Pre-K Other (ELA) Centers

Check out this freebie for the word "the" that is included in my 1-100 of Fry's High Frequency Words resource!

1-100 HFW Resource

This resource is presented in an easy to use, kindergarten or first grade friendly format. Perfect to use after explicit instruction in the spelling pattern or irregularities associated with words that are sometimes not decodable!

Students use a variety of modalities to orthographically map the the word including:

• Finger trace
• Find and circle
• Write
• Color
• Read it in 2-3 easily decodable sentences
• Draw it
• Use in a sentence - A perfect way to introduce sentence stems!

This resource is perfect to use in ELA small group stations as it provides a visual reminder of what to do in each section for non-readers.

We all know that memorizing words is not the best practice as it relates to the Science of Reading. Using these sheets after explicit instruction will help young learners retain and practice their skills!

Are you looking for more kindergarten station activities? Check out these other stations:

September Tear Art Crafts

October Tear Art Crafts

November Tear Art Crafts

Color Word Sheets

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Make Halloween learning activities fun with these engaging, hands-on Halloween Busy Binder activities! This includes 12 Halloween Busy Binder activity templates with the printable pieces and their perfect for exploring and building creativity. It is great for multiple ages. Quick and easy setup, plus clear student directions make these activities perfect for centers or substitute days, too!

Lead your students in discovering the world of Halloween using coloring, cutting, I Spying, doing mazes, connecting the dots, color/paint by numbering, counting, Upper & Lower Case IDing, word searching, and decorating. Students will love exploring together by using their critical & problem solving skills through these fun Halloween Busy Binder activities, and won't even realize how much they're learning! Have fun!

Here's what you'll get:

• Halloween cover & This binder belongs to:
• different size binder spines
• Preparation instruction
• Material list
• Match the color sentence to the color pumpkin
• Halloween Number Words/Count the Correct Halloween items
• Halloween patterns
• Halloween shadow matching
• Count the Trick or Treaters
• Ghost Addition
• Trace the lines from the candy to the treat bag
• Find the Matching Halloween Shape
• Halloween coloring sheets (3)
• Halloween maze
• Trace the Halloween items
• Count the Halloween items and label
• Directions on how to make your busy binder
• easy to follow directions on each activity
• cut out printables to velcro on the Halloween activities

Your students will love doing all of these Halloween Busy Binder activities with a variety of common classroom materials. They'll be concentrating in their seats, engaged, and exploring various Halloween activities.

These Halloween Busy Binder activities use materials readily available in most classrooms and homes and includes 12 Halloween activities to complete. It can be printed in black and white or in color. I recommend color for almost all of the pages though, unless you want to color it in. You will need paper, crayons, laminating sheets, laminator, binder, velcro, ziploc baggies, hole punch....

Prep is quick and easy... Just print the student pages, gather the materials listed, laminate, cut out pieces and put in ziploc baggies, hole punch, place in binders and you're ready for a fun and engaging class! Great for prek to 1st grade or a little older for children with special needs!

You can also just print and use as one time worksheets or save them by using a pocket protector for some activities.

You may also like…

→ Halloween Scavenger Hunt x3 (Different Age Levels) + Halloween Gift Tags!

→ Halloween Build Your Own Frankenstein Art Craft Science Resource Template

→ Busy Mom Planner-Beautiful Butterfly Design

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This NO PREP activity is perfect to get students excited to read and get ready for Easter! Students will sequence pictures from the story There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Chick. Simply print the two pages, color, cut, and sequence! Perfect for young learners and special education.

This engaging Fall Feed the Pumpkin Sensory bin is perfect for helping young learners practice their upper and lowercase letter recognition in a fun and interactive way. Students will love "feeding" the pumpkins while mastering their letter knowledge! This resource is ideal for preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten classrooms, making learning letters an exciting hands-on experience during the fall season.

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Product Description:**

Pumpkin-Themed Flashcards:

Set 1: Uppercase letters (A-Z)

Set 2: Lowercase letters (a-z)

Set 3: Uppercase and lowercase letter pairs (A/a - Z/z)

Pumpkin Faces for Sensory Bin:

Pumpkin faces to attach to empty containers or tissue boxes. Students will enjoy "feeding" the pumpkin by inserting letter cards into the container.

Recording Mats:

3 mats designed to track progress while engaging with the sensory bin.

