Free Printable Stone Soup Lesson Plans, Activities

Lapbook Lessons has free printable Stone Soup activities. The free 15-page free Stone Soup lapbook activity pack is written with a Christian slant. It teaches Biblical lessons of truth vs. lie. There's a free printable cut and paste wheel graphic organizer called "The Lies They Told." This activity helps students sequence "Stone Soup" story events. It teaches comprehension lessons of if-then and cause/effect connections.

There's a free printable cut and paste Stone Soup mini book. It connect Stone Soup to the Bible miracle of Jesus in which He multiplies the loaves and fishes to feed the multitudes. There are free printable Stone Soup story cards. Children and cut out story cards and use them to retell the Stone Soup story. There's a Stone Soup lift-the-flap printable and other games and lesson plans on Stone Soup.

DL-TK has free printable Stone Soup felt board activities, coloring pages, recipes, crafts, nutrition science lessons and more. Songs for Teaching has eight free printable "Stone Soup" worksheets,cut and paste manipulatives, lesson plans, puzzles and games. Crayola has free printable "Stone Soup" coloring pages and crafts. Scholastic has a free printable Stone Soup lesson plan. And Lil Country Kindergarten is a blog with several Kindergarten lesson plans on Stone Soup.

Marcia Brown's "Stone Soup" is the oldest book version (1947). It was a Caldecott honor book. Brown also wrote other Caldecott children's literature winners "Shadow" and "Once a Mouse." Ann McGovern is the "If you lived..." book lady. In the 1960s she wrote non-fiction Scholastic series on what it would be like to live with Sioux Indians, Colonial Times, etc. Ann McGovern is a great history and anthropology resource. Jon J. Muth wrote a Japanese version of "Stone Soup." Muth also wrote "Zen Shorts" "The Three Questions" and "Zen Ties."

Free Printable Preschool Alphabet, ABC Coloring Pages

Looking for fun summer reading activities for emergent readers? Fisher-Price offers hundreds of free printable alphabet coloring pages based on Fisher-Price and Mattel toys: Imaginext, Little People, Rescue Heroes, Power Wheels, Thomas and Friends. Here are free printable coloring pages of letters, numbers and shapes to use for preschool lessons. There are also free printable holiday greeting cards for kids to color.

Scroll through the many Fisher Price coloring pages to find alphabet themed ones. Or click the "educational" tab. Each letter has at least one coloring page with accompanying image of something that begins with that letter. The letter is shown is upper case and lower case. Pictures are detailed enough to be challenging for preschoolers but not so difficult that they are frustrating.

There are free printable number coloring pages to use for counting. Each page features a number 1-10 and shows sets of objects in that number. There are also coloring pages of shapes to teach geometry and counting. Shape coloring pages include circle, square, rectangle, triangle, diamond, heart, oval (or ellipse), octagon, hexagon, pentagon and star.

For more lesson plans to print explore this blog Free Printable Lesson Plans. For more educational coloring pages, visit my blog Free Coloring Pages 4u.

Free Printable Preschool Activities, Early Childhood Themes

Here 20 safe, school-approved websites free printable paper crafts and educational activities for kids that will challenge and be fun and won't bore, Some websites require subscriptions or charge fees for premium activities have many free printable activities for older children. Free printable activities for kids over 7, including learning games, puzzles, coloring pages, learning activities, crossword puzzles, Sudoku, skill builders, cut and paste paper crafts, dioramas, paper dolls, paper toys and worksheets for subject you can name!

American Girl has free printable activities, learning games, scrapbooks, games, maps and paper crafts based from American Girl. This site includes many historical and cultural activities activities to print.

Apples 4 the Teacher has free printable activities educational activities for kids including worksheets, lesson plans, units, educational games, puzzles, flashcards, maps, paper crafts for all subject matter.

