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These engaging rhyming mats make the perfect small group lesson or independent center!

⭐ Students pick a pumpkin seed, "read" the picture, and decide what pumpkin mat it belongs on based on the rhyme.

Included in this set:

6 Pumpkin Mats-- with self checking pictures on the back

24 Pumpkin Seed Rhyming Cards-- 4 for each rhyming mat

Teacher Directions Page

Rhyming Word List Page

Print the mats and cards and laminate for durability.

Optional- attach velcro to the mats and the backs of the seeds for easy storage and organization.

*PDF Format

⭐ Another way to keep your class time flowing nicely, is to have everything organized! Use these Editable Classroom Labels to ensure everything has a place to go.

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Make learning the alphabet fun and festive with these Turkey Letter Cards! Perfect for Thanksgiving or fall-themed activities, these colorful and engaging letter cards come in two sizes, offering versatility for a variety of classroom uses.

What’s Included:

• Full set of uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Two convenient sizes for small-group and whole-class activities.

Ways to Use These Turkey Letter Cards:

• Letter Recognition: Build familiarity with uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Phonemic Awareness: Pair the cards with beginning sound activities.
• Alphabet Sequencing: Practice putting the alphabet in order.
• Matching Games: Match uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Sensory Bins: Add the cards to a fall-themed sensory bin for interactive play.
• Center Activities: Use them in literacy centers for independent or partner work.

These Turkey Letter Cards are perfect for preschool, pre-K, and kindergarten classrooms. They can also be used for homeschooling or speech therapy sessions to reinforce early literacy skills.

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Make rhyming practice a blast with these interactive Rhyming Bear Caves! Perfect for small group lessons or independent centers, this activity helps students strengthen their phonemic awareness skills by sorting rhyming words in a fun, hands-on way. Students will love finding the right "cave" for each bear, and the self-checking feature on the back of each mat boosts confidence as they learn.

What’s Included:

• 6 Cave Mats with self-checking pictures on the back
• 24 Bear Rhyming Cards (4 rhyming words per mat)
• Teacher Directions Page for easy setup
• Rhyming Word List Page to support instruction

How to Use:

1. Students pick a bear card with a picture.
2. They "read" the picture and identify the rhyming word.
3. Students place the bear in the corresponding cave based on the rhyme.

Teacher Tips:
Print and laminate mats and cards for added durability. For added fun, attach the cave mats to a container, so students can physically place the bears "in the cave."

Add this rhyming resource to your literacy centers and watch your students’ phonemic awareness skills grow!

Format: PDF

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Make learning letter sounds fun with this engaging Bear Cave Letter Sort! Perfect for preschool and kindergarten students, this activity combines hands-on sorting with beginning sound recognition practice. Students will love helping bears find their way to the correct "cave" by identifying the beginning sound of each picture. This activity is ideal for literacy centers, small groups, or independent practice.

What’s Included:

• 26 Letter Cave Mats (one for each letter of the alphabet)
• 130 Bear Picture Cards (5 cards per letter) featuring colorful images of objects that start with each specific letter sound
• Teacher Directions Page for easy setup and instructions

How to Use:

1. Students pick a bear card with a picture on it.
2. They determine the beginning sound of the picture.
3. Students place the bear on the matching letter cave mat.

This activity helps students build foundational phonics skills, improve letter-sound recognition, and develop sorting abilities. It’s a perfect addition to your literacy activities, helping students gain confidence and independence in phonics!

Great for:
⭐️ Literacy Centers
⭐️ Phonics Practice
⭐️ Small Group Work
⭐️ Early Childhood Classrooms

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Get ready to reinforce letter recognition with these Turkey Letter Trail Mats! Featuring both uppercase and lowercase letter paths, this activity engages students in a playful, hands-on way to practice the alphabet.

Students will help the turkey make its way to the barn by placing letters in sequence from A-Z. They can use letter tiles, magnets, beads, or any letter manipulatives for interactive practice. To add even more fun, students can “stir the soup” (a container of alphabet letters), scoop one up, say the letter out loud, and match it to their letter trail mat.

What’s Included:

• Uppercase Letter Trail Mat
• Lowercase Letter Trail Mat
• Both color and black-and-white options

Product Details:

• PDF format for easy download and printing
• Perfect for independent practice, literacy centers, and small groups
• Great for building alphabet recognition and sequencing skills

Perfect For:

• Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
• Fall or Thanksgiving themes
• Literacy centers or morning tubs
• Homeschool settings

Bring a fun, seasonal twist to letter practice with these Turkey Letter Trail Mats!

