About the store
Hi, I'm Renee! I taught Kindergarten & 4th ELAR and love creating engaging resources to save you time!
I am the author of three books: The Gingerbread Twins, No Wet Feet for Quincy, and Get Out Your Paper. I'm obsessed with creating book resources, so check out some of my book companions and other items to get more mileage out of the books and cover standards. I got you! :)
❤️ I'd love to meet you and your students, more information about scheduling an author visit can be found at reneehayesbooks.com.
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Balloons Over Broadway Craft | Thanksgiving Parade | Coloring
The Balloons Over Broadway Craft pairs great with the book! A fun enrichment activity that allows students to make their own paper plate balloon, color fun-shaped balloons, and design their own! There's always tons of excitement around the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, this is your go-to craft to have your students go through the creative process like in the book! They could even have a classroom or hallway parade! Supplies needed:•Paper plates (if you choose to make them 3-D) •Yarn •Tape
K - 3rd
Reading, Social Studies
Summer Dot Art Craft | Q-tip Painting Stickers | Fine Motor Activity
Add this Summer Dot Art Craft to your fine motor or art centers! Makes a great morning tub activity. These activities help with fine motor skills, coordination, and creativity. There is a lot of art variety, with various-sized dots on the images. Large dots – use BINGO daubers or dot stickers Small dots – use Q-tips and paint Each page follows a COLOR IT–COUNT IT–TRACE IT format. COLOR IT: Students will color the image with BINGO daubers, dot stickers, or Q-tip painting. COUNT IT: Students
PreK - 1st
Art
Otto the Ornament Craft | Christmas | Art
The Otto the Ornament Craft pairs great with the book! It is a fun enrichment activity that allows students to draw their own Otto, color fun-shaped ornaments, design creative ornaments as an art project, and practice sequencing using BME (beginning, middle, end) on ornaments. This is a fun activity to get out craft supplies and let your student's creativity shine. It makes a cute bulletin board display connecting literacy and art. Supplies needed:•Paint chips (if you chose this option, these c
K - 3rd
Reading
Laura Numeroff Coloring Pages
These Laura Numeroff coloring pages are perfect for a literature unit or author study! These are wonderful for primary grades or for use in the library. NO PREP! Just print and use! It's not just coloring, there's a writing component below each coloring space. Product includes:3/4 of the sheet is a coloring sheet with labeled words1/4 of the sheet below is a box to have students write a sentence or short storyBlack and White copy onlyColoring Pages included for the following Laura Numeroff
Not Specific
Art, Writing
Also included in: Laura Numeroff Book Activities Bundle
Spring Dot Art Craft | Q-tip Painting Stickers | Fine Motor Activity
Add this Spring Dot Art Craft to your fine motor or art centers! Makes a great morning tub activity. These activities help with fine motor skills, coordination, and creativity. There is a lot of art variety, with various-sized dots on the images. Large dots – use BINGO daubers or dot stickers Small dots – use Q-tips and paint Each page follows a COLOR IT–COUNT IT–TRACE IT format. COLOR IT: Students will color the image with BINGO daubers, dot stickers, or Q-tip painting. COUNT IT: Students
PreK - 1st
Art
Thanksgiving Dot Art Craft | Q-tip Painting Stickers | Fine Motor Activity
Add this Thanksgiving Dot Art Craft to your fine motor or art centers! Makes a great morning tub activity. These activities help with fine motor skills, coordination, and creativity. There is a lot of art variety, with various-sized dots on the images. Large dots – use BINGO daubers or dot stickers Small dots – use Q-tips and paint Each page follows a COLOR IT–COUNT IT–TRACE IT format. COLOR IT: Students will color the image with BINGO daubers, dot stickers, or Q-tip painting. COUNT IT: St
PreK - 1st
Art
The Gingerbread Twins Book Companion
Looking for engaging literacy extensions after reading The Gingerbread Twins? This book companion is a great way to foster lessons on perseverance, goal-setting, teamwork, and various social-emotional learning (SEL) skills. It's also fun to compare with other gingerbread stories during a Gingerbread Week unit. Your students will love the subtle nods to previous versions! It is ideal for classroom or homeschool use. This book companion was created by me, the author of the book. If you'd like s
K - 3rd
Reading, Writing
CCSS, TEKS
RL.K.3
, RL.K.6
, RL.K.7
+49
Halloween Dot Art Craft | Q-tip Painting Stickers | Fine Motor Activity
