My little friend, Emmett, just loves these winter themed file folder number activities. Well, when you add Play Doh into any activity, it's sure to be a hit! With just a little bit of assembly, these file folders will last for years and years! Simply glue the templates on a file … [Read more...]
Winter Themed Addition with 10 Frames
Developing fluency with number combinations that make 10 is important in kindergarten and first grade. Students who can quickly "make 10" can apply this strategy to adding numbers efficiently when using this strategy makes sense to solve an addition problem. For example, if given … [Read more...]
Climb and Slide Activities for Sight Words and Phonics!
The winter themed Climb & Slide activity is fun twist to an old favorite game of Chutes & Ladders. The activities are perfect for independent practice of targeted skills in your literacy centers. Once laminated, you'll have ready-made activities all ready to go! All … [Read more...]
Fact Families and Number Bonds! Fun Winter Themed Activities!
Winter is certainly making its presence known up here in Northern Michigan and it's time to pull out all those winter themed activities! Many of my first grade friends are learning and practicing addition and subtraction so I thought it would be fun to create a few activities … [Read more...]
Mitten Match FREEBIE!
Up here in the great white north December means SNOW. Actually, we have snow often through the month of April. In our schools hats, boots, coats, snow pants, and mittens are often scattered throughout the halls or within the coat area of classrooms. Just getting ready for recess … [Read more...]
Fun Penguin Themed Rhyme and Alphabet Activities!
Just have to say it - I LOVE these penguins. Winter themed activities are pretty popular when you live in the great white north. In northern Michigan, winter can last 4-5 months so we get quite a bit of mileage out of our winter activities! These two activities were created for … [Read more...]
Alphabet Penguin Match
It's always fun to add a little seasonal spirit in center activities. The self checking feature makes the alphabet penguin match activity perfect for winter themed centers. You can easily differentiate the activity by choosing which and how many penguins to use. Simply place the … [Read more...]
Penguin CVC Activity
Many of my kindergarten friends are just learning to blend sounds into words. They are becoming solid with those tricky vowel sounds and are now starting to use their sound-symbol correspondence to blend CVC words. This is such an exciting step on the road to reading. For … [Read more...]
Penguin Math Activities
I have to say I'm just in love with the penguins that my fabulous artist, Kyle, created last year. It's so much fun using them in our winter themed activities. For my pre-k and kindergarten friends I created these ice fishing scenes that are perfect for centers during the chilly … [Read more...]