This Tot School: Fall resource has everything you need for a week packed full of fall themed fun and learning.

My tot school weekly plans are designed with the 2-3 year old child in mind. Every activity can be used at home with one or more children or adapted for use in a day care/preschool classroom. Tot school is all about exploring and learning together while exposing children to a variety of skills and concepts.

Features:

• Pre-academic skills:
Prewriting, letter identification, sorting, language development, and open ended play

• Fine motor skills:
Peeling stickers, writing, stamping, cutting, tearing, gluing, tracing, and wrapping

• Gross motor skills:
Running, raking/sweeping, throwing, catching, balancing, and tiptoeing

• Week at a glance:
See all 25 books/activities for the week on one convenient page. Every week includes 5 books, 5 fine motor activities, 5 gross motor activities, 5 snacks, and 5 sensory bins along with a few other activities you may want to try!

• Suggested Materials:
Prepping for the week is super easy with this checklist. Round up everything you need for the week without having to search through each page of activities!

• Activity Pages:
Learning activity pages include everything you need to know to complete the activities for the week. Each learning category has a page with pictures, directions, materials, and goals so you know exactly what to do for each activity.

• Printables:
Printable activities and materials to make weekly prep a breeze! Lots of printable options to save you from purchasing additional hands on materials that you may not have available.

• Activities in Action:
Want to see more photos of each of this week’s activities in action? Click below for large detailed photos of our tot school adventures!

Tot School: Fall

**This set is included in the Tot School: Toddler Curriculum {Plans and Printables} GROWING BUNDLE**

***************************************************************************

Looking for more early learning resources? We have 100+ weeks of learning and fun all ready to go for you!

Check out more Baby Bin Resources for 1-2 year olds here.

Check out more Tot School Resources for 2-3 year olds here.

Check out more Preschool Resources for 3-4 year olds here.

The post Tot School: Fall {Plans and Printables} first appeared on Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten.

This Tot School: Apples resource has everything you need for a week packed full of apple themed fun and learning.

My tot school weekly plans are designed with the 2-3 year old child in mind. Every activity can be used at home with one or more children or adapted for use in a day care/preschool classroom. Tot school is all about exploring and learning together while exposing children to a variety of skills and concepts.

Features:

• Pre-academic skills:
Retelling a story, letter identification, counting/recognizing numbers to 10, one to one correspondence, sorting by color, sorting by size, color identification, and identifying left & right

• Fine motor skills:
Stamping, color mixing, cutting, tearing, and gluing

• Gross motor skills:
Running, balance, and throwing

• Week at a glance:
See all 25 books/activities for the week on one convenient page. Every week includes 5 books, 5 fine motor activities, 5 gross motor activities, 5 snacks, and 5 sensory bins along with a few other activities you may want to try!

• Suggested Materials:
Prepping for the week is super easy with this checklist. Round up everything you need for the week without having to search through each page of activities!

• Activity Pages:
Learning activity pages include everything you need to know to complete the activities for the week. Each learning category has a page with pictures, directions, materials, and goals so you know exactly what to do for each activity.

• Printables:
Printable activities and materials to make weekly prep a breeze! Lots of printable options to save you from purchasing additional hands-on materials that you may not have available.

• Activities in Action:
Want to see more photos of each of this week’s activities in action? Click below for large detailed photos of our tot school adventures!

Tot School: Apples

**This set is included in the Tot School: Toddler Curriculum {Plans and Printables} GROWING BUNDLE**

***************************************************************************

Looking for more early learning resources? We have 100+ weeks of learning and fun all ready to go for you!

Check out more Baby Bin Resources for 1-2 year olds here.

Check out more Tot School Resources for 2-3 year olds here.

Check out more Preschool Resources for 3-4 year olds here.

The post Tot School: Apples {Plans and Printables} first appeared on Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten.

Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Fall: Read and Respond Pack It is the perfect way to strengthen comprehension and writing skills along with some fun craftivities to keep your kids engaged! Download the preview for the complete table of contents to see which activities/skills are included with each book.

