Polar express activities preschool

1-2-3 Come Do Some Polar Express Activities With Me “All Aboard! The Polar Express is now leaving for the North Pole!” Do you read this classic Christmas story by Chris Van Allsburg? It’s a personal favorite of mine, especially because Chris is from my home town here in Grand Rapid...

The Polar Express is a classic children’s movie and book that has captured the heart of millions of kids. What kid wouldn’t want a Polar...

Are you having a Polar Express day? Wether you're reading the book or watching the movie, we have 2 fun ideas for you. Have your students make their very own Polar Express train snack and have them work on their sequencing and retelling skills with the free printable. #polarexpress #polarexpressday #trainsnack #booksnack

Written almost four decades ago, “The Polar Express” by Chris Van Allsburg is a classic Christmas story for children. It has won the Caldecott Medal and is still listed as one of the best books for children. This beautifully-illustrated picture book resulted in a movie adaption, worldwide train ride experiences, and even a musical adaptation. ... Read more

Read or Watch The Polar Express and be inspired to work on some fine motor skills with these DIY Polar Express Fine Motor Tickets.

Use these free, printable Polar Express Color by Number pages after reading the book or watching a movie. Perfect for class parties!

Every year we snuggle up and watch the Polar Express in my first grade classroom. You do too? That’s because you are AMAZING! I am gearing up, shopping, and running copies- including this little freebie. I am also unpacking my most favorite jammies ever! These were sent to me from my friends at Chasing Fireflies. Here is why I love these jammies: They are comfy and slimming. I ALWAYS end up running all over town in my PJ’s on pajama day. I forget I am wearing PJs, so I am super confused when…

Click to View Larger Due to unplanned scheduling conflicts, last Monday's AM and PM class missed the Mitten Large Group and they still want to do it so it's back on the lesson plans for this coming week. Mitten Large Group For our Mitten large group activity we will tell the story of the mitten with pictures from the book. The students will then be given a mask of one of the animals in the story. We found these on Jan Brett's website: http://www.janbrett.com/mitten_masks_main.htm. We will…

Explore magnets with jingle bells - a great Christmas science activity for preschool! Super easy to set up, and there's just something so engaging about jingle bells. My preschoolers played and experimented for hours!

Today was Polar Express Day in my first grade classroom! And… That just means A LOT OF FUN!!! I always have a Polar Express Day and this year I just wanted to do something different. So… instead of making our normal conductor hats we were the CUTEST elves ever!!! Pinterest We also had fun writing […]