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Paint and reveal the mystery letters or numbers! This activity is sure to keep your kiddos attention. They will be practicing their letter and number identification without even realizing it!

Your will use a white crayon to write letters or numbers on the turkey. Your students will use watercolor paint to paint the turkey and reveal the letters!Engage your students with this fun paint-and-reveal activity! They’ll practice letter and number recognition in an interactive way that keeps their attention.

How It Works:
Write letters or numbers on the turkey image using a white crayon. Then, have students paint over the turkey with watercolors to magically reveal the hidden letters or numbers!

This Pack Includes:

• Turkey Surprise Letters Page
• Turkey Surprise Numbers Page
• Teacher Directions Page

This resource is provided in PDF format for easy printing and setup.

This pack includes:

-Turkey Surprise Letters Page

-Turkey Surprise Numbers Page

-Teacher Directions Page

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Get ready to reinforce letter recognition with this Alphabet Soup Game! Designed to make learning letters fun, this activity includes uppercase and lowercase letter mats and a catchy rhyme to introduce the game.

To play, students will “stir the soup” (a container of alphabet letters), scoop up a letter, say it out loud, and match it to their alphabet soup mat. With multiple mat options, this game easily adapts to different skill levels, providing support or an extra challenge as needed.

What’s Included:

• Full Uppercase Letters Mat
• Full Lowercase Letters Mat
• 3 Mats featuring 8-9 uppercase letters
• 3 Mats featuring 8-9 lowercase letters
• Alphabet Soup Rhyme Poster

Product Details:

• Available in both color and black-and-white
• PDF format for easy printing
• Perfect for centers, small groups, and individual practice

Perfect For:

• Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
• Early literacy centers or morning tubs
• Fall or themed units
• Homeschool activities

Bring joy to letter learning with this playful and engaging Alphabet Soup Game!

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Make rhyming fun and engaging this holiday season with the Gingerbread "Link a Rhyme" Activity! Perfect for building essential pre-reading skills, this activity encourages students to find rhyming pairs and connect them with plastic links.

Product Features:
12 Rhyming Pairs: Includes common, easy-to-recognize words that young learners can relate to.
Bright and Vibrant Pictures: Eye-catching visuals capture students’ attention and keep them motivated.
Hands-On Learning: Using plastic links to connect the gingerbread men makes learning interactive and engaging.
Phonemic Awareness Practice: Supports early literacy by helping students recognize and produce rhyming words.
Flexible Use: Ideal for small group activities, literacy centers, or independent practice.

Help your students build their pre-reading skills in a playful, hands-on way with this holiday-themed rhyming activity! Perfect for preschool and kindergarten.

What’s Included:

• 24 gingerbread men (12 rhyming pairs)
• Clear instructions for setup and use

Add a dash of holiday cheer to your literacy centers with this fun and educational activity!

Format: PDF

Additional Resources:

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Boost your students' phonological awareness and fine motor skills this fall with these Turkey Syllable Clip Cards! This hands-on activity invites young learners to practice hearing and counting syllables using vibrant, fall-themed pictures that build both vocabulary and syllable awareness. Perfect for Thanksgiving or autumn learning, this activity adds seasonal excitement to literacy centers!

How It Works: Students will look at each picture, say the word, clap out the syllables, and use a clothespin to clip the correct syllable count. This tactile and interactive approach helps reinforce syllable counting and builds early reading skills.

What’s Included:

• 18 Turkey Syllable Clip Cards (6 cards each for one, two, and three syllables)
• Teacher Directions Page for easy setup and use

Product Details:

• PDF format for simple download and printing
• Low-prep activity, ideal for small groups, literacy centers, or individual practice
• Supports phonological awareness skills, vocabulary development, and fine motor coordination

Perfect For:

• Preschool, Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade
• Fall and Thanksgiving units
• Literacy centers, small group instruction, or independent practice
• Homeschool and speech therapy activities

Bring the spirit of the season into your classroom while reinforcing essential language skills with this Turkey Syllable Activity!

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Bring fun and engagement to your literacy centers with the Turkey Letter Match Butcher Paper Activity! Perfect for preschool and early learners, this interactive resource helps students practice uppercase and lowercase letter recognition in a playful, hands-on way.

What's Included:

• 26 turkey faces featuring uppercase and lowercase letters
• Easy setup instructions for creating colorful turkeys on butcher paper
• Suggestions for manipulatives like letter tiles, magnets, and beads

How It Works:

1. Select 5-8 turkey faces to focus on.
2. Print, laminate, and tape them onto butcher paper.
3. Draw feathers for each turkey.
4. Invite students to fill the feathers by matching letters with manipulatives.

