Thanksgiving Common and Proper Nouns Freebies

If you are working on learning about proper and common nouns (or just need a bit of review) you will love these freebies from Squarehead Teachers. These worksheets focus on identifying proper and common nouns. This free worksheet is appropriate for 2nd grade and up. Click here for the first free printable PDF: Thanksgiving common vs proper nouns PDF  

 Click here for the second free PDF: Thanksgiving common vs proper nouns 2

Jellybean Color Emergent Reader

I found an adorable jelly bean themed emergent reader over at Teach with me. It is a perfect way to both celebrate Easter and the spring holidays while practicing reading color words. Your child will also get practice tracing then writing each color word before they practice reading.

Tons of St. Patrick's Day Freebies!

St. Patrick's Day is such a fun holiday to share with your kiddos!  Here are a few freebies I have found to celebrate with a bit of luck of the Irish!



2 Teaching Moms has a packet of freebies perfect for your preschooler or kindergartener! You might also find some great ideas for your first grader as well.

 Your kiddos will love stretching their imagination with this fun writing prompt about the day they found a leprechaun.

 Here is a fun color by number activity to practice odd and even numbers.

Your kiddos will love practicing reading with this fun game!

Free Disney New Year's Printables

If you are looking for a way to keep your kiddos busy this New Year's you might want to try these free printables featuring everyone's favorite mouse - Mickey Mouse! Here is a fun New Year's Activity Page that features a word search and a maze.

You can also have your child make a wish list for the upcoming year with Mickeys New Year Wish List.

Lock Up Your Love With Master Love Lock

I first heard about love locks on bridges on an episode of Shannen Says. The show followed her and her fiancee as they traveled to Prague and locked up their love with a padlock on the bridge.  I must say that I thought it was quite romantic, and I had an urge to travel with my hubby to "lock up our love". 

Luckily for out bank account, we might not have to travel all the way to Europe to participate in this amazing tradition.  Master Lock is launching www.MasterLoveLock.com, a site that invites visitors to lock up their love—virtually securing their bond to each other and simultaneously generating donations for the American Heart Association.


“Padlocks have been recognized as symbols of strength and security for decades, which makes the love locks tradition such a heartfelt gesture,” said Rebecca Smith vice president, marketing, for Master Lock. “With the launch of www.MasterLoveLock.com and our commitment to the American Heart Association, supporters can make their own declaration of affection and in doing so, show others a little love by increasing our donation to a good cause.”

Master Lock is donating an initial $10,000 to the American Heart Association and will donate an additional dollar for every love lock created and sent through the new site (up to $5,000) beginning October 19 through December 31, 2012.

Sweethearts, family members and friends can head to www.MasterLoveLock.com and virtually lock up their affection for loved ones or memorialize loved ones on various iconic bridges throughout the world in four easy steps - no travel required. Visitors select a lock, choose a bridge to secure their lock to, and upload a private photo and personal message for their loved one. To officially lock-up their love, the customized “love lock invitation” is sent to the recipient via email. If your love lock is honoring someone lost, send the invitation to yourself for acceptance. Once the invitation is accepted, the love lock and message are posted on the site’s public gallery, securing this symbol of endearment forever.

For more information or to send a virtual love lock, please visit www.MasterLoveLock.com or Master Lock’s website at www.masterlock.com. You can also download an App by visiting your App Market. For more information about the American Heart Association, please visit http://www.heart.org/.   Who would you lock your love with?

Thanksgiving Mad Libs Freebie

I absolutely LOVED Mad Libs when I was a kid, and I am happy to say that my kids love them too. I think it is a great way to sneak in some grammar skills while having some fun.  I love this Thanksgiving Mad Libs freebie from My Sister's Suitcase ! I think it will be a great activity for the boys to do while we are waiting to eat our yummy feast on Thanksgiving.  I bet it would be a great activity in your house as well!

Thanksgiving Mad Libs

Thanksgiving ABC Order Freebie

I found an adorable alphabetizing activity with a Thanksgiving theme for you to use with your kiddos this week!  This freebie is a color, cut, and paste activity that includes a Thanksgiving theme where students place Thanksgiving words in ABC order.


Thanksgiving ABC Order

History of Native Americans

Thanksgiving is a great time to learn more about Native American cultures and their history.  You might want to check out this short video from National Geographic Kids that will teach your child a little bit about Native American History in the United States and Canada.

Native American History video

Hide Turkey Hide! A Free Emergent Reader

I am so in love with this adorable emergent reader from Kinder Kapers! Your child can learn about positional words (under, over, in, etc). while reading about Thanksgiving traditions with this fun emergent reader.  It is adorable and best of all FREE!

