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This craft contains two quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Students can color in the heart or rip apart skin-tone colored construction paper to represent that even though humans are all different, together we are stronger, and together we can create love. **This product is geared towards preschool, kindergarten, and lower elementary education students with an idea of representation and love for all** Mount on construction paper and laminate. Updated January 2026

A beautiful poem to give on Thanksgiving Day... all you have to do is paint or trace your student's hand and add turkey legs, a waddle, and eyes! Mat on construction paper and laminate to have a keepsake forever.

Start your Transitional Kindergarten year with confidence!This First Week of TK Activity Pack is filled with engaging, low-prep activities that help students learn classroom routines, practice fine motor skills, build friendships, and explore school materials in a fun and meaningful way.The lessons are short, simple, and developmentally appropriate —perfect for building stamina and establishing expectations during those important first days of school.Students will create class books, practice na

Make your next zoo trip meaningful and memorable with this engaging, hands-on phonics activity! This Zoo Field Trip Scavenger Hunt turns a fun day out into a real-world learning experience as students practice identifying beginning sounds in an exciting environment. Perfect for kindergarten and early primary learners, this activity encourages students to connect classroom skills with the world around them—boosting both engagement and retention. What’s Included: Printable scavenger hunt recordin

Fire Safety Bundle | Engaging Activities & Printables for Primary Grades 🚒🔥Make fire safety meaningful, interactive, and memorable with this comprehensive Fire Safety Bundle! Perfect for Fire Prevention Week or any time of year, this resource helps students learn essential safety skills while integrating literacy, math, and family connections. What’s Included: 🚒 Fire Safety Craft Project – A fun, hands-on activity that reinforces key fire safety concepts while letting students get creative.

Transitional Kindergarten is uncharted territory for a lot of districts and teachers. After teaching TK for three years, I have complied resources from my favorite TPT sellers to make the first week of TK fun and engaging- while not overwhelming. By downloading this free file, you will have access to not only my work, but other great teachers out there that have provided their free resources. Please note that this is ever changing and I will update accordingly. Thank you to all of the teachers

Color this Chinese New Year Emergent Reader. Great for lower elementary to keep in their book bins and look through Chinese New Year symbols and animals! This book will be updated yearly to celebrate the new year! 2 books per page to make assembling and copying easierLeave a review! Did you know that you earn TPT credits toward free products when you leave a review?

Can your students turn a rectangle into a dog house? A triangle into a kite? What can they make with other shapes? Design with 7 shapesThis resource fits perfectly as an extension for learning about shapes, sides, vertices, and pattern blocks. Great for preschool, transitional kindergarten/young 5's, kindergarten, and beginning first grade. Pair with "Not a Box" by Antoinette Portis for a great read-aloud!

This Chinese New Year bundle includes: -2025 Year of the Snakecoloring sheet -Chinese Zodiac coloring sheet based on birth year -Description of each zodiac year -Recommended book list to check out at your local library or use on getepic.com -Recommended video list **this resource will be updated yearly until the year 2031 Leave a review! Did you know that every time you leave a review you receive free TPT credits to get discounts on new resources for your classroom? I love receiving feedba

Getting to know families is one of the most important stepping stones to building a classroom community. Send this to parents and the beginning of the school year via email and collect responses in your Google Drive - no paper or printing needed! Sample Questions Include: What are your academic and socio-emotional goals for your student this year? What was your experience like in this grade? How do you remember school growing up?Next June, what do you hope your child says about his/her experienc

2024 New Year resources include: - Two shared writing class books -2024 Happy New Year Coloring Sheets -I would like 2024 and I would not like 2024 activity sheets **This resource will be updated yearly so you will never have to repurchase!**

Six Spring-Themed Class Books for Preschool, Transitional Kindergarten, and Kindergarten🌷 Make spring writing fun and engaging with these 6 spring-themed class books designed for preschool, pre-k, transitional kindergarten (TK), and kindergarten students! Perfect for emergent readers and writers, this resource supports the shared writing process, sentence building, and early literacy development. Students complete simple, predictable sentences using picture vocabulary cards, helping build confi

Send your students on a scavenger hunt around the room to find the numbers 1-20 or 1-30. Both options are available to provide differentiation. The pack comes with numbers in order or mixed up to help with visual tracking skills. Laminate the provided color cards or cut your prep time in half and use sticky notes or index cards. Use this pack for preschool, transitional kindergarten, middle of the year kindergarten, or beginning of first grade to review! Also great for easy substitute teacher p