This engaging ocean preschool theme is full of ways to bring the ocean to your preschoolers, and all in tidy printable ocean-themed lesson plans. Here you'll find 15+ ideas for an ocean preschool theme, including book lists, art and sensory play, literacy activities, and some math and science fun.
This engaging ocean preschool theme is full of ways to bring the ocean to your preschoolers, and all in tidy printable ocean-themed lesson plans. Here you'll find 15+ ideas for an ocean preschool theme, including book lists, art and sensory play, literacy activities, and some math and science fun.
This engaging ocean preschool theme is full of ways to bring the ocean to your preschoolers, and all in tidy printable ocean-themed lesson plans. Here you'll find 15+ ideas for an ocean preschool theme, including book lists, art and sensory play, literacy activities, and some math and science fun.
Space activities and centers (literacy, math, fine motor, stem, blocks, sensory, and more) for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.
I use a lot of tracing in my Orton-Gillingham lesson plans. When I introduce a new phonogram, students will trace the letters while saying the sound. When I introduce a new prefix or suffix, students
Use sensory bags in your classroom for mess-free learning and fun. Your kids will love learning and playing with hands-on sensory bags!
Karen Natoci is back with another wonderful book and plenty of ideas for AAC implementation. Enjoy! Book: Over in the Garden, by Jennifer Ward, Illustrated by Kenneth J. Spengler Core Vocabulary f…
I love these sensory bins based on children's books. They all help children work on various skills such as fine motor, math, letter identification, colors and more!
I am making this post because I couldn't find a tutorial ANYWHERE online. I visited my best friend a few weeks ago and her 3 year old had this book that her pre-school teachers made. Sawyer fell in LOVE with it, so I knew I had to make one for her. It was fairly simple once I had all of the supplies. To make it you will need: CD sleeves (Office Depot) 1" album rings (Hobby Lobby) reinforcement labels (Office Depot) Hole Punch Double Sided Tape Different materials for texture. I used: Silky-silk fabric Leathery-leather scraps in the jewelry making section at hobby lobby Bumpy-snakeskin scrapbook paper Crinkly-plastic that I removed from the CD sleeves Furry-fur in the craft section Foamy-foam sheets Scratchy-glittery foam sheet Rough-cardboard scrapbooking sheet I first (very carefully) removed the plastic from the CD sleeves. This was tedious because the paper rips easily. Once I had the plastic removed, I made three holes on the side of all the sleeves. I then put reinforcement stickers over the holes. Next I cut each texture to the size I needed to fit into the sleeve. I then put pieces of double sided tape on the back of the material and slid it into the sleeve. Then I taped the flap shut with clear packing tape. After I had all of the sleeves finished, I put them together with the album rings. I printed a label to go in the front sleeve, and that was it! I went through and wrote in sharpie each texture. I wanted to print cute ones, but the space is pretty small so I just wrote them. It's a HUGE hit! She has been playing with it for a few days now, and it's holding up well. I have gone back and reinforced some spots with more clear packing tape, but so far she's being pretty gentle with it! I hope this helps anyone who wants to make one of these for their little one!
There are many sensory play activities that can promote listening and early literacy skills for any child including those with an auditory processing disorder.
You have to try this secret letters activity! It's the perfect combination of art and literacy in one magical activity that kids of all ages will love!
Grab these free printable butterfly playdough mats for your kids today. Use them to explore science, literacy, sensory, and fine motor skills.
A 5-day series focused on multi-sensory activities for teaching reading to those who struggle {and those that don't}.
Want to practice letter identification with your preschooler, but don't want them to be bored? This Letter the Leopard Craftivity is perfect!
Playdough is always a favourite in my classroom. It's ideal to use that interest for reinforcing educational skills and concepts. That’s the beauty of a play-based classroom. You can teach phonics and consolidate phonemic skills through the provocations and learning invitations you provide. Playdou
Your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten little will go WILD over these zoo activities for math, literacy, fine motor, gross motor, and more!
