"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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Remembering 9/11

I am linking up with Erica from Erica Bohrer's First Grade to show you an easy peasy 9/11 activity I did with my little ones.

We started off by watching this clip from brainpop.com. My little ones had tons of questions, so I did the best I could to answer them. A very difficult lesson indeed.

I became a bit choked up as I started to answer their innocent questions (every year, never fails). As they saw my eyes water they became increasingly quiet. Something inside them told them this was serious. And very real.

I didn't want to scare them or get too deep into the topic so I quickly jumped to how cool soldiers are for protecting us from something terrible like this ever happening again. 

And sure enough each one of them started raising their hands saying "My daddy is a solider", "My mommy is a soldier", or "My uncle is in the Army", and "My grandpa was in the war too".

After getting them back on track we practiced singing "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood for our Patriot Day Assembly. We also reviewed some flag facts using this resource. We've been working on shapes & colors so this activity tied in perfectly with our shapes unit. I gave them a rectangle pattern and had them trace and cut it onto gray paper to make the World Trade Center.

The one on the right went a little overboard there :)

We also made these simple flags. The boys used a star while the girls used a heart. I pre- cut the pieces for them and the heart & star came from this unit.

God Bless America. Land of the Free. Home of the Brave.

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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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