Books and Giggles https://booksandgiggles.com/ 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 Books and Giggles https://booksandgiggles.com/ 32 32 18 Teacher Holiday Prep Ideas You Can Do Now to Make the Holidays Easier https://booksandgiggles.com/teacher-holiday-prep-ideas/ https://booksandgiggles.com/teacher-holiday-prep-ideas/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:52:50 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10719 December is always jam-packed, especially for teachers. From attending special events, wrangling gifts, to decorating at school and at home… there’s always something to throw us off our normal routines! Of course, I love it all, but it can also be so overwhelming! Add in the kids’ pre-Santa excitement, and you know you’re going to...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/teacher-holiday-prep-ideas/feed/ 0 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 F is for Flamingo Craft https://booksandgiggles.com/flamingo-craft/ https://booksandgiggles.com/flamingo-craft/#respond Thu, 26 Jun 2025 21:40:10 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10634 Inside: How to make a low-prep torn paper flamingo craft with preschool or kindergarten students. This project uses just a free printable and basic supplies. Flamingos are such a fun bird! What’s not to love about a pink bird? My only complaint is that I have to visit a zoo or pull up a flamingo...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/flamingo-craft/feed/ 0 10 Easy Things for Teachers To Do in the Summer to Get Ready for Back-to-School https://booksandgiggles.com/things-for-teachers-to-do-in-the-summer/ https://booksandgiggles.com/things-for-teachers-to-do-in-the-summer/#respond Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:02:39 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10587 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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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/things-for-teachers-to-do-in-the-summer/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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