PBS Kids has free printable paper crafts, activities for older children and learning games from Arthur, Peg + Cat, Dinosaur Train, Cyberchase, Design Squad, Super Why, Odd Squad, Ready Jet Go, Wild Kratts, Fizzy's Lunch Lab, Sid the Science Kid, Sesame Street, It's a Big, Big World, Jakers, Postcards from Buster, Maya and Miguel, Reading Rainbow, Cat in the Hat, Oh Noah!, SciGirls, Martha Speaks, Bob the Builder, The Electric Company, Dot's Story Factory, Wilson & Ditch Digging America, The Greens, Dragonfly TV, Eek World, Kart Kingdom, Word Girl, Between the Lions, Clifford, Caillou, Hooper, Plum Landing, Barney, Berenstain Bears, Curious George, Fetch with Ruff Ruffman, Cyberchase, Boobah, Teletubbies and more! Each show has it's own site with lots of activities.

Barbie Kids has free printable educational activities for kids from Mattel characters Barbie, Polly Pocket, Bratz, MyScene and more. You'll find cut and color paper dolls with all sorts of clothing, shoes and accessories you can design. Everything girl also has stationary, calendars and more to print.

Activity Village might be the best site for free printable holiday educational activities for kids, It's got all the world holidays with printable paper crafts, worksheets, puzzles, jigsaws, social studies lessons, around the world coloring pages and learning games.

There are Printables for Kids galore at this link, dedicated to free printable educational activities for kids.

DL-TK is the best site for free printable educational craft activities for kids. There are free printable coloring pages, cut and paste paper crafts, dioramas, mini books, paper dolls, on every theme of childhood.

Kidz Page is the free printable educational learning games for kids site. Print crossword and jigsaw puzzles, worksheets, mazes and clipart. Kids love the bright colorful comic book style layout.

ABC Teach boasts 5,000+ free printable worksheets making it tied for second in educational activities for kids. Get activities for math, reading, language, social studies, culture, geography, science, holidays. Includes flash cards, learning games, puzzles, Sudoku, booklets, word searches, crossword puzzles and more.

Enchanted Learning is the best in free printable paper crafts and educational activities for kids with booklets, science lessons, biomes, maps, languages, famous people, works of art, etc.

Dover: Sign up for email notices with links to free printable paper crafts and vintage educational activities for kids from Dover's vast collection of vintage books.

Scholastic has dozens of free printable activities for kids up to eighth grade based upon the wonderful books from Scholastic. This site is excellent for middle school students also. You'll find Charlie Bone, Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl, Manga, Magic TreeHouse Series, Captain Underpants, and so much more.

First School is a leader in free printable crafts and educational activities for kids 7-10 on Bible, religion and holidays.

First Palette leads the way in free printable crafts patterns, templates, clipart and educational coloring pages.

Creative Kids at Home has free printable science projects, learning games, crafts and fun! You can also access the site to get archived newsletters with loads of easy stuff for all ages to do at home, school, day care, etc!

Making Friends has lots of free printable educational crafts and activities for kids but the specialty is free printable paper dolls from around the world.

Free Kids Crafts specializes in free printable educational crafts templates and activities for kids.

The Toymaker is queen of free printable vintage toys and educational crafts for kids.

Disney Family specializes in everything free printable Disney crafts for kids. Look for activiteis from all your favorite Disney characters including Frozen, Zootopia, Star Wars, Toy Story, Cars and more.

Coloring Book Info is tops in free printable cartoon and movie coloring pages for kids and Edupics leads in realistic free printable adult coloring pages and challenging coloring activities kids.

Free Printable Felt Board Story Patterns

 March in National Reading Month. To teach emergent readers, preschool educators use felt boards to illustrate books and tell stories. Here are free printable felt board patterns, stencils and felt board reading lesson templatesfrom First Palette. First Palette has free printable stencils and templates of shapes, animals, nature, leaves and trees, flowers, numbers, letters, people, clothing, cars, transportation, food--any pattern you need for any preschool unit!

DLTK Coloring has over 50 free printable felt board stencils. Templates include geometric shapes, animal outlines, solar system, seasons, weather, holiday, snowflake patterns, food and other preschool theme shapes.

Childcare Land has over 150 free felt board themes. Each theme has free printable felt board patterns, stencils, templates and activities. A helpful teaching video demonstrates how to use each lesson. Each kit has free printable stories. Pattern themes include months, animals, holiday patterns, seasonal, weather, children's literature, clothing, body parts, food, transportation, toys and games. Use free printable felt board patterns for science, social studies, reading, writing and math lessons.

