Less than $5 Pre-K English Language Arts Activities

Pre-writing success! This tracing activity pack is more than just fun, it's a supercharged learning booster for your pre-writing superstars! Students trace their way through left-to-right progression lines, letter formation, and fun-themed vocabulary words. There is fun artwork to color on each page and additional handwriting practice pages with word banks!

Learning Objectives

• Boosts pre-reading skills
• Develops hand-eye coordination
• Strengthens fine motor control
• Ignites a love of writing

Theme

Spring Hedgehogs (12 vocabulary words)

Resource Includes:

• A to Z tracing page uppercase and lowercase (1)
• Line tracing pages for pencil or finger tracing (3)
• Vocabulary word tracing (2)
• Trace and color vocabulary (3)
• Writing/drawing pages with word bank (2)
• Writing/drawing pages (3)
• Color match coloring activity (1)

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Fine Motor Skills

• Strength and Coordination: Tracing requires controlled hand movements, building strength and coordination in the finger, hand, and wrist muscles. This improved control lays the groundwork for future writing and manipulation of tools.
• Pencil Grip: Tracing activities encourage students to hold a writing utensil correctly, developing a comfortable and efficient grip essential for future writing success.

Pre-Writing Skills

• Letter and Shape Recognition: Tracing introduces students to different shapes and letter formations, fostering familiarity and visual memory. This recognition is crucial for later independent writing and reading.
• Hand-Eye Coordination: Following visual cues to trace lines accurately improves hand-eye coordination, directly translating to writing fluency and letter formation.

Cognitive Development

• Concentration and Focus: Tracing requires focused attention to stay within the lines, enhancing concentration and maintaining focus on a task. These skills are vital for future academic success.
• Visual-Spatial Awareness: Tracing helps children understand spatial relationships between lines and shapes, developing visual-spatial awareness crucial for reading, writing, and problem-solving.

Emotional and Social Benefits

• Confidence and Self-Esteem: Completing tracing activities fosters a sense of accomplishment and boosts self-esteem, motivating students to continue learning and exploring.
• Creativity and Self-Expression: Tracing can be a playful and creative activity, allowing students to experiment with colors and patterns, fostering self-expression and a love for learning.

Word Tracing

• Letter Formation: Tracing words helps students solidify their understanding of letter shapes and proper letter formation, preparing them for independent writing.
• Vocabulary Development: Tracing familiar words reinforces their spelling and meaning while tracing new words introduces them to new vocabulary words in a fun and engaging way!

This tracing activity pack is a fun and engaging way to build skills and confidence for pre-writers!

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

Jigsaws showing CVC word pictures with words to match.

Why do you need this?

Matching pictures with corresponding CVC words helps students develop word recognition skills. By associating the visual image with the written word, students strengthen their ability to identify and read CVC words independently.

Jigsaw activities provide a hands-on and interactive approach to learning CVC words. Students manipulate puzzle pieces, which enhances their fine motor skills while actively engaging with the material.

How and when might you use this?

This activity could be used in a variety of way:

· Literacy centers

· Small group instruction to provide targeted support

· Independent work stations

· Early morning work

· Homework for additional practice

· Assessment

For continued use I would recommend laminating this resource and using Velcro to move the jigsaw pieces around.

What is included?

Included are 49 pictures and corresponding word jigsaw cards.

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Editable I can Write My name Writing and Practicing Practice Worksheets: This “Editable I can Write My name Writing and Practicing Practice Worksheets” is an interactive and engaging product that is designed to help your Students to help them with writing and tracing their names. This Product will help students with writing their names. See the instruction in the product with regards to use of this product. This product is customizable for individual needs, supports early literacy skills, encourages confidence in learning, critical time-saving for educators and versatile use.

PRODUCT FORMAT

This product is available in PDF format and contains 04 Templates.

HOW THIS PRODUCT HELP STUDENT

This product will help student to:

a. Help students with writing and tracing their names in an editable product.

b. Building their basic ELA foundation in order to prepare them for higher grades.

