list of materials needed
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PreK - 5th
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Printable Christmas Lights Pattern Activity - Light Bulb Coloring Sheet Template
Are you looking for an easy Christmas light patterns activity for your preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and early childhood classrooms? Teach kids how to recognize, continue, and create a variety of patterns with this hands-on printable Christmas light bulb math activity. You can also use the blank black-and-white version as a Christmas light bulb template or coloring sheetThis activity is great for patterning assessment. and is perfect for small group activities and learning centers.✅ KEEPS KI
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PreK - K
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Christopher Columbus Day- Early Reader Kindergarten and First Grade
**Christopher Columbus Day- Early Reader Kindergarten and First Grade**
Finding materials for Columbus Day for young students is always difficult!! With that thought in mind, I created this little book for Columbus Day in kindergarten (or first grade) classrooms!! It would be great to use for browsing boxes, independent reading, guided reading groups, or Read to Self.
This book has one fact per page with illustrations to support young readers. Many sight words are used to support early readers
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PreK - 1st
Student Made Calendar 2024 (Parent Gift) UPDATED YEARLY!!
This version is UPDATED every year!! Super easy with tons of options! Get this and MORE in my Christmas bundle and SAVE!Christmas BUNDLEPrint this packet for each child. It includes a writing activity for each month of the year. I recommend printing the pages so that they are back to back. When you open the calendar, the writing for the month will be above the calendar for that month. The children can decorate and color each month's calendar. They can even add special dates or just leave it blan
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in:Â Christmas BUNDLE
Every Child Matters - Sept 30th Orange Shirt Day - Resource and Mini-Reader K-3
Orange Shirt Day (September 30th) is known as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. It is a day we honour the Indigenous children who were sent to residential schools in Canada. We learn about why we wear orange shirts, and focus on educating young learners as to the history of residential schools, as well as Indigenous culture and tradition. This resource also focuses on teaching young learners about diversity, equity, equality and that every person is special.Worksheets in
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PreK - 3rd
Directed Draw Calendar Project **Updated for 2024**
**UPDATED FOR 2024**This project is the perfect holiday gift for students to create for loved ones!! This product includes a ready to print calendar for 2024, editable calendar templates, directed draw template pages and directed draw video suggestions! Easy!! Your students and families will LOVE this!! PDF and PowerPoint
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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2024 Handprint Calendar | Student Gift | Parent Christmas Gift
This product currently includes the 2024 calendar!This handprint calendar makes the perfect student made gift for the holidays! Their families will love how special this calendar is and can use it for an entire year. You can use the handprint ideas I provided for each month, or use your own ideas!This product will be updated each year, so you only have to purchase it once, and you will receive the future years' templates for FREE!*Check out the preview to get a closer look at this product!This p
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PreK - 5th
Winter Name Craft | Winter Snow Globe Bulletin Board | Winter Activities
Let your students practice their names and letter recognition with this fun snow globe craftivity! Students get to choose the animals and objects that go inside their snow globe along with the letters in their name.Print the templates onto colored cardstock for easy cut and paste assembly or print onto plain white paper to make into a coloring activity. The finished product makes a sweet winter bulletin board for the holidays. It's great for letter and name recognition, fine motor skills and spe
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PreK - 1st
Also included in:Â Name Craft Year Long Bundle Back to School Kindergarten Bulletin Board Ideas
The Jesse Tree Christmas Advent Project
The Jesse Tree is a chronological Bible story Christmas advent of the scriptural events that occurred before Jesus's birth. There are many ways to participate in this countdown, and I've taken some creative liberty to design a simple version for younger kids. Traditionally this project is done as a Christmas advent, starting on December 1st--but these printable felties are versatile enough to use as a colorful addition to a history timeline, as a family night game of Bible-themed memory or go fi
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PreK - 6th
In Our Classroom Emergent Reader Kindergarten or 1st Grade- Rules Back to School
This emergent reader little book will help young students practice early reading skills, while reading about the classroom rules!!
Each page of this book focuses on an important classroom rule/ procedure. If there is a rule that you do not feel is needed in your classroom, you can simply leave out that particular page.
Page 1: Title Page: In Our Classroom
Page 2: We listen to our teacher.
Page 3: We are kind and respectful.
Page 4: We raise our hands.
Page 5: We use quiet voices in our classro
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PreK - 1st
Look at the Christmas Lights Kindergarten Emergent Reader book
This emergent reader little book is a great way to begin reading with young students. This story uses a predictable pattern to support emerging readers.
On each page, a different color of Christmas lights is featured; the book follows the pattern, "Look at the _____ lights."
This story reviews the sight words look, at, and the; the following color words are also practiced: red, blue, yellow, green, yellow, orange, and purple.
This book includes the same text on both the top and bottom of ea
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PreK - 1st
2024 SUMMER Olympics - coloring pages
Do you need a fun way to introduce the 2024 SUMMER Olympics?This packet contains:coloring pages for the OlympicsCheck out some other Olympic products:History of the Olympics - MAIN IDEA passage*Check out some other products or head to my store and FOLLOW for Monthly FLASH FREEBIES and FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM- @TeachingKiddos1 for more ideas in the classroomCLASSROOM MANAGEMENTPBIS student of the monthClass AwardsClass Rules /Memes EDITABLE"Tattle" notesCollaboration RulesHOLIDAYSHis
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PreK - 4th
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Christmas Mistletoe Handprint Poem
**Disclosure: This poem, along with the link to the read aloud on YouTube, is included in the POEM OF THE DAY resource.This Christmas Handprint Poem is the perfect gift to send home to the parents for the holidays. They will hang the mistletoe poem for years to come :) Simply paint the child's hand green, or have them trace with green markers, and add a bow to top off the mistletoe.
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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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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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