"Officer Buckle and Gloria" | Picture Book Study
A no-prep picture book study companion for "Officer Buckle and Gloria" by Peggy Rathmann, offering discussion, literacy, and craft activities for early elementary classrooms.
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A no-prep picture book study companion for "Officer Buckle and Gloria" by Peggy Rathmann, offering discussion, literacy, and craft activities for early elementary classrooms.
A cross-curricular teacher pack (lesson notes, worksheets, displays and activities) for teaching young children about the butterfly life cycle across science, art and English.
A picture-book study companion for William Steig's Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, offering a large set of literacy, comprehension, and craft activities to use alongside a read-aloud of the book.
A UK-curriculum-aligned science unit on grey/red squirrels for Reception and Year 1 children, combining nature observation with literacy (phonics, vocabulary, writing, reading comprehension).
Provide a week-long, apple-themed preschool lesson plan template organizing daily circle time questions, movement games, art, science, literacy, dramatic play, math, construction, and enrichment activities.
Provide a multi-activity picture book unit study built around the children's story 'Caps For Sale' by Esphyr Slobodkina, combining literacy, comprehension, and hands-on craft activities.
Give pre-K/kindergarten teachers a thematic curriculum guide of cross-subject activity ideas (art, math, science, dramatic play, literacy, movement) for a community-helpers/careers unit.
A picture book study companion to Ezra Jack Keats's The Snowy Day, providing discussion questions, comprehension and vocabulary printables, crafts/activities, a nonfiction snowflake mini-passage, and hands-on cut-and-glue projects tied to the story's winter theme.
A home-learning activity pack teaching the four-stage butterfly (and moth) lifecycle, caterpillar anatomy/identification, and related craft, reading, and writing activities, aligned to the UK KS1/Year 2 'Living things and their habitats' / 'Animals' National Curriculum sections.
A single-letter (letter B) phonics unit for Kindergarten teaching correct letter formation, letter identification, and the initial letter sound, through a large collection of games, activities, and worksheets.
A 67-page preschool/kindergarten thematic curriculum guide of April Fools' Day activity ideas across art, cooking, math, science, movement, dramatic play, circle time, and field trips, built around vocabulary and concepts of silliness, pretend vs. real, and humor.
A 57-page self-regulation activity pack for K-5 students providing posters, visuals, a spinner game, and craft activities to teach and practice calming and coping strategies for use in whole-group, small-group, or individual settings.
A Kindergarten (Prep) 'Letter of the Week' unit focused entirely on the letter A, teaching correct letter formation, letter identification, and recognition of the letter's sound through a large variety of games, activities and worksheets.
Provide a no-prep picture book study unit for the story 'Corduroy' (by Don Freeman), supporting reading comprehension, vocabulary, fine motor, and craft activities tied to the book.
A 61-page preschool/kindergarten thematic curriculum guide of zoo-themed activity ideas spanning art, math, science, dramatic play, movement, cooking, and circle time, built around the letter 'Z' and zoo animal/habitat concepts.
A multi-file Letter K phonics and handwriting activity pack: letter recognition, tracing, sorting, mazes, cut-outs, crafts, and early sight-word/CVC-word reading and writing practice centered on the letter K.
A Kindergarten (Prep) 'Letter of the Week' unit focused entirely on the letter B, teaching correct letter formation, letter identification, and recognition of the letter's sound through a large variety of games, activities and worksheets.
A supplemental picture-book study for Where the Wild Things Are combining discussion questions, craft/extension activities, and early-literacy printables (tracing, matching, sequencing) for pre-K through grade 1.
A comprehensive letter-of-the-week activity pack for uppercase/lowercase P, covering recognition, tracing, phonics sorting, and craft-style review activities, provided in a US edition (British English edition also present per scan_meta).
Comprehensive multi-activity Letter-of-the-Week style unit covering uppercase/lowercase letter I recognition, tracing, phonics, fine motor practice, crafts, and beginning CVC (-ip family) reading, delivered as both printables and digital Boom Cards.
A comprehensive letter-of-the-week activity pack for uppercase/lowercase O, covering recognition, tracing, phonics sorting, and craft-style review activities, provided in a US edition (British English edition also present per scan_meta).
Preschool theme curriculum guide built around mittens, giving teachers a large bank of activity ideas across art, math, science, dramatic play, movement, and circle time.
A comprehensive preschool thematic-unit curriculum guide exploring the 'Wild West' theme (cowboys, ranching, desert life), covering art, music, cooking, math, science, dramatic play, and movement activities.
A preschool circus-theme curriculum idea pack giving teachers a week's worth of cross-domain activities (vocabulary, art, math, science, movement, dramatic play, etc.) built around a 'circus' unit.