Features:

• Activities for 5 Picture Books: Leaves Fall Down by Lisa Bullard, Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro, Why Do Leaves Change Color? by Betsy Maestro, and Colorful Leaves by Maria Fleming.
• Comprehension skills practiced include: activating schema, asking and answering questions, learning new vocabulary, sequencing a story, finding the main idea, and inferring meaning.
• 5 writing activities (1 for each story) including poetry, opinion, narrative and informative writing.
• All comprehension and writing activities have 3 leveled options for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade or to differentiate for student needs.
• Common Core aligned with the standard listed on each page for easy reference
• 2 craftivities with printable patterns

*************************************************************************
More Read & Respond Packs you may like:
November: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
Thanksgiving: Read and Respond

October: Read and Respond BUNDLE
Apples: Read and Respond
Pumpkins: Read and Respond
Halloween: Read and Respond
Spiders: Read and Respond
Bats: Read and Respond

The post Fall: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities first appeared on Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten.

Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Nocturnal Animal: Read and Respond Pack It is the perfect way to strengthen comprehension and writing skills along with some fun craftivities to keep your kids engaged! Download the preview for the complete table of contents to see which activities/skills are included with each book.

Features:

• Activities for 5 Picture Books: Where Are the Night Animals? by Mary Ann Fraser, Night Animals by Gianna Marino, Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, National Geographic Readers: Wolves by Laura Marsh, and Nocturnal Animals by Kelli L. Hicks.
• Comprehension skills practiced include: learning new vocabulary, identifying story elements, point of view, using text features, and using illustrations.
• 5 writing activities (1 for each story) including poetry, opinion, narrative and informative writing.
• All comprehension and writing activities have 3 leveled options for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade or to differentiate for student needs.
• Common Core aligned with the standard listed on each page for easy reference
• 2 craftivities with printable patterns

*************************************************************************
More Read & Respond Packs you may like:
November: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
Thanksgiving: Read and Respond
Fall: Read and Respond

October: Read and Respond BUNDLE
Apples: Read and Respond
Pumpkins: Read and Respond
Halloween: Read and Respond
Spiders: Read and Respond
Bats: Read and Respond

The post Nocturnal Animals: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities first appeared on Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten.

Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Pumpkins: Read and Respond Pack It is the perfect way to strengthen comprehension and writing skills along with some fun craftivities to keep your kids engaged! Download the preview for the complete table of contents to see which activities/skills are included with each book.

Features:

• Activities for 5 Picture Books: Pumpkin, Pumpkin
By Jeanne Titherington, From Seed to Pumpkin By Wendy Pfeffer, I Like Pumpkins By Jerry Smath, Strega Nona’s Harvest By Tomie dePaola, and The Legend of Spookley By Joe Troiano.
• Comprehension skills practiced include: sequencing a story, activating schema, asking and answering questions, making connections , inferring meaning, and finding the moral/lesson in a story.
• 5 writing activities (1 for each story) including poetry, opinion, narrative and informative writing.
• All comprehension and writing activities have 3 leveled options for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade or to differentiate for student needs.
• Common Core aligned with the standard listed on each page for easy reference
• 2 craftivities with printable patterns

*****************************************************************************
More Read & Respond Packs you may like:
Read and Respond: Valentine’s Day
Read & Respond: St. Patrick’s Day
Read and Respond: Easter

More seasonal resources you may like:
Muffins for Mom
Donuts for Dad

The post Pumpkins: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities first appeared on Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten.

Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Halloween: Read and Respond Pack It is the perfect way to strengthen comprehension and writing skills along with some fun craftivities to keep your kids engaged! Download the preview for the complete table of contents to see which activities/skills are included with each book.

Features:

• Activities for 5 Picture Books: The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams, Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson, Big Scary Monster by Thomas Docherty, Skeleton Meets the Mummy by Steve Metzger, and National Geographic Kids: Halloween by Laura Marsh.
• Comprehension skills practiced include: sequencing a story, learning new vocabulary, making predictions, identifying problem/solution, and finding supporting evidence.
• 5 writing activities (1 for each story) including opinion, narrative and informative writing.
• All comprehension and writing activities have 3 leveled options for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade or to differentiate for student needs.
• Common Core aligned with the standard listed on each page for easy reference
• 2 craftivities with printable patterns

**************************************************************************

Save $$$ and buy the bundle!
October: Read and Respond BUNDLE

More Read & Respond Packs you may like:
Apples: Read and Respond
Pumpkins: Read and Respond
Spiders: Read and Respond
Bats: Read and Respond

The post Halloween: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities first appeared on Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten.

Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Spiders: Read and Respond Pack It is the perfect way to strengthen comprehension and writing skills along with some fun craftivities to keep your kids engaged! Download the preview for the complete table of contents to see which activities/skills are included with each book.

Features:

• Activities for 5 Picture Books: The Very Busy Spider By Eric Carle, Diary of a Spider By Doreen Cronin, Miss Spider’s Tea Party By David Kirk, Aaaarrgghh! Spider By Lydia Monks, Super Spiders By Jason Blake.
• Comprehension skills practiced include: sequencing a story, asking and answering questions, describing character traits, determining cause & effect, & Using illustrations.
• 5 writing activities (1 for each story) including opinion, narrative and informative writing.
• All comprehension and writing activities have 3 leveled options for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade or to differentiate for student needs.
• Common Core aligned with the standard listed on each page for easy reference
• 2 craftivities with printable patterns

***************************************************************************

Save $$$ and buy the bundle!
October: Read and Respond BUNDLE

More Read & Respond Packs you may like:
Apples: Read and Respond
Pumpkins: Read and Respond
Halloween: Read and Respond
Bats: Read and Respond

The post Spiders: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities first appeared on Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten.

Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Bats: Read and Respond Pack It is the perfect way to strengthen comprehension and writing skills along with some fun craftivities to keep your kids engaged! Download the preview for the complete table of contents to see which activities/skills are included with each book.

Features:

• Activities for 5 Picture Books: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat by Lucille Colandro, Bats by Gail Gibbons, Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats by Ann Earle, Stellaluna by Janell Cannon, and Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies.
• Comprehension skills practiced include: sequencing a story, learning new vocabulary, comparing and contrasting texts, identifying story elements, and comparing and contrasting characters.
• 5 writing activities (1 for each story) including opinion, narrative and informative writing.
• All comprehension and writing activities have 3 leveled options for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade or to differentiate for student needs.
• Common Core aligned with the standard listed on each page for easy reference
• 2 craftivities with printable patterns

***************************************************************************

Save $$$ and buy the bundle!
October: Read and Respond BUNDLE

More Read & Respond Packs you may like:
Apples: Read and Respond
Pumpkins: Read and Respond
Halloween: Read and Respond
Spiders: Read and Respond

The post Bats: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities first appeared on Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten.

Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Apples: Read and Respond Pack It is the perfect way to strengthen comprehension and writing skills along with some fun craftivities to keep your kids engaged! Download the preview for the complete table of contents to see which activities/skills are included with each book.

Features:

• Activities for 5 Picture Books: Under The Apple Tree By Steve Metzger, The Apple Pie Tree By Zoe Hall, Amelia Bedelia’s First Apple Pie By Herman Parish, and Apples, Apples, Apples By Nancy Elizabeth Wallace.
• Comprehension skills practiced include: visualizing, sequencing a story, describing character traits, identifying important information, and using text features.
• 5 writing activities (1 for each story) including poetry, opinion, narrative and informative writing.
• All comprehension and writing activities have 3 leveled options for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade or to differentiate for student needs.
• Common Core aligned with the standard listed on each page for easy reference
• 2 craftivities with printable patterns

***************************************************************************

Save $$$ and buy the bundle!
October: Read and Respond BUNDLE

More Read & Respond Packs you may like:
Pumpkins: Read and Respond
Halloween: Read and Respond
Spiders: Read and Respond
Bats: Read and Respond

The post Apples: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities first appeared on Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten.

Features:

• “We’re Going on an Apple Hunt” number id game
• Printable Number Apple Cards
• “We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt” letter id game
• Printable Letter Leaf Cards

To see how I use these activities check out my blog post here:
Tricks & Treats from Mrs. Plemons’ Kindergarten

*************************************************************************

More seasonal resources you may like:
Apple Graphic Organizers
Build a Turkey: A Pattern Block Math Center
Learning About Leaves: Graphic Organizers
The Littlest Pilgrim FREEBIE: Read & Respond
Pumpkin Pumpkin FREEBIE: Read & Respond

The post Fall Letter & Number Hunt FREEBIE first appeared on Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten.