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pre-k & kinder

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Week at a Glance: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert FREE printable Plant Curriculum, grade specific Math: Plant Collage Shapes and Patterns, Geoboard Plant Shapes, Pattern Block Flowers Art: Oodles of Shape Flowers Collage Journal Writing: How to Draw and Label a Plant Diagram FREE printable Guide: How to Plant [...]

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Week at a Glance: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Growing Frogs by Vivian French word work and sentence writing FREE printable book: Life Cycle of a Frog Blank FREE printable book: Life Cycle of a Frog Illustrated FREE printable cards: Life Cycle of a Frog Illustrated FREE printable cards: Life Cycle of a Frog Blank [...]

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Week at a Glance: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle FREE printable books: 10 Little Ducks (3 versions) FREE printable duck counters FREE printable book: I See a Nest Puppet Show: 5 Little Ducks Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle Why we love [...]

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Week at a Glance: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: The Cheerios Play Book by Lee Wade Hands-on Number Activities for Children Developing Number Concepts Developing Number Recognition Developing Number Formation FREE printable number books, counters and number formation guide Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: The Cheerios Play Book by Lee Wade Why we love this [...]

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Week at a Glance: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Rabbit’s Gift by George Shannon Song Adaptation: Ten Little Snowflakes FREE printable book: Counting Snowflakes FREE printable Snowflake Counters The Right Way to Make Paper Snowflakes: link to step-by-step photos Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Rabbit’s Gift by George Shannon Why we love this book: A [...]

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Post image for Winter Lace Collage Art by Children: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY

Week  at a glance . . . Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: COUNT by Dwell Studio Art explorations: Winter Lace Collage with Birds Book making: I See Birds FREE printable book: Birds Up In a Tree FREE printable bird counters I don’t have much free time to peruse the thumbnails at pinterest. But occasionally one [...]

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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Elephants by Steve Bloom Why we love this book: Have you considered giving your children an elephant for Christmas this year? Yes, a real elephant! Last year, our family adopted a baby elephant. Yes, a real elephant. Since then books about elephants catch my eye. This elephant book by Steve [...]

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Print this book FREE: I See Pumpkins I See Pumpkins: FREE printable book blank book counting numbers 1 – 10 teaches both cardinal numbers and number words children can draw, stamp or glue pumpkins into book book features simple, repetitive text teaching the high frequency word “see” book features dotted print for tracing and learning [...]

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Yesterday, I introduced you to our FREE printable Five Little Pumpkins Package including a FREE printable book, pumpkin counters and poem cards. Today we are putting on a Five Little Pumpkins Puppet Show! Miss Enigma invited MacGyver, age 9, to join in on the puppet show fun. Five Little Pumpkins Puppet Show Following Directions Art [...]

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Post image for Five Little Pumpkins FREE printable book and Puppet Show

I know just about everyone knows a version of the Five Little Pumpkins poem. Well, it’s that time of year again and I know everyone is ready for some fun . . . I’ve put together a Five Little Pumpkins FREE printable package for you and your children. Five Little Pumpkins book, Miss Enigma, age [...]

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Post image for Great Learning Centers Make a Great Preschool: Book of the the Week GIVEAWAY

Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: The Handiest Things in the World by Andrew Clements Why we love this book: Last week, I walked into Ms. Trisha’s preschool classroom and immediately had to run and get my camera. Above all I believe preschool education must be safe, nurturing and hands-on! Children need time to move and [...]

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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Me I Am by Jack Prelutsky Why we love this book: In celebration of all preschoolers and their unique selves, we like to begin the school year with an All About Me unit. It’s a wonderful way to highlight how we are all alike and all different and how each [...]

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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Old Bear by Kevin Henkes Why we love this book: Kevin Henkes’ dreamy pictures take us through the seasons with Old Bear. Old Bear falls asleep in winter and dreams his way through a pastel spring, a bright green summer, an autumn covered in shades of yellow and orange and [...]

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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Lion’s Lunch by Fiona Tierney Why we love this book: In Lion’s Lunch?, little Sarah uses her gift of drawing to charm an angry, grumpy, bossy, old lion. Seeing a drawing of his “Great Big Angry” self, the lion decides he would like to change his attitude and the way [...]

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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Starry Safari by Linda Ashman Why we love this book: The main character takes us on safari racing in her sturdy jeep. Beep! Beep! Beep! This safari jeep ride brings back memories of my own amazing safari ride. I love how the author uses action words and adjectives to bring [...]

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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: ABC Animal Jamboree by Giles Andreae Why we love this book: I’m back from South Africa and I’m trying to wrap my brain around everything I experienced. I’m busy sorting through the hundreds of pictures I took and I’m putting together my thought for some upcoming posts on my adventure! [...]

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 Dig a Tunnel Book of the Week GIVEAWAY

Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Dig a Tunnel by Ryan Ann Hunter Why we love this book: First, I love this book because it is a book that little boys love! Second, I am a big proponent of including books in all learning centers. Yes, even the block center! But what kind of books do [...]

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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Swimmy by Leo Lionni Why we love this book: Can you believe it? Summer is just around the corner! We’re looking forward to the sun, sand and water with much anticipation! There’s just none better than Swimmy to take us on a tour through the deep wet world of the [...]

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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn Why we love this book: More than anything children want to know that they are loved and they are safe. The story of The Kissing Hand assures children that no matter where they go or what they do, “‘Mommy loves you. Mommy loves you.” [...]

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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Just One Quiet Pine Tree by Chris Butterworth Why we love this book: In honor of April as Earth Month and Arbor Day this Friday, we’re celebrating our earth. Something we actually like to do all year long. Just One Quiet Pine Tree is a ” Nature Map Book” that [...]

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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle Why we love this book: At the beginning of the book is the news article that inspired Eric Carle to write the story of the 10 Little Rubber Ducks, ” . . . a shipment of 29,000 rubber bathtub toys, including ducks . [...]

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