Making Learning Fun has a gigantic assortment of free printable felt board patterns. This site features complete children's book themed felt board patterns: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?, Cat in the Hat, Clifford, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, fables and more.

Sunday School teachers used a similar tool called Flannel-Graph. To make felt board pieces, print stencils and cut out patterns. Trace pattern outlines on felt. Or trace templates on flannel. Cut out felt board shapes. As you tell a story, add felt pieces to story board to illustrate. Use as patterns to cut fabric shapes for Halloween costumes, craft appliques, paint stencils, cookie cutter templates for baking or playdoh.

Free Printable Curious George Lesson Plans

September is National Literacy Month. And who better to represent it that mischievous monkey Curious George. Curious George has been around many incarnations since WWII when he was "born." His creators, Jews Margaret and H.A. Rey, escaped Nazi occupied France on homemade bikes with the manuscript for Curious George hidden. That adventure was the perfect introduction to nosy, lovable monkey. Here are free printable Curious George coloring pages, worksheets, lessons, activities, crafts, games and even a Curious George birthday party theme.

Here is a link to the parent site of Houghton-Mifflin Books, publisher of the original Curious George series. You can print free Curious George worksheets and lesson plans on reading, phonics,writing, music, handwriting, math, spelling, vocabulary and grammar. Here's another free printable Curious George activity booklet with worksheets for older kids. There are lots of Curious George coloring pages to print. There are also puzzles, word searches and games based on transportation in Curious George books (bike, boat, bus, car, space ship and more). Here's a link for free printable Curious George themed birthday party supplies. The kit features games, crafts, puzzles, name tags, Curious George mask and more.

Here are gobs of free printable Curious George TV show coloring pages. PBS Kids features this beloved cartoon, with a slightly updated version of George and all new adventures. Coloring Book Info has 64 more Curious George coloring pages to print--all free! Cut them out and use for lesson plans, games, puzzles, crafts and rainy day book based fun. You'll enough free printable monkey fun to satisfy your inner primate! Reluctant and emergency readers will love exploring books with George!

Free Printable Paper Hats

Lids, bonnets and berets, oh my--Jan. 15 is National Hat Day. So if you've got a derby, don it! You don't have a hat? Well, make one out of paper. When I was a kid, my grandfather, who was newspaper pressroom foreman, showed me how to fold paper hats from newspaper. Can I remember now? No. But fortunately, there's internet for printables galore! Here are free printable paper hats, paper hat patterns and activities for Hat Day (or any day!)

Enchanted Learning has all sorts of free printables for paper crafts, hats, masks, games and learning activities. Print without a banner for a $20 site donation. Access thousands of free printable lesson plans, classroom paper crafts, charts, booklets, diagrams and activities. Check out this page for dozens of free printable paper hat patterns for Hat Day.

SS42 has lots of free printable paper hats in several styles--baseball hats, hats with monster heads (zombies, vampire, spider web and pumpkin). There are free printable paper animal hats with noses and bills to go with animal costumes and a paper bucket hat to design and color yourself for Hat Day. Here are free printable paper hat patterns like the pointy party paper hats that attaches with a rubber band. Paper hat patterns make fun DIY birthday party paper crafts printables.

Paper Glitter has gobs of super adorable free printable party supplies, gift tags, labels for treat bags, party invitations, envelopes, to-do lists, greeting cards, paper dolls and yup, a free printable party hat to cut and paste. This site specializes in Bible and holiday paper crafts printables. Click each holiday link for free printable paper crafts including paper hats. In "Curious George Rides a Bike" George shows an easy way to make paper hat patterns or paper boats from newspaper. Missed Hat Day--no worries--you can declare any day Hat Day with these fun printables.

Free Printable Mister Rogers Neighborhood Coloring Pages, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Lessons, Games

I have a secret crush--on Mister Rogers. I've been a fan of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood since it began in 1971. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood embodies positive role models and healthy emotional, social and physical behavior for young children. There's a lot to love about Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Fred Rogers himself, the Neighborhood of Make Believe, the sweet little songs and the quaint, gentle approach to childhood. If ever a modern day Renaissance Man, it should be Fred Rogers. With his passing, there is a spinoff of Mister Rogers Neighborhood called Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Here are free printable Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood coloring pages and preschool printables.

