Recycling Sorting Mats

After the concept of recycling is discussed with children, I follow up with this activity to ensure that the concept is stuck with them. I give children, pictures of recyclable items. We name the pictures and discuss how we use them.Then I encourage them to sort the pictures into plastic, paper, glass and can bins.

You can also simply print out the mats and ask kids to sort the pictures. It can be an individual activity or a group activity or you can place them in your centers.

Grab them from my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.

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Penguin Literacy center Idea

If you are doing a unit on penguins which could be perfect during the winter months, try out this cute literacy center on penguins. It is super simple to create and the kids would have a blast learning letters/words through this game.

All you need is a cardboard box and some colored prints of a penguin and fish. Stick the penguin on the box and make a slit around its mouth. Write letters on the fish and ask children to feed the letter fish to the penguin. They should be able to say the name and sound of each letter. Encourage them to cross out the letters on the recording sheet. 

They can do this activity independently or with you if you are trying to assess their letter knowledge.

Literacy Center- Teaching Sght Words

Centers are such an effective way to get students to learn independently and in small groups. I love making resources to use in the literacy centers. It empowers my kids and gives them a sense of accomplishment and they tend to take ownership of their own learning.

So this activity was born keeping in mind the above points. You may have seen versions of this game online but it took me a while to give it a try. But the moment I made it and put it out for the kids to try, they kinda went ballistic with it. Sight word learning has never been so much fun.

So don't wait and give it a try in your class now, because its completely worth it.

I simply made some fish cuts with sight words written on  them . I use the Dolch word list, so the words are from there. 

I attached a magnet strip at the back of each fish. You can even attach metal paper clips.

Give children a fishing rod and a recording sheet. Let them catch the fish and tick off the sight words on their sheet.

Simple, easy and pure fun!

Grab this game from my TPT STORE.

Happy fishing for sight words!

Alphabet Activities

Summer break is a great time to unwind and relax, to catch up with family and friends,  to go on a holiday and basically just chill(ie if you can in the hot weather). And for kids its no different, it simply means enjoyment and fun. But its also that time of the year when there is a substantial learning loss. So how do we get the kids to engage in some constructive learning  without making them feel like the kid below?

I have listed 5 great activities that you can do at home with your little kiddos to revise/revisit/introduce the alphabet without making your kids feel that they are studying.

They are all hand-on activities which would hardly consume your child's valuable break yet provide the learning which would give them a head start when school reopens.

1) DOWNLOAD this freebie and see if your child can place letters in an order. You only need a set of magnetic letters for this activity. 

2) GRAB this alphabet game and let your child turn into a little letter detective. You require a dice to play this game.

 

3) Let your child observe things around his/her environment and go on a letter scavenger hunt.

You only require a printer to print the scavenger hunt sheet. ;) Find the sheet HERE.

4) Engage your little artist/scientist/naturalist leaner by using the activities given below. They are based on multiple intelligence's and cater to a wide variety of learners. Click on the LINK to read more about them.

  

5) Get these ALPHABET CARDS from my TPT Store and help your child practice letter formations and  identify beginning sounds in words.

These 5 power packed ideas are sure to get your sweet cupcakes excited about the alphabet. So what are you waiting for ? Go ahead, download and have lots of fun!