Back to School!

It is time for our Back To School!

 Great first day activity to get children talking and interacting!

 

School Compound Word Puzzle Match Set using All School Words 

Here are 30 self-checking puzzle matches of compound words that can be used with the whole class, small groups or in centers. These are words that are used in the classroom!

The instruction page has several games to play using these pieces. For example, give each child a puzzle piece, making sure that another child has the matching piece. The students then scramble to find their match.

 

It can easily be adapted for the littlest learner by only using the simplest word concepts introduced. Plus little ones will use the pictures, while the

older student will read the words.
 Print, laminate, cut apart, and use year after year!

 

 A new product that I have added to my

Christine Maxwell Hand to Heart TpT Store

 

Apples and Baskets Number and Ten Frames Matching

What a great way to practice number matching with a fall theme of apples and baskets!
There is a set in color and a set in black and white for less ink use. Plus the black and white lined set can be run on colored paper to add more creativity to the activity!

Introduce or review the concepts of number matching. This activity can be used, even if only a few number concepts have been introduced. Then add the other pieces as they are learned.

Glue and scissors are required if using them for worksheets! Great center or group activity too!
 Download Preview in my store to see the complete activity.

 

 

 

As a way to promote, share my educational activities and get my products in the hands of people that need them, I have been marketing with several other educators in exhibits at educational and homeschool conferences!

I am always delighted when I see and hear that something I created,

made a difference for a child!
We need your help! As back to school begins, help us get the word out about TeacherspayTeachers, so educators are able to work smarter and not harder! Teaching is stressful enough, without having to reinvent the wheel for every learning skill!

 

Thanksgiving Ideas!

The turkeys are coming! The turkeys are coming!

Do you have leftover mini pumpkins from Halloween?

A project I like to do with little people is to make them into Thanksgiving turkeys!

You can use ice cream sticks, popsicle sticks or tongue depressors cut in half for the head and tail feathers. The sticks can be colored with crayons or makers.

 

The littlest learners will need help getting the sticks into the pumpkins after coloring. A knife maybe needed to cut slits into the pumpkin to make it easier to push in the sticks.

They look cute sitting on the Thanksgiving dinner table!

I also have a variety of Thanksgiving ideas and activities on my
Pinterest Thanksgiving Board.

This paid product in my store has a variety of different colors and fonts.

Thanksgiving Turkey Handprint Poem and Keepsake

I am posting a free page version of this activity here!
Enjoy!



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!