Literacy with the Littles

Is your class learning about the life cycle of a butterfly? This craftivity is the perfect way for children to write about what they have learned about butterflies. This butterfly writing craft also makes an adorable display for your hallway or bulletin board. The prompt comes with differentiated writing lines so that you can choose the one that works best for your writers. There are wide-dotted lines for beginning writers and also regular writing lines without the dotted center for more adva

This is a free sample of my Winter Writing Craftivities. This freebie comes with an adorable gingerbread house topper and writing pages with boy and girl gingerbread options. Each writing page comes with a choice of 3 different styles of writing lines. So that you can pick the writing lines that work best for your writers. These are perfect to display in the halls, on the walls or on bulletin boards. For more ideas on how I use this activity, you can check out my website www.literacywi

Your students will love practicing sight words with this color-by-code activity! Simply print and you are ready to go! Perfect for a busy day! Your students will love coloring the adorable butterfly, and you will be sneaking in important sight words practice along the way! This color-by-code page is perfect for:-Morning Work -Early Finishers -No-Prep Center -Any time you want to add in engaging sight word practice! If your little learners love these as much as mine do, then you are going to

Need a fun back to school get to know you activity? { freeunderthesea } This free class book was designed as a fun way to help build a classroom community right from the start. Have each student share about themselves and put it together as a class book. They will enjoy reading about their classmates and learning more about them. This is sure to be a book they enjoy all year. The text box where you can type your name and class is editable for you to personalize it. There are 4 covers to

Are you looking for a darling penguin craftivity? This fun writing activity lets your little ones get creative as they write about what it would be like to have a pet penguin. Then they get to work on their fine motor skills as they cut out and put together their very own penguin craft to decorate the top of their writing prompt. The writing prompt comes with 3 different styles of writing lines so it can be used by a wide variety of grade levels. You can choose the one that works best for

Are you working on numbers, place value, tally marks, and using ten frames? This an engaging and hands-on way to boost number sense. You are going to love how simple it is to add this number of the day resource into your daily routine. All you have to do is prep this binder once, then your students can reuse the activities all year long while they boost their math skills. Color and black and white versions are included in this free resource. If you love this activity, then check out my Math

This festive freebie is a great way to practice reading CVC words. You can use this with or without a sensory bin. I added festive pom poms and felt balls to make it into a sensory center. Students choose a word card and read the word. Then they match it onto the correct picture. There are two words for each short vowel sound. Looking for more short vowel activities? Make sure you check out these engaging resources! Must-Have CVC Resources ⭐ Ultimate Short Vowel CVC Bundle ⭐ CVC Word

This print and go writing journal is a great way for little ones to get extra writing practice. It comes with journal pages for student's to write about whatever they want, and it also has some fun and light-hearted prompts that you can use. This notebook is perfect to keep in their desks, or you can print the prompts individually and use them in your writing center. Low-prep:Simply choose the cover, the amount of journal pages that you want, and which prompts you want to add, then staple toge

Add these adorable clip cards to your photo storage boxes for a quick grab n' go center. Perfect for your students that are working on counting, number recognition, and one to one correspondence. Clip cards are also an excellent way to let little ones work on their fine motor skills. Did you enjoy this free sample of my math task box centers? For more skills and centers, please check out my other math resources. ⭐ Food Fun Counting Clip Cards {up to 10} ⭐ Halloween Math Centers {For T

This board game will give your beginning readers an engaging way to practice reading sight words. This includes a board game that practices 50 beginning high frequency words. The apple theme is perfect for the beginning of the school year or fall. But you can still play it year round. Board Game: Players take turns choosing an apple card. They read the word then move the number of spaces indicated on the card. The first player to the finish wins. (You will need your own game pieces, we love t