PBS Kids is the homepage for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. This link will take you to the free printable Mister Rogers' Neighborhood of Make Believe coloring pages and learning printables. There are free printable coloring pages, featuring King Friday the 13th, Queen Sarah Saturday, Prince Tuesday, Daniel Tiger and his clock, Lady Elaine Fairchild and her Museum Go-Round, Henrietta Pussycat, Owl X and his tree, Neighbor Aber, Mr. McFeeley the postman, Mister Rogers' trolley and other friends from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

Visit Mister Rogers's Neighborhood to play games in the Water Play area. Take the Trolley to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and go inside Mister Rogers' home. Preschool children can feed the fish, check out Picture, Picture and visit with the neighbors who drop by. In the neighborhood of make-believe children can play in Lady Elaine Fairchild's Museum Go-Round and her Boomerang-Toomerang-Soomerang, visit King Friday the 13th in his castle, write a story with Owl X and use Speedy Delivery to make printables and send an ecard from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Children can visit Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, too. This site is full of coloring pages and learning games. They can go inside Daniel Tiger's clock to read a story with Mister Rogers and Daniel Tiger. Open the Alphabet Doors from the Castle flag link. Listen to music and sing along with Mister Rogers in Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. Here are free printable Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood coloring pages. When children play online in Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, parents can rest assured they're playing safely

Free Printable Clocks, Telling Time Lesson Plans

Telling time using an analog clock is one of the most difficult concepts to teach. It's hard to explain to children how clock hands moving around a dial mark hours and minutes. It helps to use interactive telling time worksheets and hands-on clocks to make time math lessons easier. Here are free printable clocks, clock faces and telling time worksheets.

Have Fun Learning has several free printable telling time worksheets, time math lessons with clocks with fill-in-the-blank numbers. Some are numbered in hours and minutes already. There are real-life applications story problems to teach telling time plus printable telling time games. Lucy Learns is a great website with all sorts of free printable lessons and activities. The section on clocks and telling time has over 15 free printable clock faces with all sorts of styles. Free printable clocks, clock hands and clock faces make excellent hands-on time math lessons for teaching children to read a clock. Print one clock for each student.

has cute blank and partially numbered free printable decorated clock faces. Great for young children and preschool. K-3 Teacher Resources has several free printable clock faces in different styles, plus free printable telling time math lesson. Senteacher has several free printable clocks, clock face printables, cut and paste clocks and clock lesson plans. Print Free offers basic free printable clock faces with hands to cut out and attach (use a paper fastener).

Donna Young's website is find of the day! Chock full o' clocks, there are free printable cut and paste clocks, clock face activities and telling time worksheets and lesson plans. Enchanted Learning is always a great teacher resource website, Enchanted Learning probably has more free printable educational lesson plans, crafts, cut and paste, coloring pages, activity booklets and teacher resources than any other website. You can print free, or pay a $20 donation and get complete member services and banner free printables. The telling time page has free printable clock faces,cut and paste clock activities and telling time worksheets. A-Z Teacher Stuff has dozens of free printable telling time math lessons and activities, including free printable clock faces.

Free Printable Color by Number Lesson Plan Worksheets

Color by number coloring pages are images divided into labeled sections that must be colored according to label. They're similar to paint by number activities that were popular in the 1970s. Some color by number activities are color by letter or math problem. Kids must solve the math problem to know which number to color the space. Color by number coloring pages can be used to teach math, counting, reading and other subjects. Here are free printable color by number puzzles and coloring pages.

Hello Kids has 97 free printable color by number coloring pages. Color by number puzzles are organized into five categories: nature, toys, animals, characters and calculations. The first four categories feature the usual color by number in which each color is represented by a number. The calculations color by number coloring pages require the student to solve a math equation in order to figure out what to color the space. These free printable color by number math problem coloring pages make excellent interactive lesson plans. There are 24 math problems color by number coloring pages which practice different math skills. Each free printable color by number category has different difficulty levels.

Coloring has about 25 free printable color by number and color by letter puzzles. Color by letter coloring pages are very helpful for letter recognition and reading practice. Pictures are labeled with letters from the picture word (BIRD- B, I, R, D).

