Free! 1-10 Booklet Of Number Forms for Review or Introduction!

This is the most popular free activity in my  

TeacherspayTeachers Store!

Free! 1-10 Booklet Of Number Forms

It includes these various number forms;

Dice, Fingers, Tally Marks, Ten Frame, Ordinals, Counting Kids, Number Line, Coins, Number Formation, Formation Poem, Number Word, and Counting Cubes.

Run the booklet, printing on the front side only. The cover pages can be run on heavier paper to make the project sturdier.

Pass the six pages out to each child. They cut them apart on the dotted middle line, then put the pages in the correct sequence with front cover, pages 1 thru 10 and back cover.

The pictures can be traced or colored during introduction or review. Many other forms of the number can be added by the students on the blank left page across for the number page.

There are links in the description to other number sense products and activities in my store!

Celebrate The End of The Year!

The end of the year is getting closer with each passing day!

So much to do and so little time to do it!

 

To encourage summer reading, I've created an end of the year bookmark that hopefully will be a placemarker in several reading books during vacation!

Free! End of the Year Beach Theme Bookmarks

This has 4 pages of bookmarks for the end of the year with a beach theme. Show someone you care! Great for educators to give to students or staff.

They can be used to motivate reading with the words "Have a super summer! I will miss you!" The clipart is appropriate for a wide range of groups and age levels. There is color and grayscale, which can be colored. I would love feedback if you download this, please!

 

 I also have a wide variety of certificates and diplomas in many colors and designs!
This is my newest one!

End of Year Certificates or Diplomas of Completion For Any Activity.
Plus I have a variety of others!

 These can be found in my

TeacherspayTeachers Store

look under CUSTOM CATEGORIES for

Back to & End School.

There are spaces to be handwritten in for the name, the date, and the signing person.

After printing the certificate out, just fill in the blanks and present to the student. So much more personal when handwritten! They look gorgeous framed and are a wonderful memento!
 

 I also have Picture Frame Attachments.

 

Print the activity out on one side only. The heavier the paper, the more durable it will be. Laminate and cut the pieces out.

Decide what size empty picture frame you are going to use. The 8” by 10”, 11” by 14” or 16” by 20” are great sizes for these attachments. The example frame shown is 11” by 14.”

Have the student hold the empty frame with the pictures attached, centered in front of their face and smile! You take their picture and they will have a wonderful

remembrance keepsake!
I have other Frame Attachments in my store and will be creating more!

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Two Patriotic Days in May!

Armed Forces Day is a day to recognize members of the Armed Forces that are currently serving. Armed Forces Day takes place on the third Saturday in May.

 

Free! Patriotic Bookmarks "We Salute You" and "Veterans We Salute You"

 

Memorial Day is a Federal holiday celebrated the last Monday of each May to honor the men and women who died while serving in the military.

 

Several activities are fun to do to encourage respect for our men and women in uniform fighting for our freedom and our flag. These are great for teachers in classrooms, homeschools, roadschools, daycares or any educational setting!

 Flag Do Together Parent/Child Homework Activity

 

This is a creative arts and craft project that includes the cover sheet, flag template and parent letter. There are so many suggestions for decorations: glitter, pompoms, tissue paper, felt, foam, yarn,
sprinkles, colored rice, beads, sequins, shells, feathers, macaroni,
flowers, nature materials, sand, fabric, papers, foil, string, recycling
materials, whatever you have around the house.

 

 Patriotic Skip Counting

 

Here are two free examples of this activity for you to use to practice math skip counting!

Cut apart the strips and glue them down on another piece of paper in the correct sequence. If the order is correct the picture is correct, then color.

For continued number practice, just cut the pieces and do not glue them down.

These can also be laminated and used over and over. For example, glue magnets to the back of each strip and use on a cookie sheet. Put a colored dot on the back of matching pieces set to keep them from getting mixed up!

 

Enjoy! 

St Patrick's Day Warm Fuzzy Freebie!

This time of year is it so nice to tell people how lucky we are to have them in our lives, especially to our very own little people!

So I've included this bookmark freebie page to show you how LUCKY I am,

 to have each and everyone of you in my life!

I love to give warm fuzzies of all kinds!

They create warm fuzzy feelings in the people that get them, but I also get those same warm fuzzy feelings back, tenfold, just by watching their joy in receiving them!

So pass on some lucky warm fuzzies and watch someone smile!

