Less than $5 1st Grade Summer Activities (by date, oldest first)

Summer themed Color by CVC Word puzzles covering short a, e, i, o, and u word families. Each color by word puzzle features 4 to 5 CVC words for a vowel family in two difficulty levels for 10 puzzles total. I've included both a picture clue set and a word clue set. In the picture clue set, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue set, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color in the puzzle. No prep! Just print and go.

Words Included:

Short a - hat, mad, pan, bat, van

Short e - net, wed, pen, hen

Short i - pin, lid, rib, pit, win

Short o - hot, log, hop, box, cob

Short u - hut, bud, cub, gum

Want to save on this and other Color by CVC Word puzzles? Build a custom bundle by choosing from any of our 40+ units and you'll save 20% off the list price! You can choose from a 4 Unit Bundle, a 6 Unit Bundle, or a 10 Unit Bundle.

Also available:

Autumn Color by CVC Word

Winter Color by CVC Word

Spring Color by CVC Word

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Check out my other CVC activites:

*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Blending Cards - 85 Words with and without pictures

CVC Word Family Rearrange Puzzles -

85 Words

St. Patrick's Day Color by CVC Word

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Learn to label the parts of a sunflower, sea turtle, a campsite, symbols of summer, and more! These no-prep, label the picture printables are great for practicing scissor skills or handwriting in labeling centers, writing centers, to complement science or social studies units or for ESL students.

Each summer-themed printable comes in two versions for differentiated learning: one version is a cut and paste, the other is a fill-in-the-blank version with a word bank for more advanced students. Cut and paste versions work well for preschool and kindergartners working on scissor skills, while the word bank version gives older kinders, first and second graders practice at writing and identifying the parts of the life cycles. Printables come in both full color and black and white. Use the black and white version to add a coloring component to the lesson!

Labeling Activities Included:

Bee

Watermelon

Sunflower

Sea Turtle

Campsite

Symbols of Ramadan

Beach Objects

Symbols of Summer

What You Get:

-Cut and Paste version of each labeling activity in both color and black and white

-Word Bank version of each labeling activity in both color and black and white

-Answer Key for each labeling activity

*Total of 40 pages including answer keys*

**This is the fourth in a series of Label the Parts sets**

Label the Parts - Autumn (including holidays)

Label the Parts - Winter (including holidays)

Label the Parts - Spring (including holidays)

Label the Parts - Summer (including holidays)

Label the Parts - Insects, Bugs & Spiders

Label the Parts - Animals

Label the Parts - Objects

Label the Parts - Life Cycles

All Label the Parts sets are included in the Label the Parts Bundle. The bundle is available for 20% off the list price of the units sold separately.

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Looking for other fun activities?

Colorful Owls - Trace, Color & Build

Colorful Pumpkins - Trace, Color & Build

What Belongs? Cut, Sort, Paste Activities

Dinosaur Math Puzzles - Numbers, Words, Tallies & more

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Fourth of July/Independence Day Color by CVC Word puzzles covering short a, e, i, o, and u word families. Each color by word puzzle features 4 to 5 CVC words for a vowel family in two difficulty levels for 10 puzzles total. I've included both a picture clue set and a word clue set. In the picture clue set, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue set, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color in the puzzle. No prep! Just print and go.

Words Included:

Short a - mad, pad, fan, ham

Short e - gem, pen, bed, web

Short i - sit, pin, dip, lid, pit

Short o - hot, dog, cog, rod, top

Short u - bug, cup, gum, sun

Want to save on this and other Color by CVC Word puzzles? Build a custom bundle by choosing from any of our 40+ units and you'll save 20% off the list price! You can choose from a 4 Unit Bundle, a 6 Unit Bundle, or a 10 Unit Bundle.

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Check out my other CVC activites:

*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Blending Cards - 85 Words with and without pictures

CVC Word Family Rearrange Puzzles -

85 Words

Seasons Color by CVC Word Bundle

St. Patrick's Day Color by CVC Word

Easter Color by CVC Word - Christian Version

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Practice counting, adding, and subtracting with these fun, summer themed, roll and cover games! Themes included are camping, making lemonade and lemonade stand, Fourth of July/Independence Day, Canada Day, road trip, and pool party. Each theme comes with five versions of the roll and cover game: roll and count the dots, add one, add two, subtract one, and roll two dice and add, for a total of 30 roll and cover games. Use erasers or your favorite markers/chips to cover the numbers!

These are great for classroom math centers or for homeschoolers to add to their gameschool collection. Low prep...just laminate and add dice!

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Looking for other summer activities?

Label the Parts: Summer

Summer Holiday Vocabulary/Word Wall Cards

Thematic Weekly Vocabulary - Full Year Bundle

Seasons Sorting Mats

Summer Color by CVC Word

Summer Fun Tracing - Prewriting & Writing Activities

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Try our Roll and Cover games for free with this freebie download! Students practice counting, adding, and subtracting with these fun, fishing themed roll and cover games! Comes with one full set which includes five versions of the classic roll and cover game: roll and count the dots, add one, add two, subtract one, and roll two dice and add. Use erasers or your favorite markers/chips to cover the numbers!

