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A Sweet Sorting Activity You Will Love

Judy — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:52:30 +0000

Do you find yourself leapfrogging from one holiday to the next through the school year? Are you searching for an easy to prepare hands-on Valentine’s Day sorting activity to engage your preschoolers or kindergarteners?

Be My Valentine Collect & Sort, a free partner activity, may be exactly what you’re looking for!

Do you need:

a busy bag to keep your toddler… well, busy for a few minutes?
a party activity that appeals to a group of preschoolers?
an inviting February math station for your kindergarteners?

The endearing animal illustrations (Purple Caterpillar) in this sorting activity will captivate your youngest learners while they strengthen their fine motor skills and match/ identify colors. Older learners have the opportunity to count, write numerals, represent quantities with ten frames and tally marks, graph, and compare quantities.

Have a kid who likes to spin? Another one who likes to roll? This sorting activity has it covered, with both spinner and cube options.

You will need:

Cardstock or paper for printing selected pages, Be My Valentine Collect & Sort
Laminator, optional
25 one-half to five-eighths inch counters (pompoms, buttons, or M & M’s) in red, white, and pink for each pair of players, with a more or less even color distribution

To prepare:

Choose to print Be My Valentine Collect & Sort in color or black/ white.
Choose to use a spinner or a cube. Print and cut. Color the black and white, if using. The spinner can be made with purchased hands; a paper clip and pencil; or a brad and paper clip. Score, fold and glue the cube.
Print one valentine game mat for each pair of players.
Print one sorting mat for each player (optional, 2 per page). Color code the black and white.
Choose and print one or both optional recording sheets.

To play Be My Valentine Collect & Sort:

Place 25 red, white, and pink counters in the spaces on the valentine mat.
Take turns with a partner.
Spin or roll.
Collect one counter that matches your color. Place the counter on your sorting mat, if using. If all the counters that match your color have been collected, you lose your turn.
Play until all the counters have been collected.

Count to find out how many of each color you collected. Which color did you collect the most of and the fewest of? Count to find out how many counters you collected in all. Who collected the most or the fewest?

Recording Sheets:

Follow-up with one or both of the recording sheets. The circles can be colored to match the color words.

Count how many of each color you collected. Write the number. Color spaces on the ten frame to match each quantity. Draw tally marks to match each quantity.
Count how many of each color you collected. Color the bars on the graph to match each quantity. Use the data on the graph to complete the statements.

Read my blog posts about this same collect and sort activity with a candy corn, American flag or turkey theme.

Additional Valentine’s Day Resources:

Check out my new Valentine’s Day resources!

Click on a link below to find even more Valentine’s Day-themed math resources, suitable for kindergarten, first, second, or third grade, in my TpT store!

We Love Elephants Number Sense 10-19; Kindergarten
Valentine Monkeys, Teen or -Ty Numbers; Kindergarten & 1st Grade
Flip and Compare With Love Bugs; Kindergarten & 1st Grade
Valentine’s Day Treasure Reports, Counting and Grouping by Fives or Tens; Kindergarten & 1st Grade Freebie
Valentine’s Mail Match, Numbers 11-120; 1st & 2nd Grades
Valentines in My Mailbox, A Base Ten Partner Activity; 1st and 2nd Grades
Valentine’s Day Treasure Reports, Counting and Grouping by Tens and Ones; 1st and 2nd Grade Freebie
We Love Our Pets, Hundreds, Tens, and Ones; 2nd & 3rd Grades

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How to Have a Little Turkey Fun

Judy — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 15:24:52 +0000

If store shelves are a holiday harbinger, Thanksgiving has become the forgotten one! By early October, Christmas merchandise starts sneaking onto the shelves and completely takes over immediately after Halloween. You’re lucky to find a few Thanksgiving or harvest items languishing in a corner or on a hidden shelf.

Even with all the Christmas hype, there’s still time and opportunity for Thanksgiving in the classroom… learning about the history of the first Thanksgiving, contrasting the differences between long ago and today, and focusing on gratitude.

Turkey Graphic by Sarah Pecorino Illustration

Oh, and don’t forget to have a little turkey fun! I was surprised to discover that Turkey Lover’s Day is the third Sunday in June with June designated as Turkey Lovers Month.

I adore this Turkey Collect & Sort activity for several reasons.

The same activity can be used to focus on different skills with different kids.
It is relatively easy to prepare.
This is a hands-on learning activity designed to engage.
This activity can be repeated across the seasons with different themes.

Turkey Collect & Sort, a free download, is a partner activity crafted to engage preschoolers, kindergarteners, and beginning first graders on several levels. Your youngest learners can enhance their fine motor skills and match/ identify colors. Older learners can count, write numbers, represent quantities with ten frames and tally marks, graph, and compare quantities.

