3rd Grade Child Care Resources

**In Search of Answers: A Journey Through Life's Questions For Kids
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Embark on a magical journey of curiosity and imagination! This inspiring book invites young readers to explore thought-provoking questions about dreams, fears, adventures, and everything in between. Each question opens the door to endless possibilities, helping kids reflect on who they are and who they want to become.

Packed with engaging prompts, fun activities, and colorful illustrations, this book encourages kids to think deeply, dream boldly, and share their unique perspectives. Perfect for sparking meaningful conversations with friends and family, In Search of Answers is a delightful guide to self-discovery for kids aged 8 and up.

This mental health resource is designed to build emotional intelligence and resilience in students. Each slide delivers essential mental health concepts in a clear, engaging, and age-appropriate way. Featuring critical thinking questions, this resource promotes dynamic classroom discussions and deep reflection, enhancing student engagement and comprehension. The essential thinking prompts also encourage students to connect personal experiences with the lessons, applying mental health strategies effectively in their lives.

By using this presentation, teachers can create a supportive classroom environment where discussions about feelings, self-esteem, and relationships are encouraged, ultimately helping students develop a strong foundation for emotional well-being.

The presentation gives students practical advice and strategies for managing their mental health. It teaches them to recognize and understand their emotions, the importance of positive thinking, and how to build and maintain healthy relationships.

This resource includes:

• Slide 1: What is Mental Health?
• Slide 2: Taking Care of Your Mental Health
• Slide 3: Understanding Feelings and Emotions
• Slide 4: Can I Change How I Feel?
• Slide 5: My Thoughts and Beliefs
• Slide 6: Self - Esteem
• Slide 7: Building and Maintaining Relationships
• Slide 8: Mental Health Conditions
• Slide 9: Understanding Mental Health Conditions
• Slide 10: Essential Habits for Mental Health
• Slide 11: Asking for Help and Helping Others
• Slide 12: I Take Action
• Slide 13: We Have Learned About Mental Health

Formats:

• Powerpoint
• PDF
• Google Slides
• Keynote
• JPG images

Happy Mental Health Week!

Everything you want to know about your students. A parent fill-in sheet.

What is this and what should you do?

A ready made form for last minute parent-teacher orientation/meet the teacher. Just print it and ensure each parent fills it in.

More for your students:

⭐Some fun: Back to School | Find Someone Who... BINGO | "My Favorite" Backpack | Back to School | Animal Activity D-Ice Breaker

[MATH] Back to School | All About Me Math - Calculator

[SCIENCE] Back to School | All About Me Science | Science Scavenger Hunt ⭐

Don't forget to share with me how it went with your little ones. I hope it was useful in your classroom.

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This Bundle of #3 different file folder games is perfect for the Fall/Thanksgiving season. Below is a list of fall matching games included in this bundle as well as more info on each one.

Thanksgiving File Folder Games:

- Pumpkin Pie Letter Match: This game is a fun way to incorporate Uppercase & lowercase letter matching practice. You will attach the Uppercase Letters (Pumpkin Pies) to the file folder and then cut out the whip cream (lowercase letters). Your students will have fun putting "whip cream" on each slice of pumpkin pie while matching the correct Uppercase and lowercase letters together.

- Turkey Count & Match: This game is a great way for your students to practice one-to-one correspondence as well as number recognition. You will attach the turkey pages with numbers 1-10 on them to the file folder. Once that is done cut out and laminate the turkeys with different amounts of dots on them. These will be the number flashcards. Your students will count how many dots are on each flashcard and then attach it to the correct number on the file folder game.

- Turkey Shape & Color Matching: This cute turkey game is a fun way to incorporate shape and color matching practice. There are #10 different shapes in #10 different colors. You will attach the #2 pages with #5 different shapes on each one to the file folder. Once that is done cut out the other #10 shape flashcards (the pages that have a border around each separate turkey) and then laminate them. Your students will then practice identifying and matching the correct shapes/colors together.