Add this Halloween Dot Art Craft to your fine motor or art centers! Makes a great morning tub activity. These activities help with fine motor skills, coordination, and creativity. There is a lot of art variety, with various-sized dots on the images. Large dots – use BINGO daubers or dot stickers Small dots – use Q-tips and paint Each page follows a COLOR IT–COUNT IT–TRACE IT format. COLOR IT: Students will color the image with BINGO daubers, dot stickers, or Q-tip painting. COUNT IT: Stude
PreK - 1st
Art
Winter Dot Art Craft | Q-tip Painting Dot Stickers | Fine Motor Activity
Add this Winter Dot Art Craft to your fine motor or art centers! Makes a great morning tub activity. These activities help with fine motor skills, coordination, and creativity. There is a lot of art variety, with various-sized dots on the images. Large dots – use BINGO daubers or dot stickers Small dots – use Q-tips and paint Each page follows a COLOR IT–COUNT IT–TRACE IT format. COLOR IT: Students will color the image with BINGO daubers, dot stickers, or Q-tip painting. COUNT IT: Student
PreK - 1st
Art, Math
Valentine's Day Dot Art Craft | Q-tip Painting Dot Stickers| Fine Motor Activity
Add this Valentine's Day Dot Art Craft to your fine motor or art centers! Makes a great morning tub activity. These activities help with fine motor skills, coordination, and creativity. There is a lot of art variety, with various-sized dots on the images. Large dots – use BINGO daubers or dot stickers Small dots – use Q-tips and paint Each page follows a COLOR IT–COUNT IT–TRACE IT format. COLOR IT: Students will color the image with BINGO daubers, dot stickers, or Q-tip painting. COUNT IT:
PreK - 1st
Art
Bear Snores On Craft | Winter | Art
The Bear Snores On Craft pairs great with the book! This fun enrichment activity allows students to design their own bear cave, create a mini book, and practice writing and summarizing the story with a cute bear topper writing activity! This is a fun activity to get out craft supplies and let your student's creativity shine. It makes a cute bulletin board display connecting literacy and art. Supplies needed:•Paper plates (if you chose this option for pretend snow) •Cotton balls •Crayons •Scisso
K - 3rd
Reading, Writing
November Morning Work Bell Ringers ELA & Math NO PREP
Simple and fun morning work to get your students excited about the month with a variety of ELA & math activities. The best part is that it comes with 5 activities that you can do anytime throughout the month. Or use it all in one week. Tons of options! DOLLAR DEALNO PREP – print and use. The November Morning Work packet includes:•Cover sheet (if you want to staple it together as a work packet) •Color It – coloring page •Draw It – drawing activity •Trace It – handwriting practice •Count It –
PreK - 1st
Math, Writing
Also included in: Monthly Morning Work Bell Ringers ELA & Math NO PREP
Quokka Nonfiction Unit
This Quokka Nonfiction Unit is sure to be a hit with your students! It has a lot of interactive activities that your first, second, or third-grade students will enjoy! Critical thinking questions will require students to return to the text to show evidence of their answers! This high-interest nonfiction passage includes robust vocabulary and provides the right amount of challenge to engage all readers. In fact, this resource is packed with everything ready to go! ✭ This story is origin
1st - 3rd
Informational Text, Reading, Writing
CCSS, TEKS
RI.1.1
, RI.1.2
, RI.1.10
+55
Also included in: Australia Nonfiction Unit Bundle
Monthly Morning Work Bell Ringers ELA & Math NO PREP
Simple and fun morning work to get your students excited about each month with a variety of ELA & math activities. The best part is that it comes with five activities that you can do at any time throughout the month. Or use it all in one week. Great for centers. Tons of options! ***NO PREP – print and use.*** What's Included: January, February, March, Easter, April, May, Summer, August, September, October, November, Gingerbread, and December. The Monthly Morning Work packets include:•Cover
PreK - 1st
Handwriting, Other (Math), Writing
Laura Numeroff Book Activities Bundle
This Laura Numeroff Book Activities Bundle is great for enhancing literature studies! Wonderful for classroom or library use! The coloring pages are a combination of coloring and writing!NO PREP! Just print and use! The product includes both the coloring pages & bookmarks:Coloring Pages:3/4 of the sheet is a coloring sheet with labeled words1/4 of the sheet below is a box to have students write a sentence or short storyBookmark Pages:12 different bookmarks from popular Laura Numeroff books4
Not Specific
Reading, Writing
Laura Numeroff Writing Craft | Coloring and Counting