This is a great way to try the games out before you buy a full set of our Roll and Cover Games. This freebie comes with an example of each of the five kinds of game boards that are included in each full resource unit.

These are great for classroom math centers or for homeschoolers to add to their gameschool collection. Low prep...just laminate and add dice!

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Looking for other roll and cover games?

Roll and Cover - Fall

Roll and Cover - Winter

Roll and Cover - Spring

Roll and Cover - Summer

Roll and Cover - Back to School

Roll and Cover - Community Helpers

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Adaptive Books with a chores theme review ways we can help at home. Talk about helping with the laundry, washing tables, and cleaning the floor. These books require some prep work; however, once made, you can use them year after year!  

Book 1: Laundry Time

Students will listen to a short story about doing the laundry. Use the story to work on laundry together. Send a copy home with your students so they can help out at home too!

Book 2: I Can Do Chores

Students will listen to a story about doing different chores. Children can work with the story to wash tables or floors.

Do you love adaptive books & want a lot of options for your students? Then, check out my growing bundle: Growing Bundle! Adaptive / Interactive Books for Special Education.

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Adaptive Book with a theme of Aliens! This set includes an adaptive book with visual support and an adaptive book without visual support for 2 books. The pictures are adorable & engaging.

Adaptive books are a valuable tool to use with students. While the books do require some prep work such as printing, laminating, cutting and velcro; they can be used again and again! They are highly motivational for even the most reluctant learners. Each book has 8 removable picture icons to choose from. You can easily adapt by sharing less options with your students.

Shapes featured in the Alien books: square, rectangle, star, heart, triangle, oval, circle, rhombus

Need additional shape practice? Check out my other Adaptive Books with a shape them! They will provide fun and engaging opportunities to learn & demonstrate understanding of shapes! Grab them all in the bundle and switch out your materials throughout the seasons!

Fall Shapes total of 6 Adaptive Books apple themes, scarecrow, acorn, pumpkin

Christmas Shapes 5 Adaptive Books (present, tree, gingerbread, candy, reindeer)

Shapes in Adaptive Books - Growing Bundle

Do you love adaptive books & want a lot of options for your students? Then, check out my growing bundle! Now is the time to grab this bundle, as I am making many additional sets that will be included! 

Growing Bundle! Adaptive / Interactive Books for Special Education.

Thank you so much for checking out the Adaptive Aliens Shapes Books! If you want to see more, check me out below! 

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Looking for a simple and fun way to get your learners excited about reading? These Summer Bookmarks are an easy, inexpensive, and a great way to excite your students about reading! Grab these printable summer bookmark templates and you're sure to have a simple way to keep your learners excited about reading all throughout the summer season! These Color Your Own Summer Bookmarks are a great way to allow students to express their creativity by coloring their very own bookmarks.

⭐ Save $$$ and grab these bookmarks as part of the Seasonal Bookmarks Bundle.

They’re perfect for holidays, or for the days right after a long break because they’re a great way to calm your students down and let them demonstrate their creative side.

You can use these as student gifts or prizes.

What is in this Summer Bookmarks printable?

The bookmarks come in 3 different versions.

• Black and White: Allow students to use their own coloring skills to create their own vision!

• Partial Black and White: Allow students to color some of the bookmark but doesn’t become too time consuming.

• Full Color: Have vibrant bookmarks ready to go for students to use in their fresh books!

For more craftivity resources check out the links below:

• Dinosaur Bookmarks
• NO-PREP Color Things Foldable Crafts
• NO-PREP Numbers 1 to 20 Foldable Crafts
• No-PREP Alphabet Foldable Crafts
• Transportation 3D Crafts
• Farm Animals 3D Craft Activity
• Number Sense Craft Activity – Kindergarten Back to School Math Center

This resource is licensed for personal classroom or home use only. Any commercial use is not permitted.

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Do your students struggle with subtraction facts? Use these fun summer and ocean-themed pages to practice math subtraction facts with your students! These color by number printables are perfect for morning work, homework, or an independent activity.

There are 10 pages of ocean or summer color by code practice for subtraction facts 1-20! Answer keys are included as well!

How can I use this printable in my classroom?

These pages can be used as an independent activity! Each page comes with a series of number on the clams and a corresponding color for the numbers. Learners will solve the subtraction facts and find out the answer for each equation. They will then refer to the code on the top at the top of the page and color that section based on the color coding on top.

These pages can be used as morning work, homework, an independent center activity, or as an early finisher. Students will practice their subtraction facts to 20 and feel like they are completing a fun coloring page!

What does this printable include?

- Includes 10 pages of ocean themed color by code pages.

- The pages include subtraction facts to 20.

- The pictures included in this are:

• Fish
• Starfish
• Octopus
• Crab
• Seahorse
• Sea turtle
• Whale
• Stingray
• Shark
• Squid

How do Color by Code activities help learners?

