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Christian Easter Activity Pack

January 31, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick 5 Comments

We had such a huge response to our Christmas Activity Pack last year, that I thought it would be a good idea to put together a similar resource for Easter!

I know many of you are already planning your Easter lessons, so I wanted to get this out in January to give you plenty of time to put these resources to work for you.

And since it’s the 31st I can pat myself on the back for that goal met…. ha!

You can download our Easter Activity Pack from our Teachers Pay Teachers eStore

Want to peek inside?

This pack is filled with 80 pages of multi-level games, activities and resources to take all the work out of your Easter Sunday School Lesson planning.

Three Different Easter Bible Games:

Seven Easter Arts and Craft Activities:

(Five shown below)

Easter Story Wheel & Easter Story Resurrection Eggs:

Easter Cross Geometric Art Project for Kids:

Easter Story Eggs for Art Projects

(Wreaths, Storybooks, Easter Baskets….etc)

Easter Crowns for Take Home:

There are TONS of coloring pages and Worksheets:

Full Size Easter Egg Coloring Pages

Three Levels of Easter Mazes for Kids

Easter Crosswords, Word Scramble and Word Search

(these make great take home items!)

Easter Copywork

Print, Cursive and Blank available with NIV

You can download our Easter Activity Pack from our Teachers Pay Teachers eStore

Free Mini Office Printables

September 17, 2014 By Valerie Mcclintick 2 Comments

This week we’re featuring a FREE Mini Office for our newsletter subscribers!What is a Mini Office?

A Mini Office is basically a custom built learning resource for your student. Â The goal of a mini-office is to serve as a self led reference chart for children, freeing up time for teacher to work with other students and encouraging children to find answers to their own questions. Â The benefit of making a mini office is also in the size and the minimal supply list. Â All you’ll need is a couple of file folders, scissors, glue, and your printable pages. Â (Free Mini Office Printables Below)

How to Make a Mini Office:

To assemble your mini office simply cut the tabs off of two file folders and glue them back to back. Â This will create a three panel office. Â You can make a larger office if you want to include extra information, however I find that the three panel is useful for small hands and when it’s stood on end it makes a great privacy blocker. Â (This is especially helpful if you’re teaching around the kitchen table.)

Inside the folders you glue in KEY concepts for children to help them along with their studies.

Really you can add whatever resources you want your child to study. Â In a homeschool setting, I’ve found these reference folders to be helpful for PreK-3rd graders, but you could certainly use them with older children as well. Â You might consider ways to build your folder so that you can expand and adapt it as your child grows. Â Alternatively, you can create multi-leveled folders for each student year. Â The resources provided below can be adapted to suit your needs.

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MiniOffice Videos on Lapbook Lessons:

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Stained Glass Nativity Craft

December 4, 2013 By Valerie Mcclintick 3 Comments

Christmas always comes faster then I’m prepared for.

I remember it was even faster when I had lesson plans to prepare for.

This is a quick and easy craft that will give you beautiful results.

(You might remember that we’ve used this technique on our Stained Glass Easter Craft)

Download:Â Nativity

So here’s the deal.

You can either print that page on vellum paper and color it in with markers

-or- a more budget friendly and FUN way is to print it on regular paper and then do the following:

Color your paper with marker. Â Encourage children to leave areas of white or to use their yellow pen to highlight the tops of each section.

When your page is colored, flip it over and apply oil to the back. Â I used a canola oil and a paper towel to rub it in. Â You’ll instantly see the oil soaking in. Â Oil the entire page.

Let dry, then Hang up in a sunny window. Â You can see in my image the oiled area lets the light through. Â You can even get creative with what areas you oil and don’t oil for a different effect (see that little oil spot near the bottom of the page)

I think a window full of these would be beautiful in a classroom window!

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Making a Classroom Quilt: Printables!

April 21, 2013 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Yup, just for you!

We’ve got ABC’s, 123’s, and everything in between!

You can print it all FREE!

Wondering how to use the printables?

It couldn’t be eaiser!

Print up a set of Classroom Quilt Printables. You can use regular paper, if children are coloring with markers or watercoloring you might use cardstock instead.

NOTE: Some of our Classroom Quilt printables even come with optional handwriting practice on the side. You can instruct children to cut this part off first, write their name on it and turn it in.