I have a more detailed set of these bookmarks in this activity!

St. Patrick's Day Bookmarks & Badges for Teachers, Students, Staff and Parents

Another fun activity with a Leprechaun is called

St. Patrick's Day Song And Posters L-U-C-K-Y Was His Name-O

 There is a song poster, the word Jig poster and the letter posters that spell LUCKY. Included is a cover sheet and directions. Each poster is 8 1/2 by 11 inches.

Introduce the song using the song poster. Pass the letter cards out and have the students participate with the singing. Sing to the tune "Bingo."

To make the activity harder, sing the song with flipping a letter to Jig for each verse and do a motion or sound instead. For example, sing L U C K Y for the first verse. Then turn the letter L over for the second verse and have the children dance and sing Jig for the letter L. They would Jig, then sing U C K Y. The third verse would be Jig, Jig, and sing C K Y. Do this until all the letters are turned over and the last verse is Jig, Jig, Jig, Jig, Jig.

  It is a great way to learn some letters of the alphabet and practice memory skills!
Download Preview in the link above to see the complete activity. 

I also have a huge variety of Name-O Songs for different holidays and seasons!

Name-O Songs!

 

May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
~Irish Blessing

St. Patrick's Day Free Writing Paper!

St. Patrick's Day is when I begin to feel like spring is just around the corner! The warm temperatures have me thinking about spring, even if there is a snowstorm expected the middle of next week!

 

To celebrate this coming holiday a little early, I have a set of free writing papers!

 Free! St. Patrick’s Day Writing Paper 2 Different Grids

 

This is a simple St. Patrick’s Day writing activity. It has 2 different writing grids, plus a blank page for a variety of writing levels. There are three different versions of the different papers, color and gray scale!

 

I just added a new activity to my

TeacherspayTeachers Store!

 

St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Letter Sound Match

 What a fun way to practice letter matching and beginning sounds with shamrocks! They look really cute completely cut separately, but if you don't have time they can be cut on the box straight lines. Then decide if cutting the shamrocks apart using straight lines or

do each one differently to be self-checking!

 

 

They also come in blackline to save on ink.

 

 I have included several game ideas to use with these shamrocks. They can be used with large or small groups, plus one on one and in centers!

 

 May the luck of the Irish be with you!
 

Beginner Crossword Puzzle Using Color Words

Crossword puzzles are the world's most popular word games for children and adults!

This is a great product to teach the concept of crossword puzzles and review color words. It can be done one-on-one and in large or small groups.

The smaller the group being introduced, the easier to teach and observe while doing the activity. When working with a large class, depending on the age, it may be necessary to do it together step by step. You may need to do a copy of the activity along with them for all to see.

The first letter of each box is printed the color of the correct word, so the child knows where to start spelling the word. The student might notice that black and brown start in the same square, but the box is brown.

The color words are on the paper to help spell the words correctly. The numbered box is beside the word to help them locate the same square on the grid and the direction to write the word. A key is included.

Find this activity here:  

 

My First Crossword Puzzle

Enjoy this freebie page!

You can instill the love of using words, along with the educational benefits and maybe create a lifelong puzzler! 

Enjoy!

Products and Activities

 So exciting!

If you have a classroom, homeschool, preschool, daycare, afterschool, roadschool,

are a parent or grandparent this is for you! 

Thanksgiving Turkey Tails Number Sense

 

 

It is a fun way to introduce or review the various forms of the numbers 1-5 using turkey feathers!

 

 

I would love for you to follow me on Instagram at cjsmaxwell

 

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!

Easter Is On The Way!

We have taken down the shamrocks and put up the Easter goodies!

Bunnies and eggs are popping up everywhere!

 

This adorable little bunny makes the cutest bookmark! I have it as a freebie product in my

Christine Maxwell Hand to Heart TeacherpayTeachers Store! 

 Free! "SPRING INTO READING" Bookmarks for Easter or Spring

 

If you download this or any other activity from my store, I would love feedback!

 

To do this go to TeacherspayTeachers and on the top right side is a dropdown menu, go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login first). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for any product.

I truly appreciate all your feedback!

 

Some hands-on learning activities that I like to do during this time are: 

Easter Bunny Geometric Shape Rabbit

 It is used to introduce or review the four shapes, circle, square, triangle, rectangle,
 plus practice fine motor skills, cutting, gluing, and body awareness.

