Holidays child care lessons

Balanced Literacy, Child Care, Summer

Learn all about the OCEAN, ocean ANIMALS, and going to the BEACH in this OCEAN CIRCLE TIME UNIT. All of the lesson plans and activities for ten full days of circle time instruction, plus literacy, math, and fine motor centers are included. Includes 10 Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - photograph posters and class pollOcean or Not? - animal sortingAt the Beach - photographs and "I See Sea Shells" songSharks - photographs and labeling parts of a shark Ocean Mammals - photographs, song, labelingF

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PreK - K

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Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

Dinosaurs Unit Lesson Plans Paleontologist Activities for Preschool Pre-K

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Balanced Literacy, Child Care

Explore DINOSAURS with this complete Dinosaur unit that includes daily lesson plans, activities, and ideas that you need to teach preschool and Pre-K students about dinosaurs. Everything is written out and planned to make your job easier!It includes 10 Dinosaur Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - sing a song, dinosaur carpet gameTriceratops - dinosaur counting game, sing a songLong-Necked Dinosaurs - carpet game, dinosaur chip clip poemStegosaurus - label a picture, dinosaur songPredators - her

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PreK - K

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Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

Community Helpers Unit Lesson Plans Activities for Preschool Pre-K

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This COMMUNITY HELPERS Circle Time unit has everything you need to teach your preschool students about all of the people who work in their community. This Community Helpers unit includes 10 full days of lesson plans as well as additional literacy and math centers. Everything you need for a complete "Community Helpers" unit is done for you!It includes 10 Community Helpers Circle Time Lessons:What is a Community? - Introduction and SortCommunity Helpers Song & Class GraphNeighborhood Helpers (

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PreK - K

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Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, English Language Arts, Math

Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

Christmas Activities - 12 Days of Christmas Countdown - 1st, 2nd, 3rd grade

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The Core Coaches

These are the original 12 Days of Christmas Countdown activities for the classroom! These Christmas activities will save your sanity during the weeks leading up to Winter Break. Our TPT best-seller is packed full of Christmas themed reading, writing, and math activities along with themed craftivities. If you are looking for digital activities to compliment this pack, we offer a Digital and Printable 12 Days of Christmas in the Classroom Bundle. Impress your principal, parents, and even yoursel

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1st - 3rd

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Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

Also included in: 12 Days of Christmas Countdown - Christmas Activities Print and Digital

Farm Unit Activities & Lesson Plans for Preschool Pre-K

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Explore the FARM with this complete unit that includes daily lesson plans, activities, and ideas that you need to teach preschool and Pre-K students about the farm. Everything is written out and planned to make your job easier! It includes 10 Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - photos, take a poll, sing a songCows - movement song, concept sortSheep and goats - photos, sing a song, chip clip poemChickens - photos, poem, movement gamePigs - photos, carpet game, songHorses - photos, sing a song, p

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PreK - K

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Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

Winter Unit | Lesson Plans - Activities for Preschool Pre-K

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Child Care, English Language Arts, Winter

This WINTER Circle Time Unit includes all of the lesson plans, activities, and ideas that you need to teach preschool and Pre-K students about the season. Everything is written out and planned for you to make your job easier this winter!It includes 10 Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - What is winter? Photos and sorting activitySigns of Winter - winter photos, song, class pollIt's Snowing - snowflake photos and action song about winterWinter Activities - What's your favorite winter activity?Keep

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PreK - K

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Also included in: Preschool Thematic Units - 4 Seasons Bundle | Lesson Plans - Activities

All About Me Unit Back to School Lesson Plans - Activities for Preschool Pre-K

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Autumn, Back to School, Child Care

Going to school is an exciting event for young children. This ALL ABOUT ME Circle Time unit for Preschoolers is the perfect way to start a new school year. The unit includes complete lesson plans for 10 days of circle time, as well as additional literacy and math centers. All of the planning is done to make your life easier! It includes 10 complete Circle Time Lessons:Introduction "I Love School" - songs and movement activityMy Classroom - song and scavenger hunt activityChoices - 4 classroom ru

