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"The Napping House" Literacy Integration Lesson Plan
By Lara Hocheiser
Move and breathe through a childhood classic. The Napping House by Don and Audrey Wood has been a favorite story in my classes for years, and with a librarian’s suggestion, I brought it to life through yoga for the first time in 2012. Now accompanied by our beautiful illustrations, we can use this yoga sequence to promote a lifelong love of learning, reading, and healthy habits.
Each of the characters in the story is paired with a yoga pose, and each page adds another character in order. As the sequence builds, the poses come together in a beautiful flow. Do the poses as you read, or read and then do the poses—whatever feels the best to you.
This lesson plan is a perfect resource for teachers, parents or clinicians who want bring the story to life with movement. We’ve included a story script and a list of poses so children can learn the yoga sequence.
The Napping House Literacy Integration is a 14-page PDF download that you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print to paper.
This download contains the following:
The Napping House Lesson Plan designed for kids ages 4-10
List of yoga poses, props and key themes that relate to the story
Story script to read along with The Napping House
Guided relaxation, meditation script, crafts, and group activities
The Napping House yoga sequence poster, with nine (9) poses
With love from my heart and my team to you!
Lara
Back to School Mystery Picture Puzzles - Kindergarten Math & Literacy Centers
By The Chatty Kinder
These hands-on Back to School Mystery Picture Puzzles are a great option for your kindergarten back to school math and literacy centers. These printable puzzles include 50 Back to School Mystery Puzzles!
Each school-themed mystery puzzle focuses on a specific math or literacy skill. Students are asked to match the puzzle pieces to the puzzle mats to reveal the mystery picture to solve the mystery puzzle! These puzzles are also great for your early finishers, enrichment opportunities, morning work, or even intervention groups.
⭐ These Back to School Puzzles are also included in the following bundles:
What’s included in this Back to School Mystery Picture Puzzle Kindergarten resource?
Math Picture Puzzles included: 34 in total
Literacy Picture Puzzles included: 16 in total
For a more detailed look at what’s included, check out the preview included above.
How to best use these kindergarten mystery picture puzzles in the classroom:
To get familiar with my Mystery Picture Puzzles, check out these FREE Valentine Math Puzzles.
For more engaging Kindergarten Mystery Puzzles, check out the following resources:
- Alphabet and Beginning Sounds Puzzles
- Number Sense Puzzles
- Winter Math Mystery Puzzles
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Back to School Clip Cards - Shapes, Colors, Numbers, Beginning Sounds Bundle
By The Chatty Kinder
These hands-on Kindergarten Clip Cards are a great option for your kindergarten Back to School centers. This printable includes clip cards to practice 2D Shapes, Beginning Sounds, Colors and Numbers with your preschoolers and kindergarteners. The printable comes in an engaging wheel clip cards printable making this perfect for a hands-on Back to School Math Center! These wheel clip cards are also great for your early finishers, enrichment opportunities, morning work, or even intervention groups.
What is included in this Wheel Clip Cards Bundle?
- 2D Shapes Wheel Clip Cards (with real photos) - 12 Wheels
- Beginning Sounds Wheel Clip Cards (with clipart) - 5 Wheels
- Colors Wheel Clip Cards (with real photos) - 11 Wheels
- 1 to 20 Number Sense Wheel Clip Cards (with clipart) - 20 Wheels
Using this printable:
These hands-on and engaging Wheel Clip Cards are designed for young children who are learning the skills above and can use these for additional practice.
How do you use these clip cards?
Children will use wooden clothespin and clip the sides that match the number/color/beginning sound/shape in the center of the wheel.
How many wheels are included in the printable?
There are a total of 69 Wheels included for all the 4 sets. You can decide how many wheels can be used, it can just a few or multiple can be used at once depending on the learner.
This bundle can be used to strengthen fine motor skills, explore during morning work or used as supplemental literacy/math centers. The clip cards are skill-based, they are not thematic, so they can be used anytime during the year.
The centers are best used once printed on cardstock and/or laminated. You can choose to implement these centers in an independent way or use with small-groups.
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Hands On Back to School Activities - Kindergarten Math and Literacy Bundle
By The Chatty Kinder
Are Back to School Activities for Kindergarten at the top of your list right now? Are you also looking for engaging and hands-on math and literacy centers for your learners? Well, these Back to School Math and Literacy Centers are perfect for some Hands-on Back to School Activities for your Kindergarten learners. Each Back to School Center provides the perfect way to incorporate math, literacy and fine-motor skills into your everyday learning centers!
