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Kindergarten Best of the Mailbox Magazine Series of Teaching Books

Back to School
Learning Centers
Science
Arts and Crafts
Songs, Poems, and Fingerplays
Kindergarten
Bulletin Boards
The Mailbox Magazine
Kindergarten Home Page

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Kindergarten Back to School Best of The Mailbox

back to school activities kindergarten / first gradeThe Best of the Mailbox Back to School

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $12.95
Product #: 2001497
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This school year, like every year, you want to get your class off to a strong start. Meeting your new students, decorating and organizing your classroom, greeting parents at open house, finding the perfect first-day activities, and many other important tasks are on your mind. How can you do it all and do it well?

This resource can help. It's packed with favorite ideas featured in The Mailbox magazine from 1998 - 2002, so you know it's good. Plus you'll find patterns and reproducibles to make school year preparations even easier.

With this all-in-one collection in hand, back to school will be better than ever. Get off to a great start this year! Whether you're an experienced teacher beginning another exciting year or a new teacher about to meet your first class this book will be your ultimate resource for back to school planning.

Inside the pages of this book you'll find:

  • tips for planning, organizing, and setting up your classroom
  • back to school activities
  • ideas for parent communication
  • reproducibles and patterns
  • clip art

Table of Contents:

  • Before School Starts
  • Classroom Displays
  • Organizational Tips
  • Classroom Management
  • A Royal Welcome
  • Hanging Out in School
  • Getting Acquainted
  • Birthday Celebrations
  • Parent Communication
  • Open House
  • Art Activities
  • Songs and Such
  • Clip Art and Student Reproducibles

Pages: 96
You may also like:
The Mailbox Superbook: Kindergarten
The monthly Organize Now! series for K-1
Bulletin Boards & Displays: Skills Based (K)
Our complete collection of Bulletin Boards for the classroom
Our collection of Desk Nameplates
Our entire collection of Classroom Supplies (lesson plan books, student awards, stickers, forms, classroom management, etc.)
Our complete list of Themes/Thematic Units
The Mailbox Magazine
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Kindergarten Learning Centers Best of The Mailbox

Learning Centers Kindergarten - First Grade Classroom SuppliesThe Best of The Mailbox Learning Centers

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $16.95
Product #: 2061023
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This handy teacher resource is packed full of creative learning-center ideas. Your students will get the benefit of hands-on learning with the best learning-center games and activities from THE MAILBOX magazine. Now featuring ready-to-go, full-color, tear-out pieces for select centers!

The teacher-tested activities in this handy educational resource will let your kindergarten and first grade students learn at their own pace as they build basic skills. Your students will practice a number of key skills with these creative learning center ideas, such as:

  • Letter knowledge
  • Letter-sound association
  • Word recognition
  • Word families
  • Writing
  • Patterning
  • Addition and Subtraction
  • Graphing
  • Measurement
  • Plus more K-1 skills!

The center ideas in this teaching resource book are organized by center areas, such as language arts, math, science, fine-motor skills, art, and dramatic play. So whether you want to set up a word family center or have students practice their addition and subtraction skills, finding the perfect activity is a snap. Reproducible patterns and a variety of pull-out, colorful cutouts are included to help you create your centers in record time.

128 pages
You may also like:
Learning Center Collection Language Arts
Math File Folder Centers
Language Arts File Folder Centers
The Mailbox Magazine
Our entire collection of Kindergarten Learning Centers and File Folder Centers
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Kindergarten Science Best of The Mailbox

science teaching suppliesThe Best of The Mailbox Science

Grade Level: Preschool / Kindergarten
Price: $17.95
Product #: 2001493
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Enrich children's understanding of their world with this timesaving collection of science experiences from The Mailbox magazine. You'll find a variety of favorite units and features that will actively involve your little ones in their learning.

These creative ideas will help you integrate science into all of your daily activities-from circle time to center time. Patterns and reproducibles for centers, experiments, and group activities make preparation quick and easy. Inside this invaluable classroom resource you'll find:

  • Science-based thematic units with across-the-curriculum activities
  • Activities that encourage students' active participation
  • Helpful ideas for science centers
  • Experiments
  • Independent and small-group activities
  • Critical-thinking activities
  • Literature links
  • Student Reproducibles
  • Patterns

Science units in this book cover the early childhood science topics that you need, including:

  • Trees
  • Pumpkins
  • Winter Weather
  • The Five Senses
  • Dental Health
  • Plants
  • Butterflies and Birds
  • Sound
  • And many more! (See the Table of Contents for a complete list)

Pages: 159
You may also like:
Seasonal Science
I Can Make It! I Can Read It! Science
Our entire collection of Kindergarten Science teaching resources
The Mailbox Magazine
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Kindergarten Arts and Crafts Best of The Mailbox

arts and crafts teaching supplies for kindergarten - first gradeThe Best of The Mailbox Magazine: Arts and Crafts: K-1

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $16.95
Product #: 2061078
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Get a fresh supply of fun and educational arts and crafts activities with this collection of ideas! Arts and crafts will be fun for everyone with the ideas in this teacher resource book! This book features over 150 activities carefully chosen from the 1998-2004 issues of The Mailbox Magazine's preschool edition.

Each activity in this teaching resource uses only easy-to-find materials and features step-by-step directions and a colorful illustration. Plus, patterns and a handy index make planning easy! Activities are divided into five sections-Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer, and Anytime. This resource book will be a year round source of ideas!

Every one of the activities in this teaching book is matched to your preschoolers' skills and abilities. Spend less time planning your arts and crafts and more time enjoying them with your students!

Pages: 112
You may also like:
Hooray for Art: Preschool/Kindergarten
Our complete line of Kindergarten Arts and Crafts teacher resource books
The Mailbox Magazine
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