Hi everyone! It's Bex from Reading and Writing Redhead. Before my school vacation started, I had been thinking a lot about movement. In New England we had a VERY long winter in which we rarely went outside for recess. I had come up with new ways to get my kids moving and new brain breaks, but I had been thinking of ways to get movement involved during the academic blocks. Why save it just for breaks? Today I have compiled a resource of some activities that will get your kiddos moving while they are working on their reading skills. Sometimes it is just a little movement, but if you want to really go all out, some of them require you actually going outside to the playground! Most of the ideas are not mine - many have been around for years, so I have no idea who came up with the ideas originally. Some I found recently so I will share with you where and give you a link and a few I thought up myself, although I am sure the idea came from somewhere - someone did something similar or with the same material but I am using it in a different way. You also may have your own great ideas or ones that are not here so please comment and let us know! Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Catch it! For this, students stand in a circle (or sit) and the teacher says a one syllable word. She tosses a bean bag or small soft ball to a student, who catches it and says the initial sound, tosses it to another student who says the medial sound, and tosses it to another student who says the final sound. The whole group says the whole word again as the bag gets tossed back to the teacher and she picks a new word to try. Dribble the Sound or Syllable: Dribble a ball (and say each phoneme in a word or each syllable in a word. Dribble ball, switch from left to right hand, as say phonemes in a word or syllables in a word for extra challenge and brain work, switch hands as you say each sound or syllable). I'm Going on a Camping Trip: You know the song! Sit in a circle and clap with a steady beat. Go around the circle and everyone repeats the sentence - "I am going on a camping trip and I am going to bring (fill in blank)". At each student's turn, he says the word of what he is bringing. Each student could think of a word with the same initial, medial or final sound as a word you are working on, or a rhyming word. Twister with Blends: I have found phonics and other reading games for Twister all around the web, but this is a new "twist" (haha!) on it. Head over to Apples 4 Bookworms to get the simple and easy (and really fun) directions! Walk this Way: The teacher says a simple sentence like"The lion roars". Students repeat it and take one step forward for each word in the sentence. Then, students say how many words or steps there are in the sentence. It might help for students to hold up a finger for each word to help them count the number of steps/words. A variation is that students can also walk backwards or sideways for this activity. Sight Words Move, Groove, and read: This game is from the blog Mom to 2 Posh Lil' Divas. She has some terrific, creative ideas for learning games. Head over to her blog for details but it involves target words, music, and lots of moving. I want to play this one! Word Family Slam: This one was spotted over at the blog Toddler Approved, but I think kids well into elementary school would enjoy it. You could even do it indoors with a free wall and a soft ball. Head over to get the info. Twister Sight Words: A variation on the Twister game I mentioned that would work well for phonics skills. You use sight words instead. I am not claiming this idea either - A Year as a Reading Teacher has a great post on it. Head over to her blog to read it. Beach Ball Sight Words: You probably have seen or heard of this idea before, but grab a beach ball, a permanent marker, and write your target words. Toss the ball and read whichever word your finger (or thumb - choose one in advance) lands on! Hopscotch: Have hopscotch on the playground? Why not use chalk and on each spot, write a sight word, then toss a pebble, read the word it lands on, and hop away, skipping that space. Bean Bag Toss: If you have bean bags and one of those bean bag toss goals with the holes in it, try labeling each hole (with a taped on sticky or index card) with a target word and kids have to read the word they are aiming for and then read the word (it might be a different one!) that they actually toss the bag into. What else could you use if you don't have something with holes in it already? I bet someone has a creative and easy idea - let us know! Sight Word Bowling - use dry erase markers to write sight