Sunday, December 19, 2021

FREE Nostalgia Christmas Ornaments to Make & Hang

FREE!!! Nostalgia Christmas Tree Ornaments

Fill your tree with homemade ornaments for a nostalgic Christmas! 44 ornaments to color, cut, and hang. Comes with ornaments that can be used with photos for lasting memories:

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Help! Santa's Suit is Missing! Get Fit Action Story for Christmas

Where is Santa's missing red suit? Help Evie the elf as she recruits other elves, reindeer, and snowmen to help find Santa's red suit. Will Santa's famous yearly trip be delayed?

Get up and moving this Christmas season while practicing and engaging with sight words! Click here to get the full Get Fit Action Story from Amped Up Learning




Each page contains action word(s) for students to physically move to. 

Words include: 

1. snored
2. danced a jig
3. hummed
4. checked and double checked
5. shook hands
6. whistled
7. looked under
8. tiptoed
9. pawed
10. searched
11. made snowballs
12. tossed
13. hop
14. shook their heads and yelled, “No!”
15. jumped up and down
16. slowly cracked open the door
17. peeked
18. waved
19. shouted, “Ho, ho, ho…Happy holidays!”





Engage students in learning processes while celebrating the holiday season. 

Merry Christmas!
Beth, Educator Helper







Sunday, December 5, 2021

Celebrate Pearl Harbor Day with FREE Activities

Pearl Harbor is a historical moment in history! Help students understand more about the historical event by watching:

Link: https://youtu.be/ncBSa6TuH94


Here's some photographs from the USS Bowfin, a submarine from WWII that is docked at Pearl Harbor: 











Use the FREE handouts to get students discussing and learning about Pearl Harbor: 













Save and get the combined packet

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Good deeds happen daily! How can you easily help acknowledge good deeds?  

Try this fun "Earnin' My Feathers" activity to encourage daily good deeds in and out of the classroom:







Directions are at the bottom of the calendar handout.
Uses motor coordination skills, numbering skills, symbolization, brainstorming strategies. This activity can be used to stimulate writings about good deeds and narratives of memories of good deeds, as well as for storytelling and oral traditions lessons. Perfect for encouraging good behavior in and out of the classroom!


Want more fun, active, hands-on Thanksgiving activities? Visit Educator Helper's Amped Up Learning or TpT Storefront.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Beth, Educator Helper



Sunday, November 14, 2021

Thanksgiving Thank You Cards for Giving Thanks (English & Spanish)

 There are many tales of the history of Thanksgiving, but the bet story yet is the one student authors undertake!

Get started with Thanksgiving tales and being thankful:


                                  Link: https://youtu.be/oicmLUKDq8U

Now, it's time for students to write their own Thanksgiving Thank You notes:











Get more Thank You cards at Amped Up Learning and TpT:


Happy Thanksgiving!
Beth, Educator Helper

Sunday, November 7, 2021

Veteran's Day Bundle of Fun

Ready to thank a veteran? 

Enjoy democracy, freedom, justice and liberties?

Thank a veteran with these FREE cards in English and Spanish at Amped Up Learning and TpT:











More Veteran's Day activities:


Thank you, vets, and Happy Veteran's Day!

Beth, Educator Helper