Books and Giggles
Inside: this easy prep construction alphabet activity uses a free printable and Lego bricks or other small building blocks. Students can work on letter recognition, fine motor skills, and visual discrimination while engaging in a motivating activity. Dig! Lift! Build! A busy construction site – real or pretend – always gets my kids’ attention. If…
Inside: Free printable first day of school crowns and tips on helping children learn to recognize their names. I’m a little late posting this – I know some of you have already had your first day of school. But if you’re still getting ready for the beginning of the new school year I have a…
Inside: This free printable letter S worksheet is a fun no prep addition to your early kindergarten or preschool space unit. It features stars for kids to connect into a “constellation” of the letter S, plus letter sound stars to find and color in. We hardly ever get to go stargazing here. Between light pollution…
Inside: a free printable dinosaur counting activity that uses connecting link math manipulatives. This would make a fun hands-on math center for preschool or kindergarten. Today’s activity comes from Yara at Sea of Knowledge. I’m super excited to share it with you today! Dinosaur Counting Activity Looking for a fun way to get kids to…
This printable letter sound matching activity has a lemonade theme that’s perfect for summer! Whether you have preschoolers who are eager to work ahead, or rising kindergartners who need to catch up this summer, this hands-on summer letter sounds activity is a lot of fun. My kids love having a lemonade stand every year, and…
Here’s a quick post just to share my 4th of July worksheets with you. These are more dot marker printables, a little simpler than the letter D worksheets I posted here last week – but I think you’ll like these too! I actually made these a few years ago and sent them out to my…
These letter d worksheets will fit in perfectly with your preschool ocean theme! Print out this cute little set of free dot dabber pages, grab a dot marker and maybe some crayons, and your littles will be ready to go. Letter D Worksheets Children can start to learn letters and letter sounds before they can…
Inside: These Groundhog Day emergent readers are special – you can personalize them with student names! Groundhog Day always sneaks up on me! I start thinking about Valentine’s Day as soon as I see all that candy in stores, but I forget about Phil and his groundhog friends. I should remember it though. It’s the…
Inside: Print out this engaging editable Valentine’s Day sight word activity that helps children remember their sight words and high frequency words. A little Valentine’s Day fun is just what the doctor ordered this year. We all need to spread some extra joy and celebrate the magic of love and friendship. You can talk about…
Inside: This free printable Valentine’s Day sight word spinner activity helps children to learn any sight words in an engaging and enjoyable way. Valentine season is upon us again and in our house, that means candy and baking! My children love to share their love with their friends with a little something sweet. I designed…
Inside: This polar bear sight word activity uses an editable free printable so that you can use your own word list, or even work on just the alphabet. With the winter weather keeping a lot of us indoors, now is a great time to explore some winter-themed activities. This cute polar bear “fishing” game is…
Inside: This free printable winter vs summer sorting activity helps children understand the differences between these seasons, exploring the weather, clothing, and activities for each season. Most of the kids in my life love Summer! Who wouldn’t? The weather is warm, the sun is shining and drinking ice-cold lemonade every day is a must. But…
Inside: this hot chocolate letter sounds activity will warm up your winter literacy centers and small groups! Nothing beats a warm mug of hot cocoa on a cold wintry day… except maybe a mug of cocoa with marshmallows! We’ve been all about hot chocolate here lately. My kids each have a special cocoa mug that…
Inside: a free printable winter letter tracing activity for preschoolers, with three ways to play. If you’ve been teaching your kids about polar bears, they’ll quickly recognize how silly these scarf-wrapped ice skating polar bears are. In fact, these friendly polar bears inspired me to make this winter letter tracing activity to share with you…
Inside: These arctic animal alphabet worksheets for dot markers include fun facts about each animal for grownups to read aloud to little learners. Whether you’re teaching about lots of different arctic animals, or just one in particular, these free arctic animal alphabet worksheets will keep children engaged. What Animals Are Included? This free set of…
Inside: this printable penguin craft for kids features a dad hiding a baby chick in his brood pouch. Kids can cut out and color this fun interactive winter craft. There’s a scene I love in every penguin documentary and movie I’ve ever watched. It’s where a father penguin stands up to reveal a baby chick…
Inside: this free printable Christmas name tracing activity motivates children to practice writing their name and letters. What little Santa believer doesn’t want to pretend to help Old St. Nick write out gift tags? Today I’m sharing a quick free printable to help YOU fit in some holiday name tracing practice with your littles. Christmas…
Inside: These free printable gingerbread playdough mats provide a playful experience with sequencing, a valuable early literacy skill. Every year at the holidays we make gingerbread playdough here – it’s turned into a tradition here. I made up the batch shown here to try out the two new gingerbread playdough mats I made for you….
This Stone Soup activity is a fun and delicious science experiment to pair with the classic folktale. You can do this with any age kids, but my focus here is on how you’d do it with preschoolers or kindergartners. I have a weakness for soup. Vegetable soup, chicken noodle, cream of tomato, and my favorite, tortilla soup –…
Name activities for preschool are naturally engaging! Kids are interested in anything involving their very own names. Even better, you can use name activities as a stepping stone to alphabet activities. I like to start with teaching children just to recognize their name in print. Then, you can progress to talking about the letter their…
Inside: free printable first day of online school signs for preschool through 12th grade 2021 Update: Since there are still some students attending online school this year, I’ve updated the file so that the banner at the top now reads “2021-2022 School Year”. Every year, I take First Day of School photos of my kids holding…
Inside: Name tracing worksheets that give students practice with handwriting, name recognition, and even beginning phonics. Name Tracing Worksheets I love how excited preschoolers get when they learn how to write their own names. I adore seeing their eyes light up, and watching them stand a little taller as they point out their work. Tracing…
With everyone home on an extended “vacation”, lots of teachers and families are looking for free kindergarten worksheets. But little kids don’t like to sit and do worksheets all day! (nor should they). You don’t want to add to their screen time either. Enter hands-on worksheets and printables! In a classroom setting, these can involve…
Inside: A free printable sight word activity that goes with the book The Mitten by Jan Brett. (Disclosure: Books and Giggles is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.) If your students…