Activities that develop early math skills are our favourites! We love working on our number recognition, counting skills, subitising and 1:1 correspondence. This “Build a City” activity…

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My daughter has one of the best kindergarten teachers imaginable. She is caring, patient, and so imaginative. Her activities seem to seamlessly flow together, integrating all content areas. In short, she is amazing! One of the activities, that I really loved, was her newest addition to the blocks center. My daughter came home and told me that their "Blocks Center is really rocking the house!" That is high praise coming from my baby. A few days later, I got to go in and see this "rocking" center for myself. It really is amazing. It's so amazing that I decided to put my own spin on it and share it with you! The center has pieces of felt (or foam) for different symbols on a map. All the pieces are hand cut and are just a quick shape in different colors. The center that I made includes: rivers, lakes, roads, houses, bushes, and trees. You can get a free copy of the map key here. Print out the key and cut out felt, then you have all you need to make "Interactive Maps"! Cut out some pictures from a magazine and label them for specific places in the community. Simple and fun! The part I love the most about this activity is that it can include math, writing, science, social studies, and so much more! I wanted to include specific places in my version, so I went through my clip art and whipped up a few. I love how every map will be different and each child's personality can shine through. When I started making our version at home, there were only straight roads. This created a lot of protesting from my kids. Thus, a variety of roads were created. They were right, it does make the maps more interesting and realistic. As we played with the concept, I added task cards. This will allow kids to create maps with a model. It is really great for kids that have a difficult time starting an activity without direction. Sometimes, open ended play seems to overwhelm these children. Adding task cards with directions, allows these children to work from a task. AND task cards give kids practice reading numerals and using one-to-one correspondence. I also made blank task cards, so that partners could create tasks for each other. It's more fun to do a friend's activity, than one provided by the teacher. Why not capitalize on their enthusiasm for "being the teacher"? Adding onto the idea of "being the teacher", I love adding in partner games. Each child can have a turn I love adding a recording sheet to the activity, because it holds each child accountable for their learning and provides a physical record that is sent home to their parents. One thing I so appreciate about my daughter's teacher is that every center has some written or physical component that comes home. I am able to infer from the directions, or completed project, what my daughter is doing that day. I am able to ask her more specific questions about her day, after looking over the work that comes home. It allows me to get more meaningful information about my daughter's learning that day. I love having different recording sheets for the same activity. It can change the whole focus of the activity and it makes it very easy to differentiate. I hope you found some easy ideas to use with your kids. I love that you can just add felt and open up a whole new world... Get your kids excited about maps and the parts of their community with these hands on activities. Make your own, or find mine here. Head over to my blog, Differentiation Station Creations, to find some more activities to add your Blocks Center! Until next time,

Rhyming Fun for everyone! Help early readers learn to rhyme with these Free Printable Rhyming Puzzles. 30 Pairs of rhyming words included.

FREE printable game for toddlers and preschoolers to match pets with their cages or homes. Great for language development and learning about animals.

This Australian Animals Free Activity Pack is a collection of printables that will help your preschooler count, sequence, and sort iconic Aussie animals.

This year for preschool we are part of a co-op preschool group. I put together name recognition activities for all the kids in the preschool. Here are the activities. Name sticks To make this activity. I got paint stick stirrers and used Mod Podge to glue the letters of the child's name on to the stick. Then used mounting tape to stick the letters onto the clothespins. Your child matches up the letters to spell their name. Name Block Matching This can be made in any word document or you could make make it easily be hand. Name Puzzles Here are free puzzles patterns for 4, 5, 6, and 7 letters names. You can either hand write your child's name or open in a word document to add your child's name Just right click on the each image, save and print. I recommend printing on cardstock paper so it is more durable 4 letter name 5 letter name 6 letter name 7 letter name Name Tracing You can download free front from this website to make these tracing cards in a word document. The font is called ABC Print Dotted. This is laminated and so it can be used over and over again. Name Path For this activity, you can use any word document and create a table. Then can choose what letters you want to use and what path to create to spell your child's name. This is also laminated so it is reusable. Progressive Name Tracing This idea is also part of the Preschool learning binder I put together. I download free front from this website to make this in a word documents. The names of the fonts are ABC Print Arrow, ABC Print Arrow Dotted, and ABC Print Dotted. All of these activities are stored in a laminated 9 x 12 folder. I used an X-acto knife to cut a slip in the top. I like this folder idea because it keeps things together and can be passed around easily to each home when it it our turn to teach preschool.