I hope you and your young learners enjoy this fun Bundle. Please let me know if you have any questions and/or comments!

This Thanksgiving Themed Bundle is such a fun resource! These can be used as play-doh mats or you can use any small items like buttons, pebbles, cotton balls, pom poms or any other item you would like to form each letter of the alphabet (both Uppercase & lowercase) as well as numbers 1-10. The alphabet play-doh mats have predictable sentences as well as a picture of an item that starts with each letter and the number mats have 10 frames that your students can use to practice counting and one-to-one correspondence.

Please let me know if you have any questions and/or comments!

These are both community helper themed file folder games. One game has shape and color matching practice and the other file folder game has number recognition practice as well as one-to-one correspondence practice.

I would print and laminate all the pages for both activities.

For the number Fire Truck file folder game attach the firetruck pages that have numbers on each one onto the filefolder. Once that is done cut out the firetrucks that have the borders and a different number of dots on each one. Once that is done I would attach a velcro dot to the front of each firetruck that has a number on it as well as the back of each one that have different numbers of dots on each one. You and your students can use this product multiple times.

For the shape/color matching file folder game I would do the same thing. Print and laminate all the firetruck pages. Once that is done attach the #2 pages of shape/color firetrucks that do not have the borders around each separate firetruck to the file folder. Then cut the firetrucks with borders on them out and create fire truck counting cards. Once that is done put a velcro dot on each firetruck that's attached to the file folder and then place a velcro dot on the back of each firetruck counting card. This makes this game easy to reuse for different themes and activities that you do throughout the year!

I hope you and your students enjoy this product as mach as I enjoyed making it!

What's Included In This Package:

- Letter Matching Game (Uppercase & lowercase Letter Matching Practice)

- Number Matching Game (With Counting & One-to-One Correspondence Practice)

- Shape & Color Matching Game (this game includes shape matching practice and each shape they match is the same color so it also helps them match the right colors together as well.

There are two activities included in this package. One is a count and match file folder game. The game is a fantastic way for your students to practice one-to-one correspondence while counting, number recognition as well as shape and color matching. There is #2 pages of numbers 1-10 as well as two pages of the corresponding number of shapes for each number 1-10.
Print, laminate and attach the #2 pages with numbers on them to a file folder. Then cut out and laminate the strips with the shapes on them.
Once everything is laminated attach a velcro dot on the front of each number strip and then attach velcro dots to the opposite side of the paper strips with the number of corresponding shapes on them.

The task cards are a great way to incorporate shape, color, and number-matching practice. As well as fine motor skills by practicing the pinching motion in order to attach the clothes pins onto each task card.

The shape cards are in different colors so the students will have to identify and pick the correct shape and color. The number task cards have different amounts of each shape so the students will have to use one-to-one correspondence to count how many shapes and then attach the clothespin to the correct number.

There is #24 different shape/color matching task cards as well as #10 count and match number cards included in this product.

There is also reading practice on each task card for your older students who are at that level.

I hope you and your students enjoy this resource as much as I enjoyed making it.

This bundle of #3 rainbow-themed file folder games is a great resource for early childhood learning. The #3 different file folder games include...

- Shape Matching Practice

- Number Recognition Practice (as well as one-to-one correspondence practice)

- Uppercase & lowercase Letter Recognition and Matching Practice

All of these learning games are great independent work activities for young learners and can be paired with many different themes including...Colors Theme...Spring Themes...Summer Themes and so many others as well. They are also cute and fun to look at. Many kids love all the different colors of the rainbow!

Once you print, laminate, and cut the pieces that need to be cut out these are activities you can save and continue to use in your classroom.

Apple Themed Play-doh Mats:

This bundle includes both alphabet and number play-doh mats. The alphabet play-doh mats include Uppercase and lowercase letters as well as a sentence and picture of an item that each letter starts with. This helps students start recognizing the different sounds each letter makes.

