Lora Webster

"Don't Eat the Teacher" is an adorable book by Nick Ward. The activities in this packet are designed to help students respond to the story and ease into their first days of Preschool, Pre-K, or Kindergarten. This packet includes activities for: *Comprehension *Story Retelling *First day documentation *Character development Enjoy! Lora Webster

Spider Splat will provide a fun way to reinforce letter recognition. **This activity requires at least two {clean!} fly swatters to play!** This purchase includes one set of uppercase spider cards and one set of lowercase spider cards. Here's how to play: 1. To play in a small group, spread several of the spider circles on a table or on the floor. (Using all the spider circles at once may be overwhelming.) Be sure that you have pulled out the letter cards that match the letters on the circl

These Thanksgiving activities are the perfect addition to any Early Childhood classroom during the Thanksgiving season. These activities are intended to help your students improve their letter recognition, social interactions, phonemic awareness, and emergent reading skills. There is also a social studies component. Here's what's included: *"Fill Your Plate" Game - Children will practice taking turns *"Hide the Pumpkin" Game - Children will practice letter recognition *"T is for Turkey" Lette

These activities go along with More Bunny Trouble by Hans Wilhelm. Included are: *Story Map *Pre-writing and writing worksheets *Character Analysis Graphic Organizer

This turkey-themed letter and number sort will help your students recognize the difference between letters and numbers. Included are: *20 cards with letters or numbers *2 labels for baskets or containers Enjoy! Lora Webster

These hot cocoa activities are designed for young children ages 3-7. Not only will you make hot cocoa with your class, but your students will be sequencing, sorting, learning poetry, counting, and writing about hot cocoa. Download the preview to get a glimpse of some of the pages! Here is the table of contents so you can see what's included: *Supply Checklist for Hot Cocoa *Parent Letter *Hot Cocoa T-chart *Pocket Chart Sequencing Activity *Independent sequencin

The sneaky gingerbread man has taken the treats you brought for your students! Your class will have to hunt around the school and follow the clues in order to find him. Have fun chasing the sneaky gingerbread man! I would love some feedback on this product. Thank you! Lora Webster

Retelling stories is a very important skill for young child to practice. Retelling stories increases comprehension and knowledge of story structure, and helps children make inferences. Help your students internalize the most important story of all – the story of Jesus’ birth. Enjoy using these in your classroom, homeschool, or Sunday school setting! Table of Contents: Introduction to Storytelling Headbands p.2-4 How to Staple Your Headband p.5 Headband Extenders p.6 Joseph

These activities are designed to help you tell the story of Jesus' birth, while helping your students practice their literacy and math skills. In this packet, you will get: *Printable versions of the Bible story from Luke 2 *Story telling pictures *Sentence strips of the Christmas story for your pocket chart (with pictures) *Sequencing the events of the story student activity *J is for Jesus color phonics sort cards *J is for Jesus independent phonics sort *Christmas counting book (numbers 1-5

Have some fall measuring fun! Use these pumpkins and apples to hang on the wall, and have students guess how many pumpkins and apples tall they will be. After they measure themselves, they can record the actual amount on the recording sheet. This is great for comparing size and shape, as well as measuring in nonstandard units. Enjoy! Lora Webster

Spider Splat will provide a fun way to reinforce sight word recognition. **This activity requires at least two {clean!} fly swatters to play!** This purchase includes one set of spider cards with words from the Dolch Pre-Primer sight word list. Here's how to play: 1. To play in a small group, spread several of the spider circles on a table or on the floor. (Using all the spider circles at once may be overwhelming.) Be sure that you have pulled out the word cards that match the words on the

Here's what's included in your purchase: *26 uppercase acorns with matching pictures in color *26 lowercase acorns with matching pictures in color *26 upper and lowercase with matching pictures in black and white * 1 recording sheet for center work This beginning sound match can be used as a center, a small group activity, a large group activity, or home practice. Here are some ideas for how to use them: As an independent learning center: *Provide students with select letters and their matchi

These posters are great for students who are just learning the Pledge of Allegiance. One poster simply has the words, while the other has dots under the words. These dots are useful for very young students. Even though they many not be able to read yet, have children point to the dots while they are saying the pledge, and they will develop print tracking skills and one-to-one correspondence. Enjoy! Lora Webster

This hands-on work station provides students with the opportunity to "act out" addition and subtraction. Here is what you will receive in your purchase: * 2 work mats: one with a chicken theme and one with a dog theme * 4 worksheets with simple language and pictures for beginning readers to complete independently These number stories are perfect for instilling beginning addition and subtraction skills. Students will use manipulatives to show the number stories on the work mats, and then write

Are you looking for a new way to do journals with your students? Story journals are just the thing! These journals allow for creativity through a variety of topics that are relevant to students. Your writers will be able to: * Write stories, poems, personal accounts, etc. * Always have a topic to write about * Read and discuss peer writing * Have a collection of writing from the class to take home at the end of the year You are purchasing the topic labels that you will place on the front of

Spider Splat will provide a fun way to reinforce sight word recognition. **This activity requires at least two {clean!} fly swatters to play!** This purchase includes one set of spider cards with words from the Dolch Primer sight word list. Here's how to play: 1. To play in a small group, spread several of the spider circles on a table or on the floor. (Using all the spider circles at once may be overwhelming.) Be sure that you have pulled out the word cards that match the words on the circ

This bat themed shape and color sort is ideal for little learners who are practicing their basic shapes and colors. It can be used in large group, a small group, or as a center. Here's what's included: *3 color sorting mats (red, blue, yellow) *3 shape sorting mats (circle, triangle, square) *24 bat cards with colored shapes on their tummies Enjoy! Lora Webster

This is a sight word game that your students will beg you to play again and again! Simply hide the little pumpkin card behind one of the turkey sight word cards in a packet chart. Students will guess a word that they think the pumpkin is hiding behind. In doing this, students are practicing their sight words, and you can assess who is still struggling with certain words! Children love to see if they guessed the right word! This game is easy to set up, and it can eventually be played independen

Help your students brush up on their money counting skills with this Easter-themed center! This activity is designed to help your students apply their knowledge of coin amounts, use their counting skills, and perform addition, all within a self-checking game. Students will use these cards in a small group setting or in an independent work station. Students will make matches by counting the coins on one card and checking it against the amount printed on the other card they have chosen. A wo

Disclaimer: I did not write this poem. To my knowledge, it is attributed to an unknown author. If you know who wrote it, please let me know so I can credit the correct source. This is a poem that I have turned into a book. I use it to help my students understand how hard the pilgrim children had to work every day. Please check out my other Thanksgiving product: Thanksgiving Activities for Preschool and Pre-K Enjoy! Lora Webster