Students can cover letters with playdough, pom-poms, or any small manipulatives to mark the letters they have found.

How to Use:

• Sensory Bin Setup: Add your preferred sensory bin filler (such as rice, beans, or leaves) and hide the pumpkin-themed letter flashcards. Attach the included pumpkin face to an empty container or tissue box for students to "feed" the pumpkin their letters.
• Letter Recognition Practice: Students can search through the bin, find the letter cards, and "feed" the correct letters to the pumpkin. Teachers can choose to focus on uppercase, lowercase, or both sets of letters depending on their learners' needs.
• Progress Tracking: The included mats allow students to track their progress. As they find letters, they can cover the corresponding letters on the mats with playdough, pom-poms, or other placeholders.

Benefits:

• Hands-on Learning: This sensory bin activity encourages tactile learning and fine motor skill development while reinforcing letter recognition.
• Multiple Learning Options: With three sets of cards (uppercase, lowercase, and both), this activity can be easily differentiated to meet students at their level.
• Engaging for Students: The fun, pumpkin-themed design makes learning exciting for students, especially during the fall season!
• Versatile Use: This resource can be used in literacy centers, small group instruction, or as an independent activity.

Teacher Tips:

• Laminate the flashcards and mats for durability and repeated use.
• Encourage students to say the name of the letter as they "feed" it to the pumpkin to reinforce letter-sound associations.
• Incorporate seasonal sensory bin fillers (such as fake leaves or acorns) to enhance the fall theme.

This Fall Sensory Bin Upper and Lowercase Letter Recognition Activity: Feed the Pumpkins is sure to be a hit in your classroom, helping students develop important literacy skills in a fun and festive way

TERMS OF USE:

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Letter sound fluency is an important foundational skill for reading success. This low prep activity gives students a quick and engaging way to practice and improve their letter sound fluency.

This bundle includes 5 different sets of letter sound fluency strips for a total of 90 strips. The dinosaur and worm sets feature the letters a, b, c, f, i, m, n, p, s, and t and can be used to begin developing fluency before all letter sounds are introduced and mastered. The fish, grasshopper and bear sets include all letters of the alphabet. Simply print, cut apart, and laminate the fluency strips. Students point to one animal along the path at a time and say the letter sound.

Suggested Uses:

°Pass out strips to students as a quick warm up before guided reading groups.

°Use the strips as a center activity. Students can work in pairs to check each other and trade strips for a second round.

°Use the strips one on one with students needing fluency practice.. Have them practice a single strip several times while trying to increase their speed each time.

°Use a metal ring to hold the set of strips and have them available for practice throughout the school day.

This bundle contains the following individual sets:

Letter Sound Fluency Dinosaurs - Early Sounds

Letter Sound Fluency Worms - Early Sounds

Letter Sound Fluency Fish

Letter Sound Fluency Grasshoppers

Letter Sound Fluency Bears

TERMS OF USE

Thank you for purchasing this item. Purchasing this file entitles the buyer the right to reproduce the items for use in a single classroom. Please do not distribute, share, or sell this item.

180 bright and bold Building Block or Brick themed writing paper templates. This writing paper set is perfect for your Writing Center, Literacy Rotations, STEM or STEAM area or anywhere else in your class and class program.

These Building Block & Brick writing paper templates can be used in so many ways - publishing work, recording instructions for making models, diagrams, explanations, planning, as a fun photo frame or use as an anchor chart background, etc. Variety and choice for you and your learners.

180 writing paper pages. 2 of each kind of color writing paper - one with lines and one blank so that you can use as is or insert your preferred lines, text or pictures. The 12 Black and White pages are unlined - you can insert your preferred writing lines before you print or use them as they are.

4 Sets are Included:

Set 1: Editable PowerPoint:

• 96 Color Pattern Templates and 12 Black & White Ink-Saving Templates
• Personalize to suit your style and space
• Add text box and text
• Edit font
• Edit font color
• Insert graphics or photos

Set 2: Secured PDF

• Ready to print and use as is
• 96 Color Templates and 12 Black & White Ink-Saving Templates

Set 3: Editable PowerPoint:

• 72 Plain Color Templates
• Personalize to suit your style and space
• Add text box and text
• Edit font
• Edit font color
• Insert graphics or photos

Set 4: Secured PDF

• Ready to print and use as is
• 72 Plain ColorTemplates

Each page fits on 8.5" x 11" paper and the size of letters can be reduced at the time of printing if needed. If A4 is required then adjust at the time of printing (fit to size).