- Learners practice both math skills while also practicing their fine motor skills. When learners color within the lines, they are training those muscles in their fingers while coloring.

- Learners will love these coloring activities so much that they wont even know they are learning! Little learners love learning, so why not throw in some math in there to make this a great learning activity?

- Learners will be able to reveal the mystery picture as they color the picture while solving each equation using their knowledge of subtraction.

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Are you searching for a fun and educational way to wrap up the school year with your students? Our "End of Year Review Worksheets" are designed to help kids reflect on their learning, celebrate their achievements, and set goals for the future. These worksheets are the perfect resource to ensure a meaningful and memorable end to the school year.

Our End of Year Review Worksheets include:

• Reflection Worksheet: Encourage students to look back on their year, highlighting their favorite moments, biggest challenges, and proudest achievements.
• Goal Setting Worksheet: Help kids set realistic and achievable goals for the next school year, fostering a growth mindset.
• Memory Book Worksheet: A fun activity where students can create a mini memory book, capturing their best memories and experiences from the past year.
• Classmate Appreciation Worksheet: Promote positive relationships by allowing students to write kind notes and appreciations for their classmates.

This resource is ideal for teachers, homeschooling parents, and anyone looking to provide a comprehensive and enjoyable end-of-year review activity for children. It’s suitable for classroom use, homeschool projects, or a fun at-home activity.

Make the end of the school year special and reflective with our engaging End of Year Review Worksheets. Download today to help your students celebrate their successes and prepare for the future!

IN ADDITION, this resource includes a helpful tip sheet about "Child Development and Play Activities." Through this resource, parents will gain practical insights into how different types of play contribute to their child's overall development. The information sheet provides simple and engaging ideas for fostering cognitive, physical, social, and emotional growth through play. By incorporating these activities, young learners can develop essential skills while enjoying the fun and creativity that play brings to their everyday lives.

Practice fine motor skills while creating fun camping dot art with these dot painting pages. This summer themed art activity is perfect for preschoolers and early elementary students to practice hand eye coordination while making a spring craft.

Dot Art Pages Available

• backpack
• binoculars
• camping
• compass
• fire
• forest
• hiking (2)
• map
• marshmallow
• smore
• tent
• trail

When to Use

• Art Center
• Fine Motor Center
• Craft Activity
• Early Finishers
• Quiet Time Activity

More Dot Art Activities

Alphabet Dot Painting

Shapes Dot Painting

Addition Dot Painting

Practice fine motor skills while creating fun beach dot art with these dot painting pages. This summer themed art activity is perfect for preschoolers and early elementary students to practice hand eye coordination while making a summer craft.

Dot Art Pages Available

• beach
• beach ball
• beach umbrella
• bucket
• crab
• flip flops
• palm tree
• sandcastle
• seashells
• surfboard
• sunscreen
• swimsuit

When to Use

• Art Center
• Fine Motor Center
• Craft Activity
• Early Finishers
• Quiet Time Activity

More Dot Art Activities

Alphabet Dot Painting

Shapes Dot Painting

Addition Dot Painting

Practice number recognition and number word recognition with this summer themed game designed for learning about numbers 1-100. The object of the game is to find the sun hidden behind one of the clouds buy using your number knowledge to pick your guesses. Designed for the pocket chart, Where's the Sun? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the number or number word they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the number is removed. If the sun is behind the cloud, then the sun must be hidden again to play further. If the sun is not behind the cloud, then the poem is chanted again and a new letter is guessed. This game has numbers 1-100 and number words 1-20 as well as 30, 40, 50... all the way to 100.

Where is the sun? This summer 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.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the Fry 1-100 sight word list.
• Sun cards for hiding

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:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Sun is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the sun is behind the cloud, then the sun must be hidden again to play further. If the sun is not behind the cloud, 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

Where is the sun? This summer 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.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the first grade sight word list.
• Sun cards for hiding

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:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Sun is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the sun is behind the cloud, then the sun must be hidden again to play further. If the sun is not behind the cloud, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

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

Where is the sun? This summer 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.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the Fry 101-200 sight word list.
• Sun cards for hiding

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:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Sun is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the sun is behind the cloud, then the sun must be hidden again to play further. If the sun is not behind the cloud, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

Where is the sun? This summer 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.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the zeno sight word list.
• Sun cards for hiding

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:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Sun is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the sun is behind the cloud, then the sun must be hidden again to play further. If the sun is not behind the cloud, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

Where is the sun? This summer 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.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the Fry 201-300 sight word list.
• Sun cards for hiding

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:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Sun is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the sun is behind the cloud, then the sun must be hidden again to play further. If the sun is not behind the cloud, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

Where is the sun? This summer 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.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the level 1 trick word list.
• Sun cards for hiding

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:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Sun is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the sun is behind the cloud, then the sun must be hidden again to play further. If the sun is not behind the cloud, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

Where is the sun? This summer 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.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the primer sight word list.
• Sun cards for hiding

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:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Sun is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the sun is behind the cloud, then the sun must be hidden again to play further. If the sun is not behind the cloud, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.