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Fun and Effective Early Finisher Activities
My list of fun and effective early finisher activities. I have worked with many gifted students throughout my experience and it is definitely important to help everyone continue to reach their maximum level of learning each day. Be prepared for your early finishers and do not just give them busy work.
Copyright: You may show or copy any of my resources for your STUDENTS only, but please DO NOT share my video practices or copies with those who have not purchased them. I have worked very hard to
K - 6th
For All Subjects
NEW Kindergarten 1st Grade 2D Shapes | Math Geometry Activity
Are you tired of paying monthly subscriptions just to use digital math activities in your classroom? Gary's Bright Ideas solves that problem. This is a self-contained HTML interactive activity for Kindergarten and First Grade 2D Shapes (Geometry) — no login, no subscription, no internet required after download. Just open the file in any web browser and start practicing. Why teachers love this format: ✅ No login required — students just click and play ✅ No subscription needed — pay once, use
K - 1st
Geometry, Math Test Prep, Other (Math)
CCSS
K.G.A.2
, 1.G.A.1
NEW Kindergarten 1st Grade Place Value Tens and Ones | Digital Math
Are you tired of paying monthly subscriptions just to use digital math activities in your classroom? Gary's Bright Ideas solves that problem. This is a self-contained HTML interactive activity for Kindergarten and First Grade Place Value (Tens and Ones) — no login, no subscription, no internet required after download. Just open the file in any web browser and start practicing. Why teachers love this format: ✅ No login required — students just click and play ✅ No subscription needed — pay on
K - 1st
Arithmetic, Numbers, Place Value
CCSS
K.NBT.A.1
, 1.NBT.B.2
NEW Kindergarten 1st Grade Subtraction within 10 | Digital Math
Are you tired of paying monthly subscriptions just to use digital math activities in your classroom? Gary's Bright Ideas solves that problem. This is a self-contained HTML interactive activity for Kindergarten and First Grade Subtraction within 10 — no login, no subscription, no internet required after download. Just open the file in any web browser and start practicing. Why teachers love this format: ✅ No login required — students just click and play ✅ No subscription needed — pay once, us
K - 1st
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Numbers
CCSS
K.OA.A.5
, 1.OA.A.1
NEW Kindergarten 1st Grade Addition within 20 | Digital Math Activity
Are you tired of paying monthly subscriptions just to use digital math activities in your classroom? Gary's Bright Ideas solves that problem. This is a self-contained HTML interactive activity for Kindergarten and First Grade Addition within 20 — no login, no subscription, no internet required after download. Just open the file in any web browser and start practicing. Why teachers love this format: ✅ No login required — students just click and play ✅ No subscription needed — pay once, use f
K - 1st
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Numbers
CCSS
K.OA.A.5
, 1.OA.A.1
, 1.OA.A.2
+1
FREEBIE: First Grade Addition within 10 | Digital Math Activity
Are you tired of paying monthly subscriptions just to use digital math activities in your classroom? Gary's Bright Ideas solves that problem. This is a self-contained HTML interactive activity for First Grade Addition within 10 — no login, no subscription, no internet required after download. Just open the file in any web browser and start practicing. Why teachers love this format:✅ No login required — students just click and play✅ No subscription needed — pay once, use forever✅ Works on any de
K - 1st
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Numbers
CCSS
K.OA.A.2
, K.OA.A.5
, 1.OA.A.1
5:00
Visual Perceptual Skills: Flutter-by Level 2
Empower your students to enhance their ability to copy from board to book through this engaging, screen-based activity. Designed to strengthen visual discrimination, auditory working memory, and bilateral coordination, this resource offers a fun and interactive way to develop essential classroom skills. Resource Includes: Interactive Activity: Students identify colored butterflies on the screen and tap the corresponding brick on their mat. Progressive Difficulty: Decreasing reaction ti
PreK - 3rd
For All Subjects
Also included in: Visual Perceptual Skills: Flutter-by (Butterfly Grow Bundle)
Visual Perceptual Skills: Flutter-by (Butterfly Grow Bundle)
