Take home backpacks and bags for preschool ideas for implementing a take home bag program in your preschool, prek, head start, or kindergarten classroom. Reading at home can make a huge difference for your students, yet family time is just as important for young children. Since green is a lucky color this week, grab your froggy book bag now as a flash freebie. A collection of ideas to use when putting together literacy bags for you classroom.
Takehome bags are a great way to get parents involved in their childs learning. A take home book program develops a childs early literacy skills, involves families in their education, and can even help with emotional development such as separation anxiety but how do you do it. My students organize their takehome reading folders at the end of our language arts block. The book bags will include writing activities, a hardcover book copy, retelling pieces, a journal, and a learning game based on the book. Printable instructions and activities for parents to use at home. Take home backpacks and bags for preschool take home. Activities based on childrens books buggy and buddy. Technically, since its a number book, it could also be called a math bag. Sending home a story bag is a fabulous way to link home and nursery activities. Take home book baggies will ensure home reading every night. Gail dixon a fellow kindergarten teacher and i purchased materials, created activities, and assembled the literacy kits for our students from the grant money we received from the plainfield community school corporation. Here are a few gettingtoknowyou activities to promote friendship and to begin building a positive classroom community.
Prepare the all about me bags by printing the labels and stapling them to paper sacks, as shown below. One way is through the use of our reading adventure packs a themebased collection of. See more ideas about literacy, literacy bags and prek literacy. How can teachers encourage reading at home and support the role of parents as educators.
Literacy bags ideas for teaching, resources for lesson. This activity bag is created to take home for families to read and practice literacy and math skills together. Leader backpack please return the backpack and all contents to school tomorrow. Take home book bags the organization the colorful apple. All about me bags on the first day of school, i share my all about me bag. Help your preschoolers create an interesting book bag craft that kids can take home with them. I always put some kind of book in each bag for them to read. At st thomas nursery in keith, scotland, staff have made up over 40 exciting bags full of a wide range of educational activities that can be enjoyed by parents and children together at home. Take home book bags will ensure home reading every night.
I am very low on books and materials to send home for families to use with students. There are many more activities in here than would normally be in a take home pack, but some can be taken out depending on the needs of the child, or children can just choose their favourite activities or they can keep the pack at home for a longer period. Preschool and kindergarten take home bags prek pages. Reading adventure packs contain a paired set of themebased fiction and nonfiction books with related interactive activities that kids can bring home from school to share with their family. Prevent summer learning loss, prepare students for the coming school year, and strengthen school home connections. Thematic bags are a unique alternative to homework. Please read the book s in the backpack to your child. Find out how to encourage handson, fun learning at home with reading rockets family literacy bags. Preschool takehome book bag ideas most preschool kids have their own book bags, and many are extremely proud of them. Todays post is in response to our book study of the readaloud handbook by jim trelease. Create your own all about me bag to model to the class the expectations, as well as to help your students get to know you better. Alternatively, help them create decorations that they can use on their. Every day i work hard to ensure my students are receiving the best education through best practices. Preschool take home activity bags can provide three of the most important aspects of teaching.
Takehome bags package 6pack by irene fountas, gay su. Ideas and free printables for creating math, science, and literacy take home bags. A book buddy is a stuffed animal or character that goes home in a special backpack with one student along with books and activities. Students select or are given the takehome reading books and record the date and book title on a book log that is kept in the classroom. Making take home activity bags for your preschool class. Reading adventure packs for families reading rockets.
Inside each one are book suggestions, writing journals, games, fun family experience ideas and an activity sheet, all centered around one topic. Finally they reinforce the lessons being taught in the classroom. How to make awesomely effective literacy bags lizs. A buddy bag is a special backpack that may contain activities, books and a stuffed animal or character that goes home with our class leader each day. English and spanish pagesinstructions for games in bo. I would like to have high quality take home book bags for my students to use. Take home book program for preschool, prek, head start, or kindergarten classrooms. You might choose to take home a book bag with joke books, math books, monster books, girly books, usa books, or one of the other choices.
Thematic bundle thematic bags are a unique alternative to homework. It is a year of growing, trying new things and developing a love for learning. The home is the childs first classroom and parents are the first teachers. Take home book bags allow for everyone in a household to learn together. They not only encourage reading at home, but also allow for family interaction, as well. We are always inspired to do fun crafts and learning activities whenever we read some of our favorite childrens books. Take home backpack ideasfrom chatboard and mailring. Inside each bag are book suggestions, writing journals, games, fun family experience ideas and an activity sheet, all centered around one topic.
Brightly colored bags for students to carry their take home books and fold sheets. To learn more about the what and why of take home book bags. It is a time where students learn the letters in the alphabet, learn what. And if that doesnt happen, well, i see zero harm in that plucky little. My students need materials to fill three take home book bags containing portable cd players, audio books, early readers and activities to promote literacy at home. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Buddy bags are a way to connect our school family with your home family in. Grade 1 take home book package irene fountas gay su pinnell grades. Keep students reading over the summer while providing parents with tools to support their childs learning at home. Take home book bags are one of my favorite alternatives to homework for my second graders. Here are pictures of the contents of some of my take home book bags. Fall book bags bags thursday book bags are tote bags that have books and activities that share a common theme, and are for you to share with your family.
Children need a large variety of engaging, highquality books in their homes, however, not every household has the resources to provide a sufficient amount of books for their children. Using take home bags in the classroom improves childrens desire to. Our take home math bags in preschool teach preschool. Next they build intrigue and excitement about the subject being taught. The children take home their bags each thursday and bring them back by the following thursday. Hopefully, the grownup at home mom, dad, grandma, auntie, whoever will take a minute to do it. Takehome book packs with parent and student activities.
They each have a few books and a two activities they can do with their parents. My students need 24 book bags in order to take home classroom books for reading at home. Again, check out the packet for the wonderful takehome bags at shari sloanes website. Many of those students do not have books to read in their homes. About of my second graders still read at or below first grade reading level.
Parents who read to their children everyday and talk about what they are reading together promote a joy of reading and literacy achievement. Here is a list of activities weve come up with inspired by popular childrens books alphabetized by title. Their only homework is to read the book with somebody else. Parents who read to their children everyday and talk about whey they are reading together, promote a joy of reading and increase literacy and academic achievement. In the comments of scotts post on chapter 1 there was some great discussion that included. Take home bags over the weekend with different activities in them. Ask your child what types of special things heshe did at school today. This one is a take home birthday bag the benefits of home schooling your children its in the bad.
Building a home school connection through takehome books by stephanie laird. I fill the bag with four to six special items that tell about me. Building a homeschool connection through takehome books. One buddy bag is sent home with the leader each day. We carry book bags made of plastic, fabric and other tough materials that are safe for students. The book bag homework provides parent reading strategies. Buddy bags are designed to be fun and informative ways for families to share literacy and learning experiences at home. Most of the activities were printed from,, or the mailbox. They give my students the opportunity to read at home if they dont have access to books, but also involves their families in the reading process. The children take home a bag on thursday, and keep it until monday. Takehome bags package 6pack by irene fountas, lesley university, gay su pinnell, the ohio state university. In praise of story bags learning and development teach. My goal is for all students to advance at least one grade level in reading and math, meet state. First they provide a way for parents to become more involved in their childs education.