Collecting/Labeling supplies I give each child a permanent marker. We go through each item on the school supply list one at a time and they write their first name last initial on each supply (if it wasn’t done already). I collect notebooks, folders, one set at a time by calling their rows. I put them…
Printable pages in both color and black and white. Glue bottles with uppercase alphabet. The PDF has five pages with six glue bottles on each page. Each bottle has a smiling face and an uppercase letter from A to Z written on handwriting lines. The last page also has four blank bottles. You can download…
Included in this activity are eye color cards, header card, eye color labels, and graphing sheet. Cards are designed for use in a pocket chart. Great for an All About Me theme or for use during Morning Meeting. Available below in both full-color and black and white. The color PDF has four pages: directions with…
Included in this activity are shirt color cards, header card, shirt color labels, and graphing sheet. Cards are designed for use in a pocket chart. Great for an All About Me theme or for use during Morning Meeting. Available below in both full-color and black and white. The color PDF has a page of directions…
First Day Hunt To familiarize students with the school and personnel, I take students on a hunt for a certain goodie (cookies, watermelon, etc.) around the school. Before school begins I hide the goodie somewhere on campus and write out clue cards. On the first day of kindergarten we read the clues which take us…
This book was originally available at The Learning Leap website. It has since gone offline but we have a copy of the book archived here. Find more activities for The Kissing Hand at Little Giraffes. The PDF has three pages with two half-page book pages on each, so it prints as a small six-page book….
This goes with a first day of school activity found at Little Giraffes Teaching Ideas. This ball of playdough is here, Full of fun for you and me. With a few squeezes and rolls, What colors can we see? As we mold and shape today, Our school year starts with cheer. Together we’ll learn and…