Spiders and Skittles Freebies!

While I don't really like spiders in real life, I do love teaching about them. I feel like I learn something new every year. This time around, I wanted my preschoolers to learn the parts of a spider. Learning the words is easy enough, but I wanted them to be able to show me what they knew. Thus, I created this Parts of a Spider assessment tool. 

Click on the picture to download your copy. 

 After Halloween, I had some extra Skittles that needed a purpose in life. What better purpose than a math lesson? I don't think this graph has enough spaces for all the Skittles in a regular bag, but I guess that means you'll have to eat some along the way! Before giving this to the kids, have them make predictions about the number of each color in their bag. Have them smell, touch, and describe the Skittles. 

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I didn't realize when I made this that it would be such a great 1:1 assessment tool for my group. Some of them really struggled with putting only one Skittle in each box. 

After all the Skittles are laid out, then the counting begins. I purposely did not put numbers on this graph so that my students would have to touch and count. 

I hope you can use these in your classroom! 

Letter or Number?

Last year, I made a letter/number sort freebie around Thanksgiving time.  Thanksgiving is really my favorite holiday, so it's no surprise that I made a freebie to celebrate.  Almost right away, I had a request on TpT to make more sorts with other themes.  Of course, I said, "Sure! I am totally inspired to make many more sorts!"....and then never did.  If you were the person who made the request, I am sorry.  In light of the new school year starting up, though, I am inspired once again!

Differentiating between letters and numbers is one of those skills that we take for granted.  Some littles have a really hard time with this.

This one's for the girls.  {Don't worry - I didn't forget about the boys!}

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Valentine Freebie!

It's that time again! 

{Click on the picture to get your freebie!}

This game is designed for kids who are just learning their alphabet.  I created it in black and white to save money on that expensive color ink! You can copy it on pink or red paper to get into the Valentine's Day mood. 

Here's a little preview:

You can hide these cards around the classroom for a fun alphabet hunt game, or you could post them on the walls for a Write the Room center.  

Enjoy!

Fabulicious Freebies!

Better late than never! 

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****Update as of 2/3/13:  I apologize that this didn't work before! It should be working now. *****

Freebie!

It was just one of those weeks, wasn't it?  Maybe it was just me, but I was exhausted and playing catch up all week for some reason.  I don't think I even took any pictures of the stuff we were doing! 

You know the feeling!

Anyway, I was able to create this fun little activity this afternoon.

Your littles will LOVE to hunt for the gingerbread man around the school. And, best of all, it's FREE!

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