Candyland literacy night

Candy Land Game Night! This was the theme of our recent Family Literacy Night. I think Game Night has been one of my favorite themes that we have done! The Candy Land colors were great

What is an engaging way to practice addition and subtraction, CVC and CVCe words, engineering, and science? By playing Candy Land, of course! Your students will be highly motivated to complete the differentiated stations to complete the game and arrive at Candy Castle! The Premise: The idea is that students rotate through eight different lands (Skittle Swamp and Peppermint Pass are the same station/land) and complete tasks at each land. Each center lasts around 15-20 minutes. At the end of…

I saw an idea for using the game Candy Land with sight words so I went out to Target yesterday and picked one up. After I finished writing sight words on all of the cards, I decided I wanted a version for my lower students who are still having difficulty with sight word recognition so I made a CVC word version. Instead of buying another game, I made new cards to use with the game board and pieces. If you'd like the cards, click here. Have a GREAT week :)

I made a life size Candyland game board for my 5th graders standardized test prep. They loved it, it was fun, and a great way to prepare for a test without stressing my students out :)

The past couple summers, we’ve done a Life-Sized Candy Land program. And it has been a huge, crazy program both times, but the families LOVE it. We do two sessions on consecutive days and get…

Oro Valley Library is using candy to motivate kids to read.

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This is a complete math night kit with an awesomely enticing Candy Land theme! Families will have a great time learning and practicing math with candy! They will leave with a jar cookie mix to make at home and enjoy together! Everything you need to organize a great parent involvement night!