Books and Giggles
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…
Inside: Grab the free printable template and make an ABC or torn paper “pot of gold” craft with your preschool or kindergarten students. Today is your lucky day! I have a free printable “pot of gold” craft for you just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. There is the ABC version shown above, or you…
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…
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…
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…
These free editable playdough name mats are a fun, hands-on way for preschoolers to learn about the letters in their names. If you’re teaching kids about their names, you’ll want some fun activities in your bag of tricks. In addition to making name crafts and reading aloud books about names, your students will enjoy working…
Add this free printable line tracing activity to your community helpers unit. Students can build their fine motor and pre-writing skills while reinforcing what they’ve learned about 8 different community helper roles. Teaching a community helpers unit is a great way to show kids how different jobs make our community run smoothly and how everyone’s…
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…
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…
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…
Get ready for your zoo field trip or just a zoo unit with these free printable Zoo Hats that feature letters of the alphabet! Alphabet Zoo Hats I’ll find any excuse to make a fun hat for little kids to learn from and wear proudly, and these are no exception. I hope you and your…
These zebra line tracing worksheets give your students some pre-writing fine motor practice and introduce the letter Z with its initial sound. Add this to your Zoo unit! Many preschoolers enjoy using dry-erase markers and tracing lines with crayons. Yes, you should also be doing lots of hands-on activities like working with playdough and small…
It’s tricky to teach preschoolers about the letter X! Unlike all the other letters, no words start with the /x/ or ‘ks’ sound. This activity and free printable will help you teach it playfully. Say hello to the Letter X Sensory Bin, featuring a pretend fox den and a set of engaging printables… Let’s dig…
Just when winter is getting oh-so-dull, we hit the 100th day of school and have an excuse to liven things up in the classroom! These cute 100th Day of School printables for preschool and kindergarten will help you celebrate with your students. Has it really been almost 100 days since your kids donned their first…
Grab your watercolors for this cute little set of winter paint-by-letter worksheets. You’ve probably heard of paint by number. For your preschoolers who love to paint with watercolors, we’ve created an early literacy offshoot of that. Winter Paint by Letter With these free worksheets, students will find the letters and paint them a specific color….
With this free printable Christmas letter tracing activity students can also work on fine motor skills and uppercase lowercase matching. Today I’m sharing another low-prep Christmas alphabet activity with you. This one is very similar to my winter letter tracing activity. So if you get your students familiar with how to use these in December,…
Get your kids excited for the holiday season with these customizable Christmas tree lot name puzzles! They’re a fantastic way to practice letter identification, spelling their name, and fine motor skills all at the same time. There’s nothing quite like receiving something made just for you. These editable name puzzles will make your students feel…
Christmas is just around the corner! Your preschoolers can help Santa’s elves build lowercase letters with this hands-on alphabet activity. Elf ABC Activity It’s the season of shorter-than-ever attention spans, but I hope these free printable alphabet cards will help you sneak in some fun early literacy practice! Skills Covered Once students can sing the…
This free printable reindeer alphabet activity is self-checking and also provides engaging fine motor skills practice. Letter Matching with Santa and His Reindeer When your students are wide-eyed with excitement waiting for Christmas, it’s not hard to turn that energy into engagement! Read aloud books about Santa and pull out this cute hands-on letter-matching activity…
Inside: Discover 35 easy prep name crafts for preschoolers. Get inspired with these engaging and adorable ideas for the whole year! Fall Name Crafts First, how about starting off the school year with the easy prep crayon name craft found in my August Name Activities set? Then, you can continue through the fall with these…
This Halloween name craft for preschool uses simple materials that you probably already have on hand – so it’s basically free! It focuses solely on the first letter of each child’s name, so it’s perfect for littles early in their learning path. Teaching children about the first letter in their name is a super relevant…
Inside: we step you through how to teach preschoolers to write their name, with an emphasis on making it fun and engaging while also developing early literacy skills. Teaching preschoolers to read and write their names is a smart way to get them interested in the alphabet. Kids love anything to do with their very…
Inside: these hole punch activities include crafts, math and literacy activities, and art projects. All of them are great fine motor skills work for kids! Are you looking for an engaging way to help your kids work on their fine motor skills? Many (but not all) hole punches are perfect for strengthening those little hands,…
Inside: these free, editable winter name worksheets give your preschoolers practice recognizing and writing their names. Last fall I emailed out a simple “My name is…” worksheet for back to school, and I received a lot of positive feedback from subscribers. So, I thought I’d make you a winter themed one, decorated with a cute…