This Kindergarten Back to School Activity Bundle currently contains 28 resources with tons of math and literacy centers and activities including matching games, puzzles and clip cards. The activities include development of fine motor skills, recognizing the alphabet and numbers, and matching activities, ensuring there are activities for learners of all abilities. For a detailed look at all the Hands-on Back to School Activities included in this resource, please look at the preview above.
Black and White versions of all the activities are included wherever possible, except for those which include color as part of the activity.
What You Get In This Bundle:
How To Use These Hands On Activities
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Kindergarten Winter Math and Literacy Centers BUNDLE
Hands-On Spring Activities for Kindergarten | Math and Literacy Centers
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Winter Sensory Bins and Word Search - Math and Literacy Sensory Bins Bundle
By The Chatty Kinder
Do your learners love using Sensory Bins? These Winter Sensory Bins are perfect for a fun Winter Alphabet and Number Search activity. The printable comes in a fun penguin and winter theme, making it suitable for a Kindergarten Winter Math and literacy Center. Learners will be able to practice numbers and alphabet letter recognition, beginning sounds, counting, subitizing and 2D shapes with this fun, interactive and hands-on printable.
Perfect for use as a sensory bin activity or a math or literacy center with preschool, kindergarten and first grade learners these Winter Math and Literacy Sensory bins are simple to prepare and can be used again and again. Color and black and white versions of the sensory bins are also included for a printer-friendly version.
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What is included in this Kindergarten Math and Literacy Winter Sensory Bins?
The literacy sensory bins included in this printable are:
- Penguin Uppercase Alphabet
- Penguin Lowercase Alphabet
- Penguin Uppercase and lowercase Alphabet
- Snow Globe Beginning Sounds
The math sensory bins included in this printable are:
- Penguin 0-10 Number
- Penguin 0-20 Number
- Ice Skates Ten Frames
- Ice Skates Twenty Frames
- Counting Marshmallows to 10
- Counting Snowballs to 20
- Penguin 2D Shapes
- Quilt 2D Shapes
Each activity comes with the picture cards in a cute winter or penguin theme and differentiated recording sheets for easy differentiation among learners.
Preparing this Winter Sensory Bins for Kindergarten Math & Literacy Center:
Print the cards, laminate and cut apart to create the cards for the activities.
Prepare a sensory bin and place the cards inside.
Print the recording sheets as required.
Learners will pull out the cards from the sensory bins and record their answers (numbers, letters or otherwise) in the recording sheet.
How to best use this Winter Word Search Activity:
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AT Word Family Centers and Activities Bundle
By Jennifer Connett
Find 10 different activities for practicing CVC word work all focused on the AT word family. Practice reading fluency and writing while playing games, doing crafts and other activities.
AT Family Flower
This product includes one AT word family flower template. This flower craft is great for spring themed word family activity or center. It has six different petals with words and pictures to help introduce the AT family.
AT Family Clip Cards
This packet contains clip cards for the AT family. There are 10 different picture cards with 3 different cards for each picture with several different representation of the words.
The first set of cards (pp2-4) have the picture with the beginning sound or blend for the at word and students must clip the correct word family ending to complete the word. For example, the card will have a picture of a hat with h _ _ under the picture. The choices the student will choose from will be like at, ag or am.
The second set of cards (pp5-7) have the picture with no word and the student must pick the correct word from a choice of 3 different words with the same beginning sound but with different ending word families. For example, students will see a picture of a hat and must choose the correct answer from these choices: hat, ham or han.
The third set of cards (pp8-10) have the picture with no word and the student must pick the correct word from a choice of 3 different words with the same beginning and ending sound. Only the vowel is different. For example, students will see a picture of a hat and much choose the correct answer from these choices: hat, hit, or hot.
AT Family Word and Sentence Matching Mats
This packet contains two -AT family matching mats where students will match the picture to the correct word or match the picture to the correct sentence. This set makes a perfect addition to any literacy center in a classroom where word families are being taught.
Use Velcro to hep get the pieces to stay or place the mat on a baking tray and place magnets on the back of the picture cards.
Each set has pictures available in color and in black and white.
AT Family Emergent Readers
This set includes 3 readers:
The Cat and The Rat
I See One
The Cat Sat
AT Family Sentence Builders
Students will use the word cards to form a
sentence. They will write their sentence on the recording page and draw a picture to
illustrate their sentence. There are prompts on the sheet to remind the student to remember their capital letter at the beginning of the sentence and their punctuation at the end.
