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January Preschool Theme Bundle

12/15/2018

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January themes curriculum bundle for preschool and preK.
This BIG (over 700 pages!) bundle includes 15 of my Pre-K Theme packs, all related to themes that could be studied during the month of January. With all the ideas, activities and centers that I provide in these theme packs, this bundle could definitely extend for the full month of January, and have enough left over for next year!

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And here is a complete 49 page COOKIES Theme Pack for you to download and try out with your class or child.  It's from the Pre-K Themes series. Let me know how it works for you.
Cookies theme pack for preschool and pre-K

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  • FREE Winter printables to download and use now ...
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Looking for an arctic animals unit with realistic animals?

1/8/2017

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I love the cute-style Arctic Animals graphics, and use them often.  But when we are teaching about the scientific aspects of the animals, such as the habitat, physical characteristics and interaction with the environment, it is important to use more realistic graphics.  This  Arctic Animals unit has had a lot of good feedback.  It is designed for preschool, pre-K and Kindergarten.
Arctic animals activities at KidSparkz.com
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Arctic animals activities at KidSparkz.com
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• Full page color posters, (15) Arctic animals included are : Arctic wolf, caribou, musk ox, Polar bear, walrus, Arctic fox, tern, snowy owl, puffin, beluga whale, orca whale, harp seal, narwhal, Dall sheep, Arctic hare .
• A “finish the picture” page for each animal in b/w. Discuss the page, read the caption. Children add other things to the picture, suggested by the caption or in the discussion. They can also dictate words for the teacher to write (or try themselves).
• Flashcards (4 to a page) for each animal – make games such as match the pairs, concentration/memory, hiding and finding etc. Use for recognition and vocabulary extension.
• Fact cards (2 to a page) 1 for each animal. These cards have real photos of the animal, and 3 to 4 interesting facts about them. Can be made into booklets with staples or a ring through holes punched in one corner.
• A picture/written word strip for each animal (word wall)
• Emergent reader – “Who Lives in the Arctic?” (Color photos)
• Emergent reader – “Who Lives in the Arctic” (B/w – children can color pictures.
• Game – categorize Arctic Animals/not arctic animals. This can be a center, or individual cut and paste b/w.
• Game – Find 3 animals each that go in the water/air/land . This can be a center, or individual cut and paste. b/w.
• Anchor chart and sorting game – Carnivores/Herbivores.
• Set of large animal cut-outs (labeled). Use for small group teaching, recognition and vocabulary; bulletin board; room display etc. Tape a craft stick to make a puppet.


Take a look at the unit here, and here.  It is $6 for 76 pages.
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In this preschool "draw and color" style booklet, the graphic style is semi-realistic.  
Arctic animals activities at KidSparkz.com
See it here, and here.

If we are going to go TOTALLY cute,  here's a freebie  - a set of Arctic Animals large manipulatives for counting, 0-20.
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winter dress-up paper dolls

1/2/2017

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Well, not really paper dolls, as such, but just as fun. (I must admit I do have a collection of paper dolls).  Here's a free set of a boy and a girl ready to dress up for winter.  Preschoolers will need help with the cutting, but they will do fine with a glue stick.
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If you would like to take the winter clothes concept a step further, I just finished a resource that includes dress-ups, but much more.  Here's what's in it:
  • Dress for winter center – Print characters and clothes (several pages) on cardstock. Teacher cuts out the clothes, and the children practice “dressing” the characters, mixing and matching the clothes as they please, or following teacher directions.
  • Individual cut and paste – Let each child choose one or more characters to dress, and offer choices of clothes to cut out and paste.
  • Categorize clothes by color center – Offer the color sorting mats, and a selection of clothes to sort by color.
  • Categorize clothes by type center - Offer the clothes type sorting mats, and a selection of clothes to sort by type.
  • Word/picture strips for vocabulary, and word recognition
  • Labeled large manipulatives for making recognition and memory and matching games.
You can take a look at a copy of this resource here, and here.

winter preschool activity

On a totally unrelated note, here are some BIG counting dinosaurs, 0-20.
counting dinosaurs for preschool

  • More DINOSAURS activities and printables
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  • More WINTER-themed printables 
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2 new winter number centers

12/24/2016

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The two latest activity pack additions to the KidSparkz site are both winter-themed and numbers-related.
Make your own number sense anchor charts winter theme 1-10.
In the first one, the children can make their own WINTER Number Sense Anchor Charts 1-10 for preschool, pre-K and Kindergarten. Both of these packs are appropriate for children who are cutting already, if offered as an individual activity.  However, they can both be pre-cut and set up as a center, or used as a small group teaching prop.

Includes:
• 10 numbered background mats in b/w
• Set of graphics to cut and paste onto each mat (color) – 10-frame, number word, counting fingers, dice, and set of items (children dressed in winter clothes).). All the graphics pieces are the same size (except the set of children) and can fit into any of the mat spaces. The sets of children always go along the bottom of the mat.

