Hibernating Animals - Activities for Preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten
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$4.00
$4.00
Hibernating Animals - Activities for Early Learners - 33 pages
The hibernating animals featured are bear, bat, chipmunk, hedgehog, raccoon and snake.
Includes:
• 12 foldable booklets featuring animals that hibernate in the winter, 6 in color, 6 in b/w – check the first page to see how to fold the booklets.
• 6 cut and paste scenes - add animals to their hibernation environments
• Finish the picture – children draw each animal in its hibernating environment.
• 6 animal stick puppets – cut out and add a small craft stick for a handle.
• 6 hibernation environment cards – use the stick puppet characters to match to each environment.
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The hibernating animals featured are bear, bat, chipmunk, hedgehog, raccoon and snake.
Includes:
• 12 foldable booklets featuring animals that hibernate in the winter, 6 in color, 6 in b/w – check the first page to see how to fold the booklets.
• 6 cut and paste scenes - add animals to their hibernation environments
• Finish the picture – children draw each animal in its hibernating environment.
• 6 animal stick puppets – cut out and add a small craft stick for a handle.
• 6 hibernation environment cards – use the stick puppet characters to match to each environment.
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Animal Habitats: Activities for 10 Habitats for Early Learners
$8.00
This is a collection of printables to use to create hands-on activities about Animal Habitats for children ages 3 through 6+
63 pages
The habitats featured are Farm (grasslands); Arctic Tundra; Rainforest (Tropical: Forest (American mountain); Ocean; Shore; Savanna (grasslands); Desert; Pond and House.
Contents (clickable in file)
• What is a habitat? (teacher)
• Characteristics about 10 habitats (teacher)
• Animal examples for each habitat (teacher)
• Matching cards – 6 animals for each habitat (10 pages)
• Categorizing printables – draw a line to connect animals with habitat (9 pages)
• Where does this animal live? Connect animals with habitat – 2 pages
• Large manipulative animal cutouts to use for games, vocabulary and categorizing – 26 pages
• Mats to sort large manipulatives into habitats – 9 pages
63 pages
The habitats featured are Farm (grasslands); Arctic Tundra; Rainforest (Tropical: Forest (American mountain); Ocean; Shore; Savanna (grasslands); Desert; Pond and House.
Contents (clickable in file)
• What is a habitat? (teacher)
• Characteristics about 10 habitats (teacher)
• Animal examples for each habitat (teacher)
• Matching cards – 6 animals for each habitat (10 pages)
• Categorizing printables – draw a line to connect animals with habitat (9 pages)
• Where does this animal live? Connect animals with habitat – 2 pages
• Large manipulative animal cutouts to use for games, vocabulary and categorizing – 26 pages
• Mats to sort large manipulatives into habitats – 9 pages
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Nocturnal Animals Flip Book Science Emergent Reader plus Vocabulary and Puppets
$3.00
A Lift-the Flap booklet for Nocturnal Animals: Who is awake at night?
Includes: Pages for booklet
Picture vocabulary cards
Sight words
Stick puppets with labels
Instructions are included.
How to make the booklet:
• The title page is the base for the booklet. Print on cardstock. Do not cut it in half.
• Print the rest of the booklet pages on regular paper, and cut them in half.
• Stack one on top of the other, with the trees page on top, and staple to the base on the right side.
• Read the book with the child/ren, as they flip up each page.
• They can draw a picture of themselves sleeping in bed on the last page.
• Use the picture/vocabulary cards, the sight words, and the stick puppets for supporting activities to the booklet.
All the pages of the booklet are in b/w, except the question page. The stick puppets are in color. Can be printed in greyscale.
Includes: Pages for booklet
Picture vocabulary cards
Sight words
Stick puppets with labels
Instructions are included.
How to make the booklet:
• The title page is the base for the booklet. Print on cardstock. Do not cut it in half.
• Print the rest of the booklet pages on regular paper, and cut them in half.
• Stack one on top of the other, with the trees page on top, and staple to the base on the right side.
• Read the book with the child/ren, as they flip up each page.
