First, get our End of the Year Packet and you will be set – click here

Next, check out all the free ideas on our End of The Year Page.  Make sure you scroll through all of it or you may miss something.

Then, check out the two free printables below in my guest post at The Organized Classroom.  Click here to read the post and download the 2 free printables.

Finally, head over to the End of The Year Pin board and explore even more!!! 

Happy Teaching!

The green balls are cake pops! The large red one is a styrofoam ball.

There he is hanging high. Made with paper lanterns.

The napkins were tied with fake leaves. Hole punched to look like the caterpillar had been munching!

Gotta love the art work!

So much yummy food for all who attended.

I felt honored that they shared my Caterpillar Bug Pack (click here to purchase) and each teacher who was at the workshop went home with one of the Caterpillar vests from the packet. (You can make your own… click here)

Great books were presented and shared by Myra R. Oleynik, one of the authors of Personalized Reading: It’s a Piece of PIE

(YOU NEED THIS BOOK ON YOUR TEACHER SHELF – I have my copy – get yours today!!!)

It was a fun afternoon filled with lots of learning for all the teachers in attendance.  I am so glad I could be a part of the celebration of reading! 

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Have a crazy and kool summer – Grab some Kool-aid packs and crazy straws (they had a pack of 10 crazy straws at the dollar store).  Attach my tag and you have a fun gift to send your students home with. 

It’s O-Fish-ally Summer – You can attach this tag to a pack of Swedish fish or to a pack of goldfish crackers. 

 Have an Amazing Summer – The dollar store has a pack of four mazes.  Just put in a sandwich bag and staple on my tag.

 Ahoy, you were a smart cookie this year – Get a snack pack of Chip Ahoy Mini cookies and you are set once you print out the tag.  Your cookies will think this is a sweet way to end the year!

I hope you dig up a sweet summer – This is a dollar store sand shovel and some sweet tarts.

Thanks for always remembering to dot your i’s… – Pack of dots and my tag and you are set! 

You were an all-star in our class.  Have a Ball this summer! – Found this jacks set at the dollar store.  I like how it said all-star on it.  You could use this tag with a beach ball too!

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Or if you would rather an individual sheet of each tag, click here and order the End of Year Packet.  On the packet, the tag files come in both pdf and Publisher.  If you have Publisher you can modify the tags to meet your needs.  Plus there is a sheet of each tag.  With the packet you can print a page of the same tag of your choice.  The End of The Year Packet is so full of great printables for such a low price that these files are just an added bonus.   

You could make a basket of different items and randomly give them out to students… 

For more fun and free End of The Year Ideas, click here! 

Need a great gift idea from a teacher to a teacher?  I have a free printable tag you can attach to a wine bottle…  click here!

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Just print the file, cut out, and place on a favorite bottle of wine!

Click here to download the file.

Be sure to check out our End of Year Page for more ideas!

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 I am a huge fan of Bucket Filling after finding and reading Have You Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids a few years ago.  Bucket filling terms such as ‘dipper’ and ‘filler’ are part of the language we use every day with our kids (6 and 9).   An added bonus is that the school my children attend also uses bucket filling terminology and the books to teach kindness to their students.  Furthermore I use the bucket filling books in my third grade Sunday School classes to demonstrate how being kind and good makes us happy and God (although God is not mentioned in any of the books) happy too!

I love how the simple text and vivid pictures in the Bucket Filler books really reach children in a language they can understand.  The new book in the set is called Will You Fill My Bucket; Daily Acts of Love Around the World.  Will You Fill My Bucket reminds us that no matter where you are in the world, your bucket is always with you.   And even people in other countries have buckets too and they are filled just like ours.  This book is one to read after you have read Have You Filled a Bucket Today and discussed the book and its ideas with your students or children.  It does not go into detail about what being “bucket filler” or a “bucket dipper” is; instead, it shows adults around the world in different countries filling the buckets of children.  It starts in America with a child sitting on the lap of a mother riding a subway into New York City.  They are reading a story with the filled bucket next to them.  The simple text on the page asks; “Will you fill my bucket and hold me on your lap?”   You travel through North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia  visiting each page of the book and seeing how adults everywhere can fill buckets, “with the love that comes from you!”  The last page of the story sums it all up with an illustration of many different people from different places on Earth loving each other and holding their filled buckets.  The last lines of text simply state; “I want to fill your bucket and it fills my bucket too… when I show you that I love you because I truly do.” 

The books illustrations do not disappoint and do a good job of telling the story without even reading the words.  Seeing the happy people in different parts of the world is also a nice geography lesson as well.  The first two pages shows a map of the world and children holding their buckets ready to be filled. 

I recommend reading this book to your own children or students after reading a discussing Have You Filled a Bucket Today.  Will You Fill My Bucket will give many examples of ways we can fill others buckets.  Also, be sure to Google Search bucket filling idea online.  There are many resources that can be used with these books.  Be sure to remind the kiddos in your life how much they fill your bucket by being part of your day!

In the past, I have given a favorite teacher the book, Have You Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids to my son’s K- Teacher.  That was three years ago…  Three years later, my daughter has the same wonderful teacher and today she will give her the new book. 

I created a book plate to attach to the book.  It happens to be Teacher Apprecaition week – perfect! 

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Please also check out the bucket filling page at Teaching Heart for more ideas and free printables…

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Have a bucket filling kind of day!!!

Saw this idea  on Pinterest from Keeping Life Creative.  I love the idea of attaching the poem to a bag of muffin mix to give to mom.  Very cute!!!  I created another printable you could use and attach to a bag of muffin mix.   Click here to print the file seen below.  I printed mine on cardstock and rolled the poem up.  You could even have your students draw a picture of their mom eating a muffin on the back of the poem page. 

Look at this Teacher Version… 
http://theoldcrowsemptynest.com/2012/05/08/if-you-give-a-teacher-a-muffin/

Check out the Teaching Heart Mother’s Day theme page for more ideas…

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Here is another free Mother’s Day Printable!  

First read, I’ll Always Love You!

“Alex’s mom says that she will always love him, no matter what. Alex still isn’t sure. He doesn’t want to get into too much trouble for the broken honey bowl! Even if Alex gets into a pillow fight, paints the baby all different colors, or pours oatmeal over his head, his mom says that she will always love him. Gentle text and sweet illustrations show the unconditional love a mother has for her son. This book will assure children that no matter what they do their parents will always love them. “

Disuss how Mom’s always love us no matter what!!!

Then have your students fill out these hearts about their mom.

You can click here to donwload the printable. Students can finish the sentence with words and/or pictures.
On the last page, Glue a picture of the kiddo or mom and the kiddo or have the child draw his or her mom.   You can staple these together to form a little book for mom.

Hope you enjoy this free Mother’s Day printable…

For more Mother’s Day Ideas, check out our Mother’s Day Theme page at Teaching Heart!!!   

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Hope you have fun working on this with your students.

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Have a great day!