Fifty Nifty Days of Learning

50 nifty days of learning or 50 nifty days of school is cause for a celebration!

It happens about this time of year depending upon when you started.

I have two new products for this special occasion!

The first is a bookmark!

 

50th Day of School for 50 Days of Learning Bookmarks! Color & Blackline

While it is a paid product in my store for all four versions,

I am posting two on here free just for my blog followers!

Enjoy! 

I have also added a song for the 50 days too! 

50th Day of School Song for the 50 Days of Learning

What a fun activity for the 50th Day of Learning or 50 Days of School!

There is a song poster, the number 10 poster and the letter posters that spell FIFTY. Also included is a cover sheet and directions. Each poster is 8 1/2 by 11 inches.

It is a great way to learn some letters of the alphabet and practice memory skills!

Assembly: Print the song poster, the 10 poster five times (if using) and the letter posters on heavy paper and laminate. The 10 poster can be printed out five times and placed back to back with the letter posters. Then they can be flipped during the song from the letter to the number 10.

Activity: Show the song poster and teach the song. Introduce the letter cards to go with the song. Pass the cards out to 5 students and as the letter is sung, the card is held up. Repeat until every student has had a chance to participate.

To make the activity harder, sing the song with flipping a letter to 10 for each verse and do a motion and/or sound instead.

For example, they sing F I F T Y for the first verse. Then turn the letter F over for the second verse and have the children sing and show ten fingers for 10 for the letter F. They would sing 10, I F T Y. The third verse would be 10, 10, F T Y. Do this until all the letters are turned over and the last verse is 10, 10, 10, 10, 10! The 5 number 10 posters add up to 50 and 5 sets of ten fingers add up to 50 fingers!

Download Preview in my store (link above) to see the complete activity.

 

Happy 50 Days!

Fall Fun!

The days are getting cooler and the sun goes down much earlier now. It is the beginning of the glorious season of fall and although the leaves are just starting to turn, it is a great time of year to curl up with a good book and read to or with a child.

 Here are Free! "FALL INTO A GOOD BOOK!" Bookmarks

for Back To School, Fall and Autumn to help you keep your place!

Color and Grayscale

Plus they like to have their own bookmark too!

 

This is a creative product for September leaves using “stuff” and glue.

Autumn/Fall Tree

 It includes two blank tree templates to be completely decorated into an autumn or fall tree. The tree should not just be colored, it needs something on it! Younger children enjoy doing it together with an adult, especially telling about their tree!

 The tree can be covered with whatever, but it must hopefully stay attached when hung up. Plus it shouldn’t be so heavy that it won’t stay taped to a wall.

Suggestions for stuff as decorations: glitter, pompoms, tissue paper, felt, foam,
sprinkles, colored rice, family pictures, beads, sequins, shells, feathers, flowers,
nature materials, sand, fabric, papers, foil, string, recycling materials, lace,
whatever stuff you have around the house.

 

I have seen so many beautiful ideas and they look wonderful hanging all around! The children love sharing their creations too! 

Enjoy!

Fall Y'all

The wonderful season of fall has just begun!

The trees are just starting to turn colors and I so love the more comfortable temperatures!

 

Here is a freebie bookmark to celebrate called

"FALL INTO A GOOD BOOK!" Bookmarks for Back To School, Fall and Autumn.

 There are two pages of bookmarks, one page is in color and the other is grayshades. They can be used to motivate reading with the words "FALL Into A Good Book!" The clipart is appropriate for a wide range of groups.

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Enjoy!

 



Trains for Christmas!

Planning for Christmas activities already?

There are so many great stories about trains for children!

 

A very special story for the holiday season is the classic

"The Polar Express" by Chris Van Allsburg's.

 

Some other examples are:
1. Smokey by Bill Peet
2. Crack in the Track (Thomas the Tank Engine Story)
3. Little Train by Lois Lenski
4. The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
5. Steam, Smoke, and Steel: Back in Time with Trains by Patrick O’Brien
6. Big Book of Trains by DK Publishing
7. The Goodnight Train by June Sobel
8. The Potty Train by David Hochman
9. Dinosaur Train by John Steven Gurney
10. Freight Train by Donald Crews

 

I have two special train activities that can be used for Christmas!

The first one is a creative arts and writing activity.

Santa Express Christmas Train Do Together Parent/Child Homework Activity

This activity includes the cover sheet, 2 train engine templates and parent letter.

One train template is a simple black and white version. For older children there is a more detailed gray version. Print the train template you decide to use, on heavy paper and send it home with the parent explanation letter.

 

Parent and child will decorate it together. The train can be covered with whatever, but it must stay attached when hung up. Plus, it shouldn’t be so heavy that it won’t stay taped to a wall.

Suggestions for decorations: glitter, pompoms, tissue paper, pipe cleaners, felt, foam, lace, paper clips, sprinkles, colored rice, pictures, beads, sequins, shells, feathers, flowers, cotton, fake jewels, nature materials, sand, popsicle sticks, toothpicks, fabric, papers, foil, string, recycling materials, whatever you have around the house.

 

They need to put a picture of their child in the engine cab, so it looks like he/she is the engineer. When finished the student will bring back to school a Christmas Train to share with the class. It then becomes a prompt for story writing and telling.

It is always fun to see the different ways to decorate the train! They make a wonderful seasonal wall or bulletin board display! It can also be done in class instead of sending it home or send it home with older students that do not need parent help.

 

I have many different products similar to this to do during the year! Parents love doing these with their children!

Do Together Activities

 

The next activity is a fun product and has been very popular, so I am sharing it again!

Santa Express Geometric Christmas Train 2D Shapes 

This fun product incorporates 5 geometric 2D shapes into the building of a train engine, plus a creative literacy activity.

There are 3 complete train engine choices; 1 has red and green colors, 1 is grayscale colored, and the last is black and white. The train can be made as a stand-alone, but that is better printed on heavy paper. It can also be made by gluing the pieces down on another piece of paper. This project is excellent practice for the fine motor skills of cutting and gluing. It is a good idea to give each child a baggie to hold their cut pieces until they have glued them all.

Introduce or review the five shapes; circle, square, triangle, rectangle, and hexagon. Decide if posting the picture of the finished Key that is included, so the children may use it for reference. When doing the black and white or grayscale engines, the children can color or decorate them when finished.
 

It can also be used in a center, but it is better if the pieces are laminated first. Again some of the pieces are small so a baggie helps to keep any from getting lost.

  The literacy activity has a black and white train paper with lines for writing and reading their creative stories. There is a cover sheet to make these stories into a class share book the students can read and reread again and again.

 

I also have many other products for 

Geometric Fun

that can be used during the year.

 

Wishing you a fun filled holiday season!