I do however like to plan ahead, so get ready to bookmark these 7 free resources for the holidays to get the kiddos into the holiday spirit.
Free Online Math Course ($59.99 value, offered for limited time) - Get a single grade level of your choice FREE ($59.99 Value). The free offer includes a curriculum eBook, UNLIMITED worksheets & tests, and an automatic grading and tracking system! Simply download the file with your order and follow the instructions provided in that document to get your free single grade level of your choice.
Christmas Knock-Knock Jokes - Christmas laughs, anyone? Have fun with these timeless Christmas knock-knock jokes. This is a FREE product provided to you from Knowledge Box Central.
Christmas Tree Clipart - Receive five patterned Christmas Tree clipart in .png format. Use the clipart for your holiday party invitation, social media contests, or any holiday graphics you create!
Holiday Coloring Book - This coloring book is a hands-on way to get excited for all of our favorite winter things. The 20 pages include writing prompts and interesting facts about the winter holidays! Fun for parents too :)
Holiday Themed Morning Work - This morning work is great for 2nd grade to differentiate in 1st grade or 3rd grade. Each morning work page has a variety of math and literacy skills such as cause and effect, spelling, addition, word problems, subtraction, fact and opinion, synonyms and more! Also included are answer keys.
Christmas Coloring & Writing Prompts - Your kiddos will have some FUN coloring these five Christmas pictures, and practice their best handwriting to write about each picture!
Countdown to Christmas Break - These activities for Kindergarten to 1st graders includes color words, counting to 10, friendly letter writing, counting by 10s to 100, nouns and verbs, rhyming words, sentence scrambles, and more!
Hero-Themed Alphabet Handwriting Worksheets
Who it's for: Pre-K to Kinder Why it's great: Have you met the Educents Heroes? Print these pages out and ask your child practice their alphabet with 53 pages of FREE handwriting alphabet worksheets featuring Super Doggie!! The Educents Heroes are prepared for this activity and have included both lowercase and uppercase letters.
5 More Freebies You Will Love
If you've been to the stores recently, you'll know that the Christmas and Holiday items are starting to creep their way out onto shelves. Some folks like to start their shopping early as they don't like to deal with the crowds and rushing around at the last minute. The holidays are meant to be a time of peace and time spent with family. Myself I prefer to shop early and do as much of it online as I can as well as go to our local main street to help support small businesses. What's your plan? Have you already begun your holiday shopping? In our house we prefer educational toys over frivolous toys as they help shape the mind and create a love of learning.
Last year I bought several gifts for my toddler from Educents and they are well used and loved. Are educational toys important to your family?
Tegu Blocks - Give your kiddos the opportunity to defy gravity! These wooden blocks are embedded with magnets so that kids can build structures they have only dreamed of!
Magformers Challenger Set - With this 112-Piece magnetic building set, kids ages 6 to 12 imaginations are guaranteed to run wild! This is a great gift to give to siblings to share. It can also be a generous addition to a classroom or after-school program!
Frozen Puzzle Pack - Winter is the time of year to celebrate the very popular Disney movie, Frozen! Keep the Frozen fun going after the movie is over with these four Frozen puzzles.
Veggie Tales Floor Puzzle - Little ones can put together this fun floor puzzle with their favorite Veggie Tales characters! This 3-foot puzzle will keep your little learners thinking and laughing as the faces of Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber begin to appear piece by piece.
Coloring Books for Everyone - Coloring is not just for kids anymore, it's for everyone - making this a great gift for an entire family! These six coloring books are filled with mesmerizing designs. Gift these coloring books to a family, classroom, or split up the books to give to six artists who you love!
Frozen Etch a Sketch Jr. - The classic and creative tool we all grew up with has been updated with your child's favorite characters from Disney's Frozen. Elsa and Olaf can watch your little one draw on the Etch a Sketch as they are inspired by their favorite Disney movie. Then Elsa's magical snow will wipe the canvas clean, ready for another masterpiece.
Holiday Coloring Book Freebie - If you’re looking for a low-cost way to say “thinking of you,” this coloring book is as easy to give as 1-2-3. Just download it for free, print it, and add a nice card to your envelope.
Slimy Squishy Polymer Set - Give the gift of science exploration! This fun, hands-on experiment only requires water, adult supervision, and creativity! What a fun way for kids and parents or older siblings to learn together!