This free rainbow counting activity is a great way for little ones to work on counting, one-to-one correspondence, and number recognition. Add it into a sensory bin to make it extra engaging for little learners. Check out some of my other fun counting resources: ⭐ Easter Counting Centers ⭐ Back to School Counting Centers ⭐ Food Fun Counting Clip Cards {up to 10} ⭐ Math Centers for Task Boxes Bundle ⭐ Numbers Activities BinderMake sure you are following Literacy with the Littles t

Let your little ones practice letter recognition with these fun unicorn themed Boom Cards. Just select the matching lowercase letter on the path. This helps young children recognize lowercase letters because they have to focus on the different features of each letter. The cards are self-correcting, so students will immediately know if they answered correctly. Test them for yourself on the preview hereGrab all of my letter recognition BOOM Decks and save $$$ by getting the bundle ⭐ Letter

Are you looking for an engaging way to practice counting and one to one correspondence? This fish counting craft is such a fun way to let your students count objects and write their numbers. The bulletin board of colorful fish bowls will be a great visual reference to remind your class what they have learned about numbers and counting, since they will also be able to count the fish in their friends' finished crafts. This Math Craft Includes:Fish Bowl TemplatesFish TemplatesBulletin Board Bor

This fun freebie is a great way for little ones to sort long and short vowel words. Students have to put the short vowel scoops onto the short vowel ice cream cone, and the long vowel scoops onto the long vowel ice cream cones. This deck includes 10 slides. Test them for yourself on the preview hereGet tons of 1st grade BOOM Decks and save $$$ by getting the bundle ⭐ First Grade Mega Bundle Boom CardsWhy use Boom Cards?-Fun! -Interactive -Self-checking -Instant data for the teacher -Great

Are you looking for a fun filled sensory bin for fall? This turkey feather counting activity is the perfect way to practice counting skills. Children will choose a card then add the correct number of feathers to their turkey. This is an engaging Thanksgiving center for little ones that are working on number recognition, one to one correspondence, reading number words and counting. Other Fall Resources you may love: ⭐ Thanksgiving Math Centers {For Task Boxes} ⭐ Fall Math Centers for T

Learning about the planets in our Solar System? This write the room activity is a great way to practice writing the planets in order of their distance from the sun. By using the picture clues included on the recording sheet students will be able to successfully write them in the correct order. This is a fun addition to your space unit, and lets students get out of their seats while they work. This freebie is perfect to pair with my Space Writing Craftivities. Some other resources you will

Practicing patterns? This play dough set has two different types of mats included: finish the pattern and make your own pattern. The "finish the pattern" mats are designed for children to practice recognizing a completing the patterns. The "make a pattern" mats allow children to create their own pattern. Beginners will probably start with simple AB patterns, but these blank mats allow for more complex patterns if the child is ready for them. This set is also included in the bundle. Gra

Get your students excited about learning about the letter A with this engaging mini book and adorable letter craft! These letter A activities are a great way to add hands-on alphabet activities into your day! What is included:Letter A CraftAlligator CraftLetter A Mini Book The alphabet booklet works on:Letter RecognitionLetter FormationFine Motor SkillsBeginning Sound IdentificationWant them all? Get your Alphabet Crafts & Mini Books here.FAQs: Q: How do you use these crafts? A: These craft

Kick off the beginning of the year with these printable games! These Back to School Themed Bingo Games are ready to print and play! Each set comes with 35 different Bingo cards so that you can play with the entire class! Perfect for small groups, whole group games, fun Fridays, or class parties! One set has a variety of fun school themed images. The second game is a crayon counting game, that works on counting from 1-9. This set also includes an ink friendly black and white version of each

Practice writing friendly letters and send grandparents a smile with these adorable letter writing templates. Blank options are also provided for little ones that are not ready to write, so that they can draw pictures for their grandparents. There is also a prompt titled, "Thinking of You!" that can be used to send to anyone. Check out these other adorable writing resources: ⭐ Writing Craftivities Bundle ⭐ Woodland Animal Reports ⭐ Farm Animal Reports ⭐ Kindness Crafts & Writing