The number play-doh mats also have a ten frame for students to practice counting and one-to-one correspondence.

I would print and laminate these play-doh mats for better durability.

Play-doh mats are fun and educational for young learners. Many students love the hands on aspect of play-doh and when you add the learning aspect of different play-doh mats its a win for everyone!

Included in this bundle is Fall Leaf Themed Uppercase and lowercase Letter play-doh mats as well as numbers 1-10 with 10 frames.

I would print and laminate these play-doh mats for better durability.

Play-doh mats are fun and educational for young learners. Many students love the hands on aspect of play-doh and when you add the learning aspect of different play-doh mats its a win for everyone!

Included in this bundle is Fall Leaf Themed Uppercase and lowercase Letter play-doh mats as well as numbers 1-10 with 10 frames.

I would print and laminate these play-doh mats for better durability.

What's Included In This Bundle:

Back To School Themed Tracing Cards - Letters & Numbers:

(Uppercase & lowercase alphabet tracing cards - Number Tracing cards 1-10).

This is a great activity to help your students practice holding a pencil and writing their numbers and letters. As well as another way to get more letter and number recognition practice in.

I recommend printing and laminating these in order to be able to reuse them. Expo markers are great to use for easy clean-up!

School Bus Back To School-Themed Play-doh Mats

This is a fun unique way of practicing letter recognition as well as how to form each letter of the alphabet. You can have your students tell you what each letter is and then form the letter using play-doh, pom poms, buttons, beads, or anything else you would like them to use. It is also great fine motor practice!

I would recommend printing these and laminating them for better durability.

There are capital and lowercase letter play-doh mats A-Z as well as 1-10 play-doh mats.

This Bundle Of Fall Themed File Folder Learning Games is an awesome resource for you and your little learners. Below is a list of included activities. These resources can go with multiple themes throughout the fall season. Including your Apple Theme, Pumpkin Theme, Leaf Theme and so much more!

What's Included:

Apple-Themed Count & Match Game - Fall-Themed Math Center:

This activity is perfect for learning numbers as well as practicing one-to-one correspondence. The #2 pages that you attach to the file folder have baskets with numbers 1-10 on them. There are also #2 pages of apple flashcards. Each flashcard has different amounts of apples 1-10 on them. Have your students count the number of apples on each flashcard and then match it to the correct number basket.

Leaf-Themed Shape Matching Game:

There are #10 different shapes included in this activity. The #2 pages that you attach to the file folder have dots in the middle of each shape where you can attach a velcro dot to it. You can then attach a velcro dot to the opposite side of the leaf flashcards in order to make the matching process easier. This is a great activity for your young learners to practice matching and saying their shapes.

Pumpkin Themed Letter Matching Game:

This activity has both Uppercase and lowercase letters and is perfect for your young learners and learning the difference between Uppercase and lowercase letters. You should attach the #2 pages of pumpkins (Uppercase letters) to the file folder and then cut out the #1 page of pumpkin seeds (lowercase letters). I would attach a velcro dot at the top of each pumpkin and then on the back of each pumpkin seed in order to make the letter matching process easier for your students.

Fall-Themed Leaf Color Matching Game:

This game is a fun color-matching activity for your little learners. Each leaf is a different color have your students practice saying and matching each color together.

This superhero bundle is super cute. I love all the colors that I was able to include in these play-doh mats. What student doesn't love some superheros?

This bundle includes both alphabet play-doh mats (with both Uppercase and lowercase letters) as well as number play-doh mats (with 10 frames).

The alphabet play-doh mats also have predictable reading practice (for your students that are ready for that). Each letter has a picture of an item that starts with that letter as well as a sentence that your students can practice reading. The picture helps with visual clues for your littles that need that!

The number play-doh mats also include ten frames. Your students can practice one-to-one correspondence while forming numbers 1-10.