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Bring the charm and vibrancy of an Italian restaurant to your classroom with our "Restaurant Dramatic Play | Roleplay - Waiter Pretend Restaurant Bunting Italian." This delightful and colorful bunting is designed to enhance your restaurant dramatic play area, creating an authentic and inviting environment for imaginative play.

Product Highlights:

• Italian Restaurant Bunting: Includes letters spelling out "RESTAURANT" and features classic Italian restaurant symbols.
• Vibrant Design: Each letter and symbol is designed with bright, engaging colors and clear, bold text to capture children's attention and spark their imagination.
• Easy to Use: Simply print and cut out the letters and symbols, then string them together to create a lively and inviting bunting for your roleplay area.
• Durable: Laminate the letters and symbols for added durability and repeated use, ensuring your restaurant bunting stays vibrant and intact throughout many play sessions.

Why This Resource Is Essential:

• Enhances Roleplay: Provides a realistic touch to your Italian restaurant dramatic play area, making the experience more engaging and authentic for children.
• Promotes Creativity: Encourages imaginative play as children immerse themselves in their roles as chefs, waiters, and customers.
• Supports Social Skills: Helps children develop important social skills such as communication, collaboration, and empathy as they interact in their pretend restaurant setting.
• Easy to Set Up: Simple to print, cut, and assemble, allowing you to quickly create a captivating and immersive play area.

Ideal For:

• Teachers looking to create an engaging and educational dramatic play area in their classroom.
• Educators aiming to promote social-emotional learning and creativity through roleplay activities.
• Parents and caregivers wanting to set up a fun and educational pretend play restaurant at home.

How to Use:

• Print and Cut: Print the bunting letters and symbols, then cut them out.
• Assemble: String the letters and symbols together to create the Italian restaurant bunting.
• Decorate: Hang the bunting in your dramatic play area to enhance the restaurant setting and create an inviting environment for imaginative play.

Create a vibrant and engaging Italian restaurant roleplay area with our "Restaurant Dramatic Play | Roleplay - Waiter Pretend Restaurant Bunting Italian." This resource provides everything you need to add a realistic touch to your pretend play restaurant, helping children develop essential social, emotional, and communication skills through imaginative play

Penguin Beginning Sounds- A Digital Resource for Google Slides

Turn your winter ELA lessons into a fun experience with this digital resource! This resource can be used with Google Slides and Google Classroom. Perfect for early learners, this resource focuses on beginning sounds. Students will drag the letter tiles to show the beginning sound for each word. Save time on this easy prep activity for your students!

Beginning Sounds and Pictures used in this resource...

/b/- bear

/p/- pig

/s/- sock

/l/- leaf

/w/- wagon

/m/- mouse

/n/- nose

/z/- zebra

/h/- heart

/k/-key

/g/- girl

/i/- igloo

/d/- duck

/a/- apple

/e/- egg

/y/- yarn

This exciting Halloween Feed the Monster Candy Corns Sensory Bin is perfect for helping young learners practice upper and lowercase letter recognition in a fun, interactive way. Students will love "feeding" the monster while mastering their letter knowledge! This resource is ideal for preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten classrooms, offering a hands-on, engaging letter-learning experience with a spooky Halloween twist.

Product Description:

Candy Corn Themed Flashcards:

• Set 1: Uppercase letters (A-Z) with candy corn designs.
• Set 2: Lowercase letters (a-z) with candy corn designs.
• Set 3: Uppercase and lowercase letter pairs (A/a - Z/z) with candy corn designs.

Monster Faces for Sensory Bin:

• Fun monster faces to attach to empty containers or tissue boxes. Students will love "feeding" the monsters by inserting the candy corn-themed letter cards into the container.

Recording Mats:

• 3 mats designed to track progress while engaging with the sensory bin.
• Students can cover letters with Halloween-themed manipulatives like candy corn, mini spiders, or other small items to mark the letters they have found.