FREE printable Symmetry drawing activity for preschool and kindergarten kids. A fun art and math activity in one! Kids will complete the symmetrical pictures by drawing the other half.

These rhyming worksheets are a fun way to listen for and identify rhyming words. Looking for more rhyming word work? Check out our Interactive Rhyming Word Pages or hop over to our entire collection of printable rhyming activities! *This post contains affiliate links. **The link for the free rhyming worksheets can found at the END ... Read More about Rhyming Worksheets – Dot the Rhyme

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Sharing activity inspired by Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems! Perfect for homeschool, classrooms, or family fun. Includes a free printable!

Looking for fun ways to make a graph? Try these graphing activities for kindergarten!

Free set of printables to go along with Magnetic Tiles. Includes two levels of difficulty. Builds problem solving skills.

30+ Kindergarten activities for hands-on learning. Inside you will find Kindergarten literacy, math and growth mindset activities for ages 5-7.

Unicorn Preschool Workbook and Activity Pack 50 Pages of work sheets and activities! It has been an adjustment going from a working mother to a stay at home mom but we are fairing well with the cha…

These movement activities for preschoolers will build gross motor skills while having fun. Try these ideas at home or at school.

Teach your kids basic coding concepts with legos! Easy Lego coding activities t0 teach colors, sorting, patterns, and how to code. Plus free worksheets!

Kids will have fun learning all the stories in the Bible with these fun, hands-on Bible Games for Preschoolers and kids of all ages!

Kids will have fun practicing visual discrimination with these super cute I Spy Bugs. These FREE I Spy Worksheets come in color or black and white.

Whether you are teaching your prechooler at home or working with them in preparation for school, here is a preschool learning folder for you.

FREE Number printables for kindergarten kids to review numbers 1-10. Tracing and writing numbers and number words, find the number, ten frames and coloring.

Kids will have fun while learning where do I Live with this printable activity perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.

Community Helpers activities and centers for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Plus FREE community signs & fire finger painting printable.

I thought it was time to share some alphabet activities for preschoolers. Alphabet activities and How Wee Learn definitely seem to go hand in hand! I have shared with you oodles of letter activities before AND a (rather lengthy) post about why I don't actually suggest teaching letters in ABC order. But I have not

It's hard to know what to do with active kids on a rainy day! Thankfully, this post has a huge variety of indoor gross motor activities for preschool and kindergarten. No more crazies! #grossmotor #preschool #kindergarten #rainyday #largemotor

Fun ways to work on handwriting skills : developing the fine motor skills required for good handwriting. Apps and resources to help, along with activities

These kinesthetic math activities are perfect for kids that need to move. You can get kids moving and learning with these active math games.

These simple name activities are easy to set up and guaranteed to be fun for your students at the beginning of the year!

This set of FREE Pattern Block Addition Mats is perfect for students learning to add numbers 1-6 together. This hands-on learning game makes Preschool and Kindergarten math fun!

Free printable Spanish worksheets for students learning Spanish as a second language. Our worksheets are designed with the beginner in mind, so you can even use our PDF Spanish printables with your preschool and kindergarten students. You'll find beautiful full-color Spanish charts, worksheets, games, activity pages for learning the basics below. Simple categories are includes like Spanish Colors, Days of the Week in Spanish, and Spanish Months of the Year.

Make learning about england FUN for kids with these super cute, FREE Engalnd coloring pages for kids of all ages to read, color and learn!

Free printable mazes for kids who are just starting out with mazes. Perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

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If you're stuck inside the classroom due to bad weather, this collection of indoor recess activities has heaps of ideas to help students blow off steam!

Create a Math Block I can't say this enough. An effective math block will help you tremendously! It creates routine and structure that you need to make sure everyone is on task. This is what I include in my math block: Engaging Mini Lessons Math centers Independent practice visuals throughout the classroom Use A

Practice the ABCs as you get kids moving with these gross motor alphabet activities. Perfect for active preschool and kindergarten learners!

Visual memory is a vital pre-reading skill that should be developed early. Here are some simple visual memory games to play with your kids.

Creative block is real. Download these Magna-Tiles® coloring and activity pages to get your creativity flowing!