"I Have a Dream" Martin Luther King Jr. Craftivity

I recently updated this little 'ol craft I made last year. It's a quick and easy craft that I'm sure your students will love- mine sure did!! 

We started off by reading this book. There are a TON of great books out there on Dr. King but this is my all time favorite. It tells his story in a simple way that my little ones can understand. 

We also sang this song: 

      

Then we discussed some of their dreams as we made our craftivity. 

I loved how they turned out!!

This packet is just $2.00 in my tpt store.

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New Year's Wrap Up & Black History Month Fun!

Boy, am I seriously adjusting to being back in school after a two week break! I find myself yearning for my 1pm nap time...lol! I hope you've all adjusted back better than I have :)

Since returning from the break, we've been working on Winter, New Year's, and Black History Month activities all rolled into one! We've since wrapped up our New Year's Unit and we'll be moving on to Chinese New Year next week. Last year my kids had a blast with that theme, I can't wait to do it again!

Here are some pictures from my New Year's Pack that we've worked on:

New Year's Emergent Reader

Inside pages:

New Year's Kids Glyph- We did this over a two day period. The kids had fun with this :)

And let's not forget the boys...this sweetie was the only one done!

We also worked on a few things from my Black History Month Pack

We wrote various sentences inside

Inside:

Here's more....sorry I couldn't resist :)

Inside:

"We're all in this Together" Peace Wreath (I used Pacon Multicultural Construction Paper)

Rosa Parks

Whew! Check out the picture for a closer look.

 We'll be working on the rest of the crafts in this packet this week. I'll come back & post more. 

Also, keep your eye on the look out for some freebies!! :)

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Martin Luther King Jr. was a Man of Peace + Freebies

We've had a fun week in Kindergarten learning all about Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks and I have a few freebies for you as well!

I started off by reading my favorite book on Martin Luther King Jr. and using the graphic organizer above to help students organize their thoughts.

I highly recommend reading this book when introducing this unit. It is filled with a ton of great information, and it really brings Dr. King's story down to a level children can understand. Here are some of my other favorite books on Martin Luther King Jr:

We also did a circle map and wrote words that describe Martin Luther King. Then we did a cute craftivity from my Black History Month Craft Pack. 

We also made one for Rosa Parks

{love the cute hat}

Here's a funny story for you....one of my student's was helping another student complete their project when he suddenly yelled "Mrs. M, we need Rosa's bra!"....I quickly turned and said "wwaaaaaaattt", then he looked at me so innocently and said, "her bra, the white things" as he pointed to the doyle's. HAHAHAHA!! I couldn't help but burst out laughing. Kids really say the darnest things! 

We also worked on our bus craft and our peace wreath, which you can find in my Black History Month Craft Pack here. 

& finally a "We're all in this Together" Peace Wreath

Here are some other freebies I wanted to share with y'all. Hope you can use them in your classroom! 

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