How to Use:

1. Sensory Bin Setup: Add your preferred sensory bin filler (such as black beans, shredded paper, or orange rice) and hide the candy corn-themed letter flashcards. Attach the monster face to an empty container or tissue box for students to "feed" the candy corn letters to the monster.
2. Letter Recognition Practice: Students will search through the bin, find the letter cards, and "feed" the monster by matching the letters. You can choose to focus on uppercase, lowercase, or both sets depending on your students’ needs.
3. Progress Tracking: The included recording mats allow students to track their progress. As they find letters, they can cover the corresponding letters on the mats with candy corn, mini erasers, or other Halloween-themed manipulatives.

Benefits:

• Hands-on Learning: This sensory bin activity supports tactile learning and fine motor skills while reinforcing letter recognition.
• Multiple Learning Options: With three sets of letter cards (uppercase, lowercase, and both), this activity can be differentiated to meet various learning levels.
• Engaging for Students: The Halloween monster theme makes letter learning fun and festive for students, especially during the Halloween season!
• Versatile Use: This resource is perfect for literacy centers, small group instruction, or as an independent activity.

Teacher Tips:

• Laminate the flashcards and mats for durability and repeated use.
• Encourage students to say the name of the letter aloud as they "feed" it to the monster to build letter-sound associations.
• Enhance the Halloween theme by using sensory bin fillers like fake spiders, webbing, or black and orange beads.

TERMS OF USE:

You can reproduce the pages for classroom use only. The fonts I used are free for personal use. Duplication of this resource for commercial purposes or for the entire school is strictly forbidden.

HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK:

Go to your "My Purchases" page.Click the "Leave a review" button

Letter sound fluency is an important foundational skill for reading success. This activity gives students a quick and engaging way to practice and improve their letter sound fluency. Students point to colorful grasshoppers along a path as they say the letter sounds. They can use the same strips repeatedly and work to increase their speed. This file contains 18 different lower case letter strips. Simply print, cut apart and laminate the strips. Pass out individual strips for a quick warm up before guided reading groups, use them as a reading center, or keep them available in the classroom for practice. GET THE BUNDLE AND SAVE 30% This product is included in my Letter Sound Fluency BUNDLE TERMS OF USE Thank you for purchasing this item. Purchasing this file entitles the buyer the right to reproduce the items for use in a single classroom. Distribution, editing, sharing or selling this item is not permitted. Looking for similar items? Check out my Letter Sound Fluency Fish

Enhance your restaurant dramatic play area with our "Pizza Order Checklist Worksheet"! This fun and interactive worksheet allows students to roleplay as pizza chefs and customers, practicing communication, decision-making, and social skills while having a blast creating custom pizzas. Perfect for classroom activities, dramatic play centers, or take-home projects, this worksheet is an excellent addition to any imaginative play setup.

Product Highlights:

• Type of Base Options: Students ask the customer to choose their preferred pizza base from three options:

  • Thin Crust
  • Thick Crust
  • Stuffed Crust

• Topping Choices: Students can customize their pizzas with a variety of delicious toppings:

  • Pepperoni
  • BBQ Chicken
  • Mushroom
  • Peppers
  • Onions
  • Olives
  • Pineapple

• Pizza Rating: After creating their pizza, students rate their creation with a fun rating system:

  • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Excellent
  • ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Very Good
  • ⭐⭐⭐ - Good
  • ⭐⭐ - Fair
  • ⭐ - Poor

• Additional Comments Section: Provides space for additional feedback or comments from the customer, encouraging detailed responses and communication.

Why This Resource Is Essential:

• Encourages Imaginative Play: Provides a structured yet flexible activity for students to engage in creative and imaginative play.
• Develops Social Skills: Promotes communication, decision-making, and interaction as students take on roles as chefs and customers.
• Supports Learning Through Play: Combines play with practical skills, making learning enjoyable and engaging.
• Versatile Use: Ideal for classroom activities, dramatic play centers, or as a fun take-home project.

Ideal For:

• Teachers looking to add an engaging and educational activity to their dramatic play area.
• Educators seeking to promote social-emotional learning and practical life skills through roleplay activities.
• Parents and caregivers wanting to provide a fun and educational pretend play project for children at home.

How to Use:

• Print and Distribute: Print the pizza order checklist worksheets for each student.
• Roleplay: Encourage students to take turns being the pizza chef and the customer. The chef asks the customer for their pizza preferences and fills out the checklist.
• Create and Rate: After assembling their pretend pizza, the customer rates their creation and provides additional comments.
• Discuss: After the activity, discuss the different choices and ratings with the students to reinforce learning and communication skills.