Perfect For:

• Phonemic awareness and early literacy skills
• Small groups, centers, or independent practice
• Thanksgiving or fall-themed learning activities

Make learning letters a turkey-riffic adventure!

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Bring the holiday spirit to your literacy center with this Gingerbread Beginning Sound Match activity! Featuring bright, engaging illustrations and a child-friendly font, this resource is perfect for helping young learners practice phonemic awareness in a fun, hands-on way.

• Simple prep: Just print, cut, and laminate for durability.
• Interactive matching game: Students match the top half of the gingerbread (letter) with the bottom half (picture) based on the beginning sound.

This seasonal resource makes learning beginning sounds a delightful treat for your students!

Great for:
⭐️ Literacy Centers
⭐️ Phonics Practice
⭐️ Small Group Work
⭐️ Early Childhood Classrooms

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Make learning the alphabet fun and festive with these Gingerbread Letter Cards! These colorful and engaging letter cards come in two sizes, offering versatility for a variety of classroom uses.

What’s Included:

• Full set of uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Two convenient sizes for small-group and whole-class activities.

Ways to Use These Gingerbread Letter Cards:

• Letter Recognition: Build familiarity with uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Phonemic Awareness: Pair the cards with beginning sound activities.
• Alphabet Sequencing: Practice putting the alphabet in order.
• Matching Games: Match uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Sensory Bins: Add the cards to a sensory bin for interactive play.
• Center Activities: Use them in literacy centers for independent or partner work.

These Gingerbread Letter Cards are perfect for preschool, pre-K, and kindergarten classrooms. They can also be used for homeschooling or speech therapy sessions to reinforce early literacy skills.

*Comes in PDF format.

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Turn your classroom into a winter wonderland of learning with the Winter Word Hunt activity! This fun, interactive activity gets students moving while building literacy skills like word recognition, handwriting, and spelling.

What's Included:

• Winter Word Cards: Ready to print and hang around your classroom.
• Two Recording Pages: Options to suit different student needs.

How It Works:

1. Teachers hang the winter word cards around the classroom.
2. Students search for the words, find them, and trace them on their recording sheet.
3. Continue until all the words have been found and traced!

Why Teachers Love It:

• Engaging: Combines movement and learning for active engagement.
• Customizable: Use as a whole-group activity, in centers, or during independent work.
• Educational: Reinforces word recognition, handwriting, and fine motor skills.

This Winter Word Hunt is a perfect seasonal activity to bring excitement and literacy learning to your classroom. Pair it with other activities from the Winter Centers Pack for a complete winter-themed experience!

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Take your students on a fun and educational adventure with this We're Going on a Letter Hunt fine motor, sensory, and letter recognition activity! This resource includes 26 letter mats, each featuring a specific letter for students to "hunt" and identify.

Children will:

• Roll play-dough into "snakes" to enhance fine motor skills and incorporate sensory play.
• Use plastic scissors to cut small pieces of play-dough.
• Cover up all the target letters they find on the mat, reinforcing letter recognition.

Visual directions are included on every mat, making it easy for students to follow independently. Mats are provided in color and black and white to suit your classroom needs.

Perfect for centers, small groups, or independent work, this activity combines hands-on fun with literacy development.

Format: PDF

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Make rhyming fun and engaging with the Snowman "Link-A-Rhyme" Activity! Perfect for building essential pre-reading skills, this activity encourages students to find rhyming pairs and connect them with plastic links.

Product Features:

• 12 Rhyming Pairs: Includes common, easy-to-recognize words that young learners can relate to.
• Bright and Vibrant Pictures: Eye-catching visuals of cheerful snowmen capture students’ attention and keep them motivated.
• Hands-On Learning: Using plastic links to connect the snowmen makes learning interactive and engaging.
• Phonemic Awareness Practice: Supports early literacy by helping students recognize and produce rhyming words.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for small group activities, literacy centers, or independent practice.

Help your students build their pre-reading skills in a playful, hands-on way with this engaging rhyming activity! Perfect for preschool and kindergarten.

What’s Included:

• 24 snowmen (12 rhyming pairs)
• Clear instructions for setup and use

Bring a spark of fun to your literacy centers with this educational activity!

Format: PDF

Additional Resources:

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Boost Phonological Awareness with a Fun Gingerbread Syllable Sort Activity!

