Free Printables Archives - Books and Giggles Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:24:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://booksandgiggles.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-BG-favicon-23-3-32x32.png Free Printables Archives - Books and Giggles 32 32 Fall Writing Tray Activity with Cornmeal https://booksandgiggles.com/fall-writing-tray-activity-with-cornmeal/ https://booksandgiggles.com/fall-writing-tray-activity-with-cornmeal/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:48:14 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10665 Inside: Preschoolers can celebrate the harvest with this story-based cornmeal writing tray activity and free printable letter formation cards. Add this to your Little Red Hen unit! This week, I stumbled on a fun, multicultural companion story to read aloud after your kids hear The Little Red Hen. Then, I created a hand-on early literacy...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/fall-writing-tray-activity-with-cornmeal/feed/ 0 Bat Letter Sounds Activity https://booksandgiggles.com/bat-letter-sounds-activity/ https://booksandgiggles.com/bat-letter-sounds-activity/#respond Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:50:05 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10676 Inside: Help preschool and kindergarten students practice letter recognition and beginning sounds with a fun bat letter sounds activity perfect for October and Halloween. There’s just something about bats that captures kids’ curiosity. Whether you’re reading bat stories like Stellaluna, making bat crafts, or exploring nocturnal animals, they always seem to draw children in. Plus,...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/bat-letter-sounds-activity/feed/ 0 Birdhouse ABC Activity https://booksandgiggles.com/birdhouse-abc-activity/ https://booksandgiggles.com/birdhouse-abc-activity/#comments Mon, 19 May 2025 19:01:25 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10568 Inside: a free printable birdhouse ABC activity where kids put alphabet bird cards into a birdhouse. Includes a letter spinner, uppercase letter cards, and recording sheets in both uppercase and lowercase letter versions. Spring and summertime are for the birds! Here in Texas, we love watching barn swallows build nests over the grandparents’ porch every...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/birdhouse-abc-activity/feed/ 2 Printable Dinosaur Hat with Facts for Little Learners https://booksandgiggles.com/printable-dinosaur-hat/ https://booksandgiggles.com/printable-dinosaur-hat/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:24:19 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10537 Inside: Grab a free printable dinosaur hat that features facts about dinosaurs, and promote oral language as well as some dino content! Little kids are like sponges sometimes, soaking up facts about new things they’re interested in. There’s nothing cuter than a 4- or 5-year-old dinosaur expert! Plus, being an “expert” gives children oral language...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/printable-dinosaur-hat/feed/ 0 Feed the Dog Name Recognition Activity https://booksandgiggles.com/feed-the-dog-name-recognition-activity/ https://booksandgiggles.com/feed-the-dog-name-recognition-activity/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:57:20 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10516 Inside: Grab this free printable dog name recognition activity to help preschoolers work on recognizing their names in print. As preschoolers, my own kids loved playing dog – like actually pretending they were puppies. It was entertaining to watch! Even when they went through a phase of being afraid of actual dogs (we didn’t have...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/feed-the-dog-name-recognition-activity/feed/ 2 Birthday Cake CVC Words Activity https://booksandgiggles.com/birthday-cvc-words-activity/ https://booksandgiggles.com/birthday-cvc-words-activity/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:31:47 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10500 Inside: a free printable CVC words activity with a birthday theme featuring paper cake, “candles”, and balloons. Birthday CVC Words Activity Birthday cakes and balloons are a big deal for kids, so I thought they would make a fun theme for beginning CVC word work. Even better, I turned it into a free printable for...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/birthday-cvc-words-activity/feed/ 0 Free Printable Birthday Name Activity https://booksandgiggles.com/free-printable-birthday-name-activity/ https://booksandgiggles.com/free-printable-birthday-name-activity/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:41:22 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10488 Inside: Children can practice recognizing and spelling their names with this free printable birthday cupcake name activity. There’s nothing like a birthday for making a child feel special. You can add to their self-esteem by helping them learn the letters in their very own name! Who is this Name Activity For? This editable birthday activity...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/free-printable-birthday-name-activity/feed/ 0 Basketball Initial Sounds Pocket Chart Activity https://booksandgiggles.com/basketball-initial-sounds-pocket-chart/ https://booksandgiggles.com/basketball-initial-sounds-pocket-chart/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2025 20:02:15 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10424 Inside: a free printable basketball-themed pocket chart activity for preschoolers and kindergartners to practice matching letters with sounds. I’ve created a set of baseball name activities and put together a list of books about football, but until now I haven’t done anything with basketball. It’s almost time for March Madness, so now seems like a...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/basketball-initial-sounds-pocket-chart/feed/ 0 Seasons Playdough Mats {Free Printable} https://booksandgiggles.com/seasons-playdough-mats/ https://booksandgiggles.com/seasons-playdough-mats/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:46:59 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=7671 Inside: free printable seasons playdough mats for preschoolers along with conversation starters to use with students. Today I’m sharing playdough mats that you can use when you’re teaching about the seasons. This activity exercises those little fingers and reinforces the letters w, s, and f and their initial sounds. Playdough is one of my all-time...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/seasons-playdough-mats/feed/ 0 Christmas Letter Sound “Gifts” https://booksandgiggles.com/christmas-letter-sound-gifts/ https://booksandgiggles.com/christmas-letter-sound-gifts/#respond Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:57:21 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10273 Inside: Free printable Christmas letters sounds cards that are hands-on interactive! Use these to help preschoolers learn letters and letter sounds this holiday season. Get ready for some festive learning fun with this Christmas-themed free printable! Children can practice naming letters (and their sounds, if they’re ready) before unfolding a ‘present’ to reveal a hidden...

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