This Laura Numeroff writing craft has it all. The fun paper is great for students to complete a written response after reading each book. They'll love summarizing the book by creating emojis as well! Plus, the Find-It pages serve as a wonderful way to practice coloring and counting. These are perfect for a literature unit or author study! Great for primary grades or library use. Makes a fun bulletin board or project for Open House or Meet the Teacher desk activities. NO PREP! Just print
Not Specific
Reading, Writing
September Morning Work Bell Ringers ELA & Math NO PREP
Simple and fun morning work to get your students excited about the month with a variety of ELA & math activities. The best part is that it comes with 5 activities that you can do anytime throughout the month. Or use it all in one week. Tons of options! DOLLAR DEALNO PREP – print and use. The September Morning Work packet includes:•Cover sheet (if you want to staple it together as a work packet) •Color It – coloring page •Draw It – drawing activity •Trace It – handwriting practice •Count It –
PreK - 1st
Math, Writing
Also included in: Monthly Morning Work Bell Ringers ELA & Math NO PREP
100th Day of School Find It
Celebrate school with this 100th Day of School Find It activity. This is a NO-PREP activity that can be used as enrichment or as a filler activity. The 100th Day of School Find It is a great way for students to easily practice counting and visual discrimination skills. Plus, who doesn't love coloring?!?! Fun Fact: Students will practice counting by 10s, as there are 10 of each item they are searching for. Simply PRINT & USE!Great for: 100th Day of School activitiesMorning WorkCentersEar
Not Specific
Math, Visual Arts
Easter Dot Art Craft | Q-tip Painting Stickers | Fine Motor Activity
Add this Easter Dot Art Craft to your fine motor or art centers! Makes a great morning tub activity. These activities help with fine motor skills, coordination, and creativity. There is a lot of art variety, with various-sized dots on the images. Large dots – use BINGO daubers or dot stickers Small dots – use Q-tips and paint Each page follows a COLOR IT–COUNT IT–TRACE IT format. COLOR IT: Students will color the image with BINGO daubers, dot stickers, or Q-tip painting. COUNT IT: Students
PreK - 1st
Art
Sports Find It
Do your students love sports? This Sports Find It is a great way for students to easily practice counting and visual discrimination skills while coloring. It's also fun for a Super Bowl, Olympics, or other sports activity. Simply PRINT & USE! Great for: Morning WorkCentersEarly FinishersSub PlansBrain Breaks✽ Want more Find It Freebies? Check the categories section of my store to grab more! MORE sports activities using mini erasers:Letter Tracing Mini Erasers Sports BundleMath Ten Frames M
Not Specific
Numbers, Physical Education, Visual Arts
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About the store
Experience
Hi, I'm Renee! I taught Kindergarten & 4th ELAR and love creating engaging resources to save you time!
I am the author of three books: The Gingerbread Twins, No Wet Feet for Quincy, and Get Out Your Paper. I'm obsessed with creating book resources, so check out some of my book companions and other items to get more mileage out of the books and cover standards. I got you! :)
❤️ I'd love to meet you and your students, more information about scheduling an author visit can be found at reneehayesbooks.com.
Teaching style
I enjoy teaching engaging, hands-on, and innovative lessons with lots of love and humor mixed in! Building genuine relationships with my students and their families is one of the highlights of my day!
Awards & shining teacher moments
● National Teacher of the Year Award
This was a complete surprise, as I created an innovative product using funds from a grant to allow students to write and publish their own books.
● District Super Teacher Award
● Featured in Kirkus Reviews magazine and recipient of numerous book awards
My own education history
Degrees:
● Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education
● Master's Degree in Elementary Education and Reading
● Master's Degree in Library Science
Certificates:
● K-4th
● K-12th library science
● Gifted and Talented Certification
Basically, I love learning!
Additional biographical information
Some of my product lines come directly from my travel experiences around the world. I get so excited about enhancing the reading and writing curriculum by incorporating my travels into my classroom! Also, my love of photography appears in my work as authentic pictures to support reading passages. I hope these products inspire your students to dream big!
● Fun Fact: I've traveled to every continent except Antarctica!
● Come join me on my teacher IG @the.teacher.tourist or my author IG at @reneehayesbooks
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