Paper Punch Trees

 Today is the first day of our 12 days of Christmas! Jackie from Ready. Set. Read! and I are teaming up to each bring you 12 of our favorite Christmas books and activities every weekday from now until December 13! 

Christmas Word Sort Tutorial

Happy Thanksgiving!  Now that the Christmas season is officially starting, I wanted to share a quick word sort I made a few days ago.  It's a long and short e word sort with a holiday theme.  Any kind of play with words is great, but word sorts are especially beneficial because kids start to recognize patterns in words.   This would probably be the best fit for kids in the upper primary or lower elementary grades, although of course it would be appropriate for older struggling readers or advanced younger readers.

Double Handprint Reindeer

I just wanted to share a quick activity my stepdaughter and I did over the weekend.  It's pretty self-explanatory - just two handprints to form the reindeer and a pom-pom, jingle bell, and google eyes to dress him up, but it goes perfectly with the book The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett.

10 Fat Turkeys Puppet

TP Roll Thanksgiving Corn