Bring the excitement of a pizzeria to your classroom with our "Pizza Order Checklist Worksheet"! This resource provides everything you need for a fun and interactive pizza-making experience, helping students develop essential social and practical skills through imaginative play.

Bring the fall season into your classroom with this Pumpkin-Themed Alphabet Matching Puzzle Game! Designed specifically for kindergarten and preschool students, this engaging activity helps young learners build crucial letter recognition skills while having fun. With cute pumpkins on each card, students will enjoy practicing both uppercase and lowercase abc matching as they complete each puzzle.

This resource includes three different types of letter matching activities to meet students at different levels of learning:

1. Uppercase to Uppercase Matching: Students match uppercase letters on one half of the pumpkin to their corresponding uppercase letter on the other half.
2. Lowercase to Lowercase Matching: Students match lowercase letters to their corresponding lowercase letter to reinforce letter shape recognition.
3. Uppercase to Lowercase Matching: Students match uppercase letters with their lowercase counterparts, helping them connect the two letter cases.

What’s Included:

• 26 pumpkin-themed letter matching cards featuring letters A-Z.
• Three different puzzle sets:
  • Uppercase to Uppercase
  • Lowercase to Lowercase
  • Uppercase to Lowercase
• The cards are designed with vibrant fall-themed pumpkins, making them perfect for the autumn season!

How to Prepare:

Simply print the cards on cardstock for durability, laminate for long-lasting use, and cut along the dividing lines to separate the puzzle halves. Once prepared, the cards are ready for students to match!

How to Use:

• Letter Matching: Students can work independently or in small groups to match the letter halves and complete the pumpkins. The cards can be mixed up for an added challenge!
• Uppercase to Uppercase Matching: Students match identical uppercase letters, providing essential practice for early learners.
• Lowercase to Lowercase Matching: Reinforce lowercase letter recognition by matching lowercase letters.
• Uppercase to Lowercase Matching: Help students make connections between uppercase and lowercase forms by matching the two.

Differentiation and Extensions:

• For Beginners: Start with only a few letters (A-E) to make the activity more manageable.
• For Advanced Learners: Challenge students by mixing all three puzzle types, or ask them to name the letter sounds as they match.
• Extension Activities: After matching, students can practice writing the letters or engage in letter-sound recognition activities.

Suggested Use:

• Literacy centers
• Small group instruction
• Independent practice
• Early finishers
• Letter recognition assessments

This Fall Pumpkin Letter Matching Puzzle Game provides a fun and interactive way to strengthen students' letter recognition and matching skills, making it a versatile and engaging addition to your classroom for the fall season!

TERMS OF USE:

You can reproduce the pages for classroom use only. The fonts I used are free for personal use. Duplication of this resource for commercial purposes or for the entire school is strictly forbidden.

HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK:

Go to your "My Purchases" page.Click the "Leave a review" button

Bring a realistic and engaging experience to your classroom's dramatic play area with our "Restaurant Dramatic Play | Roleplay - My Restaurant Menu." This comprehensive menu is designed to enhance your restaurant roleplay, allowing students to take on the roles of waiters, chefs, and customers as they explore the exciting world of restaurant service. With detailed menu items, vibrant pictures, and interactive check mark circles, this resource is perfect for fostering creativity, communication skills, and social interaction.

Product Highlights:

• Drinks Menu: Includes a variety of popular beverages, each with a picture and flavor text to enhance the roleplay experience:

  • Coffee
  • Milkshakes
  • Juice (Orange and Apple)
  • Hot Chocolate
  • Tea

• Food Items: Features a selection of favorite foods, each with a picture and flavor text:

  • Burger
  • Chicken Nuggets
  • Spaghetti Bolognese
  • Pizza

• Desserts Menu: Offers a range of delicious desserts, each with a picture and flavor text:

  • Brownies
  • Cookies
  • Chocolate Cake
  • Carrot Cake
  • Cheese Cake
  • Chocolate Muffin

• Interactive Check Mark Circles: Each menu item includes a check mark circle, allowing students to tick off items as they take orders and serve their customers.

• Reusable and Versatile: The menu can be laminated for repeated use in the classroom or printed off and used as a paper copy for individual roleplay sessions.