Science Experiment Subscription - Science experiments require a lot of planning. Let the scientific FUN come to you with a 1-year subscription to the award-winning Young Scientist Club!
Human Body Puzzle - This classic puzzle from Melissa & Doug stretches four feet long after your little one assembles it! Encourage critical thinking and study the skeletal and circulatory systems.
Life of Fred Beginning Reader Set - Children who are learning to read will love listening to mom, dad, grandma, older brother, or anyone else read the Life of Fred stories aloud! Read these silly stories together and learn basic concepts about math, the English language, colors, and science!
Berenstain Bears Books - Read these books over the holidays to encourage family values like cleaning up, the joy of giving, saying “I’m sorry,” and more! The book bundle includes Thanksgiving and Christmas stories too!
A set of The Velveteen Rabbit, Corduroy, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and other classic books! Add these classic titles to your little one’s library, or distribute the books to a handful of little ones who love to read!
What are you shopping for this holiday season? The gift of learning a new language? Picking up a new talent like playing a musical instruments or stargazing? Discover amazing gift ideas that promote education on Educents!
Last year I bought several gifts for my toddler from Educents and they are well used and loved. Are educational toys important to your family?
Tegu Blocks - Give your kiddos the opportunity to defy gravity! These wooden blocks are embedded with magnets so that kids can build structures they have only dreamed of!
Magformers Challenger Set - With this 112-Piece magnetic building set, kids ages 6 to 12 imaginations are guaranteed to run wild! This is a great gift to give to siblings to share. It can also be a generous addition to a classroom or after-school program!
Frozen Puzzle Pack - Winter is the time of year to celebrate the very popular Disney movie, Frozen! Keep the Frozen fun going after the movie is over with these four Frozen puzzles.
Veggie Tales Floor Puzzle - Little ones can put together this fun floor puzzle with their favorite Veggie Tales characters! This 3-foot puzzle will keep your little learners thinking and laughing as the faces of Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber begin to appear piece by piece.
Coloring Books for Everyone - Coloring is not just for kids anymore, it's for everyone - making this a great gift for an entire family! These six coloring books are filled with mesmerizing designs. Gift these coloring books to a family, classroom, or split up the books to give to six artists who you love!
Frozen Etch a Sketch Jr. - The classic and creative tool we all grew up with has been updated with your child's favorite characters from Disney's Frozen. Elsa and Olaf can watch your little one draw on the Etch a Sketch as they are inspired by their favorite Disney movie. Then Elsa's magical snow will wipe the canvas clean, ready for another masterpiece.
Holiday Coloring Book Freebie - If you’re looking for a low-cost way to say “thinking of you,” this coloring book is as easy to give as 1-2-3. Just download it for free, print it, and add a nice card to your envelope.
Slimy Squishy Polymer Set - Give the gift of science exploration! This fun, hands-on experiment only requires water, adult supervision, and creativity! What a fun way for kids and parents or older siblings to learn together!
Science Experiment Subscription - Science experiments require a lot of planning. Let the scientific FUN come to you with a 1-year subscription to the award-winning Young Scientist Club!
Human Body Puzzle - This classic puzzle from Melissa & Doug stretches four feet long after your little one assembles it! Encourage critical thinking and study the skeletal and circulatory systems.
Life of Fred Beginning Reader Set - Children who are learning to read will love listening to mom, dad, grandma, older brother, or anyone else read the Life of Fred stories aloud! Read these silly stories together and learn basic concepts about math, the English language, colors, and science!
Berenstain Bears Books - Read these books over the holidays to encourage family values like cleaning up, the joy of giving, saying “I’m sorry,” and more! The book bundle includes Thanksgiving and Christmas stories too!
A set of The Velveteen Rabbit, Corduroy, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and other classic books! Add these classic titles to your little one’s library, or distribute the books to a handful of little ones who love to read!
What are you shopping for this holiday season? The gift of learning a new language? Picking up a new talent like playing a musical instruments or stargazing? Discover amazing gift ideas that promote education on Educents!
Life of Fred is a fictional narrative that introduces students to essential concepts in a fun and easy way. Kids really love reading the Fred books. The Language Arts Series covers concepts on spelling, grammar, punctuation and more.
This series is best suited for middle school and high school students. The books can be re-read once every year to ensure total comprehension of all the concepts covered. Lessons include the seven parts of speech, punctuation, spelling, similes, silent letters, and so much more. Why these books WORK:
The Life of Fred Language Arts Series includes four titles: Australia, Begin Teaching, Classes, and Dreams. Here are a few examples of the concepts covered in each book.