You will need:

Cardstock or paper for printing selected pages, Turkey Collect & Sort
Laminator, optional
25 one-half to seven-eighths inch counters (pompoms, buttons, or M & M’s) in red, brown, and yellow for each pair of players, with a more or less even color distribution

To prepare:

Choose to print in color or black/ white.
Decide on a spinner or a cube. Print and cut. Color the black and white, if using. The spinner can be made with purchased hands; a paper clip and pencil; or a brad and paperclip. Score, fold and glue the cube.
Print one turkey game mat for each pair of players.
Print one sorting mat for each player (optional, 2 per page). Color code the black and white.
Pick and print one or both optional recording sheets.

To play Turkey Collect & Sort:

Place 25 red, brown, and yellow counters in the spaces on the turkey mat.
Take turns with a partner.
Spin or roll.
Collect one counter that matches your color. Place the counter on your sorting mat, if using. If all the counters that match your color have been collected, you lose your turn.
Play until all the counters have been collected.

Recording Sheets:

Follow-up with one or both of the recording sheets. If desired, color the circles to match the color words.

Count how many of each color you collected. Write the number. Color spaces on the ten frame to match each quantity. Draw tally marks to match each quantity.
Count how many of each color you collected. Color the bars on the graph to match each quantity. Use the data on the graph to complete the statements.

Read my blog posts about this same activity with a candy corn or American flag theme.

Additional Turkey Resources:

Click on a link below to find more turkey-themed and Thanksgiving resources, suitable for kindergarten, first, second, or third grade, in my TpT store! I recently gave the turkey comparison, emergent reader, and sentence construction resources a cosmetic makeover.

Number Sense Activity Turkey Fun 1-10, Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten
Number Sense Activity Turkey Trottin’ Teens 10-19, Kindergarten and First Grade
Place Value Activity Tens and Ones Turkeys in the Kitchen, First and Second Grade
Place Value Activity Base Ten Turkeys Hundreds, Tens, and Ones, Second and Third Grade
Turkey Comparisons Two-Digit Numbers, First and Second Grade
Turkey Comparisons Three-Digit Numbers, Second and Third Grade
Ordering Numbers 0-120 Turkey Feathers, Kindergarten, First and Second Grade
Even and Odd Number Turkey Feathers, First and Second Grade
Thanksgiving Dinner Emergent Reader Plus More, Kindergarten
Thanksgiving Dinner Questions & Answers Sentence Construction Activity, Kindergarten and First Grade

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How to Add a Sparkle to Summertime Learning

laine — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:32:00 +0000

I don’t know about you, but I’m always surprised when I think about the activities I engaged in as a child and (gasp…) survived unscathed!

The Fourth of July arrived with family cookouts, backyard games, homemade ice cream, military bands, parades, fireworks, and yes… plenty of sparklers for kids of all ages.

Sparkler Clip Art by SillyODesign

I’ve crafted a free math activity, American Flag Collect and Sort, to share with you and rounded up a variety of activities with patriotic sparkle to help your little ones safely celebrate the Fourth of July (and other patriotic holidays).

This American flag-themed activity engages preschoolers, kindergarteners, and beginning first graders on several levels. Your youngest learners can enhance their fine motor skills and match/ identify colors. Older learners can count, write numbers, represent quantities with ten frames and tally marks, graph, and compare quantities.

You will need:

Card stock or paper for printing selected pages, American Flag Collect & Sort
Laminator, optional
25 one-half inch counters (pompoms, buttons, or M & M’s) in red, white, and blue for each pair of players, with a more or less even color distribution

To prepare:

Choose to print in color or black/ white.
Choose to use a spinner or a cube. Print and cut. Color the black and white, if using. The spinner can be made with purchased hands, a paper clip and pencil, or a brad and paperclip. Score, fold and glue the cube.
Print one American flag game mat for each pair of players.
Print one sorting mat for each player (optional, 2 per page). Color code the black and white.
Choose and print one or both optional recording sheets.

To play American Flag Collect & Sort:

Place 25 red, white, and blue counters in the spaces on the American flag mat.
Take turns with a partner.
Spin or roll.
Collect one counter that matches your color. Place the counter on your sorting mat, if using. If all the counters that match your color have been collected, you lose your turn.
Play until all the counters have been collected.

Follow-up with one or both of the recording sheets. The circles can be colored to match the color words.

Read my blog post about this same activity with a candy corn theme.

Check out these links for more patriotic math, books, crafts, and snacks!

Fourth of July Counting Game by Playdough to Plato
Fourth of July Addition Activity by the STEM laboratory
Star Spangled Math Activities by A Little Pinch of Perfect
Patriotic Bump! Number Recognition Game by Pocketful of Centers
Patriotic Hunt by Classroom Down the Hall
18 Patriotic Picture Books by No Time For Flashcards
Fourth of July Books for K Through 2nd by Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
American Flag Collaboration Poster by Art With Jenny K
Popsicle Stick Flags by ginger snap crafts
Patriotic Parade Streamers by alpha mom
Edible Flag by The Educators’ Spin On It
Red, White, and Blue Fun Fruit Cones by My Kids Lick The Bowl
Patriotic Chocolate Covered Strawberries by Princess Pinky Girl

Visit my Pinterest board for even more ideas!

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