Elementary School Thanksgiving Activities

THE ULTIMATE BUNDLE- get it and relax for THE WHOLE YEAR- everything you need for your preschool classroom lesson planning, all the seasonal themes, holidays, and more!

Each lesson plan includes:

- two lesson plan forms- color and b/w

- five pages of breakdowns for each day (script for circle time included)

- Show and Tell note for parents

- printables

each lesson plan has a BONUS

- two extra activities

affirmation cards- color and b/w

The structure of each lesson plan has:

- question of the day

- circle time (all the script)

- hands-on activities

- read aloud (book suggestions)

- Friday Show & Tell (note for parents included)

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JANUARY lesson plans:

SNOW

Monday: Have you ever seen snow?

Tuesday: What do you wear when it's snowing?

Wednesday: What fun activities can you do in the snow?

Thursday: What animals do you think live in snowy places?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite snow activity?

OPPOSITES

Monday: What is the opposite of up?

Tuesday: What is the opposite of big?

Wednesday: What is the opposite of hot?

Thursday: What is the opposite of day?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite opposite pair?

CONTINENTS (PART 1)

Monday: What is a continent?

Tuesday: What animals live in Africa?

Wednesday: What do you think it's like in Antarctica?

Thursday: What do people eat in Asia?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite place from this week, and why?

CONTINENTS (PART 2)

Monday: What countries are in Europe?

Tuesday: What do you know about North America?

Wednesday: What animals live in Australia?

Thursday: What do you think South America looks like?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite continent, and why?

*************BONUS*****************

CHINESE NEW YEAR ACTIVITIES

PDF includes:

- coloring pages for each animal of the year

- "Find the shadow" activity

- "Count and Write" activity

- Story Dice

BONUS

- red envelope craft

- affirmation cards (color and b/w)

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FEBRUARY lesson plans:

AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERACY WEEK

"The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats

"Amazing Grace" by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch

"Little Melba And Her Big Trombone" by Katheryn Russell-Brown

"EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken" by Sally Warner

"Dream Big, Little One" by Vashti Harrison

FRIENDSHIP

Monday: What is friendship?

Tuesday: What makes you a good friend?

Wednesday: How can we express our feelings?

Thursday: How can we resolve conflicts?

Friday: Show and Tell: What are some ways of celebrating friendship?

DENTISTRY

Monday: What do you think a dentist does?

Tuesday: How many times do you brush your teeth each day?

Wednesday: What is your favorite food that is good for your teeth?

Thursday: Have you ever visited a dentist?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite part of taking care of your teeth?

WEATHER

Monday: What is the weather like today?

Tuesday: What do you like to do on a sunny day?

Wednesday: Have you ever seen snow? What was it like?

Thursday: What do you wear on a windy day?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite weather?

***************BONUS*****************

VALENTINE'S CARD TEMPLATES + ACTIVITIES

- five cute Valentine's cards with an empty box inside to write

- two Valentine's activities

- affirmation cards (color/ black and white)

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MARCH lesson plans:

ST PATRICK lesson plan:

*What is green stand for on St. Patrick's Day?

*What is a shamrock?

*What is a leprechaun?

*What is a blarney stone?

*What makes you feel lucky?

TRANSPORTATION lesson plan:

Monday: What is transportation and what is it used for?

Tuesday: What is your favorite vehicle to travel on land?

Wednesday: Have you ever been on a boat or a ship?

Thursday: How do airplanes fly?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite mode of transportation, and why?

REPTILES lesson plan:

Monday: What is a reptile? Can you name any reptiles you know?

Tuesday: What do reptiles eat? How do they find their food?

Wednesday: How do reptiles stay warm or cool?

Thursday: How do reptiles protect themselves from predators?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite reptile and why?

MAMMALS lesson plan:

Monday: What is a mammal?

Tuesday: What are the different types of mammals?

Wednesday: What are the mammals' adaptations?

Thursday: How do mammals move?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite mammal and why?