WHERE TEACHERS CAN USE THIS PRODUCT

The teachers can use this product in a variety of ways:

a. Classroom activities

b. Homework

c. Group Activities

d. Test Preparation

WHAT CCSS STANDARDS THIS PRODUCT COVERS

This Product “Editable I can Write My name Writing and Practicing Practice Worksheets” is aligned with Common Core standards.

FINAL WORDS

Overall “Editable I can Write My name Writing and Practicing Practice Worksheets” contains variety of activities for engaging your students. This product is aligned with Common Core standards. This product will help students with writing and tracing their names in an editable product. Overall this product would be a great Addition to collection of your ELA resources.

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FALL color-by-code reading coloring sheets with Pre-primer sight words practice are color-by-sight-words worksheets that are FALL themed and perfect for Autumn, September, October and November! Use these no-prep print-and-go Pre-primer coloring pages for your fast-finishers, morning work, literacy centers, early-finishers, subs or homework.

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This is a both the 2 page printer friendly black and white worksheet and full color worksheet to print and hand to your students. While you read Would You Rather be a Bullfrog? by Theo LeSieg.

Tell you students something along the lines of:

"I'm going to read you a fun story. You need to think about each question comparing 2-3 nouns. A Noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. You wont tell me out loud which one you would rather be you are going color or circle your choice. This is a great way to practice writing while listening."

The idea behind this worksheet is to allow students to:

• interact with the story that is quiet
• encourages decision making.
• allows students to start practicing skills for note taking.

hese journal pages are designed to promote creative writing with a St. Patrick's Day theme. This packet contains 10 writing prompts which can be used with beginning writers as well as students who are more accomplished writers. Blank lined writing pages are included for students who need more space for their stories.

Enhance your students' early literacy skills with these engaging Beginning Sounds Worksheets - Letter Sound Coloring Pages! This educational resource is designed to help young learners practice and reinforce their understanding of letter sounds in a fun and interactive way.

The worksheets focus on identifying the beginning sound of different words and coloring the corresponding pictures. By connecting letters with their sounds through coloring, students can strengthen their phonemic awareness and letter-sound recognition skills.

What you get in this package.

- 26 pages in PDF

- An option to use EASEL in TeachShare as digital tool.

Key Benefits:

1. Phonemic Awareness Development: These worksheets are an effective tool for developing phonemic awareness in students. By focusing on the initial sounds of words and coloring the corresponding picture, students can practice identifying and distinguishing sounds in words.

2. Fine Motor Skill Enhancement: Coloring the letter sound pictures on the worksheets promotes the development of fine motor skills in young learners. Students engage in precise hand movements and build hand-eye coordination while completing the coloring tasks.

3. Visual Recognition: The visual nature of the worksheets encourages students to pay attention to the shape of letters and the pictures representing beginning sounds. This visual reinforcement aids in letter recognition and comprehension.

4. Engaging and Interactive Learning: With appealing illustrations and interactive tasks, these worksheets make learning letter sounds enjoyable for students. The coloring element adds a creative and engaging aspect to the activities, keeping students motivated and attentive.

How to Use:

• Provide each student with a worksheet and a set of crayons or colored pencils.

• Instruct students to identify the beginning sound of each word and color the corresponding pictures accordingly.

• Encourage students to say the word aloud as they color, reinforcing their understanding of letter sounds.

Extension idea:

Students can color them all, then cut out the ones that started with the letter in question and glue them on another page.

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Kick off the new school year with our Editable Astronaut Name Tags! These vibrant and customizable name tags are perfect for adding a fun space theme to your classroom.

Available in black & white, orange, blue, purple, gray, and green, they come in four versatile sizes: 1 per page, 4 per page, 6 per page, and 9 per page.

Ideal for desks, lockers, bulletin boards, and more, these name tags will help keep your classroom organized and engaging.

What's Included :

• PAGE : 24 PAGES
• FILES : PPTX + PDF + PNG
• SIZE : 8.5'' x 11''

This Dot Marker Printable Alphabet Letters | Q Tip Painting resource perfectly combines fun and learning. It is designed to help young students develop fine motor skills while mastering letter recognition and formation. Ideal for preschool and kindergarten learners, this hands-on activity encourages creativity and builds foundational literacy skills.

