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Preschool Families & Holidays Themes, Thematic Units, Teaching Resources, and Educational Materials

Families
Holidays

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Plants
Farm
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Preschool Families Themes / Thematic Units (2 products)

teaching supplies-themes, familiesFamilies Thematic Unit

Grade Level: Preschool - 1st Grade
Price: $9.99
Product #: 1002110
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This reproducible resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and cross-curricular activities.

This book is based on the following pieces of literature:All Kinds of Families, Poinsettia and Her Family.

For each of these featured books, activities are included which set the stage for reading, encourage the enjoyment of the book, and extend the concepts gained. In addition, the theme is connected to the curriculum with activities in language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills.

Suggestions and patterns for bulletin boards and learning centers are additional time savers for the busy teacher. Furthermore, directions for student-created Big Books and culminating activities, which allow students to synthesize their knowledge in order to create products that can be shared beyond the classroom, highlight this very complete teacher resource.

This unit includes:

  • literature selections - summaries of two children's books with related lessons (complete with reproducible pages) that cross the curriculum
  • planning guides - suggestions for sequencing lessons each day of the unit
  • language experience and writing ideas - suggestions for activities across the curriculum
  • bulletin board ideas - suggestions and plans for student-created and/or interactive bulletin boards
  • curriculum connections - suggestions for activities in language arts, math, science, art, music, social studies, and life skills like physical education and cooking
  • group projects - suggestions for projects to foster cooperative learning
  • a culminating activity - suggestions for a celebration which required students to synthesize their learning in an activity to be shared with others
  • a bibliography - suggestions for additional literature and nonfiction books on the theme


Pages: 80
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Community Workers Thematic Unit
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families theme / thematic unit teacher resource bookFamilies Theme Book

Grade Level: Preschool - Kindergarten
Price: $7.95
Product #: 2003231
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Save time and energy planning thematic units with this comprehensive teacher resource. Included in this book are units, single ideas to extend a unit, and a variety of reproducible activities. Use these activities to develop your own complete unit or simply to enhance your current lesson plans. You're sure to find everything you need for strengthening student learning!

Some of the features you'll enjoy include:

  • language experiences
  • basic skills reinforcement
  • whole-class and small-group activities
  • skill-based games
  • writing activities
  • follow-up and extension activities
  • literature connections
  • timesaving patterns and reproducibles

Pages: 48
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Friendship
Ocean Animals
Five Senses
Community Helpers
Our collection of The Best of The Mailbox Magazine series of teaching books
The Mailbox Magazine
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Preschool Holidays Themes/Thematic Units (3 products)

Holidays Seasons Themes Thematic Units Educational Resource BookHooray for Holidays & Seasonal Celebrations

Grade Level: Preschool, Kindergarten
Price: $18.95
Product #: 2061236
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  • Build skills and celebrate favorite events.
  • Choose from over 220 songs, quick tips, and activities.
  • Includes bonus online materials.

Celebrating special days during the year has never been easier than with this amazingly organized resource. Complete with activities, teacher tools, songs, snacks, crafts, tips, and games, it allows your kids to have fun learning and celebrating all at the same time.

Each section includes:

  • quick tips
  • songs and rhymes
  • arts and crafts ideas
  • celebration activities
  • reproducibles and patterns

Cheer on your students with creative and easy activities for celebrating

  • A New School Year
  • Fall
  • Thanksgiving
  • December Holidays
  • Winter
  • Valentine's Day
  • St. Patrick's Day
  • Spring
  • Parent Days
  • Graduation
  • Summer

128 pages.
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Hooray for Me!
Social Skills for Little Learners
Our entire collection of Preschool Seasons teaching materials
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teaching materials - seasons & holidaysPuppet & Flannelboard Stories for Seasons & Holidays

Grade Level: Preschool - 1st Grade
Price: $12.99
Product #: 1003700
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Use finger plays, flannelboard stories, and puppets to hold young learners' attention while they learn basic concepts. Stories, directions, and patterns for the puppets and flannelboard pieces are provided along with many activities.

In this book children are introduced to many basic concepts through the exploration of a variety of literature selections. The flannelboard stories, rhymes, and finger plays are presented in four thematic units. Each unit is based on a season. The contents will assist the students with basic phonemic awareness and auditory discrimination and can be used to provide an introduction to phonics. The selected stories are favorites.

Simple, easy-to-make puppets and related activities accompany each presentation. Young learners are introduced to seasons and holidays by acting out different pieces of literature.


Pages: 96
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Our collection of preschool teacher resource books for the Seasons of the Year
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classroom materials - patternsBig & Easy Patterns: Holidays and Seasons

Grade Level: Preschool - 6th Grade
Price: $17.99
Product #: 1002602
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Lots of patterns are presented for each of the four seasons and their corresponding holidays, including St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Mother's Day and more. The book also includes teacher-tested ideas for using the patterns.

There are several ways to use the patterns in this book. They are big and easy to cut out, so they can be used by students for easy-to-prepare art projects. They can also be used for classroom decorations, story prompts, word banks, puppets, paper dolls, big books, and shape books.

Pages: 224
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