• They can draw a picture of themselves sleeping in bed on the last page.
• Use the picture/vocabulary cards, the sight words, and the stick puppets for supporting activities to the booklet.
All the pages of the booklet are in b/w, except the question page. The stick puppets are in color. Can be printed in greyscale.
Animals Habitats Web Graphic Organizers Cut and Paste
$7.50
Children create animal habitat webs graphic organizers by cutting and pasting 6 typical animals onto a habitat mat background.
There are 8 habitats/environments represented: Forest – Rainforest – Farm – Ocean – Pond – Desert – Arctic – African Savanna.
Each habitat activity includes 3 pages – a web graphic organizer; a page with 6 labeled animals to cut and paste, in color; and a page with 6 labeled animals 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 habitat characteristics, making choices, awareness of a link between the printed animals names and the pictures, and having fun while learning science. 26 pages
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There are 8 habitats/environments represented: Forest – Rainforest – Farm – Ocean – Pond – Desert – Arctic – African Savanna.
Each habitat activity includes 3 pages – a web graphic organizer; a page with 6 labeled animals to cut and paste, in color; and a page with 6 labeled animals 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 habitat characteristics, making choices, awareness of a link between the printed animals names and the pictures, and having fun while learning science. 26 pages
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FOREST ANIMALS Theme Pack for Preschool - 125 pages
$7.50
Forest Animals Theme Pack for Preschool 125 pages. This is a comprehensive set of activities with a forest animals theme. (North American forest). Make hands-on, interactive centers and learning games for your preschool and pre-K classroom. Engaging graphics, most activities are developmentally appropriate for ages 3 - 5.
125 pages
Contents (click on the title in the resource to go to the activity)
• Large (North American) forest animal cut outs for small group recognition, description, bulletin board, flannel board, stick puppets etc. (14 forest animals)
• Word/picture strips plus header
• Flash cards, 4 to a page, for memory and matching games.
• Photo flash cards (14)
• Forest counting mats– counting sets, or cut and paste
• Upper and lower case alphabet letters for recognition, sequencing, matching upper with lower case
• 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 number cards.
• Set of number cards 0-10 – match number conifer trees with sets of owls.
• Order by size – arrange in ascending or descending size.
• Size sort – big, medium and small.
• Color cards – match mushrooms with woodland birds – 11 colors
• Pre-writing/tracing pages (2)
• Play dough mats (2)
• Match forest animals with silhouettes (12 cards)
• Finish the picture/coloring pages (7)
• 6 piece puzzles (4)
• Complete the pattern strips (6) AB, AAB, ABB, ABC
• Shapes cards – match shapes on chipmunks with shapes on logs
• Masks or large stick puppets(5) color and b/w
• Emergent reader –repetitive sentences. “I see a ______ in the forest”.
KidSparkz Teaching Resources
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Complete bundle of 23 KidSparkz Preschool Theme Packs.
125 pages
Contents (click on the title in the resource to go to the activity)
• Large (North American) forest animal cut outs for small group recognition, description, bulletin board, flannel board, stick puppets etc. (14 forest animals)
• Word/picture strips plus header
• Flash cards, 4 to a page, for memory and matching games.
• Photo flash cards (14)
• Forest counting mats– counting sets, or cut and paste
• Upper and lower case alphabet letters for recognition, sequencing, matching upper with lower case
• 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 number cards.
• Set of number cards 0-10 – match number conifer trees with sets of owls.
• Order by size – arrange in ascending or descending size.
• Size sort – big, medium and small.
• Color cards – match mushrooms with woodland birds – 11 colors
• Pre-writing/tracing pages (2)
• Play dough mats (2)
• Match forest animals with silhouettes (12 cards)
• Finish the picture/coloring pages (7)
• 6 piece puzzles (4)
• Complete the pattern strips (6) AB, AAB, ABB, ABC
• Shapes cards – match shapes on chipmunks with shapes on logs
• Masks or large stick puppets(5) color and b/w
• Emergent reader –repetitive sentences. “I see a ______ in the forest”.
