Posts tagged literacy
Character Split Portraits

Explore internal and external characterization with this simple art activity. Represent character traits, internal and external dialogue and events from a story. This is one of those comprehension activities that don’t feel like work. Young readers will be intrigued and excited to represent their learning with this visual representation. Low prep and high engagement are the benefits for the adult.

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Frog Nature Journals

Journals provide a creative way to showcase learning. Journals can incorporate art, writing and various other means while instilling ownership in the learning process. This activity also shares an easy way to increase interest in a topic while providing bite-sized pieces of information. Click to see how we incorporated nature journaling with our frog unit.

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Ice Cream Themed Learning Unit

What can make learning even sweeter?? Ice cream of course! These ice cream themed learning resources are sure to delight your little learners while encouraging them to expand their literacy and math skills. This unit is perfect for introducing and building number sense. Read more to see the list of skills focused on in this sweet new resource.

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Rainbow Fish Felt Play

Bring the classic book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister alive with this felt story. Use the felt pieces to promote literacy skills, interact with the storyline, retell the story and provide an extension to the book. Read this post for a list of benefits felt stories provide.

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Biography Jars

Biography Jars offer a new twist to the traditional book report or history paper. Children will be able to interact with biographies by identifying important details within the text. They will be able to take their learning to the next level by creating visual and textual representations.

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Winter Resources

Cozy up with this new winter resource bundle! This bundle was created with the whole family in mind. Stay indoors and play a game of Bingo or head outdoors for a nature scavenger hunt. Language and math are intertwined with the winter fun. There is a little something for everyone to enjoy.

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Nature Journals

Take your nature exploration to the next level. Nature journaling pushes you to dive deeper, look closer and allow your creativity to guide you. Follow along as we begin our journey with implementing nature journals alongside our family activities.

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