Chinese New Year Activities and Resources There are so many wonderful resources out right now to help children learn about the Chinese New Year. There are free printables, books lists, crafts and more. I have compiled a collection of these … Continue reading
Books about Hats Whether you are getting ready for Crazy Hat Day at school, you have a child who is wild about hats, you are doing a unit on hats or you are just a hat fan, here are 12 … Continue reading
Best Books About Rockets I cheated a bit with this one. I took the rocket books I had listed in our Make Your Own Rocket Ship post and created a separate post here. The books seemed to be hidden there … Continue reading
Top 10 Posts from 2013 It is that time of year again. The time when all the bloggers are sharing their top posts from the past year and I, once again, am doing the same. Interestingly enough, some of … Continue reading
Activities for Gingerbread Stories from Around the World UPDATED 4.30.18 As we head into winter break, my teaching partner and I are wrapping up our stories from around the world unit. To end the unit, we are looking at gingerbread … Continue reading
Gingerbread Men Stories from Around the World A lot of teachers read the Gingerbread Man to their class this time of year. I love the Gingerbread Man as much as the next mama or teacher, but what I love even … Continue reading
Hanukkah Activities Round Up With Hanukkah beginning this week, here is a collection of BMTM’s Hanukkah activities from the last few years. I hope you can find something you like! FREE Hanukkah Word Search FREE Printable Card Game for Hanukkah … Continue reading
Spider’s Dreidels: A Hanukkah Counting Book Hanukkah is almost here and we have created this fun dreidel counting book to use with your students. Children practice colors and counting to eight while sticking or stamping dreidels. Directions for making the … Continue reading
Our Favorite Books for Hanukkah Hanukkah comes at an unusual time this year. The first full day of Hanukkah falls on Thanksgiving Day. The last time this happened was in 1888 and apparently will not happen again for another 77,798 … Continue reading
Nick Sharratt and the Virtual Book Club for Kids WHEN A MONSTER IS BORN It’s that time again! The October edition of the Virtual Book Club for Kids featuring the works of Nick Sharratt. I had heard of Nick … Continue reading
Books About Fall Fall is my favorite time of year. I love the colors, the smell and all the fun activities that happen at this time of year. Halloween is my favorite holiday and my birthday happens to fall in … Continue reading
3 Punctuation Games for Children and After School Linky Teaching about periods and exclamation marks are big right now in our first grade class as we learn how to write a good sentence. While many of my students understand these … Continue reading