B*O*N*U*S*

-TRACING WORKSHEETS NUMBERS 0-9

- 2 extra printable activities

- affirmation cards- color and b/w

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APRIL lesson plans:

Book Week:

Monday: Friendship: "The Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister

Tuesday: Nature: "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle

Wednesday: Emotions: "The Color Monster: A Pop-Up Book of Feelings" by Anna Llenas

Thursday: Animals: "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" by Bill Martin Jr./Eric Carle

Friday: Imagination: "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak

Bugs and Insects:

*What is the difference between a bug and an insect?

*What are the parts of the insects?

*What do bugs and insects eat?

*What sounds do insects make?

*What do insects can, have, and are?

Five Senses:

*What do you see?

*What do you taste?

*What do you feel/touch?

*What did you hear?

*How does it smell like?

Earth Week:

*Why do we celebrate Earth Day?

*What can we do to protect planet Earth?

*What is pollution?

*What is deforestation?

*What is climate change?

**********BONUS*************

Easter activities

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MAY lesson plans:

Bee Study

Monday: What do you know about bees?

Tuesday: Why are bees important?

Wednesday: What do bees eat?

Thursday: Where do bees live?

Friday: What did you bring for Show & Tell?

Kites in the Wind

Monday: What is wind?

Tuesday: How does wind help move things?

Wednesday: What shapes can you see in kites?

Thursday: How high can a kite fly?

Friday: Show and Tell: Bring something that is related to the theme

Camping

Monday: Introduction to Camping

Tuesday: Camping Gear

Wednesday: Nature Exploration

Thursday: Campfire Fun

Friday: Show and Tell: My Camping Adventure

Family

Monday**: Who is in my family?**

Tuesday**: What are some special traditions your family has?**

Wednesday**: Where do you live? A house/ apartment/ other type of house?**

Thursday**: What is a special memory with your family?**

Friday**: Show and Tell - bring a family photo**

BONUS: two Mother's Day card templates

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JUNE lesson plans:

ICE CREAM lesson plan:

Monday: What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?

Tuesday: How is ice cream made?

Wednesday: What toppings do you like on your ice cream?

Thursday: How do you eat your ice cream? Cone or cup?

Friday: Show and Tell: Ice Cream Creations

OCEAN lesson plan:

Monday**: What is your favorite sea animal?**

Tuesday**: What do you think is at the bottom of the ocean?**

Wednesday**: How do ocean animals live?**

Thursday**: How do people explore the ocean?**

Friday**: Show and Tell - Ocean treasures**

DESERT lesson plan:

Monday - Definition of desert

Tuesday- Desert animals

Wednesday- Desert plants

Thursday- Desert landforms

Friday- Show & Tell- What would you pack for a desert adventure

BALL STUDY lesson plan:

Monday: What a ball can do? Can all balls bounce?

Tuesday: What games can you play with balls?

Wednesday: How can you use balls to make art?

Thursday: How can we use balls for counting and measuring?

Friday: Show and Tell: Bring your favorite ball

B*O*N*U*S*

-2 Father's Day template cards

- coloring activity

- "All about my Dad" form

- affirmation cards- color and b/w

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JULY lesson plans:

AT THE BEACH lesson plan:

Monday: What do you like to do at the beach?

Tuesday: What animals live at the beach?

Wednesday: What treasures can you find at the beach?

Thursday: What sounds can you hear at the beach?

Friday: Show and Tell: What did you bring to show us from the beach?

PICNIC lesson plan:

Monday: What is a Picnic

Tuesday: Picnic Food

Wednesday: Picnic Places

Thursday: Picnic Games

Friday: Show and Tell: Bring something for the outdoor picnic

FOREST lesson plan:

Monday: What is a forest?

Tuesday: What animals live in the forest?

Wednesday: What do you know about trees?

Thursday: How many different shapes of leaves can you find?

Friday: Show and Tell: What did you bring from the forest to show your friends?

IN THE GARDEN lesson plan:

Monday: What do you know about gardens?

Tuesday: What parts of a plant can you name?

Wednesday: Who lives in the garden?

Thursday: What can you create inspired by the garden?

Friday: Show and Tell: What can we harvest from the garden?

