This Tot School: Gingerbread resource has everything you need for a week packed full of holiday 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:
Color recognition, letter recognition, number recognition, sorting by size/color, building vocabulary, language development, and open ended play

• Fine motor skills:
Stamping, tearing, cutting, gluing, and peeling

• Gross motor skills:
Running, dancing, marching, and building

• 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!

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

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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.

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This Tot School: Christmas resource has everything you need for 2 weeks packed full of holiday 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:
Color recognition, letter recognition, number recognition, sorting by color, building vocabulary, language development, and open ended play

• Fine motor skills:
Stamping, tearing, cutting, gluing, and peeling

• Gross motor skills:
Running, dancing, marching, and building

• 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: Christmas

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

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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.

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Do you need a great read aloud for Winter? Try this Penguin FREEBIE: Read & Respond that is the perfect book companion for the National Geographic Kids: Penguins nonfiction reader. Students read the book and use the pictures to learn new information. It is the perfect way to strengthen comprehension and writing skills!

Features:

• Common Core Aligned Reading Comprehension practice
• Leveled response options for kindergarten, first or second grade

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Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Hanukkah: 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 Story of Hanukkah by David Adler, The Night Before Hanukkah by Natasha Wing, Latkes, Latkes Good to Eat by Naomi Howland, Latke, The Lucky Dog by Ellen Fischer, and Celebrate Hanukkah with Light, Latkes, and Dreidels by Deborah Heiligman.
• Comprehension skills practiced include: inferring, visualizing, retelling, cause/effect, and finding supporting evidence.
• 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

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Christmas: Read and Respond
Gingerbread: Read and Respond
Reindeer: Read and Respond

November: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
Thanksgiving: Read and Respond
Nocturnal Animals: Read and Respond
Fall: Read and Respond
Nutrition: 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

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Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Kwanzaa: 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: My First Kwanzaa by Karen Katz, Together for Kwanzaa by Juwanda G. Ford, Li’l Rabbit’s Kwanzaa by Donna L. Washington, Seven Spools of Thread by Angela Shelf Medearis, and Kwanzaa by Lisa M Herrington.
• Comprehension skills practiced include: learning new vocabulary, identifying problem and solution, finding the moral/lesson, asking and answering questions, and finding the main idea.
• 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

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More Read & Respond Packs you may like:
December: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
Hanukkah: Read & Respond
Christmas: Read and Respond
Gingerbread: Read and Respond
Reindeer: Read and Respond

November: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
Thanksgiving: Read and Respond
Nocturnal Animals: Read and Respond
Fall: Read and Respond
Nutrition: 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

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Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Christmas: 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: How to Catch an Elf
by Adam Wallace & Andy Elkerton, If You Take A Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff, Dream Snow by Eric Carle
Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner, and The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg.
• Comprehension skills practiced include: character traits, cause and effect, inferring, visualizing, and compare/contrast.
• 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

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More Read & Respond Packs you may like:
December: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
Gingerbread: Read and Respond
Reindeer: Read and Respond

November: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
Thanksgiving: Read and Respond
Nocturnal Animals: Read and Respond
Fall: Read and Respond
Nutrition: 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

Halloween: Read and Respond
Spiders: Read and Respond
Bats: Read and Respond

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Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Gingerbread: 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 Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt, The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst, The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup, Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett, and The Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires.
• Comprehension skills practiced include: story elements, character traits, problem/solution, comparing characters, and making predictions.
• 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

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More Read & Respond Packs you may like:
November: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
Thanksgiving: Read and Respond
Nocturnal Animals: Read and Respond
Fall: Read and Respond
Nutrition: 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

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Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Reindeer: 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 Wild Reindeer by Jan Brett, The Great Reindeer Rebellion by Lisa Trumbauer, Olive, the Other Reindeer by J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh, The Christmas Wish by Lori Evert, and Reindeer (A Day in the Life…Series) by Katie Marsico.
• Comprehension skills practiced include: finding the lesson, asking & answering questions, retelling, using words & pictures, and identifying key information.
• 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

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More Read & Respond Packs you may like:
December: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
Gingerbread: Read and Respond

November: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
Thanksgiving: Read and Respond
Nocturnal Animals: Read and Respond
Fall: Read and Respond
Nutrition: 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

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Do you need a great read aloud for Thanksgiving? Try this Littlest Pilgrim FREEBIE: Read & Respond that is the perfect book companion for Dream Snow by Eric Carle. Students listen to the story and make inferences based on clues from the story. It is the perfect way to strengthen comprehension and writing skills!

Features:

• Common Core Aligned Reading Comprehension practice
• Leveled response options for kindergarten, first or second grade

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More Read & Respond Packs you may like:
Read and Respond GROWING MEGA BUNDLE
September: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
October: Read and Respond BUNDLE
November: Read and Respond BUNDLE
December: Read and Respond BUNDLE
January: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
February: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
April: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
May: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
June: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
Bonus: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE

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Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this December: Read and Respond Bundle. It is the perfect way to strengthen comprehension and writing skills along with some fun craftivities to keep your kids engaged!

Features:

• Activities for 25 Picture Books
• Comprehension skills practiced include: sequencing a story, identifying story elements, describing character traits, inferring meaning, visualizing the story, comparing/contrasting characters, making connections, making predictions, asking and answering questions, determining cause/effect, learning new vocabulary, using text features, and more!
• 25 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
• 10 craftivities with printable patterns

**This bundle is included in my Read and Respond GROWING MEGA BUNDLE**

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5 Products in this Bundle:
Hanukkah: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities
Kwanzaa: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities
Christmas: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities
Gingerbread: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities
Reindeer: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities

More Read & Respond Packs you may like:
September: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
October: Read and Respond BUNDLE
November: Read and Respond BUNDLE
January: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
February: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
March: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
April: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
May: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
June: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE
Bonus: Read and Respond GROWING BUNDLE

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