Play, art and themes for Pre-K
Busy books, pretend play, crafts, songs and theme weeks.
- Feelings chart posterPrintable
A free printable feelings chart poster with twelve simple faces, each labeled with a feeling word. Choose your own feelings, print in color or black and white, and post.
- Kindness calendarPrintable
A free printable kindness calendar: a month with one small act of kindness written in each day, twenty-eight ready ideas. Choose the month, edit the acts, print and post.
- Morning routine checklistPrintable
A free printable morning routine checklist for students: the jobs to do when they arrive, with a box to check for each day of the week. Edit the jobs and print a stack.
- Plant growth logPrintable
A free printable plant growth log for a seed experiment: eight rows with a date, a height, a box to draw what you see and lines for words. Edit the days, print and measure as the plant grows.
- Bingo card generatorMaker
Up to 100 different bingo cards from words, pictures, math facts or 1–75, and a ball cage caller that talks, checks a card by its number and plays on devices. Free, no sign-in.
- Brain breaks: 60 movement cards with a random draw and a timerTool
Sixty original brain breaks for a crowded classroom: calm, stretch, get moving, seated and quiet focus, each with a standing and a seated version. A random draw, a timer and print-and-cut cards. Free.
- Emotions check-in sheetPrintable
A free printable emotions check-in: six faces to circle and three sentences to finish. Edit the feelings and the questions and print a class set.
- Kindness posterPrintable
A free printable kindness poster with eight ways to be kind, each with a ticked circle in big type. Edit the list to the kindness you want to see, print and post.
- End of year memory pagePrintable
A free printable end of year memory page: a picture box, a favorite memory, what I learned, my favorite book, a hope for next year and a note to next year's class. Print a class set.
- Calming brain breaks: 12 breathing and settling cardsTool
Twelve quiet breathing and settling brain breaks with standing and seated versions, a random draw, a timer and print-and-cut cards. Free.
- Square breathing posterPrintable
A free printable square breathing poster: four boxes in a loop (breathe in, hold, breathe out, hold) with arrows between them. Print it for your calm corner.
- Stretching brain breaks: 12 gentle stretch cardsTool
Twelve gentle classroom stretches for shoulders, necks, wrists and backs, each with a seated version, plus a random draw, a timer and printable cards. Free.
- Energizing brain breaks for small spaces: 12 cardsTool
Twelve wake-up movement breaks for a crowded room with no running or jumping, each with a seated version, plus a random draw, a timer and printable cards. Free.
- Teacher end of day checklistPrintable
A free printable end of day checklist for teachers: ten editable tasks to tick before leaving, from clearing desks to charging devices, plus a box for a note to tomorrow.
- Seated brain breaks: 12 chair and desk cardsTool
Twelve brain breaks done from a chair or a wheelchair, for students who stay in their seats, with a random draw, a timer and printable cards. Free.
- Quiet focus brain breaks: 12 silent reset cardsTool
Twelve silent mental resets for before reading, writing or a test, with a random draw, a timer and printable cards. Nobody has to move or speak. Free.
- Calm corner choices posterPrintable
A free printable calm corner poster: a menu of six calming choices, from breathing to drawing, each with a short how-to. Edit every choice and print on letter or A4.
- Class skills checklistPrintable
A free printable class skills checklist: a row for each child, a column for each skill, a box to tick. Type your own skills and your class list, which stays in this browser, and print.
- 60 brain breaks for the classroomIdea
Sixty brain breaks sorted by kind: learning breaks, partner breaks, quick games, one-minute resets, calming breaks and hallway walks, each with what to do and the grades it fits.
- 50 indoor recess gamesIdea
Fifty indoor recess games for rainy and snowy days: whole-class games, quiet desk games, paper and pencil games, building challenges and active games for a small space.
- Flip tiles memory game maker from your own listTool
Make a memory game for the board from a list of terms and meanings: flip two tiles at a time to find a pair. Four, six or eight pairs a board. Free.
- Odd one out game maker: which one does not belong, from your listTool
Make an odd one out game for the board: four items, three that belong together, and a reveal that says why. Made from a list of items and their groups. Free.
- 25 calm-corner ideasIdea
Twenty-five ideas for a classroom calm corner: where to put it, what goes in it, the calming routines to teach and how to keep it from becoming a hiding place.
- 25 ways to use a spinner wheel in classIdea
Twenty-five ways to use a spinner wheel on the projector: calling on students, choosing jobs, prompts, brain breaks and review games, each with the ready-made wheel to open.