KidSparkz Teaching Resources
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Complete bundle of 23 KidSparkz Preschool Theme Packs.
Forest Animals Photos Sort
$3.00
This is a set of 24 forest animal photos, labeled.
Sort the animals onto mats: Mammals, Birds, Insects, Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians.
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Sort the animals onto mats: Mammals, Birds, Insects, Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians.
See the Preview for the animals featured.
FOREST ANIMALS - 20 Foldable Informational Booklets
$4.00
Forest Animals (North American)- 20 foldable informational booklets for early learners - 10 are in full color, 10 are in in b/w for economical printing, and for the children to color.
22 pages
Woodland forest animals included are: bear, deer, fox, hedgehog, owl, porcupine, mole, rabbit, skunk,and squirrel.
Information in the booklets includes - their names, where they live, the food they eat, and an interesting fact about them.
ARCTIC ANIMALS PACK - Theme Unit with Posters, Photos, Games and Activities
$6.50
This is a comprehensive non-fiction theme unit focusing on animals that live it the Arctic biome/habitat for preschool, pre-K and Kindergarten. Realistic clipart and photos are used, for maximal learning. There are no penguins in this unit, since penguins do not live in the Arctic.
76 pages
Contents:
• 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.
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76 pages
Contents:
• 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.
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WINTER - "Finish the Picture" booklet - Oral and Written Language
$2.50
This flexible activity can be used with groups, individually and in centers.
12 pages of Winter-related black and white “finish the picture” pages – draw extra interesting items and color the picture. Have a discussion about it. Write or dictate a sentence about it. Draw your favorite part about Winter on the last page.
You could make a booklet for a child, or for a small group, by stapling the pages together.
12 pages of Winter-related black and white “finish the picture” pages – draw extra interesting items and color the picture. Have a discussion about it. Write or dictate a sentence about it. Draw your favorite part about Winter on the last page.
You could make a booklet for a child, or for a small group, by stapling the pages together.
Winter Theme Number Practice Printables
$3.00
This is a collection of number practice printables reviewing some different forms that numbers can take, for young children. The numbers being reviewed are from 1-20. This set can be used with a Winter or Snowman theme unit.
• Recognize and read the number in the box, and it’s written word format
• Count the number of snowflakes, by touching each one as the number is said.
• Trace the number, and the number word.
• Draw a set of any items in the curved box, to correspond with the number.
• Make dots or circles in the 10-frame to correspond with the number.
• Color the Snowmen and Snowflakes, if desired.
These worksheets are for children that enjoy, and are ready for, this more abstract way of working with numbers. Young children need a great deal of playing and working with 3-dimensional manipulatives in order to recognize, understand, and develop a concept of numbers and sets.
K.CC.B.4
K.CC.B.5
Number Practice Printables for Entire Year BUNDLE 320+ pages
• Recognize and read the number in the box, and it’s written word format
• Count the number of snowflakes, by touching each one as the number is said.
• Trace the number, and the number word.
• Draw a set of any items in the curved box, to correspond with the number.
• Make dots or circles in the 10-frame to correspond with the number.
• Color the Snowmen and Snowflakes, if desired.
These worksheets are for children that enjoy, and are ready for, this more abstract way of working with numbers. Young children need a great deal of playing and working with 3-dimensional manipulatives in order to recognize, understand, and develop a concept of numbers and sets.
K.CC.B.4
K.CC.B.5
Number Practice Printables for Entire Year BUNDLE 320+ pages
WINTER Count the Room Activity for Early Learners
$3.00
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: a) one with the numbers already written on the page, for the earliest learners to trace; b) one with no numbers in the recording page boxes, but written at the bottom of the page to use as a reference; c) one with no numbers in the boxes, and no reference numbers, and d) 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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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: a) one with the numbers already written on the page, for the earliest learners to trace; b) one with no numbers in the recording page boxes, but written at the bottom of the page to use as a reference; c) one with no numbers in the boxes, and no reference numbers, and d) 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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Hibernating Animals - Activities for Preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten
$4.00
Hibernating Animals - Activities for Early Learners - 33 pages
The hibernating animals featured are bear, bat, chipmunk, hedgehog, raccoon and snake.