I will produce at least another 3 videos to continue scaling up! Empower your students to enhance their ability to copy from board to book through this engaging, screen-based activity. Designed to strengthen visual discrimination, auditory working memory, and bilateral coordination, this resource offers a fun and interactive way to develop essential classroom skills. Resources Include: Instructional Video: Guides students to place their Six Bricks on a B-line mat. Interactive Activity: S
PreK - 3rd
For All Subjects
Harmony Rules: Jayla and Hunter's PBIS Tier I Takeover
Jayla, a creative and caring 5th grader, and Hunter, a robotics-loving 3rd grader, are part of something special: their school’s PBIS Team. PBIS stands for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, and at Harmony, it is all about working together to make school safe, fair, and fun for everyone. Through student-led storytelling, readers will learn how PBIS works in real life. From setting clear expectations and earning points to solving problems and celebrating success, Jayla and Hunter sho
PreK - 6th
Character Education, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning
IB Learner Profile Communicator Escape Room Activity Worksheet SEL Team Building
Engaging IB Communicator Escape Room with worksheets, reflection, and teamwork activities. Transform your classroom with this IB Learner Profile Communicator Escape Room, a highly engaging and interactive activity designed to help students develop strong communication skills through collaboration and problem-solving. This IB communicator activity allows students to work together to solve challenges, record their answers, and reflect on how they demonstrated communication skills throughout the
2nd - 5th
Reading, Social Emotional Learning, Writing
CCSS
RI.4.1
, RI.4.3
, RI.4.4
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Smarter Strategies: Curriculum for Building Elementary Executive Function Skills
Messy backpacks, unfinished homework, trouble starting tasks—sound familiar? The challenge is, most EF resources are geared toward older kids, not elementary students when early habits matter most. That’s why I created Smarter Strategies—a ready-to-use course for educational therapists, learning specialists, and tutors who work one-on-one with kids. You’ll get 12 step-by-step lessons, complete with student facing slides, activities, and strategy sheets—plus game recommendations, tools, and teach
2nd - 8th
School Counseling, School Psychology, Social Emotional Learning
6:50
Algebra's Hidden Structure: — Videos + Worksheets (Free)
Why do bright students suddenly struggle when they move from arithmetic to algebra? After decades of teaching both remedial and advanced math, I discovered the answer: students memorize rules without understanding the structure underneath. "Keep, Change, Flip." Separate rules for every combination of positive and negative numbers. Tricks that work but hide the connections. Research I conducted with Dr. Lee V. Stiff confirmed what I suspected — when college algebra students who believed they "c
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Algebra, Basic Operations, Order of Operations
1:00
Visual Perceptual Skills: Flutter-by Level 3
Empower your students to enhance their ability to copy from board to book through this engaging, screen-based activity. This resource offers a fun and interactive way to develop essential classroom skills. Skills Targeted: Ocular tracking Visual attention Bilateral integration Crossing the midline Fine motor coordination Directionality Spatial awareness Executive functioning Working memoryResource Includes:Interactive Activity: Students identify colored butterflies on the screen and tap the
PreK - 3rd
For All Subjects
Also included in: Visual Perceptual Skills: Flutter-by (Butterfly Grow Bundle)
color by number addition summer facts within 20 printable summer activities
Addition Color by Number – Summer Theme (Sums to 20) Make math bright and engaging this summer with these Addition Color by Number worksheets – now with sums up to 20! This fun, no-prep resource combines math practice with creativity to help young learners build fluency in addition while enjoying summer-themed coloring activities. Students will solve each addition problem and use the color key to complete the picture – a perfect blend of learning and fun! ✨ What’s Included:2
K - 2nd
Mental Math, Other (Arts), Other (Math)
4:46
Place Value Detectives: Make it INTERACTIVE!
In this free video, I describe how I make one of my favorite paper and pencil activities into an interactive learning experience!
Using Place Value Detectives, I’ll illustrate how I take printable pages and task cards and turn them into hands-on lessons that will hook your students’ attention and actively engage the entire class.
