Many of us have already entered into their winter breaks (yay!) and some of us have a few more days to go...and one thing I always love doing for my students and their families during periods away from the classroom is provide them with activity packets! (You can check out this post in which I share all about my Winter Break Activity Packet).
Today I'm sharing the next addition to my growing bundle of take-home activity packets and it's all ready to go for spring!
Each activity is geared towards reviewing key kindergarten concepts such as letter recognition, uppercase and lowercase practice, name practice, phonics (beginning sounds, syllables, rhyming words, etc.), and writing. This is a complete ELA packet which is easy to prep! Just print and staple and you're ready to go. I love having these on the ready because we all know that last minute rush before breaks to get everything printed.
Let's take a peek at what's inside...
Spring Break Activities
As you can see, I love including a variety of activities for students to practice. Parents always rave about how much they appreciate the packet and I always inform them that it's completely optional. Some families do travel during breaks (even though with Covid many stay home) but regardless it provides them (or their babysitters) the option for some school review during break.
Activity Packet Includes:
Students color in a flower for every book they read or have read to them. This can also include books on Epic, Khan Academy Kids, Vooks, or any other reading platform (for those distance learners).
Lowercase letters and using them in their names and writing becomes a key focus for us in the second half of the year. My kinders begin making that transition before winter break, so it's always nice to add this little review for them.
SEL (social-emotional learning) is always good to review all year long. I always include this page in my activity packets for break in attempts to keep them thinking about ways to fill buckets even away from the classroom. 2021 needs all the kindness it can get!
Sequencing events in a story is another big kinder reading skill that we work on leading up to winter break and throughout the remainder of the year.
This is a great way to keep students writing during breaks. They are to write about 1 thing they did during break. You can even have this as something they return back to school with to share with the class.
Students search around their homes for things that begin with each letter of the alphabet. They can also clip out pictures from magazines for additional practice.
A fun coloring page for students to use while practicing their sight word recognition.
I'm excited to include this reader in this resource because parents and students love them. Easy prep for families and it's a great way for students to show off their reading and inventive spelling to their parents. It's also a great way to reinforce the sight words "I" and "see".