Includes:
• 12 foldable booklets featuring animals that hibernate in the winter, 6 in color, 6 in b/w – check the first page to see how to fold the booklets.
• 6 cut and paste scenes - add animals to their hibernation environments
• Finish the picture – children draw each animal in its hibernating environment.
• 6 animal stick puppets – cut out and add a small craft stick for a handle.
• 6 hibernation environment cards – use the stick puppet characters to match to each environment.
Click on the collage photo and hover over it for a larger view of the pages.
The hibernating animals featured are bear, bat, chipmunk, hedgehog, raccoon and snake.
Includes:
• 12 foldable booklets featuring animals that hibernate in the winter, 6 in color, 6 in b/w – check the first page to see how to fold the booklets.
• 6 cut and paste scenes - add animals to their hibernation environments
• Finish the picture – children draw each animal in its hibernating environment.
• 6 animal stick puppets – cut out and add a small craft stick for a handle.
• 6 hibernation environment cards – use the stick puppet characters to match to each environment.
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Task Cards for Beginners - Winter
$4.50
Task Cards for Beginners – WINTER:
This is a collection of task cards, with manipulatives, for early learners, with a Winter theme. Most of the activities are for use by a small group with a teacher leader. They work well for non-readers and pre-readers. These cards introduce children to the concept of following written directions, and in beginning to use task cards.
Includes:
• SHAPES task cards with a set of shapes manipulatives. The manipulatives are spread out in front of a small group. Child chooses card (or teacher gives a card) – child “reads” card and finds the shape described on the card. There are 2 each of 8 shapes.
• COLORS task cards, and a set of 18 colorful snowmen manipulatives (9 colors)
• NUMBERS task cards, plus 2 sets of penguins manipulatives – penguins numbered from 0-10, and sets of penguins standing on the ice 0-10. Task cards can be used with either set of penguins, or both of them together.
• FIND the PICTURE task cards. Large pictures of “things to do in the snow” are taped to the wall around the room. Child finds the picture that matches his/her task card, then brings the task card back to the teacher to be re-used.
• LETTERS task cards, plus a set of cups of hot chocolate manipulatives, each with an upper case letter of the alphabet. Spread the cups out in front of group. Child chooses a task card, or is given one by the teacher, and finds the letter described on the card.
• DRESS the SNOWMAN task cards. Use with individual children or as a center. Child chooses card – child “reads” card and follows the directions, adding items to the snowman mat. There are 4 cards with one direction, 4 with 2 directions, and 4 with 3 directions.
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This is a collection of task cards, with manipulatives, for early learners, with a Winter theme. Most of the activities are for use by a small group with a teacher leader. They work well for non-readers and pre-readers. These cards introduce children to the concept of following written directions, and in beginning to use task cards.
Includes:
• SHAPES task cards with a set of shapes manipulatives. The manipulatives are spread out in front of a small group. Child chooses card (or teacher gives a card) – child “reads” card and finds the shape described on the card. There are 2 each of 8 shapes.
• COLORS task cards, and a set of 18 colorful snowmen manipulatives (9 colors)
• NUMBERS task cards, plus 2 sets of penguins manipulatives – penguins numbered from 0-10, and sets of penguins standing on the ice 0-10. Task cards can be used with either set of penguins, or both of them together.
• FIND the PICTURE task cards. Large pictures of “things to do in the snow” are taped to the wall around the room. Child finds the picture that matches his/her task card, then brings the task card back to the teacher to be re-used.
• LETTERS task cards, plus a set of cups of hot chocolate manipulatives, each with an upper case letter of the alphabet. Spread the cups out in front of group. Child chooses a task card, or is given one by the teacher, and finds the letter described on the card.
• DRESS the SNOWMAN task cards. Use with individual children or as a center. Child chooses card – child “reads” card and follows the directions, adding items to the snowman mat. There are 4 cards with one direction, 4 with 2 directions, and 4 with 3 directions.
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