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10 Easy Things for Teachers To Do in the Summer to Get Ready for Back-to-School

Heather — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:02:39 +0000

Inside: a list of low-effort, high-payoff things for teachers to do in the summer and a free printable bucket list that goes with the list. Summer is finally here, and you’re ready for a well-deserved break. At the same time, it’s hard not to think about starting fresh again in the fall. Personally, I always...

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Birdhouse ABC Activity

Heather — Mon, 19 May 2025 19:01:25 +0000

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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Firefly Flashlight Name Activity for Summertime

Heather — Tue, 21 May 2024 02:11:40 +0000

Grab a little flashlight for your preschoolers to practice spelling their names with this interactive summer name craft and activity. Summer means staying up late, and that means fireflies! At least it does in some places (unfortunately we don’t have many here, but we see them when we visit cousins back East). If your kids...

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Watermelon Summer Name Craft

Heather — Thu, 02 May 2024 02:39:01 +0000

Looking for a fun and easy summer name craft? This watermelon craft will help your students work on spelling their names – and also brighten everyone’s day. When I think of summertime I imagine hot days, dips in the pool, flip-flops, and perfectly ripe watermelon. I can remember learning how to spit the slippery seeds...

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Shark Alphabet Worksheets {Free Printable}

Heather — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 23:00:00 +0000

Inside: these free printable shark alphabet worksheets come with a fun spinner activity. Students can work on letter recognition and distinguishing easily confused letters. Cue your favorite the shark music – and get ready for a fun little activity. You can pull these out during shark week, add them to your ocean theme activities (like...

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Summer Name Worksheets for Letter Recognition Practice {Free Printable}

Heather — Thu, 12 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Inside: free printable summer name worksheets that are easy to personalize for each child. There’s nothing like a child’s very own name to get him or her interested in letters! Children with really long names may have a hard time learning to write them, but there are sure a lot of letter recognition opportunities in...

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Lemonade Summer Letter Sounds Matching {Free Printable}

Heather — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:17:50 +0000

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...

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Fourth of July Worksheets for Dot Markers

Heather — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 22:20:50 +0000

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...

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25 Sun Crafts for Kids

Heather — Thu, 20 May 2021 01:01:24 +0000

Inside: You’ll find sun crafts for every kid in this huge organized list. Get your summer crafts started with your favorites. Sun Crafts Summer is heating up, and it’s time to get the kids making some fun sun crafts! I’ve rounded up 25 of my favorites for you here, so that you can pick the...

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Preschool Sun Crafts – an Invitation to Create

Heather — Tue, 18 May 2021 18:21:42 +0000

Last week I posted a cool sensory play sun suncatcher craft, but I still had preschool sun crafts on the brain here! While the suncatchers were more about playing with them once they’re finished, this one is all about the process of creating. No, this isn’t quite process art – that has its own important...

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