Hide Turkey Hide

Pumpkin Mini-Unit

To me, nothing means Fall more than the good old pumpkin!  From Halloween to tasty Thanksgiving treats - the pumpkin is definately the symbol of the season!  You can incorporate pumpkins into your lessons with this great mini pumpkin theme that includes: poetry, science, math, language arts, vocabulary, art projects, and yummy recipes!

Mini-pumpkin unit

Fun 4th of July Word Search

If you are looking for a way to keep the kiddos busy this 4th of July, you might want to print out this adorable 4th of July Word search with vocabulary related to the celebration of America's independence. 

Head over here to print it out!

Have a safe and happy 4th of July!

Grinch Math Game

I have absolutely fallen in love with this Grinch Math Game from Finally in First!  As is, this set is perfect for Luke who is working on his addition facts, but my brain is spinning with ideas for adapting the game with multiplication facts and positive and negative integers for my older boys.  Can't wait to get started!  And.... I love her idea for making the case with a recycled soup container (you could also use a Pringles can, yougurt container, sour cream container, etc.) - or just use one of those cheap dollar store plastic containers.

My Book About Winter Holidays

Scholastic is offering a great holiday freebie for your older kiddos (third -fifth grade)!  You can print out this Winter Holiday Booklet for your child to read and complete as they learn about the various winter holidays.  Great for both reading and social studies!

Learn How To Say Thank You In 45 Different Langauges

While not every country celebrates Thanksgiving, there is a way to say "Thank You" in every language.  Here are just a few:

Scary Story Map

If your kiddos are fans of scary stories like Goosebumps like my boys are, you may want to try giving them this Scary Story Map to help them write their own scary story.  The graphic organizer is a great way to get them brainstorming their way to a fun and spooky story!

Halloween Coordinate Graphing Activities

  Your kiddos will love the pictures they create with these Halloween Coordinate Graphing Activities, and you will love the extra math practice they get!

Jack O' Lantern Graph

Frankenstein Graph

Christmas In July Lesson Plan

So last night when I asked Luke to pick a bedtime story, this is the book he picked out.  I guess with the temperatures hitting the 100 degree mark lately, he was craving a little bit of snow.  So, that got me to thinking about the phrase "Christmas in July"  I had of course heard it before, but was it actually a real thing?  Thanks to the magic of the internet, I found out that yes it was a real holiday, and there are people who actually celebrate it!  So in honor of my boy's craving for snow, I decided to plan some Christmas in July activities.  Here are a few of the things we will be doing just in case you are having a case of the summer blues:

Handwriting

Handwriting is always a little more fun when it involves Christmas, don't you think?  Have them practice writing Christmas words with this printable.

Creative Writing

You know that box of old Christmas cards you've been saving for??? Come on, fess up, I have one too.  Well, put them to use as story starters or writing prompts.  Have your child cut the cover off and write a story about it. I know one little boy who is going to be writing about snowmen in his journal!

Reading/Language Arts

Read about The Wild Christmas Reindeer with this fun reader's theater.

Practice alphabetical order using Christmas lights.

Math

Make use of those old Christmas bows that are collecting dust in your garage for some math fun!

Younger kiddos can sort them into piles to practice their sorting skills. If your kiddo is a little older, have them graph the results!  Older kiddos can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and even division with the bows.  See if they can write their own story problems to go along with them.

Practice some Santa Subtraction

The Cost of Christmas - Have your kiddo figure out how much the 12 Days of Christmas would cost with this fun worksheet.

Now that you are in the Christmas spirit - you might want to think about tackling a chore usually reserved for later in the year. You know the one that you forget about until the last minute so now you are known for your New Year's cards that were supposed to be Christmas cards but somehow didn't get mailed out until after Christmas. - Yeah Guilty as charged.

Well, this year I think I am going to surprise all of my family and friends by taking care of the chore of ordering and getting the Christmas cards ready early - like now, when I don't have the holiday hectic.

I usually send out photo cards, so I have already booked a photo session with my fave camera friend for right after BlogHer, and I have been checking out these snowman (of course!) photo cards from Storkie.com

Just use your imagination and replace those girls with my 6 boys and wouldn't it be fab?  I think so :)
Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Storkie.com. This is a sponsored post, meaning that I have received compensation. All thoughts and opinions are that of my own.

Easter Addition and Subtraction Worksheets

Capitalize on the Easter fun with these adorable addition and subtractions worksheets.  The Easter theme makes math fun!

And.... for more Easter learning fun, try these worksheets as well.

Cute Groundhog Day Resources

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  Groundhog Day (and Possum Nights)

  Lesson Plan

  Printable Quiz

   

  Happy Groundhog Day Word Find
  Groundhog Puppet Pattern
  A great math and science activity for Groundhog's Day!  
  Word problems with a groundhog day theme

Great Martin Luther King Jr. Video For Your Kiddos!

I just found this adorable Martin Luther King Jr. video, and I thought I would share it with all of you for your homeschool plans tomorrow!