This activity can be used as:
• Directed individual activity – each child creates own number anchor charts to post in the room or take home.
• Center – print all pieces on cardstock and laminate.
• Daily math journal – make a page a day and bind into a booklet to keep.
This resource is FREE to KidSparkz site members!

winter number sense activities for kindergarten
In the second pack, the children create numbers 1-10 web graphic organizers by cutting and pasting 6 ways that numbers can be represented onto a number mat background.

The 6 ways that numbers can be resented used here are: 10-frames, tally marks, dice, finger counting, objects in a set, and the number word.

Each number activity includes 3 pages – a web graphic organizer; a page with 6 ways numbers can be represented, to cut and paste, in color; and a page with 6 ways that numbers can be represented, to cut and paste, in b/w. Choose either the page in color, or the page in b/w, for the activity.

Concepts and skills: categorizing, vocabulary, cutting, gluing, picture placement, concept of a web graphic organizer, overview of some ways numbers can be represented, making choices, and having fun while learning number concepts.

Here are some FREE hot chocolate flashcards 0-20 to use for number recognition and sequencing.  print 2 copies for matching games.
Winter theme activities for preschool, pre-k and kindergarten.

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Some Vocabulary Activities for Winter ...

12/21/2016

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16 words associated with the winter season – recognizing the pictures, learning the vocabulary, and linking the pictures with the spoken and written words.
 The focus is on 32 words associated with the winter season – recognizing the pictures, learning the vocabulary, and linking the pictures with the spoken and written words. This pack includes activities that are accessible to various levels of understanding in your group, and presents engaging materials for you to be able to differentiate your teaching approach. 

Download this FREE list of the winter words that are explored in the 32 Winter Words pack.
​Download this FREE list of the winter words that are explored in the 32 Winter Words pack.
And of course, some more freebies ...
  • A simple activity page for preschoolers to discuss and celebrate the focus of Dr. Martin Luther King’s message in a way that they can understand.
  • A foldable booklet in both color and b/w to use for your preschool and Kindergarten Hibernation unit.​

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WINTER Count the Room Activity for Early Learners

$4.00
Available to members in the membership area at no cost, on the Winter theme page.

This is a simplified Count the Room activity for early learners, with 4 differentiated recording pages. 

Includes:
  • 10 large counting cards in color to post on the wall around the room, showing a set of winter items from 1 to 10 on each. These will need to be printed on card, and laminated for longer use.
  • 4 differentiated b/w recording pages – the children are given one of the recording sheets attached to a clipboard, and a marker. They walk around the room, look at the large picture on the counting cards, count the number of items on each card, and write the numbers on the recording page, beside the correct picture.

The 4 differentiated recording pages are:
  • one with the numbers already written on the page, for the earliest learners to trace;
  • one with no numbers in the recording page boxes, but written at the bottom of the page to use as a reference;
  • one with no numbers in the boxes, and no reference numbers
  • one with a 10-frame graphic beside each picture on the recording sheet – the children color the number of boxes to correspond with the sets on the cards on the wall.

I have included 10 extra set cards – they can be lightly taped over the sets on the wall cards to provide different sets for extra practice.

This activity can also be used as a small group teaching session.

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Mitten Matching Numbers Centers 10-Frames, Dice, Fingers, Groups, Tallies

$3.50
Match pairs of mittens picturing various different ways that numbers can be represented (0-10):
  • Numerals to sets of snowflakes (color and b/w
  • Numerals to 10-frames (color and b/w)
  • Numerals to finger counting (color)
  • Numerals to tally marks (b/w)
  • Numerals to dice (color)
  • Numerals to number names (b/w)

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Another MITTENS center - Matching beginning sounds with pictures.
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Penguins Literacy and Math Centers and Activities Plus Supporting Printables

$6.00
Penguin activities - make games - large pieces for small hands.  

71 pages.

Includes:
  • Upper and lower case penguin alphabet letters for recognition, sequencing, matching upper with lower case
  • Penguin numbers 0-20 for recognition, sequencing, fill in the missing number, hiding and finding etc
  • Set of 10-frames cards 0-10, match with the “penguins number figures
  • Penguin number cards 0-10 – match sets of fish with the numbers
  • Order by size – arrange penguins in ascending or descending size.
  • Emergent reader about colors – “Penguins Drink Hot Chocolate”
  • Matching color words worksheet cut and paste
  • Penguin shapes cards – 10 shapes
  • “Dictate and draw” printables – 3 pages for simple story telling and illustrating
  • “Finish the picture” coloring printables – 3 pages.

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    Hello, I'm Susan. ​My goal at KidSparkz is to offer instantly downloadable, free and low cost early childhood printables and activity packs to busy teachers and parents.
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