AT Family Word Wall Cards
This packet contains word wall cards for 10 different -AT words in two different sets. One set is a standard picture with black words and the other has pictures with the “-at” in red.
AT Family Sentence Matching
This packet will make a great center activity for any student learning the AT family. Simply cut each piece out and let the student sort the pictures to match the sentence. Sentences include sight words, color words and number words. There are 14 sentences total.
AT Family Dice Games -- Use these two dice game templates and recording sheet sets to practicing recognizing and spelling AT Word Family Words.
AT Word Family Fluency Practice -- This packet contains a set of AT word family fluency strips to practice reading sentences with AT words. There is also a fluency passage and a reading passage.
AT Word Family Fun Sheets -- This packet contains several no prep activities for more AT word family practice!
By Jennifer Connett
Learn and practice reading words with the digraph TH with this activity bundle. This bundle contains 5 different activities that can be used to learn the digraph TH.
Activities Included
1. Self Checking Reading and Blending Cards - Students will read the word on the front of the card then open it up to see if they read the word correctly.
2. Word and Sentence Mats - Students will read the word or sentence and place the correct picture on the mat.
3. Word Wall Cards - There are 20 word wall cards, with the digraph at either the beginning or end of the word. You can cut them apart to create puzzles as well.
4. Digraph Worksheets - This is a set of cut and paste worksheets to practice reading and matching digraphs.
5. Digraph Flower Craftivity - Students will create a flower with words that begin with the digraph.
Sight Word Puzzles based on Fry 1-300 Bundle
By Jennifer Connett
Help students master sight words with these sight word puzzles. Add these puzzles to your existing sight word activities in your literacy centers, writing centers or morning tubs! This set covers the Fry words from the first 300 words. Each word has its own puzzle to put together. Give students a sheet of paper and have them write down the words as they complete the puzzle for extra practice. This bundle contains the following products: Sight Word Puzzles Fry's 1st Hundred Sight Word Puzzles Fry's 2nd Hundred Sight Word Puzzles Fry's 3rd Hundred
AN Word Family Activity Bundle
By Jennifer Connett
Find 8 different resources for practicing CVC word work all focused on the AN word family. Practice reading fluency and writing while playing games, doing crafts and other activities.
Products included in this bundle:
More Reading Resources
CVC Sentences Reading
CVC Reading and Blending Cards
Candy Corn Sight Word Cards for All 220 Words
By Jennifer Connett
These candy corn sight word cards make a fun fall literacy center or Halloween sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the preprimer through third grade word list for a total of 220 sight words.
These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.
Ways to Use
Each word is printed on its own candy corn card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.
Skills Assessed:
This bundle includes the following products:
Preprimer Sight Word Cards with Candy Corn
Primer Sight Word Cards with Candy Corn
First Grade Sight Word Cards with Candy Corn
Second Grade Sight Word Cards with Candy Corn
Third Grade Sight Word Cards with Candy Corn
Alphabet and Number Card Games and Puzzles Seasonal Bundle
By Jennifer Connett
These seasonal letter and number cards and puzzles are a great activity for preschool and kindergarten students. Students can practice letter and number recognition by matching capital and lowercase letters, matching numbers and number words up to 20, as well as matching numbers and pictures up to 10. The cards and puzzles include spring, winter, fall and summer sets.
What is Included:
Students will love the hands on activities in this resource. There are a variety of different games and activities that students can complete independently or with a partner.
Ways to Use the Cards:
With a wide variety of uses, these cards will allow students to be engaged with learning their letters and numbers, as well as learning number words and practice counting.
How to Use the Puzzles
All of the cards and puzzles in this resource can be stored in task boxes. This allows teachers to have an easy to set up activity that students can easily clean and put away themselves.
Skills Assessed:
Each part of this resource is low prep. They all just need to be printed out and cut apart before use. The teacher may choose to laminate the pieces for durability.
** The sets in this bundle are currently being updated and may not include all of the puzzle and card options listed above. The winter set and fall set already have the number cards added.
This bundle contains the following products:
Fall Themed Alphabet Cards and Puzzles
Spring Themed Alphabet Cards and Puzzles
Summer Themed Alphabet Cards and Puzzles
Winter Themed Alphabet Cards and Puzzles
By Jennifer Connett
Learn and practice reading words with the digraph CH with this activity bundle. This bundle contains 5 different activities that can be used to learn the digraph CH.