B*O*N*U*S*

- 8 Fourth of July activities

+ 2 extra activities

- affirmation cards- color and b/w

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AUGUST lesson plans:

FRIENDSHIP

Monday: What is friendship?

Tuesday: What makes you a good friend?

Wednesday: How can we express our feelings?

Thursday: How can we resolve conflicts?

Friday: Show and Tell: What are some ways of celebrating friendship?

ALL ABOUT ME

Monday: My name and my family

Tuesday: My body and my senses

Wednesday: My feelings

Thursday: My hobbies

Friday: Show and Tell: What I want to be when I grow up

COLORS

Monday: What is your favorite red food?

Tuesday: What is your favorite thing to do on a blue-sky day?

Wednesday: What makes you smile like the sun?

Thursday: What's your favorite green vegetable?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite color?

COMMUNITY HELPERS
Monday: What do you think doctors, nurses, and veterinarians do to help people and animals?

Tuesday: What do teachers do to help us learn and grow?

Wednesday: How do police officers and firefighters keep us safe?

Thursday: What do mail carriers do to help our community?

Friday: Show and Tell: Which community helper would you like to be for a day, and why?

********BONUS *********

3 activities related to the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

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SEPTEMBER lesson plans:

AT THE FARM

Monday: Introduction to Farms

Tuesday: Exploring Farm Crops

Wednesday: Discovering Farmers and Their Work

Thursday: Exploring Farm Animals

Friday: Show and Tell: My Favorite Farm Animal?

APPLES

Monday: What color do you think apples come in?

Tuesday: What do you think is inside an apple?

Wednesday: Where do apples grow?

Thursday: What can we make with apples?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite thing about apples?

BIRDS

Monday: What do the birds use their wings for?

Tuesday: How do birds communicate?

Wednesday: What do birds eat?

Thursday: How do birds build their nests?

Friday: Show and Tell: Bring a pic or item related to your favorite bird

ROCKS

Monday: Introduction to Rocks

Tuesday: Rocks Places

Wednesday: Formation of Rocks

Thursday: Purpose of Rocks

Friday: Show and Tell: My Favorite Rock

********BONUS *********

GRANDPARENTS DAY CARDS AND ACTIVITIES

4 different Grandparents' Day card templates with "I LOVE YOU" tracing and a beautiful grandparents' poem inside, flower craft, and "All about my grandparents" sheet!

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OCTOBER lesson plans:

FRUITS AND VEGGIES

Monday: What is the difference between fruits and veggies?

Tuesday: How do fruits and veggies grow?

Wednesday: Why is important to eat fruits and veggies?

Thursday: What new fruit or vegetable would you like to try?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite fruit or veggie?

MY BODY

Monday -Can you wiggle your fingers? How do you think your fingers are able to move?

Tuesday-Can you show me how your joints bend?

Wednesday- What do you think helps our muscles grow stronger?

Thursday- Can you feel your heartbeat? What makes your heart beat?

Friday- Show & Tell- What is your favorite way to move and be active?

FALL LEAVES

Monday: What colors are the leaves on the tree?

Tuesday: What sounds do you hear when you walk on dry leaves?

Wednesday: What do animals do with leaves?

Thursday: Have you ever jumped in a pile of leaves?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite color of fall leaves?

HALLOWEEN

Monday: How do we celebrate Halloween?

Tuesday: What is your favorite Halloween treat?

Wednesday: Have you ever carved a pumpkin?

Thursday: What sounds do you hear on Halloween?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite costume?

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FIRE SAFETY ACTIVITIES

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NOVEMBER lesson plans:

GERMS AND HYGIENE

Monday: What are germs?

Tuesday: Why is it important to wash our hands?

Wednesday: How do germs spread?

Thursday: How can we keep our environment clean?

Friday: Show and Tell: What healthy habits do you practice?

FOREST

Monday: What is a forest?

Tuesday: What animals live in the forest?

Wednesday: What do you know about trees?

Thursday: How many different shapes of leaves can you find?

Friday: Show and Tell: What did you bring from the forest to show your friends?

