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Category: Back to School

Monthly Calendars for 2021-2022 (Editable)

 These editable calendars just had a major update! The clip art is all new with more diverse children, bright colors and scenes. There are also more alternative options (not holiday related) for February, March, April, August, September, October, November and December. The calendars are complete through 2022! Now, you can

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Editable Monthly Newsletters

These monthly editable newsletters are perfect for the busy teacher! This amazing set includes three different templates with 36 newsletters each, making a total of 108 options! Alternative options (not holiday related) are included for August, September, October, November, December and April. You can choose to create your newsletters in

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Centers for Back to School!

I’m so excited to share with you my Back to School Math & Literacy Bundle! I wanted to make centers with easy to learn directions so the children will have success during center time!  The bundle includes 10 centers in all – 5 literacy and 5 math. Here is a

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Visual Daily Schedule

Using a Visual Daily Schedule will help ensure a successful day for your students (and you)! Knowing what is happening throughout the day helps to relieve stress and anxiety in young children. It also helps them to feel safe and secure in their environment. Your transition time will run more

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Back to School Essentials

Back to School can be an overwhelming time of year for kids, parents and teachers, too! Stores are stocked with brightly colored bins, borders, and stickers and it’s easy to get distracted from what we NEED to make our classrooms run smoothly. Over the years I have found that there

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Back to School with The Kissing Hand

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn is a classic First Day of School book for many Pre-K, Kindergarten and first Grade Classrooms.  I love reading this book on “Meet the Teacher Day”. This day happens 2-3 days before school starts. The children come in to school to meet me, make some new

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And One More . . .

I have one more Back to School item to add to this list!  It’s Back to School Write the Room.  My kinder kids always love these activities.  I place the word cards around the room, print the sheet, & let them search the room with a clipboard and a pencil!

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Back to School Goodies!

I have added some great new goodies for Back to School!   First, a very simple book that focuses on the sight word “my” and school tools.  This is great for the beginning of kindergarten and encouraging our kiddos as readers! My School Emergent Reader Next, Back to School Bump!

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