Crayola has free printable color by number puzzles ranging from easy to challenging. There is an even-odd coloring page that practices even and odd numbers using color by number. There are also a create-your-own code color by number worksheets. Papa Jan has four free printable color by number princess and castle coloring pages. Preschool Learning Online has five free printable color by number puzzles and color by letter coloring pages.

Here's a great educational tip for teachers and homeschool parents. Make up your own color by number, color by letter, or math problem coloring pages. Using regular free printable coloring pages, design a color palette and fill in the numbers according to your code. Free Printable Coloring Pages has great blackline images to use for color by number puzzles. page to practice on. For more free printable activities, visit Free Printable Lesson Plans.

Free Printable Easter Crafts for Classroon Party

Easter is the highest season in the Christian church and the second largest national holiday in most countries. Easter has taken on a secular side. If you celebrate Easter with eggs, bunnies and Easter baskets here are free printable Easter crafts and activities. Get free printable Easter coloring pages, greeting cards, Easter party games, Easter craft projects, printable Easter baskets, Easter bunny coloring pages, puzzles, mazes, plus a whole lot more. You can print Easter eggs, bunnies, baby animals and cute spring and Easter decorations.

DLTK is always a great resource for educational holiday activities for kids. DLTK has free printable Easter crafts. Easter bunny memory games, Easter bookmarks, Easter party decorations and place cards, Easter greeting cards, dominoes, chore charts, calendars, Easter bingo cards, three Easter mini-books to color, Easter treat holders, Easter worksheets and more.

No article about free printable holiday crafts is complete without a mention of Disney Family. Get free printable Easter crafts and art projects with all your favorite Disney characters. Print holiday crafts for Disney Frozen, Pixar pals, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Disney princess friends and even Star Wars The Force Awakens! Get free printable Disney Easter baskets, games, greeting cards, puzzles, coloring pages, color your own photo frames and (my favorite kids game) connect the dots. Be sure to bookmark and visit often.

First School has a great assortment of free printable religious and secular Easter crafts for kids. There are stained glass window Easter coloring pages, Easter egg shaped greeting cards. First school has free printable animal craft projects: baby chick and chicken, donkey for Palm Sunday, Easter bunny rabbit, lambs, ducks and geese. These are only a few of the free printable Easter crafts, spring crafts, lessons and activities. Be sure to check out First School for a complete, nicely organized website.

The Toymaker may not have quite as many free printable Easter crafts but what she has are utterly unique. The Toymaker specializes in handmade holiday crafts with an old world Euro flavor. Her free printable vintage Easter crafts feature spectacularly hand-drawn, watercolor art work. Print Easter bunny greeting cards and a 3D Easter bunny paper model. The sweet little Easter baskets will satisfy a lover of Art Deco and the inner child. Genuinely little kids will like making Easter baskets to collect their eggs and candy too. 

Free Printable The Lorax Lesson Plans, Dr Seuss Activities

March is also National Reading Month, kicked off with Read Across America. Use these activities to celebrate with children in classrooms or homeschool.

Start your activities quest at About.com Here are free printable Dr. Seuss activities. Outer-Limit.net has free printable Grinch coloring pages from Dr. Seuss's holiday classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." The Grinch and the Whos of Whoville are some of Dr. Seuss's best-known and most beloved characters. Homeschool Share has many free printable Dr. Seuss worksheets, coloring pages and activities. Lucy Learns has Cat in the Hat coloring pages. There are also printables of The Sneetches, The Lorax, Sam-I-Am and Green Eggs and Ham.

PBS Kids offers free printable Dr. Seuss character coloring pages and activities. The homepage,The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That has a plethora of Seuss-themed lesson plans, games, crafts and puzzles. Lessons cover math, reading, writing and science. Gerald McBoing-Boing, red and blue fishes, Horton Hears a Who and other Seuss characters help kids learn.

Seussville is the homepage for all things Dr. Seuss. This link takes you to the games and activities page, with lots of free printable Seuss goodies. There are printable Earth Day games based on the Lorax, Cat in the Hat counting games, preschool worksheets, coloring pages and gobs more. But don't stop there. Check the Parents and Educators tabs for other educational Seuss activities.