THANKSGIVING

Monday: What is Thanksgiving?

Tuesday: What are you thankful for?

Wednesday: What foods do you eat on Thanksgiving?

Thursday: Who do you celebrate Thanksgiving with?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite part of Thanksgiving?

HIBERNATION

Monday: What is hibernation?

Tuesday: What animals hibernate?

Wednesday: Why do animals hibernate?

Thursday: How do animals prepare for hibernation?

Friday: Show and Tell: What do you think it would be like to hibernate?

******************BONUS*********************

WORLD KINDNESS DAY activities

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DECEMBER lesson plans:

CHRISTMAS

Monday: What do you know about Christmas?

Tuesday: What is your favorite Christmas song?

Wednesday: What special food do you eat on Christmas?

Thursday: How do you decorate your home for Christmas?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite Christmas tradition?

HANUKKAH

Monday: What is Hanukkah?

Tuesday: What is a menorah?

Wednesday: What special foods do you eat during Hanukkah?

Thursday: What games do you play during Hanukkah?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite part of Hanukkah?

WINTER HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD

*What winter holiday do you celebrate with your family?

*Have you ever seen a Kinara or Diya lamp?

*Have you ever seen a dragon dance or a red envelope?

*Have you ever heard of Las Posadas?

*What is your favorite winter holiday tradition?

ARCTIC ANIMALS

Monday: What animals live in the Arctic?

Tuesday: How do Arctic animals stay warm?

Wednesday: What do arctic animals eat?

Thursday: How do Arctic animals move?

Friday: Show and Tell: What is your favorite Arctic animal?

*********BONUS*************

WINTER SOLSTICE

OTHER LESSONS YOU MIGHT LIKE:

FALL/AUTUMN

WINTER

SPRING

SUMMER

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Halloween

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Christmas

New Year's Eve

Groundhog Day

Chinese New Year

Valentine's Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

St. Patrick's Day

Easter

Fourth of July

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Short o - box, cob, cog, dog, fox, hop, hot, jog, log, mop, pod, pop, pot, rod, rot, sob, top

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This bundle includes every Color by CVC Word puzzle set in the Three Little Homeschoolers store. These puzzles cover short a, e, i, o, and u word families. Each set includes 5 puzzles in 2 difficulty levels for a total of more than 400 puzzles.

Each color by word puzzle features 4 to 6 CVC words for a vowel family in both difficulties. I've included both a picture clue set and a word clue set. In the picture clue set, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue set, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color in the puzzle. No prep! Just print and go.

All sets included in this bundle use some combination of the following words:

Short a - bag, bat, can, cap, cat, fan, ham, hat, jam, mad, map, nap, pad, pan, rag, tag, van

Short e - bed, beg, den, gem, hen, jet, leg, men, net, pen, pet, red, ten, vet, web, wed, wet

Short i - bib, bin, dig, dip, fin, hid, kid, lid, lip, pig, pin, pit, rib, rip, sit, wig, win

Short o - box, cob, cog, dog, fox, hop, hot, jog, log, mop, pod, pop, pot, rod, rot, sob, top

Short u - bud, bug, bun, cub, cup, cut, gum, gun, hug, hut, mud, nut, pup, rug, sub, sun, tub

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*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Blending Cards - 85 Words with and without pictures

CVC Word Family Rearrange Puzzles -

85 Words

CVC Word Memory Game

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Practice preschool skills with this full year of seasonal and holiday themed preschool activity bundle. This bundle includes a wide variety of center activities, worksheets and games specifically for preschool and pre-k. This bundle includes activities for seasons and holidays.