It has a variety of different activites and colors and creating the whole body or just the head!

For the little learners, it is best to just start with the head activity!

Here is a Preview of this product.

 I have two great interactive songs!

  Easter Song And Posters E-G-G-I-E Was His Name-O

 

Easter/Spring Song And Posters B-U-N-N-Y Was His Name-O

 What fun activities for the spring or Easter season. Sing to the tune "Bingo."
 It is a great way for tiny humans to learn some letters of the alphabet!

There is a song poster, an action poster and letter posters that spell the word, included is a cover sheet and directions. Each poster is 8 1/2 by 11 inches.

Introduce the song using the song poster. Pass the letter cards out and have the students participate with the singing. To make the activity harder sing the song with subtracting a letter for each verse and do a motion or sound instead. Laminate and use year after year!

 

This activity can be used even by a single child by having them point at the posters and do the motions.

 



National Teacher Appreciation Day

Educators play a critical role in educating and shaping our children, the future leaders of our country. They are kind, patient, hard-working, dedicated, understanding professionals that mold lives in a positive direction and have the power to change those lives forever! 

We can find educators in classrooms, homeschools, roadschools, worldschools, preschools, daycares and afterschool programs!

In honor of  those special people that spend time nurturing our greatest resource,

I have a set of bookmarks to share called

The Starfish Story Bookmark. 

 This poem was given to me many years ago, along with a starfish pin, by a very special person. They truly made me feel like I was making a difference! I still have the pin!

THE STARFISH POEM
by Loren Eiseley
Once upon a time there was a wise man
who used to go to the ocean
to do his writing.
He had a habit of walking on the beach
before he began his work.
One day he was walking along the shore.
As he looked down the beach,
he saw a human
figure moving like a dancer.
He smiled to himself to think
of someone who would dance to the day.
So he began to walk faster to catch up.
As he got closer, he saw
that it was a young man
and the young man wasn't dancing,
but instead he was reaching
down to the shore, picking up something
and very gently throwing it
into the ocean.
As he got closer he called out,
"Good morning! What are you doing?"
The young man paused,
looked up and replied,
"Throwing starfish in the ocean."
"I guess I should have asked,
why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"
"The sun is up and the tide is going out.
And if I don't throw them in they'll die."
"But, young man, don't you realize that
there are miles and miles of beach
and starfish all along it.
You can't possibly make a difference!"
The young man listened politely.
Then bent down, picked up another starfish
and threw it into the sea,
past the breaking waves and said-
"It made a difference for that one.“
 You make a difference!

 National Teacher Appreciation Day, also known as National Teacher Day, is celebrated on Tuesday of the first full week in May. This day is part of Teacher Appreciation Week which is the first full week in May of each year.

Spring Into Learning!

This is the time of year when children really seem to takeoff!

They start to accomplish learning goals at a more rapid pace and make sense of ideas

and problems that used to confused them.

 

Some people say a "light bulb goes off" when a child finally understands that tricky concept, that before, they just couldn't get. For me, I see an explosion of pure happiness and joy, like the burst of bright sun in this poster!

 

Feel free to print and share! 

 

 For beginning readers knowing the letters of the alphabet and letter sounds is an important part of beginning to read.

 Making learning fun is helpful to motivate children to learn,

such as this alphabet puzzle with self-checking pieces.

Alphabet Puzzle Match Sounds and Letters

It can be cut with rounded corners or simply cut the black edgelines straight off,

to make it with square puzzle pieces.

 

A brand new activity, I uploaded is

Bees and Hives Letter and Sound Matching for Spring and Summer

There are a several ways to use this product, starting with working on letter matching, then adding the letter sounds.

It comes in color or black and white. It can also be cut apart a variety of ways.

 

Near the end of the year some educators do an ABC review of a letter a day.

Aa to Zz Letter and Sound Banners

This is a great set of 26 Aa thru Zz triangle shaped banners in black and white, no prep, just print and use. These are perfect for introducing or as a review of the letters of the alphabet.

Each 8 ½ by 11 inch banner has a simple sentence at the top using beginning vocabulary words. The sentences become more difficult with each letter. The words used are: a, my, see, the, I, it, is, look, at, here, this, an, like, have, we, to, end and can.

 

Banners can also be made into an Aa to Zz Book for each child to keep or they can also be sent home, so each student can make their own chain of hanging ABC banners.

 Enjoy!

Christmas Advent Activities

Tis almost December, the season for many celebrations!