Free Printable Halloween Masks for Preschool Trick or Treat

Trick-or-treat is all about dressing up in Halloween costumes, right? So how about free printable Halloween masks for kids to color, cut and paste? Perfect for preschool, special education and school Halloween parties. For families who don't do Halloween, I included links for generic masks so kids can still enjoy craft fun. Masks are grouped by theme.

* Various: Colorbook Masks free printable Halloween masks in dozens of themes and styles. There are tribal masks from Africa, Bali, Native American, Aztec, Mayan, Inuit, Asian and more. Print animal, Mardi Gras, Harlequin, Tiki, calavera (skull) masks for Day of the Dead. To find the masks, you have to create a free account and log in. Click each mask image to get to different mask design pages.

* Animals: Activity Village has lots of free printable animals masks.

* Disney: Check Disney Family for free printable Disney Halloween masks. Print 3D masks of Winnie the Pooh, Ironman, Disney princesses, Hulk, Captain America, Frankenweenie and more.

* Famous people: Forbes publishes free printable masks of trending famous people, politicians and world leaders.

* Scary: Check Ravensblight for free printable monster masks. The Hannibal Lector iron jaw mask is downright horrifying.

* Samhain and fantasy: Phee Mcfaddel has free printable fairy masks plus other Wiccan-inspired designs. Some are rather eerie and some quite pretty and floral.

* Monsters, ghouls and zombies: Paper Marcos Front has free printable creepy monster masks and 3D paper toys.

* Doctor Who: Visit BBC for free printable Doctor Who villains masks. Dress as Ood, a Silurian, one of the Doppelganger twins, a Peg doll, a Weeping Angel or (creepiest of all) a monster baby cherub.

* Day of the Dead: How about free printable calavera masks? Happy Thoughts will email you free 3D skull mask printables if you submit your email. Here's another printable skull mask pattern from Instructables.

Many of the masks print in black and white so children can color them. Making homemade Halloween costume crafts means you keep antsy kids occupied productively as they await trick-or-treat.

Free Printable Bible Craft Activities, Sunday School Lessons

Many adults may remember loving Bible stories and Sunday School activities. Sunday school crafts were simpler, but few can forget the big box of beat-up crayons and coloring pictures of Bible stories. From the Old Testament, kids learned of Adam and Eve, Noah's ark, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph and his coat of many colors, Moses, the Exodus, Samuel, Samson and Delilah, Gideon, Joshua, David and Goliath and so many others. And then all the New Testament Bible friends: Zacchaeus, St. John, the disciples, the parables, miracles and of course, Bible stories of the Lord Jesus Christ. Catholic kids get to know saints as well.

Parents, if you want your kids to grow up learning Bible stories, then you'll want these free printable Bible stories coloring pages. Calvary Chapel has free printable Bible stories coloring pages grouped by Old Testament and New Testament. You'll like how Bible stories are arranged by their familiar titles as you're used to hearing them at church. Papa Jan has free printable Bible stories coloring pages. I must admit to an old-fashioned love of these as Bible pictures are drawn in older styles. Here are general Bible coloring pages of religious images--praying hands, Jesus the cross, Bible, and others.

Sunday School Printables has hundreds of free printable Bible stories coloring pages. Most pictures are in cartoon form. Many come from the wonderful "Beginner's Bible" illustrations. First-School is a go-to for educational free printable coloring pages from Old Testament and New Testament Bible stories.

Jewish children can enjoy Old Testament Bible stories as they are contained in the Hebrew Torah. Children can learn about Creation, Adam and Eve, the Tower of Babel, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph Samson, Elijah, Moses, Passover, the plagues of Egypt, David and Goliath, Joshua, Jonah, Daniel, Queen Esther, the prophets and many other exciting old testament Bible stories. New testament Bible stories include the mysteries of the Catholic rosary-- Mary and Joseph, the Annunciation, the Nativity, the visit of the wisemen, the flight into Egypt, the boyhood of Jesus, the Baptism of Jesus, St. John the Baptist, the miracles of Jesus, the disciples, the Sermon on the Mount, the Last Supper, the Agony in the Garden, the crucifixion, washing the feet, Zaccheus, Mary and Martha, Lazarus, the resurrection, Pentecost, St. Paul's conversion and many more. The New Testament contains so many wonderful Bible stories that can guide a child's life. 