What is Included:

Letter Sound Game

• Catch the Penguin (Winter)

Color Hunt

• Valentine's Day (Hearts)
• St. Patrick's Day (Rainbow)
• Easter
• Spring (Flowers)

Counting Mats 1-20 (All Themes)

Dot Painting

• Fall

Letter Cards (All Themes)

Letter Clip Cards (All Themes)

Letter Puzzles (All Themes)

Line Tracing Card (All Themes)

Letter Recognition Games (All Themes)

Alphabet Playdough and Tracing Mats

• Winter Themed Mats A-Z
• Spring Themed Mats A-Z

Worksheets and Centers Packet (All Themes)

Color Sorting

• Thanksgiving

Shapes Activity

Class Books for each season

Craft Activity

• Spring (B is for Butterfly)
• Thanksgiving (Turkey Centerpiece)

Fun Playdough Mats

• Halloween

Shape Game

• Christmas

Science

• Christmas

Themes Included:

Christmas

Easter

Fall/Autumn

Fourth of July

Groundhog's Day

Halloween

Spring

St. Patrick's Day

Summer

Thanksgiving

Valentine's Day

Winter

Related Links:

Winter Themed with Real Photographs

Valentine's Day with Real Photographs

Fall/Autumn Themed with Real Photographs

Christmas Themed with Real Photographs

These letter and number cards and puzzles are a great activity for preschool and kindergarten students. Students can practice letter and number recognition by matching capital and lowercase letters, matching numbers and number words up to 20, as well as matching numbers and pictures up to 10. This set includes all seasons, holidays and several other popular themes.

What is Included:

• Alphabet cards for capital and lowercase letters
• Number cards for numbers 1-20 and number words.
• 2 piece alphabet puzzles that match capital and lowercase letters
• 2 piece number and number word match (May not be available in all themes)
• 2 piece number and counting object match (May not be available in all themes)
• 3 piece counting, number and number word puzzles (May not be available in all themes)

Students will love the hands on activities in this resource. There are a variety of different games and activities that students can complete independently or with a partner.

Ways to Use the Cards:

• Matching Game: Match capital and lowercase letters or numbers to the number words.
• Fishing Game: Attach a paper clip to the card and use a magnetic fishing pole to "catch" the letters or numbers.
• Salt/Sand Tray: Use these cards as a model to show students what to write in the sand.
• Letter or Number Hunts: Have students find the letters or numbers that you have hidden around the room.
• ABC Order or Number Order: Have students place letters or numbers in the correct order.
• Pocket Chart Game: Place the cards into a pocket chart and hide a picture behind one of the cards. Have students guess which card the hidden picture is behind.

With a wide variety of uses, these cards will allow students to be engaged with learning their letters and numbers, as well as learning number words and practice counting.

How to Use the Puzzles

• Task Box Activities
• Math Centers
• Morning Baskets or Tubs

All of the cards and puzzles in this resource can be stored in task boxes. This allows teachers to have an easy to set up activity that students can easily clean and put away themselves.

Skills Assessed:

• Number Recognition
• Counting to 10
• Number Words to 20
• Number Order
• Letter Recognition
• Matching Capital and Lowercase Letters
• Letter Order

Each part of this resource is low prep. They all just need to be printed out and cut apart before use. The teacher may choose to laminate the pieces for durability.

Themes Included

Acorns

Apples

Autumn/Fall

Bats

Beach

Bee

Camping

Candy Corn

Cars/Transportation

Christmas

Dental Health

Desert

Dinosaurs

Earth Day (letters only)

Easter (letters only)

Fire Safety

Groundhog's Day

Patriotic (letters only)

Pumpkins

Spring

St. Patrick's Day (letters only)

Summer (letters only)

Turkey/Thanksgiving (letters only)

Valentine's Day (letters only)

Winter

*** Sets listed as "Letters Only" are on schedule to be updated to include number cards. These sets will also include number puzzles where clip art allows.

These alphabet games are great for students who are practicing letter sounds or letter recognition. These games can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for a Preschool, Pre-k or Kindergarten classroom.

Ways to Use

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific letters for struggling students

How to Play

Where's the Object? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where an object is hidden behind another object. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the letter they think the hidden object is behind. Once guessed, the letter is removed. If the hidden object is there, then it must be hidden again to play further. If is is not there, then the poem is chanted again and a new letter is guessed. This game has letters in both capital and lowercase forms.

Themes Included

Apples (Where's the Worm?)

Back to School (Where's the School Supplies?)

Christmas (Where's the Present?)