words on an indoor bowling set, and after knocking pins down, students read the words on the pins they have to stand back up for the next player. Grammar Jump Roping Rhymes: With your group, create a jump rope rhyme with antonyms, synonyms, homophones etc. (or words from a word family you are working on), then go outside and try it. Kids can teach their classmates at recess, too! Step Forward/Back: Group could line up and students could suggest antonym pairs (students would take one step forward and one step back for each word in the pair) or synonyms (2 steps forward) Syllables Sound Marching: Teacher says, "We are going to say some words that have more than one syllable. We will march as we say each part of the word." Model by saying the whole word, such as "doorknob" , marching first with your right foot as you say "door" and then with your left foot as you say "knob." Practice together and then try some words with students. After each ask them "How many marching steps did you take for the word? That is the number of syllables." Raise Up: Teacher says a two (or more) syllable word. Students repeat the word as they raise both their arms above their heads. Students drop one arm as they say each syllable. Vocabulary and Comprehension Students move like the animals in the story they are reading Teaching prepositions using movement Using body language to show how characters are feeling in the story Playing charades to review main ideas Role play or pantomime to retell important story parts Letter Recognition Alphabet Hunt on the Go: With clipboards, pencils and papers walk around the school looking for examples of each letter of the alphabet. Kids could write the letters as they see them or you could provide them with a checklist. Also, any of the Read the Room and Write the Room activities you see all over the web, at TPT and so on are great for getting students up and moving. Here are a few other resources I found with some terrific ideas: RMC Health - great post on the importance of exercise and movement based learning opportunities in schools Reading.org - useing movement andmusic to improve insttuction Ascd.org - resources on movement and learning Pbs.org - lesson plan resources that involve movement Dr. Martha Eddy's resources for incorporating movement in the classroom Please comment and let us know how you use movement in your language arts lessons. The more ideas we have, the better our instruction can be!
Lots of books, songs, and activities to build literacy-rich circle times with toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners.
This cute (and free!) printable letter sound matching activity has a lemonade theme that's perfect for summer! Use it as a literacy center, sensory bin element, and more. Preschoolers and rising kindergartners can use this as hands-on letter recognition practice.
I am making this post because I couldn't find a tutorial ANYWHERE online. I visited my best friend a few weeks ago and her 3 year old had this book that her pre-school teachers made. Sawyer fell in LOVE with it, so I knew I had to make one for her. It was fairly simple once I had all of the supplies. To make it you will need: CD sleeves (Office Depot) 1" album rings (Hobby Lobby) reinforcement labels (Office Depot) Hole Punch Double Sided Tape Different materials for texture. I used: Silky-silk fabric Leathery-leather scraps in the jewelry making section at hobby lobby Bumpy-snakeskin scrapbook paper Crinkly-plastic that I removed from the CD sleeves Furry-fur in the craft section Foamy-foam sheets Scratchy-glittery foam sheet Rough-cardboard scrapbooking sheet I first (very carefully) removed the plastic from the CD sleeves. This was tedious because the paper rips easily. Once I had the plastic removed, I made three holes on the side of all the sleeves. I then put reinforcement stickers over the holes. Next I cut each texture to the size I needed to fit into the sleeve. I then put pieces of double sided tape on the back of the material and slid it into the sleeve. Then I taped the flap shut with clear packing tape. After I had all of the sleeves finished, I put them together with the album rings. I printed a label to go in the front sleeve, and that was it! I went through and wrote in sharpie each texture. I wanted to print cute ones, but the space is pretty small so I just wrote them. It's a HUGE hit! She has been playing with it for a few days now, and it's holding up well. I have gone back and reinforced some spots with more clear packing tape, but so far she's being pretty gentle with it! I hope this helps anyone who wants to make one of these for their little one!