Add a festive touch to your literacy centers with this interactive Gingerbread Syllable Sort! Perfect for the winter season, this hands-on activity helps young learners practice hearing and counting syllables while sorting based on the number of syllables in each word. With 18 colorful gingerbread-themed cards (1, 2, and 3 syllables), this engaging resource builds both vocabulary and phonological awareness.

How It Works:
Students pick a card, say the word, clap out the syllables, and sort the card into the correct syllable category (1, 2, or 3 syllables). This interactive approach makes learning fun and keeps students actively engaged in building foundational literacy skills.

What’s Included:

• 18 Gingerbread Syllable Cards (6 cards each for 1, 2, and 3 syllables)
• Teacher Directions Page for easy setup

Product Details:

• PDF format for quick download and printing
• Low-prep activity, ideal for small groups, literacy centers, or individual practice
• Supports phonological awareness and vocabulary development

Perfect For:

• Preschool, Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade
• Winter and holiday-themed units
• Literacy centers, small group instruction, or independent practice
• Homeschool and speech therapy activities

Bring holiday cheer to your classroom while strengthening essential language skills with this Gingerbread Syllable Sort Activity!

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This engaging and interactive resource is designed to help students master the skill of blending sounds to form words. By visually representing the process of "climbing the ladder" to build words, students will develop a strong foundation in phonics and early reading.

Benefits for Students:

• Phonological Awareness: Students will strengthen their ability to identify and manipulate individual sounds within words.
• Word Recognition: By practicing blending sounds, students will improve their ability to recognize and read words quickly and accurately.
• Reading Fluency: As students become more proficient in blending sounds, they will be able to read with greater speed and accuracy.
• Spelling Skills: The visual representation of word building will help students understand the spelling patterns of words.
• Independent Learning: This resource is perfect for independent work, centers, or small group instruction, allowing students to practice at their own pace.
• Motivation: The fun and engaging format of the word ladders will motivate students to practice their reading skills.

By using this resource, students will develop the essential skills needed to become confident and fluent readers.

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This engaging CVC word ladder activity is a fun and effective way to help students build their literacy skills. By looking at pictures and writing the corresponding CVC words, students will develop their:

• Phonological awareness: Recognizing and manipulating sounds in words.
• Phonics skills: Understanding the relationship between sounds and letters.
• Sight word recognition: Memorizing and automatically recognizing common words.
• Spelling: Practicing correct letter-sound correspondence and word formation.
• Vocabulary: Expanding their knowledge of new words and their meanings.

This activity is also great for independent practice and can be differentiated to meet the needs of different learners. Laminating the word ladder sheets to make them reusable and perfect for literacy centers, small group instruction, or homework.

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These educational mats are designed to help young learners master CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) and digraph words. Each mat features a specific color and includes pictures that correspond to the color-coded words. To reinforce learning, students read the word and then cover it with the matching picture. For durability, the mats can be laminated for long-term use.

Benefits for Students:

• Phonological Awareness: Students develop a strong understanding of how sounds relate to letters, a crucial skill for reading and writing.
• Vocabulary Expansion: By learning new CVC and digraph words, students increase their vocabulary and improve their communication skills.
• Visual Learning: The color-coded pictures provide a visual aid that helps students connect sounds with letters and words.
• Hands-On Learning: The interactive nature of the mats makes learning engaging and fun, fostering a positive attitude towards education.
• Independent Learning: Students can use the mats independently, allowing for personalized practice and reinforcement of skills.

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This activity, "Candy Corn Beginning Letter Sounds: Cards and Worksheet," is designed to reinforce students' understanding of beginning letter sounds. Here are some ways it can benefit them:

1. Phonemic Awareness: It helps students develop phonemic awareness, which is the ability to identify and manipulate individual sounds in words. This is a crucial skill for reading and spelling.

2. Letter-Sound Correspondence: The activity strengthens students' understanding of letter-sound correspondence, which is the relationship between a letter and its associated sound. This knowledge is essential for decoding words and learning to read.

3. Visual Discrimination: The use of pictures allows students to practice visual discrimination, which involves recognizing similarities and differences between objects. This skill is helpful for identifying letters and words.

4. Fine Motor Skills: Coloring the thumbs up or thumbs down requires students to use fine motor skills, which can improve their handwriting and overall coordination.

5. Engagement: The use of candy corn as a theme can make the activity more engaging and fun for students, especially around Halloween.

6. Differentiation: The activity can be easily adapted to different learning levels. For example, you could provide more or fewer cards, or use simpler or more complex words.

Overall, this activity provides students with a fun and interactive way to practice important literacy skills.

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