Here’s a simple idea for a Mother’s Day card. Easy prep, easy to complete, and fun for moms to receive!
1. Fold a piece of construction paper into a card (you can use the regular size or the 11″ x 17″ size).
2. Complete this page (click here: Mother’s Day card – inside) and glue it inside. NOTE: The PDF file has 2 different sizes for you to choose from, depending on how big you;re making the card.
3. Decorate the outside. Ta-da!
Here’s a free worksheet for kids that discusses the history and significance of Mother’s Day. Reading comprehension questions at the bottom. A huge thank you to all those loving moms out there!
Click here for the free printable PDF: Mother’s Day
No, Cinco de Mayo isn’t Mexico’s independence day. That’s on September 16. Here’s a free worksheet to help kids learn about Cinco de Mayo. Comprehension questions at the bottom.
Click here for the free printable PDF: Cinco de Mayo
This is one of the easiest and cutest spring crafts I’ve seen in a long time (my friend Carol did this one). Grab some colored paper (preferably heavier than printer paper), paint, glitter, glue and muffin tin cups. It’s as easy as you think it is: cut out a flower shape and glue a muffin tin cup to the center. Decorate the petals with paint, crayons, markers, etc. Glue some glitter to the center of the muffin cup and then attach your own paper stem. Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy!
(Submitted by a fellow teacher. I love that she even had napkins!)
Ms. L teaches first grade. She told the kids she had a tasty surprise for them. Then she had them close their eyes and see if they could smell the brownies. They could she put a napkin on each desk then put a brown construction paper “E” (Brown E’s) on each desk. One kid even took a bite. They didn’t quite get it at first. She told this in faculty meeting, and another teacher had heard that someone else at another school had done this too.
Click here for more April Fool’s Day ideas.
My kids can’t stop talking about summer break (even though we’re pretty far away from it). So I decided to put this energy to good use in a writing project, which I did as a warm up one day. Enjoy!
Here’s another Easter/spring folk song from my childhood that took me forever to recover. I couldn’t find a video that has the music, so I’ll keep on the look out for one. So make up your own tune, or just read it and chuckle.
YahnooChickChick
I know a baby chick-chick
On a mountain top
When he starts to yodel
He never ever stops.
Who’s that baby chick-chick
So happy hooray
Who loves to sing and yodel
While walking on his way?
It’s Yah-noo-chick-chick is a
Chick-chick- chick,
A chick-chick who can yodel!
Yah-noo-chick-chick is a
Chick-chick- chick,
A chick-chick who can yodel!
When you hear his song,
“Yo-de-lee-o”
Sing along: “Yo-de-lee-o”
And you can see it’s fun to be
A chick-chick who can yodel!
Here’s a fun paper box for Easter. You can fill it with Easter candy, grass/jelly beans, or anything else fun. My friend sent this to me and said her 2nd graders just LOVE it. Thanks!
Squarehead Teachers 