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PreK - K

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Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

Transportation Activities & Lesson Plans Unit for Preschool Pre-K

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Preschool and Pre-K students will learn all about TRANSPORTATION and "Things that Go" in this Transportation Circle Time unit that is just right for 3-6-year-olds! This complete Transportation unit includes detailed lesson plans for each day, as well as additional center activities. Everything is done for you.It includes 10 Circle Time Lessons on Transportation:Introduction - class poll, transportation poemsAirplanes - real photos, labeling practice, carpet gameTrains - real photos, song, class

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PreK - K

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Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

5 Senses Unit | Lesson Plans - Activities for Preschool Pre-K

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Activate all your students’ SENSES in this engaging 5 Senses Unit. Ten daily lesson plans, printable activities, classroom posters, as well as literacy, math, and fine motor centers are included.Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - photos, song, carpet gameSense of Sight - photos, poll, sortSense of Hearing - photos, sort, songSense of Taste - photos, sort, class pollSense of Touch - photos, sort, bingo songSense of Smell - photos, sort, carpet gameBody Parts - classroom posters, label a picture,

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PreK - K

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Thompson's Teachings - - - Amanda Thompson

Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

Thankful Bracelets - Thanksgiving Activity

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A fun reflective Thanksgiving activity your young students will love! Have you been searching for a unique Thanksgiving activity that is going to be fun for your kids to make? These November thankful bracelets crafts are just the thing you have been searching for! This Thanksgiving lesson has everything you need to have a successful Thanksgiving lesson, with a fun bracelet craft included! ⭐BUNDLE & SAVE ⭐️This thankful bracelet is a part of the Bracelets Crafts Mega Bundle. Save over 30% A

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Life Skills, School Counseling, Thanksgiving

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PreK - 6th

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Activities, Printables, Lesson

Also included in: Fall Activities and Centers - Coloring, Brain Boomers, Thankful Bracelets

Fall Unit | Autumn Lesson Plans - Activities for Preschool Pre-K

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Autumn, Child Care, English Language Arts

This FALL (Autumn) CIRCLE TIME unit is perfect for preschoolers! It includes 10 days of complete lesson plans. Everything is done for you. Just print and teach these developmentally appropriate (ages 3-5) activities.10 Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - real photos and a "Fall-Not Fall" concept sortSigns of Fall - pocket chart activity and scavenger huntLeaves and Trees - song and class graphThings to do in Fall - song and sortApple Time - real photos, poem, and a sortSquirrels and Nuts - song,

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PreK - K

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Halloween, Reading, Vocabulary

Also included in: Fall - Autumn Activities | BUNDLE for Preschool and Pre-K

Rooted in Reading 2nd Grade Fall, October Read Aloud Comprehension & Activities

Created by

Amy Lemons

Engage your 1st-grade readers in Fall reading comprehension with October activities and lesson plans for reading, grammar, and vocabulary! Including a reader's theatre! Students will learn about making connections, sequence of events, problem and solution, analyzing nonfiction, and more reading skills!Calling all 2nd Grade Teachers who are ready to TRANSFORM their ELA block! Rooted in Reading for 2nd Grade gives you everything you need to facilitate a love of reading in your classroom. We’ve g

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2nd - 3rd

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Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.2.1

, RL.2.3

, RL.2.6

, RL.2.7

, RI.2.1

...