Free Printable Little Golden Books Lesson Plans

Remember Little Golden Books? Who could forget The Pokey Little Puppy, The Saggy Baggy Elephant,Tootle, the Train, The Tawny Scrawny Lion, The Shy Little Kitten, Sailor Dog, And then there is the enduring ,Pat the Bunny ; this book along with Goodnight Moon was our children first book. Every parent should be given a copy of Pat the Bunny at the birth of a child. I often give Pat the Bunny as a shower gift.

Remember all those wonderful old movie and TV classics books that Little Golden Books published? Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa's Workshop, Frosty the Snowman, Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Huckleberry Hound, The Bullwinkle Show, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, and Bozo the Clown. Little Golden Books have printed all the Disney stories in Little Golden Books as well. A time line of Little Golden Books is like a time line of 20th century history! Little Golden Books have taken us through an era and continue to do so.

And what about all the delightful Little Golden Book authors and illustrators? Richard Scarry gave us Little Golden Bookslike Color Cats and My Very Best Little Word Book Ever. I've loved the ephemeral artwork of Eloise Wilkin, a regular Little Golden Book illustrator and author since I was a toddler. Her Prayers for Children and My Puppy are timeless.

Garth Williams, known for his Little House on the Prairie book series illustrations, has lent his pen to many Little Golden Book classics, such a The Very Best Home for Me. Dr. Dan the Bandage Man, 1951, actually came with two of Johnson & Johnson's new Band-Aid Brand Adhesive Bandages (remember when they came with a little red pull string?) Can you believe that Little Golden Books have been read and loved by children for over 65 years now?

How about some free printable Little Golden Book coloring pages? You can print Pokey Puppy, Pat the Bunny, Tootle, The Saggy Baggy Elephant, The Tawny Scrawny Lion and The Shy Little Kitten. You can also print about sixty different coloring pages, connect-the-dot, reading, counting and puzzles, based upon Little Golden Book characters like Rudolph, Pokey Puppy and some of the educational Little Golden Books.

Free Printable Little Critter Coloring Pages, Mercer Mayer Activites

Mercer Mayer is one of the world's most beloved children's' book author and illustrator. He is probably best known for his children's book series about a lovable furry character named Little Critter. This adorable little “monster” gets into all the usual childhood mishaps with his mother, father and little sister. Little Critter learns about sharing, being afraid, having patience and have fun with his friends and family.

Little Critter books are excellent resources to help children understand and cope with life's many little issues. Children can laugh at their own foibles seen in his antics. Mercer Mayer has also written a series about Little Monster. If you like these characters you want these free printable  Little Critter activities.

Start by printing the free printable Little Critter coloring pages that the author has kindly provided on his website. There are lots of fun pictures from the books for you to color. Little Critter is always surrounded by lots of animal friends, like cute spiders, friendly snakes, cuddly kittens, sweet puppies, cheerful bugs and other...well... little critters!

Next get a whole booklet of free printable Little Critter activity pages, games and puzzles. Then you have to scoop up the free printable Little Monster coloring pages and games. Preschool kids will love the activities and coloring pages for car rides, rainy days and sick days. Babysitters, bring a supply of coloring pages with you when you babysit. Kids will love you. Check out the entire collection of Little Critter learning activities.

DL-TK has free printable Little Critter paper dolls. Scroll down for several outfits to print in black and white (and use as coloring pages) or in color if you prefer. Children will enjoy listening to the stories and then making their paper doll. Kids can retell the story using their paper doll to help. This craft is perfect for preschool, day care, summer reading programs, library story hour and day camp.

Little Critter and Little Monster have been loved by children since Mercer Mayer created them in 1975. I love the books but my favorite of his books will always be "There's a Nightmare in My Closet"and "There's an Alligator Under My Bed" and "There is Something In My Attic." Being an easily frightened child, I could relate to the no-nonsense coping skills used by the intrepid children in these whimsical stories. My children have always loved these books