Easter (Where's the Rabbit/Chick?)

Fall (Where's the Acorn)

Gingerbread (Where's the Gingerbread Man?) NEW!

Groundhog's Day (Where's the Shadow?)

Halloween (Where's the Ghost?)

Pumpkins (Where's the Black Cat?)

Spider (Where's the Spider?)

Spring (Where's the Bug?)

St. Patrick's Day (Where's the Leprechaun?)

Summer (Where's the Sun?)

Thanksgiving (Where's the Pie?)

Valentine's Day (Where's Cupid?)

Winter (Where's the Penguin?)

More Alphabet Activities

Alphabet Beading Center

Alphabet Stamping Center

Alphabet Cards and Puzzles Bundle

Practice preschool skills with this Thanksgiving themed preschool activity bundle. This bundle includes a wide variety of center activities, worksheets and games specifically for preschool and pre-k. These activities focus around food and turkeys!

What is Included:

Alphabet Clip Cards

Alphabet Puzzles and Cards

Counting Mats 1-20

Tracing Lines Center

Worksheet and Activity Packet

Seek and Find Mats

Syllable Counting

Alphabet Game

Turkey Feather Color Sorting

Turkey Craft

Related Links:

Winter Themed Preschool Bundle

Groundhog's Day Themed Preschool Bundle

Have your students practice counting to 20 with these themed counting mats. There are a variety of seasons, holidays and themes included in this packet.

Each set is differentiated and includes on set of cards with the spaces already covered and a set with the tens frame blank. Cards 1-10 also include the number name.

The following themes are available:

Apples

Autumn/Fall

Back to School

Balls

Candy Corn

Cars

Christmas

Earth Day

Easter

Emotions

Fire Safety

Groundhog's Day

Insects

Pets

Pumpkins

Spring

St. Patrick's Day

Summer

Thanksgiving

Valentine's Day

Weather

Winter

These preschool activities for various themes includes math and ELA activities for preschoolers. Activities include counting, fine motor activities, letter recognition, tracing and much more!

What is included in each packet:

• Word Wall Cards
• Matching or Concentration Game cards.
• Alphabet Mazes (capital and lowercase letters)
• Number Mazes (1-10 and 1-20)
• Emergent Reader
• Roll and Cover Counting Game
• Build it Up Counting Game
• Cut and Paste Counting page.
• Counting with 5 frames.
• Counting with 10 frames.
• Simple addition page
• Graphing Page
• Fill in the missing number
• Fill in the missing letter
• Greater than, less than and equal too practice with pictures.
• Tens Frames 1-10 Matching Center
• Patterns center
• Sort Size Center and Worksheets
• Art Templates
• Letter Matching
• Number Order
• Letter Sorting – Capital and Lowercase Letters
• Tracing Practice (lines, letters and numbers)
• Syllables
• Roll and Color Activity

Themes Included

• Apple
• Back to School
• Christmas
• Easter
• Fall/Autumn
• Groundhog's Day
• Halloween
• Spring
• St. Patrick's Day
• Summer
• Thanksgiving
• Transportation
• Valentine's Day
• Winter

Themes to Come

• Dinosaurs
• Farm
• Insects
• Ocean
• Pets
• Space
• Weather
• Plus any new themes I make!

Practice counting to 100 and place value activities with these mystery pictures. This packet includes a mystery picture coloring option and a mystery picture puzzle.

Students have several ways to solve this mystery picture:

1. You can use page 3 only and have the students simply color the mystery picture.

2. You can use page 4 and pages 6-10 and have students draw the cards and then fill in the right color.

3. You can use pages 6-10 and have students put the picture together like a puzzle.

4. You can use the answer key and cut it apart to make small puzzles.

Pictures Included:

Acorn

Apple

Candy Corn

Christmas Tree

Clover

Corn

Eagle

Fire Safety

Fish

Flowers (3)

Gingerbread Man

Groundhog

Leaf

Owl

Penguin

Present

Pumpkins (3)

Rainbow

Reindeer

Santa's Hat

Snowflake

Snowman

Stocking

Valentine's Day (3)