Make articulation practice fun with these engaging, hands-on seek and find activities to work on all of your student's speech sounds! This set includes 24 different sounds with three pages of search and find activities for each articulation target. Quick and easy print and go make these articulation activities perfect for work during speech therapy sessions or to send home with students for extra practice! Students will love practicing their articulation words using these fun seek and find coloring pages. They'll have a great time searching for all of their practice words with these I spy style articulation pages. Here's what you'll get: 60 articulation coloring pages 24 different speech sounds targeted 3 I spy pages for each articulation sound (initial, medial, and final positions of words except /h/, /w/, /y/, and blends). Clickable table of contents to easily print your target sounds Articulation sounds included: B, Ch, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, L-Blends, M, N, P, R, R-Blends, S, S-Blends, Sh, T, Th, V, W, Y, and Z. This resource provides lots of articulation practice for all of your speech therapy students on your caseload. The format is perfect for those days when you need something quick to grab and go to target articulation. In my speech room, I encourage multiple trials for each word and attempt in sentences when appropriate before students search for and color their words. Your students will love practicing their articulation sounds in words and then searching for and coloring the pictures in the I Spy format. Prep is easy and quick... Just print the pages, grab some crayons or markers and you are ready to go! SLPs LIKE YOU SAID: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jamie B. says, "Fun activity to work on articulation in a different way. My students like to race each other to see who can find all the pictures/target words the fastest. Thanks!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hollyanne P. says, "My students had a lot of fun with these pages! My kindergarteners can find the target pictures pretty quickly, but then we look for "extra" words with their sound in it. Also: the table of contents with page numbers and clickable links is appreciated. It's a little thing but it saves me precious seconds during my day when I'm printing!" If you like this product, you may also like: Say and Find Articulation No-Print BUNDLE Articulation: No Frills Roll it, Say it, Color it! Copyright ©️ Speech Universe All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
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Pizza centers for your math, literacy, fine motor, art, STEM, and sensory centers for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.
Bring the classic story to life! With this We're Going on a Bear Hunt sensory activity children will experience the book in a whole new way.
Fun rhyming activities for your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids. Teach early literacy skills with these fun and engaging activities!
Are you constantly searching your brain for multi-sensory approaches to teaching your students sight words? Keep reading to learn new ideas!
Learn how to make fidget toys, from paper fidget spinners (free templates), to balloon stress balls, paper squishies and fidger clickers. Fun!
What a collection of shark activities for kids to try at home and in the classroom. Sensory, literacy, snack, and craft shark activities for lots of fun!
These summer themed printable alphabet cards are a fun way to reinforce alphabet skills during the summer before your preschooler goes to kindergarten. Add them to a summer sensory bin or play gross motor games while learning the alphabet!
Hello! I’m here today to share about my brand-new October Literacy Centers for Kindergarten. If you recall from my blog post about my September Literacy Centers, I am working on a year-long set of literacy centers that are non-thematic. Today I’m going to share a sneak peek at all of the centers in my October ... Read more
Eight educational Arctic animal activities for preschoolers, kindergarten and lower elementary. These are hands-on activities for an Arctic Animals theme.
When navigating a school year during a pandemic, these back to school tips for structured literacy teachers will help you have a successful year.
In this post, we share a Montessori Curriculum Free Sensorial Lesson to teach the names of shapes with a free printable set of 3-part cards in Spanish!
Teaching learners to write using sensory language can seem a little tricky. This simple writing activity allows your writers to read a story where the author's use of sensory language helps bring the story to life. Fish Wish I love this story from Bob Barner (and so many of his other books, as well). This
Space activities and centers (literacy, math, fine motor, stem, blocks, sensory, and more) for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.
Spring into literacy fun for preschoolers! Explore engaging spring literacy activities for preschoolers that are all about learning through play!
There are so many hands-on activities to help teach the Letter G. Children will practice letter recognition, writing and even reading!
Kindergarten blog about learning though play, investigation, our environment, sensory activities, art, books, and being outside.
Here is a list of very easy at home activities that you can practice throughout the day to strengthen and improve auditory processing in your child.
Is there any food more iconic to camping than s'mores? The perfect combination of roasted marshmallows, melted chocolate, and crunch...
Fall activities for your little learners for math, literacy, fine motor, and more! There are so many fun things to do and learn about in the fall!
