The easiest Easter Literacy Center for Kindergarten

News flash - not all kindergarten literacy centers need to be flashy and colorful to be effective and engaging! 

This Easter themed center happens to be one of my favorite word working stations, ever. Bonus is that it cost me less than 3 dollars and no more than 10 minutes of my time to set up! All I needed were these three simple things: 

• Large Popsicle sticks (they look like tongue depressors) 
• Wooden clothes pins 
• Gel pens 

I purchased the sticks and clothes pins from the dollar store. I already had the gel pens ;) This center is seriously easy-peasy, lemon squeezy! 

Happy Easter! 🐣 ✝️ 
@jen_rece

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Teacher Tips to Transform your Play-Doh Center

If you’re anything like me, you’re always on the lookout for the best, most functional, user-friendly and creative teacher hacks on the web! 

Well a while back I had stumbled upon a vague Pinterest idea of using a K cup carousel as a Play-Doh stand. The only catch? I was already using my carousel for K cups (obviously, right?). The bright side? Not for long!

Fast forward to March as I began my yearly spring cleanup at home and I came across that old K cup carousel that my husband and I no longer use (don’t get me wrong-we still use our Keurig machine, but we opt to use the reusable filter instead) and it instantly dawned on me that I could re-purpose it for my classroom (cue the angels singing). So friends - that’s exactly what I did!

I posted the picture above to my Instagram Feed and within a couple hours it had gone viral. It was really exciting to see so many educators posting pictures of their re-purposed carousels with mini play dough containers!

If you aren’t sure which containers will work, I’m using the 2 ounce containers and I’ve seen them at Dolllar Tree and Dollarama. I actually order my Play-Doh online from Amazon, so that’s an option too.

If you try this teacher hack I would love to hear about it! Feel free to tag me on Instagram, Facebook or leave a comment down below letting me know how it turned out!

How do you organize your play dough materials? Share below!

Happy teaching!❤
@jen_rece

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Q-Tip Painting Printables for Early Learning

I love seeing these Alphabet and Number Q-Tip painting templates in Early Learning programs! They are perfect for preschool and kindergarten children. 

Each uppercase letter card has a picture referencing a word beginning with each letter of the alphabet. Each number card has a picture of the coordinating ten frame. :) 

Get it here: Q-Tip Painting: ABCs, 123s, Ten Frames and Beginning Sounds Art Printables 

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Common Core Aligned ELA Interactive Notebook for KINDERGARTEN - Printable

I have a secret: I am OBSESSED with interactive notebooks! My students have always responded with enthusiasm to learning with them, so I always try my best to incorporate them into our curriculum when I can. That's why I created my newest educational product, "My Big Bag of Beginning Letter Sounds and Case Sorting". 

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Common Core Aligned, "My Big Bag of Beginning Letter Sounds and Case Sorting" is geared towards kindergarten children but can be used by preschool and first graders too. It features multiple pages per letter of the alphabet and once printed, cut and completed is a whopping 104 (half) pages! 

Here's my product cover page in case you are looking for it in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store:

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This interactive notebook helps children learn and practice beginning letter sounds, uppercase/lowercase sorting as well as printing, coloring, cutting and pasting! This is a fun - and BIG set of printables, so be sure to grab them NOW! Perfect for "Letter of the Week" or as an intensive unit on beginning sounds and lowercase/uppercase letters! 

Here are some pictures of this resource in action: 

Pretty fun, right?! 

Product Details:

►This product consists of 79 full pages ‣ 104 (half) pages once complete 

►This product contains 2 cover pages (one boy, one girl) 

►Tracing, Printing, Decorating, Cutting, Pasting, Sorting and Assembling

►Each Letter has 3 pages of interactive activities ‣ 4 (half) Pages once assembled 

►Each Letter has 3 pages of interactive activities ‣ ie. "These pictures begin with the (Hh) sound. Decorate them." "Circle & decorate the pictures that begin with the (Hh) sound." "Cut, sort and paste the pictures that begin with the letter (Hh)." "Cut and paste these uppercase and lowercase letters to your worksheet"

►Entire booklet can be bound together OR each letter can be bound together to form "Letter of the Week" booklets 

►Common Core Standard L.K.1.A ‣ "I can print many upper and lower case letters"

►Common Core Standard L.K.5A ‣ "I can sort objects into categories"

►Common Core Standard RF.K.1D ‣ "I can recognize and name upper and lower case letters"

►Common Core Standard RF.K.3A ‣ "I can produce the primary sound for each consonant"

Find  it here: 

• My Big Bag of Beginning Letter Sounds and Case Sorting

Related Products:

► Fall Emergent Reader: Fall Leaf, Fall Leaf, What Do You See?+ Pocket Chart Cards 

► Halloween Emergent Reader: Little Witch, Little Witch, What Do You See? 

► Thanksgiving Emergent Reader: Little Turkey, Little Turkey, What Do You See? 

► Winter Emergent Reader: Snowman, Snowman, What Do You See? 

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Freebie: Trace and Cut Worksheets (emerging skills)

Whether you are working in a toddler, preschool or kindergarten classroom, you likely know the important link between developing fine motor skills and printing/cutting with precision. That's why I developed a quick set of Trace and Cut Worksheets that allow your students the opportunity to develop and refine those crucial skills. It is comprised of simple shapes and images using dotted lines that can be traced, coloured  then cut with scissors. 

Trace and Cut Worksheets

Simply head over to my TeachersPayTeachers Store and download the FREE file. It's a PDF and can be printed easily. 

Resource Link: Trace and Cut Worksheets

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