Goodbye Stars to End the School Year

As the school year winds down, students may be reflecting on what they like about their classmates or what they want to tell them about the year that has passed. This goodbye stars activity from Proud to be Primary is a great way to give kids space to put those thoughts, and can stand in for a yearbook if your school doesn’t do those.

The idea is pretty simple: everyone gets a star and everyone writes something on everyone else’s star.

Because this year is weird, Proud to be Primary also has a digital version for distance learners (kids who are at school can make digital versions for the kids who are not in school, and the distance learners can make digital versions for kids who are going in person).

There’s also a star template you can download for in-person students to use.

[Photo: Proud to be Primary.]

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I did a post earlier this year with activities and ideas for teaching the alphabet, but a lot or learning letters and recognizing them just has to do with seeing them and working with them a lot.

That means coloring, tracing, identifying things that start with different letters and more.

One way to reinforce the letters is through little activity books like these cute printable alphabet books from Life Over Cs.

These are available for free when you subscribe to her newsletter, and I’d say that’s well worth it if you have a little one (or a group of little ones!) working on the alphabet and letter recognition.

Each mini book includes a collection of things that start with that letter to color, color and read with words that start with the letter, tracing the letter, finding the letter in a grid and other coloring pages with objects that start with that letter.

These little books are super useful reinforcing the different letters and giving kids different activities related to the letters.

If you do a letter of the day or letter of the week you can use a new book for each one, and then keep the copies in your reading center or in a basket where kids can look at them again.

And of course you can add in all the other letter activities you like, go on a scavenger hunt for items that start with that letter, read alphabet books, practice writing letters in rice or with pompoms or playdough or whatever sensory activities you like.

You can grab the free printables when you enter you email address at Life Over Cs, and check out her other great alphabet resources and activities while you are over there.

Do you have favorite activities for teaching letters to kids? I’d love to hear about them!

[Photo: Life Over Cs]

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