Why This Resource Is Essential:

• Enhances Roleplay: Provides a realistic and detailed menu that helps children fully immerse themselves in their restaurant roleplay, making the experience more engaging and authentic.
• Promotes Social Skills: Encourages children to interact, communicate, and collaborate as they take orders, prepare food, and serve their classmates.
• Supports Learning Through Play: Combines imaginative play with practical skills, such as reading menu items, understanding food descriptions, and managing orders.
• Easy to Use: Simply print and laminate the menu for durability and repeated use, or use it as a paper copy for individual roleplay activities.

Ideal For:

• Teachers looking to create an engaging and educational dramatic play area in their classroom.
• Educators aiming to promote social-emotional learning and practical life skills through roleplay activities.
• Parents and caregivers wanting to provide a fun and educational pretend play restaurant station at home.

How to Use:

• Print and Prepare: Print the restaurant menu and laminate it for durability if desired.
• Roleplay: Encourage students to take on different roles in the restaurant, using the menu to take orders, prepare food, and serve their customers.
• Interactive Play: Use the check mark circles to tick off items as they are ordered and served, making the roleplay experience interactive and engaging.
• Reflect: After the activity, discuss the different roles and scenarios with the students to reinforce learning and communication skills.

Create a vibrant and realistic restaurant roleplay area with our "Restaurant Dramatic Play | Roleplay - My Restaurant Menu." This resource provides everything you need for a fun and educational restaurant experience, helping students develop essential social, emotional, and practical skills through imaginative play.

This engaging Fall Feed the Pumpkin Sensory bin is perfect for helping young learners practice their upper and lowercase letter recognition in a fun and interactive way. Students will love "feeding" the pumpkins while mastering their letter knowledge! This resource is ideal for preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten classrooms, making learning letters an exciting hands-on experience during the fall season.

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Product Description:**

Pumpkin-Themed Flashcards:

Set 1: Uppercase letters (A-Z)

Set 2: Lowercase letters (a-z)

Set 3: Uppercase and lowercase letter pairs (A/a - Z/z)

Pumpkin Faces for Sensory Bin:

Pumpkin faces to attach to empty containers or tissue boxes. Students will enjoy "feeding" the pumpkin by inserting letter cards into the container.

Recording Mats:

3 mats designed to track progress while engaging with the sensory bin.

Students can cover letters with playdough, pom-poms, or any small manipulatives to mark the letters they have found.

How to Use:

• Sensory Bin Setup: Add your preferred sensory bin filler (such as rice, beans, or leaves) and hide the pumpkin-themed letter flashcards. Attach the included pumpkin face to an empty container or tissue box for students to "feed" the pumpkin their letters.
• Letter Recognition Practice: Students can search through the bin, find the letter cards, and "feed" the correct letters to the pumpkin. Teachers can choose to focus on uppercase, lowercase, or both sets of letters depending on their learners' needs.
• Progress Tracking: The included mats allow students to track their progress. As they find letters, they can cover the corresponding letters on the mats with playdough, pom-poms, or other placeholders.

Benefits:

• Hands-on Learning: This sensory bin activity encourages tactile learning and fine motor skill development while reinforcing letter recognition.
• Multiple Learning Options: With three sets of cards (uppercase, lowercase, and both), this activity can be easily differentiated to meet students at their level.
• Engaging for Students: The fun, pumpkin-themed design makes learning exciting for students, especially during the fall season!
• Versatile Use: This resource can be used in literacy centers, small group instruction, or as an independent activity.

Teacher Tips:

• Laminate the flashcards and mats for durability and repeated use.
• Encourage students to say the name of the letter as they "feed" it to the pumpkin to reinforce letter-sound associations.
• Incorporate seasonal sensory bin fillers (such as fake leaves or acorns) to enhance the fall theme.

This Fall Sensory Bin Upper and Lowercase Letter Recognition Activity: Feed the Pumpkins is sure to be a hit in your classroom, helping students develop important literacy skills in a fun and festive way

TERMS OF USE:

You can reproduce the pages for classroom use only. The fonts I used are free for personal use. Duplication of this resource for commercial purposes or for the entire school is strictly forbidden.

HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK:

Go to your "My Purchases" page.Click the "Leave a review" button

Enhance your restaurant dramatic play area with our "Restaurant Dramatic Play | Roleplay - Pretend Play | My Chef Waiter ID Card" set. This engaging resource provides realistic ID cards for chefs and waitstaff, adding an extra layer of authenticity to your students' roleplay experience. Perfect for fostering creativity, communication skills, and social interaction, this set also includes a fake credit card to make the roleplay even more immersive and fun.

Product Highlights:

• Chef ID Cards: Includes two ID cards for chefs, designed for both boys and girls:

  • Male Chef ID Card
  • Female Chef ID Card

• Waitstaff ID Cards: Features two ID cards for waitstaff, suitable for both boys and girls:

  • Waiter ID Card
  • Waitress ID Card

• Fake Credit Card: Includes a printable credit card that can be cut out and laminated, allowing students to practice payment transactions as part of their roleplay.

• Realistic Design: Each ID card is designed to be filled in with the student's name and other details, then laminated for durability and repeated use.

Why This Resource Is Essential:

• Enhances Roleplay: Provides realistic ID cards that help children fully immerse themselves in their roles as chefs and waitstaff, making play more engaging and authentic.
• Promotes Social Skills: Encourages children to interact, communicate, and collaborate as they assume different roles in the restaurant.
• Supports Learning Through Play: Combines imaginative play with practical life skills, such as recognizing roles and understanding payment transactions.
• Easy to Use: Simply fill in the details, cut out, and laminate the ID cards and credit card for instant use in your dramatic play area.

Ideal For:

• Teachers looking to add a realistic touch to their restaurant dramatic play setup.
• Educators seeking to promote social-emotional learning through roleplay activities.
• Parents and caregivers wanting to create a fun and educational pretend play restaurant station at home.

How to Use:

• Fill In Details: Have students fill in their names and other details on the ID cards.
• Cut and Laminate: Cut out the ID cards and credit card, then laminate them for durability.
• Roleplay: Encourage students to wear their ID cards during dramatic play and use the fake credit card to practice payment transactions.

Create a truly immersive and educational restaurant dramatic play area with our "Restaurant Dramatic Play | Roleplay - Pretend Play | My Chef Waiter ID Card" set. This resource provides everything you need to make roleplay realistic, engaging, and educational, helping students develop important social and practical skills through imaginative play.

Organize your pizza shop dramatic play area with our "Pizza Shop Tray Labels." These vibrant and engaging labels are designed to keep your play space tidy and accessible, making it easy for students to find and return the toppings they need for their pretend pizzas. Perfect for adding a touch of realism and organization to your classroom's dramatic play area, these tray labels will enhance the overall play experience for your students.

Product Highlights:

• Eight Topping Labels: Includes labels for the most popular pizza toppings, ensuring your pizza shop is well-organized and realistic:

  • Peppers
  • Onions
  • Olives
  • Mushrooms
  • Bacon
  • Pepperoni
  • Basil
  • Pineapple

• Bright and Engaging Design: Each label features colorful and appealing designs that are easy to read and visually attractive, making the play area inviting and fun for children.

• Easy to Use: Simply print and attach the labels to trays or bins in your dramatic play area. The labels help children learn to organize and clean up after their play sessions.

Why This Resource Is Essential:

• Promotes Organization: Helps keep the pizza shop dramatic play area organized, ensuring all items are easy to find and return.
• Encourages Responsibility: Teaches children the importance of tidying up and taking care of their play area, fostering responsibility and independence.
• Enhances Roleplay Experience: With clearly labeled trays, children can quickly find the toppings they need, allowing for uninterrupted and immersive play.
• Supports Learning: Helps children recognize and name common pizza toppings, enhancing their vocabulary and understanding of food items.

Ideal For:

• Teachers looking to create a well-organized and engaging dramatic play area in their classroom.
• Educators seeking to promote responsibility and organizational skills through play.
• Parents and caregivers setting up a fun and educational pretend play pizza shop at home.

How to Use:

• Print and Attach: Print the tray labels and attach them to trays or bins in your dramatic play area using tape or adhesive.
• Organize Supplies: Place the corresponding toppings in each labeled tray or bin to ensure everything has a designated spot.
• Label and Play: Encourage students to use the labels to find and return toppings during their play, promoting a tidy and organized play space.

Create a fun and organized pizza shop dramatic play area with our "Pizza Shop Tray Labels." These labels will help keep your pretend play supplies neat and accessible, enhancing the overall play experience for children while teaching them valuable organizational skills.