Holiday Activities and Freebies!
Another school year is in the books! This is a time when I like to reflect on the resources that teachers found the most helpful in their classrooms this year. One of my first steps in planning new resources is to look through the activities teachers are downloading the most. When I saw this year’s list, I thought you might be interested in taking a closer look at the top resources from A Spoonful of Learning. You might discover something new that you can use in your classroom next year!
Many of the top resources from this past school year are resources that you can use from the very beginning of the year. This can help you start the year off on the right foot with engaging and flexible learning activities!
At the beginning of the school year, you’ll likely find that your students have a wide range of number sense skills. Some students are just learning how to count by rote while other students are almost ready for addition! Reviewing numbers to 10 is a great way to fill in any number sense gaps as you focus on one number at a time.
I love to read through the reviews of this product to see the many different ways that teachers are using this versatile resource in their classrooms! Some teachers use these printables as review during math centers. Other teachers add these printables to their Number of the Day or Number of the Week routines. In some classrooms, teachers use these engaging printables for their morning work or homework routines.
No matter how you use these activities, your students will love improving their number sense skills with these low-prep activities! You can find them in my website shop or on TPT.
Another important task at the beginning of the year is to help students learn how to identify, spell, and write their first names. This life skill can have a significant impact on how students navigate the classroom, since they need to identify their cubbies and supplies. It’s helpful to give students as much repetition with their name practice as possible!
In order to keep repetitive name practice fresh and engaging, it’s helpful to have a variety of activities on hand. I think this is why my editable name books are so popular with teachers! This resource includes many different fun ways for students to practice identifying and writing their names.
All you have to do is type your students’ names into a form and you will be able to create a class set of name practice books! If you’d like to take a closer look at this resource, you can find it in the A Spoonful of Learning shop or in my TPT store.
I know that homework isn’t something that all kindergarten classrooms incorporate into their routine. However, these homework printables have proven to be a time-saver for teachers even if they don’t send work home with their students.
These print-and-go seasonal activities include standards-based spiral review so students can independently practice a variety of skills. Teachers have used these engaging themed activities for morning work, literacy and math centers, and small group instruction. Since they are designed for students to complete with minimal assistance from adults, teachers have also shared that they’re helpful to add to sub plans!
This monthly math and literacy homework can definitely save you a lot of planning time this upcoming school year! You can find this bundle in my website shop or in my TPT store.
As the school year progresses and students have been growing by leaps and bounds in their phonics skills, it’s time to help them increase their fluency with sight word practice. When students can recognize high-frequency words with automaticity, they will become more fluent and confident readers!
One resource that I’ve created for sight word practice has been very popular with teachers. These are printable readers for 100 high frequency words. Each sight word reader also includes a corresponding worksheet that students can use for additional fluency practice and review.
When looking through the teacher feedback from this resource, it’s clear that students love to be able to take home these printable books after they’ve practiced with them in class. This is such a fabulous way to encourage students to read at home, which can further increase their confidence! They sure feel like readers when they can take home an entire book and read it to someone in their family!
If you’d like to take a closer look at the sight words included in this set of 100 printable books, just click below to find this resource in the A Spoonful of Learning shop or on TPT.
This resource comes in handy later in the school year when the days are flying by at lightning speed! Teachers love that these engaging activities take all of the planning off their plates during a busy time of the year!
This resource includes ten fun activities that incorporate literacy, math, and crafts into a full day of celebration! As students complete each activity, they will mark it off in their wallet and collect a special $10 bill for that activity. By the end of the day, they will have $100 of “money” as a fun memento from the 100th day of school. This is an easy way to keep them engaged and motivated all day long!
If you’d like to take a closer look at everything included in this set of activities, you can find it in the A Spoonful of Learning shop or on TPT.
Be sure to save this post so you can come back to it later! Just add the pin below to your favorite Pinterest board of printable kindergarten activities. You’ll be able to quickly find these teacher-loved resources when you’re ready to start planning your school year.