I hope you and your younge learners enjoy these products as much as I enjoyed making them!

These are both great learning activities for your young readers.

The word-building puzzles are perfect for building words using the sounds each letter makes with the help of the visual pictures for each word as well.

The alphabet mini-books are a great resource and are easy and simple to create. Each sentence starts with the same predictable sentence. This helps them gain confidence and practice reading as well as sound out each word with the help of the visual picture for each one. Your students can color or trace each word and color the picture on the page before or after reading the mini-book. You can spread these mini books throughout the year as you study each letter of the alphabet or use them all at once.

There are #2 different Halloween Products in this bundle. One is the Halloween Letter, Number, and Shape Matching activity and the other one is the Halloween Patterns. Below is more info on each product!!

Halloween Themed Letters, Shapes, & Numbers Matching Game - Fall Themed Activities:

This is such a fun fall themed learning activity that can be use in so many ways throughout the fall months.

The ghosts with numbers have a pumpkin basket with the corresponding number of candy to match. This helps students practice one-to-one correspondence and number recognition.

There are ghosts with Uppercase Letters on them as well as pumpkin baskets with lowercase letters on them. This helps students start learning and matching the correct letters together.

There are #2 sets of each shape flashcard. This helps students start recognizing and matching shapes together.

I would print and laminate these for better durability.

• Numbers 1-10

(with flashcards that have the correct number of candy to match each number. This helps students practice counting and one-to-one correspondence)

• Capital Letters A-Z
• Lowercase Letters a-z
• Shapes:

(two of each for matching purposes)

Square

Triangle

Rectangle

Circle

Star

Heart

Hexagon

Pentagon

Diamond

Oval

Octagon

Finish The Pattern (Halloween Patterns - Math Center):

This Halloween-themed math activity focuses on continuing and completing different patterns. It teaches students how to identify a pattern and continue it using different halloween themed items. There are a total of #30 different patterns for your students to complete. This is a great independent math activity for your students during small groups or whenever you want to use it!

I would print and laminate this activity for better durability and then store the remaining halloween pieces in a container of some sort so they don’t get lost after you cut them out.

I hope you and your students enjoy this product!

These are great learning activities to add to your community helper theme. There's a variety of different ones that include number recognition practice, one-to-one correspondence practice, Uppercase & lowercase letter matching practice, color matching practice, shape matching practice and so much more.

List Of File Folder Games In This Package:

- Dump Truck Themed Shape Matching

- Dump Truck Themed Count & Match

- Police Officer Themed Count & Match Practice

- Post Office Themed Uppercase & lowercase Letter Matching Practice

- Firetruck Themed Color & Shape Matching Practice

- Firetruck Themed Count & Match Practice

- Farmer Themed Count & Match Practice

These are some great activities for your literacy center!

The bundle includes Uppercase and lowercase letter-matching puzzles with visual pictures that begin with each letter. This really helps your visual learners!

There is also word-building puzzles which helps students practice the sound each letter makes while completing small puzzles.

Last but not least there is also mini-readers with predictable sentence starters for your early readers. They can trace each letter and color the pictures before or after reading the mini books. These are great spread out throughout the year while you study each letter or however you would like to use them!

What's Included In This Package:

- Alphabet Dot Marker Art (Uppercase & lowercase Letters Aa-Zz)

- Alphabet Tracing Cards (Uppercase & lowercase letters Aa-Zz as well as numbers 1-10)

- Alphabet Matching Cards (Practice matching each Uppercase & lowercase letter together)

- Trace, Then Write (Uppercase & lowercase Writing Activity Practice)

- Letter Matching File Folder Game (Uppercase & lowercase Letter Matching Practice)

- Number Matching File Folder Game (With Counting & One-to-One Correspondence Practice)

- Shape & Color Matching File Folder Game (this game includes shape matching practice and each shape they match is the same color so it also helps them match the right colors together as well.