Children like to countdown until special days because it helps with the waiting.

It is better to get the activity ready early!

 

The first one is free and all that is needed are cotton balls! The download comes in color or black and white for coloring.

 

Simply start on December 1 and glue a cotton ball on the number one on Santa's hat.

Glue a ball on each number as the day arrives. After 25 days he makes a beautiful picture!

If cotton balls are not available the child can color in each number.

 

There are math activities that can be done during the month using Santa, counting days that have cotton balls, then how many days left, odd and evens, etc.

 

This also makes a great early present!

Print the picture out and give the child a baggie with 25 cotton balls!

 

Christmas Santa's Beard Countdown Math Activity

 

 Another product is a little larger and has two versions, the 12 day or the 25 day advent tree.

 

 

Christmas The 12 Days or 25 Days of Advent Calendars

 

The 12 Days Tree has a green border around it and is made of 4 SHEETS of 8 ½ by 11 paper. It is 16 inches tall and 21 inches wide.

The 25 Days Tree has a red border around it and is made of 6 SHEETS of 8 ½ by 11 paper.
It is 23 inches tall and 21 inches wide.

 

This includes 42 fun activities that can be done during this advent time!

After printing out the desired tree, trim some edges to allow the pages to fit together like a puzzle. If you want the tree to be one big poster, glue together and then laminate the whole thing. If you prefer to assemble the tree each year, laminate each page, cut the pages out, and lightly tape the tree together.

Print the activities pages out. The thicker the paper, the more durable the pieces will be. Laminate and cut apart the individual pictures. There is an extra blank page for adding other activities of your own.

Decide the activities to be added to the tree. If using the tree one time, the pictures can be glued to the tree. When using the tree over again, it is better to attach Velcro to the squares on the tree and the back of the pictures or use tape lightly to hold them on.

 

 

 The last product is not really an advent calendar activity, but can be used to create an advent book.

 

This is really an ABC Christmas book.

I have two versions, one without tracing words and the other has words to trace.

 

Christmas ABC Class Book With Trace Words

 

They illustrate a page a day can be done until Dec. 24 then the last pages can be finished.

 

For each page I have different words to pick for the letter. For example letter Cc has the words; cookie, candle, candy cane, carols, Christmas, card, candy, coal, camels, Christ Child.

 

 

Christmas ABC Book-You Pick The Pages

 

 When finished you have a keepsake book that can be read and reread over and over!

 

If you have a classroom of students the book can be used as a class made book!  

Each child can illustrate a letter page with the word they pick and the finished pages can be collected into a class book to share.

 

So many fun ways to countdown to that special day!

Thanksgiving A Time To Be Thankful!

The season has quickly changed from ghosts and goblins to turkeys and pilgrims!

This is the time of year when we reflect on what we are thankful to have and enjoy in our daily lives.  

 

 This product is to help encourage this understanding of daily blessings and includes several turkey writing templates for creative writing and drawing. A thoughtful activity that has several different size writing lines, plus a blank page for illustrating. 

There are also two other fun title pages to creative write how to cook a turkey and

how to disguise a turkey!

Even the littlest learner can tell what they are thankful for, while an older person can write their thoughts and ideas down. Then they draw a picture.

Find the activity here:

Turkey Writing Paper for Thanksgiving

 It also makes a wonderful book with a title page and and ending page!

To practice skip counting, I have a Thanksgiving theme puzzle product with several counting activities in color or black and white!

Here is a sample of this activity.

It can be used as a puzzle or a one timer with cut and glue.

Thanksgiving Day Skip Counting Cut And Glue

Enjoy! 

Halloween Is Coming!

As the leaves continue to turn bright yellows, reds and oranges, it means
Halloween is getting closer! Halloween products are always such fun and
I have a new one I just listed in my store!

 

 

There are templates to create dice to use in this graphing activity!
It can also be used as a racing game to see which pumpkin jack-o-lantern finishes first!

 

I have provided it in color and gray shades to save ink when printing.

Halloween Pumpkin Roll and Graph

 

 

There are the six pumpkin faces that can be glued or taped on cube Kleenex boxes to create great primary dice to use! Younger children might need help making the dice cube.

I have a variety of other

Halloween Products

available in my

Hand to Heart TpT Store

 

 

Here is a freebie bookmark to enjoy!

Halloween Bookmarks "BOO-tiful Reader"