Activities Included
1. Self Checking Reading and Blending Cards - Students will read the word on the front of the card then open it up to see if they read the word correctly.
2. Word and Sentence Mats - Students will read the word or sentence and place the correct picture on the mat.
3. Word Wall Cards - There are 20 word wall cards, with the digraph at either the beginning or end of the word. You can cut them apart to create puzzles as well.
4. Digraph Worksheets - This is a set of cut and paste worksheets to practice reading and matching digraphs.
5. Digraph Flower Craftivity - Students will create a flower with words that begin with the digraph.
By Jennifer Connett
Learn and practice reading words with the digraph WH with this activity bundle. This bundle contains 5 different activities that can be used to learn the digraph WH.
Activities Included
1. Self Checking Reading and Blending Cards - Students will read the word on the front of the card then open it up to see if they read the word correctly.
2. Word and Sentence Mats - Students will read the word or sentence and place the correct picture on the mat.
3. Word Wall Cards - There are 20 word wall cards, with the digraph at either the beginning or end of the word. You can cut them apart to create puzzles as well.
4. Digraph Worksheets - This is a set of cut and paste worksheets to practice reading and matching digraphs.
5. Digraph Flower Craftivity - Students will create a flower with words that begin with the digraph.
AM Word Family Activity Bundle
By Jennifer Connett
Find 10 different resources for practicing CVC word work all focused on the AM word family. Practice reading fluency and writing while playing games, doing crafts and other activities.
Products included in this bundle:
More Reading Resources
CVC Sentences Reading
CVC Reading and Blending Cards
Fry 1-100 Sight Word Recognition Games for All Seasons
By Jennifer Connett
Where is the Object? These seasonal sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.
Products Included:
What is Included:
The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.
Ways to Use:
How to Play:
Where's the ________? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where an object is hidden behind a sight word card. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the object is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the object is behind the sight word card, then the object must be hidden again to play further. If the object is not behind the sight word card, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.
This product contains all of Fry's first 100 sight words:
a, about, all, an, and, are, as, at, be, been, but, by, called, can, come, could, day, did, do, down, each, find, first, for, from, get, go, had, has, have, he, her, him, his, how, I, if, in, into, is, it, like, long, look, made, make, many, may, more, my, no, not, now, number, of, oil, on, one, or, other, out, part, people, said, see, she, sit, so, some, than, that, the, their, them, then, there, these, they, this, time, to, two, up, use, was, water, way, we, were, what, when, which, who, will, with, words, would, write, you, your
Fry 201-300 Sight Word Recognition Game Bundle for All Seasons
By Jennifer Connett
Where is the Object? These seasonal sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.
Products Included:
What is Included:
The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.
Ways to Use:
How to Play:
Where's the ________? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where an object is hidden behind a sight word card. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the object is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the object is behind the sight word card, then the object must be hidden again to play further. If the object is not behind the sight word card, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.
Fry 101-200 Sight Word Recognition Games Bundle for All Seasons
By Jennifer Connett
Where is the Object? These seasonal sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.
Products Included:
What is Included:
The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.
Ways to Use:
How to Play:
Where's the ________? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where an object is hidden behind a sight word card. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the object is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the object is behind the sight word card, then the object must be hidden again to play further. If the object is not behind the sight word card, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.
Primer Sight Word Recognition Games Bundle for All Seasons
By Jennifer Connett
Where is the Object? These seasonal sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.
Products Included:
What is Included:
The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.
Ways to Use:
How to Play:
Where's the ________? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where an object is hidden behind a sight word card. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the object is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the object is behind the sight word card, then the object must be hidden again to play further. If the object is not behind the sight word card, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.
This product contains all 52 Primer Sight Words:
all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes
First Grade Sight Word Cards Holiday Bundle
By Jennifer Connett
These holiday sight word cards make a fun holiday literacy center or holiday sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the first grade word list.
These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.
Ways to Use
Each word is printed on its own themed card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.
Sets Included:
Skills Assessed:
This product contains all 41 First Grade Sight Words:
after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when
First Grade Sight Word Recognition Game for All Seasons Bundle
By Jennifer Connett
Where is the Object? These seasonal sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.
Products Included:
What is Included:
The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.
Ways to Use:
How to Play:
Where's the ________? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where an object is hidden behind a sight word card. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the object is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the object is behind the sight word card, then the object must be hidden again to play further. If the object is not behind the sight word card, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.