Winter Hat

Winter Tree

Wreath

More Place Value Activities

Place Value Clip Cards

Place Value Centers and Activities

Place Value Math Rings

These holiday sight word cards make a fun holiday literacy center or holiday sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the preprimer through third grade word list, for a total of 220 sight word cards for each theme.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the Room

Each word is printed on its own themed card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Sets Included:

• The Christmas cards have the sight words printed on Christmas trees.
• The Halloween cards have the sight words printed on pumpkins or candy corn.
• The Valentine's Day cards have the sight words printed on hearts of various shades of purple, pink and red.
• The St. Patrick's Day cards have the sight words of shamrocks of different patterns.
• The Easter cards have the sight words printed on Easter eggs of different patterns.
• The Patriotic cards have the sight words printed on red, white and blue stars.
• The Thanksgiving cards have the sight words printed on turkeys.

This product contains all 220 sight words:

These holiday sight word cards make a fun holiday literacy center or holiday sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the Fry 1-300 word list.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the Room

Each word is printed on its own themed card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Sets Included:

• The Christmas cards have the sight words printed on Christmas trees.
• The Halloween cards have the sight words printed on pumpkins or candy corn.
• The Valentine's Day cards have the sight words printed on hearts of various shades of purple, pink and red.
• The St. Patrick's Day cards have the sight words of shamrocks of different patterns.
• The Easter cards have the sight words printed on Easter eggs of different patterns.
• The Patriotic cards have the sight words printed on red, white and blue stars.
• The Thanksgiving cards have the sight words printed on turkeys. (coming soon)

This product contains all of Fry's first 300 sight words:

Monthly Writing Journals Year Long Bundle for Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Elevate your students' writing skills with this Monthly Writing Journals Year Long Bundle! Each journal within this bundle offers a collection of fun, age-appropriate prompts aligned with the themes of each month. These monthly writing journals are ideal for kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade but can also be used for upper grades and ESOL classrooms.

⭐This bundle includes all of my monthly writing journals for the whole year:

• January Writing Journal
• February Writing Journal
• March Writing Journal
• April Writing Journal
• May Writing Journal
• June Writing Journal
• July Writing Journal
• August Writing Journal
• September Writing Journal
• October Writing Journal
• November Writing Journal
• December Writing Journal

⭐Bonus file⭐

Visual Pencil Writing Checklist that reminds students to:

• Use a capital letter at the start
• Use finger spaces
• Use punctuation at the end
• Draw a picture with detail

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Golden State Kinders

Make fine motor skill enhancement fun with these Seasonal Holiday Cut and Paste Worksheets Fine Motor Puzzles! Students cut out the puzzle pieces and paste them on the paste mats to reveal a fun holiday picture. Once they're done, they can color the picture.

Apart from improving fine motor skills, this activity also offers a range of educational benefits. Students will learn about different holiday themed objects, cultivate their visual and spatial reasoning skills, and practice their cutting and pasting skills, which are fundamental for their overall development.

⭐This bundle includes all of my seasonal holiday fine motor cut and paste puzzles for the whole year:

• Valentine's Day Cut and Paste Worksheets Fine Motor Puzzles
• St. Patrick's Day Cut and Paste Worksheets Fine Motor Puzzles
• Ramadan Cut and Paste Worksheets Fine Motor Puzzles
• Easter Cut and Paste Worksheets Fine Motor Puzzles
• Earth Day Cut and Paste Worksheets Fine Motor Puzzles
• Cinco De Mayo Cut and Paste Worksheets Fine Motor Puzzles
• Summer Cut and Paste Worksheets Fine Motor Puzzles
• Back to School Cut and Paste Worksheets Fine Motor Puzzles
• Halloween Cut and Paste Worksheets Fine Motor Puzzles
• Thanksgiving Cut and Paste Worksheets Fine Motor Puzzles
• Christmas Cut and Paste Worksheets Fine Motor Puzzles
• Chinese New Year Cut and Paste Worksheets Fine Motor Puzzles

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Make learning symmetry fun all year long with this Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets Bundle! It includes a mix of holiday and seasonal symmetry worksheets and is the perfect way to use art to introduce math and geometry to lower elementary grades. This activity is differentiated into 3 levels ensuring that all students with varying levels of symmetry knowledge and drawing skills can enjoy this activity.

