Home School - Materials to Teach Kindergarten and First Grade Kids at Home

Teachers and parents are looking for great materials to help their kids learn at home.  

With many schools temporarily closing due to the Corona Virus and COVID-19, here are some fun, creative ways to help your kindergarten or first grade students stay connected to school.

These cute and rigorous graphic organizers are ideal for your reading and writing connections.  Just have your kids read any fiction or nonfiction book, child's magazine, internet page; or recall a book, video, or experience, and then use these papers to record their thoughts.  

The writing papers may be used over and over with different results each time.  Child-friendly and differentiated; kids can simply use various papers for more art or more writing.

You'll find T-Charts, Webs, Graphics, Booklets, jazzy writing paper, and more; as well as some bonus Math Graphic Organizers for counting, addition, subtraction, and teen numbers delight.

Writing paper for kindergarten or first grade should be fun...

...and cute, stylish, artistic, inspiring, rigorous and sometimes outrageously silly.

This packet has fun themes like "My Favorite Color."   Here it is with a sample writing and drawing of a firetruck.

There are papers for every month of the year--seasons, holidays and special occasions.  

Children who wish to write more will find plenty of engaging papers here.

This Word Work packet will help your kids review sight words in a lively way.  It's differentiated; with songs, crafts, hands-on manipulatives, and worksheets so your kids will never be bored.

It includes 2- and 3-letter sight words, an adorable Vowel Vest craft, CVC-Word Printables, a Word Wall, an ABC sounds and letters song with a picture chart, and more.

And finally, Counting Songs, great for calming kids, and--as a side benefit--they're spot on for teaching counting forward, counting backward, skip counting, and counting on.

Here are some free websites for kids to explore:

• Starfall
• ABCYA
• Fun Brain
• Highlights Kids
• PBS Learning Media
• Scholastic Learn at Home
• Storyline Online

With the many changes and uncertainties due to the Corona Virus, I hope these educational resources will be helpful to you during our season of quarantine.  I'll be wishing you all the best of health!