In Life of Fred: Australia, students will learn…
-The difference between a hemistich and heteronym
-What these abbreviations mean: p.s. ps ps. and Ps.
-How to experience two summers and no winters each year
In Life of Fred: Begin Teaching, students 
will learn…
-The uses of 12 tenses in English
-The 16 ways to make plurals
-Why “since” is a dangerous word
In Life of Fred: Classes, students will learn…
-The six rules for hyphenating compound adjectives
-How the three moods in English are used
-The four uses of italics
In Life of Fred: Dreams, students will learn…
-The three uses of a dash
-How to pronounce “viz”
-The difference between metaphor and metonymy
Check out the Language Arts books and the entire Life of Fred collection offered at the best price on Educents!
This series is best suited for middle school and high school students. The books can be re-read once every year to ensure total comprehension of all the concepts covered. Lessons include the seven parts of speech, punctuation, spelling, similes, silent letters, and so much more. Why these books WORK:
- Language Arts concepts are weaved throughout a fictional narrative about Fred, the 5-year-old math prodigy. The books read like storybooks, but have meaningful lessons embedded within the stories.
- Every chapter is a daily lesson that only takes about 20 to 30 minutes to read and complete.
- At the end of every chapter, there is an opportunity for students to practice the concepts covered during Fred’s adventure.
- The Language Arts Series can be re-read once a year to keep concepts fresh in students’ minds.
- Kids want to actually read these books - they are so fun!
The Life of Fred Language Arts Series includes four titles: Australia, Begin Teaching, Classes, and Dreams. Here are a few examples of the concepts covered in each book.
In Life of Fred: Australia, students will learn…
-The difference between a hemistich and heteronym
-What these abbreviations mean: p.s. ps ps. and Ps.
-How to experience two summers and no winters each year
In Life of Fred: Begin Teaching, students will learn…
-The uses of 12 tenses in English
-The 16 ways to make plurals
-Why “since” is a dangerous word
In Life of Fred: Classes, students will learn…
-The six rules for hyphenating compound adjectives
-How the three moods in English are used
-The four uses of italics
In Life of Fred: Dreams, students will learn…
-The three uses of a dash
-How to pronounce “viz”
-The difference between metaphor and metonymy
Check out the Language Arts books and the entire Life of Fred collection offered at the best price on Educents!
Check out these science experiments, science freebies, and science books that will make back-to-school fun for everyone.
Are you teaching your students about osmosis?
Perhaps it is a part of your science curriculum, or maybe you want to just do a little experimenting... The Colorful Celery Experiment is the perfect introduction to Osmosis. Your students will learn how water moves with this fun experiment.
Follow Merrin and Pearl to combine science with adventure in Brainiacs.
Also learn about the nervous, digestive, immune, skeletal and circulatory system with a five part series from Human Body Detectives eBooks.
Magic School Bus Polymer Group Pack
Seat belts everyone! Get ready to grow amazing polymers! Young Scientists grow super balls, snow, rainbow beads, crystal gels, and polymer flowers while learning about the importance and science of super-absorbent polymers. This kit provides enough materials for 30 students and is great for the classroom, after-school programs, science enrichment, boys and girls scouts, camps, and a Magic School Bus birthday Party!FREE - Osmosis: The Colorful Celery Experiment
Are you teaching your students about osmosis?
Perhaps it is a part of your science curriculum, or maybe you want to just do a little experimenting... The Colorful Celery Experiment is the perfect introduction to Osmosis. Your students will learn how water moves with this fun experiment.
Science Story eBooks - 50% OFF
Follow Merrin and Pearl to combine science with adventure in Brainiacs.
Also learn about the nervous, digestive, immune, skeletal and circulatory system with a five part series from Human Body Detectives eBooks.
Magic School Bus Inspired Planet Study - 30% OFF
Plan games, worksheets, and coloring pages to expand your young astronomer's understanding of space!
More Science Resources
Looking for more inspiration for science experiments? Check out these resources:- The Young Scientists Club - Engage boys and girls around the world in an educational science adventure that lasts a lifetime.
- Science printables for older kids - Teach With Fergy offers printable task cards, complete science units, PowerPoint lessons, and more!
- STEM Mystery Books - Teach science and math with these books full of dozens of one-minute mysteries that kids love to solve!
