kindergarten Archives - Books and Giggles Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:03:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://booksandgiggles.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-BG-favicon-23-3-32x32.png kindergarten Archives - Books and Giggles 32 32 CVC Word Blending Slider: Slow Sloth Activity https://booksandgiggles.com/cvc-word-blending-slider-sloth/ https://booksandgiggles.com/cvc-word-blending-slider-sloth/#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:22:57 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10847 Teaching children to blend individual sounds into CVC words is extra fun with this free printable sloth slider! Wouldn’t this be fun to use during a zoo unit?! If you’ve ever seen a sloth in person at a zoo (or have been lucky enough to see one in the wild), you know that they really...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/flamingo-craft/feed/ 0 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 Apple Taste Test Activity with Free Printable Hats https://booksandgiggles.com/apple-taste-test-activity-with-free-printable-hats/ https://booksandgiggles.com/apple-taste-test-activity-with-free-printable-hats/#comments Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:36:37 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10108 Add these educational hats to your apple unit, and work on science, math, and literacy concepts with your preschool and kindergarten students. It’s apple season! Here’s a fun activity you can use with your apple unit, and it includes a cute free printable that adds a literacy element as well as science and math. Choose...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/apple-taste-test-activity-with-free-printable-hats/feed/ 6 All About Me Printable for the Summer Games https://booksandgiggles.com/all-about-me-summer-games/ https://booksandgiggles.com/all-about-me-summer-games/#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 15:40:19 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=9957 The Summer Olympics are July 26th – August 11th this year (2024) – right in time for Back to School season! With that in mind, I thought it would be fitting to make a summer games themed All About Me worksheet for you. You might also like these free First Day of School Name Crowns...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/all-about-me-summer-games/feed/ 0 Free Editable Winter Hat Name Craft for Kids https://booksandgiggles.com/free-editable-winter-hat-name-craft-for-kids/ https://booksandgiggles.com/free-editable-winter-hat-name-craft-for-kids/#respond Sun, 10 Dec 2023 16:05:00 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=9615 Your kids will be thrilled to decorate their own winter hats with this editable winter hat name craft! They’re a fantastic way to practice letter identification, scissor skills, and spelling their own name, and they look fabulous on a winter or holiday bulletin board! These editable hats are so much fun and very easy to...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/free-editable-winter-hat-name-craft-for-kids/feed/ 0 Christmas Name Tracing Activity {Free Printable} https://booksandgiggles.com/christmas-name-tracing-activity-free-printable/ https://booksandgiggles.com/christmas-name-tracing-activity-free-printable/#respond Thu, 03 Dec 2020 22:44:57 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=5256 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...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/christmas-name-tracing-activity-free-printable/feed/ 0 Name Tracing Worksheets That Build Early Literacy https://booksandgiggles.com/name-tracing-worksheets/ https://booksandgiggles.com/name-tracing-worksheets/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2020 21:03:47 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=4252 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...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/name-tracing-worksheets/feed/ 3 Apple Beginning Sounds Digital Activity https://booksandgiggles.com/apple-beginning-sounds/ https://booksandgiggles.com/apple-beginning-sounds/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2020 01:09:03 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=4632 Inside: an apple beginning sounds digital activity for kindergarten or preschool students I created this fall digital letter sounds activity back when we were all doing distance learning, but it is still a great activity even when kids are there in person with you in the classroom. Apple Beginning Sounds Activity Do you have an...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/apple-beginning-sounds/feed/ 0 Sight Word Activities for Home https://booksandgiggles.com/sight-word-activities/ https://booksandgiggles.com/sight-word-activities/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2020 20:19:31 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=4215 Inside: These sight word activities include active learning ideas, sight word games, printable activities, engaging worksheets, and tips for teaching high-frequency words at home. As I write this, I know lots of families are stuck at home and want to work on sight words with their preschooler or kindergartner. They need motivating ideas that will...

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