**This instructional demonstration also works perfectly with Decimal Detectives!**
Learn more about Place Value Detectives here:
• Place Value Detectives includes1
4th - 5th
Math, Place Value
9:14
Artist Biography and Gallery Project
This project is always a huge success. Students look forward to being in my class because of this project (well this and more). But my students love putting on this project and other students enjoy seeing the results. Guide students in doing an artist biography powerpoint and set up an art gallery. Please listen to my detailed explanation and see my students' work. Your students will learn presentation skills and how to make their work stand out in addition to everything else. This can be comple
5th - 8th
Visual Arts
How & Why Students Lead Democratic Class Meetings
In elementary and middle school communities, student-led democratic meetings provide a powerful structure for practicing leadership, collaboration, and mutual respect. Through guiding the agenda, facilitating discussion, and making collective decisions, students not only develop agency and responsibility but also learn to appreciate differences and listen to differing viewpoints. This practice reduces daily conflicts by giving children a structured space for student-led problem solving, while e
1st - 8th
Civics, Classroom Community, Speaking & Listening
CCSS
CCRA.SL.1
, CCRA.SL.4
Also included in: Democratic Class Meetings Resource Bundle
8:16
How to Solve a Grid Style Logic Puzzle
Logic puzzles are a great way to build your students' higher order thinking skills! Learn how to solve a grid style logic puzzle through this video tutorial. To get the most out of this tutorial print my free logic puzzle included here and walk through the steps of solving it with me! This puzzle includes a story and 4 clues. It comes in color and black and white and includes an answer key. Logic puzzles are a great way to challenge students to work on skills such as deductive reasoning, critica
4th - 6th
Also included in: Logic Puzzles MEGA Bundle
1:21
Fruits and Vegetables: Explore, Match & Create – Interactive Digital Lesson
Fruits and Vegetables combines biology and geography as students explore plant parts, map food origins, and use creativity to build vegetable portraits and guess funny shapes. Activities for students: Find plants in the garden where vegetables grow Identify pieces of fruit and vegetables by taste Match whole and cut fruits Explore a world map to discover the origins of different fruits and vegetables Observe funny-shaped produce and guess what or who they resemble Create a vegetable portra
K - 4th
Biology, General Science, Geography
Place Value Activity: 1 More, 1 Less, 10 More, 10 Less, using Base Ten
Help your students build a deep understanding of place value and number relationships with this engaging 1 More, 1 Less, 10 More, 10 Less Activity Pack! Students will explore how numbers change when adding or subtracting ones and tens, strengthening their understanding of base ten concepts and number patterns. What’s Included:1) PowerPoint for teacher-led instruction. 2) Place value chart. 3) 100 chart. 4) Canva template link to edit the PP if needed. Best is to print and laminate the resource
1st - 2nd
Basic Operations, Numbers, Place Value
0:50
The Great Mix-Up Interactive Digital Lesson on Creativity, Logic & Storytelling
The Great Mix-Up invites students to spot quirky artistic “mistakes,” transform animals step by step, and create their own fairy tale through playful interactive challenges. Activities for students: Identify what the artist mixed up in a quirky picture Analyze a fantastical "wonder-beast" combining fins, wings, and a comb — whose parts are these? Transform animals step-by-step (lion to tiger, tiger to horse, horse to sheep) Listen to a story and spot what’s wrong with it Create their own fa
K - 4th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts
13:21
Scratch 3.0 Computer Coding Video Lesson 5 - Conditionals + Ask.5
Conditionals + Ask.5 | Introduction to Scratch 3.0 CodingIn this Scratch 3.0 coding lesson we take a deeper look at conditional statements like if/else and if/then statements. We then venture into exploring how to ask questions and make a simple ChatBot that has a conversation with us! This lesson video is designed to be paired with: Scratch 3.0 Coding Lesson Plan - Conditionals + Ask.5Vocabulary and content includes: BroadcastsWhen I receive _______Say _________for ____ seswait ____ secsSho
1st - 8th
Computer Science - Technology, For All Subjects
Also included in: Computer Coding with Scratch 3.0 Computer Coding | Unit 1
0:35
FREE Resource Explained - Why Vermeer? Young Advanced Readers
FREE | Meet the Artist: Johannes Vermeer | Bilingual Worksheet | English & Spanish | Grades 3–7Light, quiet moments, and everyday life in 17th-century Holland.Introduce your students to one of history's most mysterious and beloved painters with this free bilingual student worksheet — available in both English and Spanish. No prep, no prior art knowledge needed. Just print and go. Johannes Vermeer painted quiet indoor scenes filled with soft window light, careful details, and rich blue and yellow
3rd - 7th
Art History, Informational Text, Spanish
CCSS
CCRA.R.4
, CCRA.R.5
, CCRA.R.6
7:19
Getting Started with STEM
This video will walk you through implementing STEM into your classroom. Download the supporting documents to get all of the resources that accompany the STEM lesson.
The supporting documents in this download are also available as a "stand alone" product in my store. You can find that product here : Introducing STEM to Young Students without the video element.
Many teachers want to start STEM challenges in their classroom, but are overwhelmed and do not know where to start. This video and t
K - 5th
Engineering
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
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