Showing posts with label preschool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label preschool. Show all posts

Easy Homemade Play Dough + A Freebie

Just a quick post to share an easy homemade play dough recipe and A FREEBIE with you. What you'll need: 2 1/2 cup flour 2 tablespoon citric acid 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon vegetable oil  2 cup boiling water food coloring Directions: Mix all ingredients together to make the dough. Note: Store the play dough in an airtight container. Download your FREE play dough mats by clicking on the picture below.
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Color Grid Reference Game + A Freebie

I played a fun game with my kiddos on a chessboard the other day. They absolutely loved it. This is a great activity because it has more than one focus. While practicing their colors, kiddos learn grid reference and build their fine motor skills during play. Here is what you need: a chessboard pom poms (lots of them) recording sheets (optional)  The objective of the game is simple. Set up the chessboard with pom poms. Call the coordinate points, the children have to read the grid coordinates and identify colors in the correct positions.  Here is the recording sheet I wiped up for this. I created a simple recording sheet without coordinates. You can grab a copy by clicking the picture. The objective of the game is to read the grid coordinates name the color and simply color the recording sheets. Setting up this game is a little bit time-consuming. So I created a resource based on this game. Now I can use this game with my students for independent w
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Letter Tiles and Word Cards Freebie

Today I'm sharing a set of word cards and printable letter tiles.They can be used together as a cut and paste activity or separately. The letter tiles are a cheaper version of Bananagrams and Scrabble tiles. You can cut the letters and collect them in a pill organizer. And voila you are ready for word work. If you choose to make word cards (CVC words, sight words) you can use them to play any game that requires or involves word cards.  To get your free Word Cards and Letter Tiles printable click on the picture bellow. Game of the Month: Bananagrams from whatdowedoallday Matching Alphabet Beans Literacy Game from theimaginationtree  Four Ways to Use Bananagrams Tiles to Aid Letter and Word Recognition  from thisfineday And this isn't all, for more word work ideas, follow my Word Work board on Pinterest!
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Bang or Kaboom Must-Have Classroom Game

In case you need a super effective, simple and fun activity for your classroom you must try this game for sure! If you are not familiar with the game BANG! or KABOOM!, here it is. I stumbled upon this awesome game over at Come Together Kids blog. Once my kids learned to play this game it became our class favorite. It's super easy to make. What do you need for this game? - flashcards or popsicle sticks - a few BANG cards - a can - optional: jar labels, scrapbook paper if you want to decorate your can. The best part about this game is that it is easily adaptable. You can use it for letters, sight words, numbers, math facts, etc. It is great to review almost any concept. Depending on the grade, it can be kept very basic, or made much more complex. HOW TO PLAY: Place all the cards or sticks in your can and get ready to play the game! Players take turns pulling out a word card from a can. If they know the answer, they keep the card. If the player is incorrect, the
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2d Shapes Activities, Worksheets, Posters, Games and more

Since shapes are all around us every day, we need to be able to identify them. This document provides some ideas and activities on teaching shapes to preschool and kindergarten kids as well as first graders. 14 2D shapes: triangle, rectangle, square, circle, star, heart, crescent, oval, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, rhombus, trapezoid. This packet includes the following packets in one BIG bundle: 1. 2D Shapes Activities, Games and Centers - Engaging worksheets with shapes, games like sudoku and bingo, complete the pattern, odd one out, finding counting and matching by size, color and position. 62 pages colorful + 49 B&W worksheets, 45 pages answer key Contents: • Flashcards • Color by Shape • Match the shape and the color • Left - Right • Up - Down • Complete the Pattern • Sudoku • How Many? • Find the Shapes • Find the Colors • Odd One Out • Count the Shapes • Count Then Match • Choose the Number • Big Medium Small • Numbers
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