⭐This bundle includes ALL of my Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets:

• Valentine's Day Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets
• St. Patrick's Day Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets
• Spring Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets
• Easter Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets
• Dinosaur Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets
• Summer Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets
• School Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets
• Fall Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets
• Halloween Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets
• Thanksgiving Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets
• Christmas Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets
• Magical Creatures Symmetry Drawing Activity and Coloring Worksheets

Level 1 (easy): Students will color the completed picture symmetrically. Following that, they will trace the word.

Level 2 (moderate): Half of the drawing is shown on the left of the grid and a traceable drawing is on the right. Students will complete the right half and then color the completed picture. Following that, they will trace the word.

Level 3 (difficult): Half of the drawing is shown on the left of the grid and students will draw the right half symmetrically and then color the completed picture. Following that, they will trace or write the word.

⭐This symmetry drawing activity is perfect for:

• Math centers
• Morning work
• Early finishers
• Substitutes
• Homework

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Seasonal Holiday Directed Drawing and Writing Activities Bundle

Help your students develop their drawing skills with this fun set of Seasonal Holiday Directed Drawing and Writing Activities. Your students will love drawing and writing with this enjoyable low pressure activity. Elevate your centers by seamlessly integrating these directed drawing worksheets and providing your students with hands on learning opportunities.

⭐This bundle includes all of my holiday directed drawings for the whole year:

• Valentine's Day Directed Drawing and Writing Activity
• St. Patrick's Day Directed Drawing and Writing Activity
• Ramadan Directed Drawing and Writing Activity
• Easter Directed Drawing and Writing Activity
• Earth Day Directed Drawing and Writing Activity
• Cinco De Mayo Activity Directed Drawing and Writing
• Independence Day Directed Drawing and Writing Activity
• Back to School Activity Directed Drawing and Writing
• Halloween Directed Drawing and Writing Activity
• Thanksgiving Directed Drawing and Writing Activity
• Christmas Directed Drawing and Writing Activity
• Chinese New Year Directed Drawing and Writing Activity

⭐These worksheets are easy to print and are perfect for:

• Writing Centers
• Reading Centers
• Early finishers
• Art lessons
• Morning work
• Homework

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Save money on Do-Over Teaching's CURRICULUM FALL SEASONAL AUTUMN BUNDLE of THEMES! They include AUTUMN, APPLE, BACK-TO-SCHOOL, HALLOWEEN and THANKSGIVING. Activities including Crafts, Dot Marker and Coloring Pages, Directed Drawings, Games, Circle Fun and Academic Worksheets. Packed with well-rounded activities for your preschool and kindergarten students. Save money on our WINTER THEMED BUNDLE!

WINTER THEMES BUNDLE! Preschool Kindergarten Christmas Valentine's Penguins (TeachShare.com)
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Here's another great three themed bundle with Halloween, Shapes, and Food!

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Save money on Do-Over Teaching's CURRICULUM BUNDLE of THREE OF OUR THEMES! They include THANKSGIVING, SPACE, and THE FARM. Activities including Crafts, Dot Marker and Coloring Pages, Directed Drawings, Games, Circle Fun and Academic Worksheets. Packed with well-rounded activities for your preschool and kindergarten students.

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SAVE MONEY ON THIS HUGE BUNDLE of CRAFT projects for your preschool and kindergarten students. Includes an entire year of curriculum themes of BUGS, FARM, OCEAN, POND, PENGUINS, POLAR BEARS, SPRING, AUTUMN, WINTER, CHRISTMAS, SPACE, APPLES, DINOSAURS, HALLOWEEN, THANKSGIVING, EASTER, ST. PATRICK'S, FOOD, CONSTRUCTION, BIRDS, TRANSPORTATION, WEATHER, BACK TO SCHOOL and VALENTINE'S DAY.

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