Also included in: Rooted in Reading 2nd Grade Comprehension Activities & Curriculum & Grammar

Apples Unit | Lesson Plans - Activities for Preschool Pre-K

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Autumn, Back to School, Child Care

Learn all about APPLES with this complete unit that includes daily lesson plans, activities, and ideas that you’ll love to use to teach preschool and Pre-K students about apples. Everything is written out and planned to make your job easier! It includes 10 Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - photos, sing a song, name gameApples are Fruit - photos, labeling a picture, sing a songCooking with Apples - photos, carpet game, take a pollHow Apples Grow - photos, life cycle chart, concept sortExplori

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PreK - K

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Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

Outer Space Unit Astronaut Planets Activities Lesson Plans for Preschool Pre-K

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Balanced Literacy, Child Care

Preschoolers will learn all about OUTER SPACE in this space thematic unit that has 10 complete circle time lessons to make your planning and teaching out of this world!It includes 10 days of detailed Outer Space Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - “In space, not in space” sort and Space songStars - “Twinkle, Twinkle” word replacement poemThe Moon - moon photos, song and carpet gameThe Sun - “Mr. Sun” song and “Yellow/Not Yellow sort” sortEarth - photo, earth song, class pollMars - photo, song, an

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PreK - K

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Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Lesson

Also included in: Earth Day Activities | BUNDLE for Preschool and Pre-K

EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES slides writing book - EARTH DAY craft project worksheet

Created by

Lyndsey Kuster

Celebrate Earth Day with our meaningful and fun packet! Your students will be Earth Day gurus in no time with the Earth Day slides, Little Monster book, mini-booklet, vocabulary cards, writing activities, and craft.This comprehensive bundle is perfect for Earth Day festivities!Inside, you'll discover:A True/False Movement Motivator Activity featuring real images, challenging students with facts about material waste.Earth Day fact slides shedding light on our planet, human impacts, and actionable

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Earth Day

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K - 3rd

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First Thanksgiving Unit for Kindergarten and First Grade

Created by

Stephanie Trapp

Sail on the Mayflower and experience life as a Pilgrim and Wampanoag during this first Thanksgiving unit for kindergarten and first grade! The week-long comprehensive unit includes detailed daily lesson plans with literature suggestions. It incorporates reading, writing, math, history, handwriting, and art. It also has Google Slides to use for discussion and links to videos that complement the unit study.Click on the PREVIEW to read each lesson plan, see the Week-at-a-Glance planning sheet, as

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Native Americans, Thanksgiving, U.S. History

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K - 1st

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Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

Pets Activities & Lesson Plans Theme Unit for Preschool Pre-K

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Balanced Literacy, Child Care

Learn all about PETS: dogs, cats, small animals, fish, turtles, and more in this PETS CIRCLE TIME UNIT. All of the Circle Time planning is done for you! There are 10 days of pets lesson plans, all the printables for each day, and additional literacy and math centers.It includes 10 Pets Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - All About PetsDogs - photos and computation poemCats - photos, pet movement song, and carpet gameSmall Pets - photos, sorting activityAquarium Pets - photos, nursery rhyme, color

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PreK - K

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Brooke Brown - Teach Outside the Box

Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

Thanksgiving STEM Challenges & Activities BUNDLE - Dinner Table, Turkey Hideout

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These Thanksgiving themed STEM/STEAM activities are perfect to engage your elementary engineers in November! Three STEM challenges and one Bonus Brainbuilder are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation.Includes the following LOW PREP STEM Challenges:Mayflower ShipDinner TableTurkey HideoutBonus Brainbuilder: Mini Magnetic ParadeCheck out my Video Tour and Demo of all components on YouTube below!LOW PREP THANKSGIVING STEM CHALLENGES VIDEOIncludes the following components for EAC

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Engineering, Science, Thanksgiving

Grades:

K - 5th

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Activities, Games, Lesson

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

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Polar Animals Unit | Lesson Plans - Activities for Preschool Pre-K

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Child Care, Specialty, Winter

Your preschool and Pre-K students will learn all about penguins, polar bears, and other polar animals in this complete Polar Animals unit that is just right for 3-6-year-olds! The Polar Animals unit includes detailed circle time lesson plans, printable activities, and centers too.It includes 10 Circle Time Lessons on Polar Animals:Introduction to the Polar Regions - photos and a songArctic Animals - photos, song, grid gamePolar Bears - photos, labeling activity, counting poemSeals & Whales -

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PreK - K

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