What’s Included:

• Full Alphabet Set: Each letter is featured on its page, offering focused and engaging practice for every student.
• Three-Dot Designs per Letter: Every letter has three unique designs across separate pages, allowing students to explore letters through varied patterns and approaches, from plain bold letters to small or larger dots.
• Versatile Use: Students can decorate their letters using dot markers, Q-tip painting, crayons, stickers, playdough, or even fingerprints, providing multiple ways to engage with the activity.

Key Benefits:

• Enhances fine motor skills through precise dot placement and painting.
• Reinforces letter recognition, preparing students for early literacy success.
• Promotes creativity as students personalize each letter with their unique touch.

Perfect for classroom centers, early finishers, or at-home learning, this Dot Marker Printable Alphabet Letters | Q Tip Painting resource makes learning interactive, enjoyable, and memorable. It’s an essential addition to any early learning curriculum!

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Who’s ready for Thanksgiving?

Looking for a fun Thanksgiving twist on Alphabet Identification this season.

6 activities can be found in this Hands on Approach Packet that’s Thanksgiving Themed, perfect for offering students Preschool through First Grade the opportunity to Identify their Uppercase and Lowercase A-Z alphabet letters. These are available to you in Full Color and Black/White. Students will also be helping their Visual Discriminations Skills and Cognitive Development all while having fun doing it.

All you need to do is:

• Print it out “Recommend Cardstock for Durability”
• Recommend laminating for Durability
• Cut out the Turkey Letter Match Cards
• Add Velcro if you prefer
• Your Pre-k thru 1st grade students will love getting into the season by finding the “Match” for the right Turkey Letter Card and placing it on the Mat.

You will receive the following 6 Thanksgiving Themed Letter Identification Hands On Digital Resources:

Full Color

• 12 Upper Case Letter Mats
• 12 Lower Case Letter Mats
• 12 Upper Case/Lower Case Mixture Mats
• Matching Letter Cards

Black and White

• 12 Upper Case Letter Mats
• 12 Lower Case Letter Mats
• 12 Upper Case/Lower Case Mixture Mats
• Matching Letter Cards

USE THIS RESOURCE FOR:

• File Folders
• Independent Work
• Homework (Students take home and play with Family)
• Daily Review
• Math Centers
• Early Finishers
• Morning Menus
• Morning Warm-ups
• Substitute Folders
• Homeschoolers
• Small Groups
• Perfect for on "The Go", learning in a classroom or learning at Home.

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Blast off into fun with this Editable Space Name Craft! Featuring adorable alien-themed designs and planet cut-outs, this craft offers a creative way for students to practice spelling their names. Perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners, this activity helps with fine motor skills and letter recognition while keeping the classroom excitement high.

Contents This editable space name craft comes with:

• A colorful space background featuring a little alien in a spaceship and a dedicated space to type in the student's name.
• A second page with planets and the sun, where each letter of the student's name will be placed. Students will cut out and glue the letters in the correct order.
• Available in both color and black-and-white options, providing flexibility for classroom printing and coloring fun.

How It’s Used Simply open the editable PDF, type the student's name into the provided fields, and print out the space-themed background along with the planet letter cut-outs. Once printed, students will enjoy cutting and gluing the letters onto the page, creating their very own space-themed name craft. It’s perfect for practicing name recognition and developing fine motor skills.

Why You'll Love This Product Teachers will love this resource because it's customizable, versatile, and a fantastic tool for name practice. Students will be thrilled to see their names turned into a fun space adventure, boosting their confidence in letter recognition and handwriting. It's also an engaging, hands-on way to promote fine motor development through cutting and gluing.

What's Included

• Editable space name craft for names up to 11 letters.
• 1 background page with an alien in a spaceship, and an editable name field.
• 1 page featuring all the planets and the sun for letter placement.
• Color and black-and-white versions of all components.
• Editable PDF for easy name customization.

Who Is This Product For? This space name craft is perfect for:

1. Preschool teachers looking for engaging name practice activities.
2. Kindergarten teachers wanting a fun, space-themed project to reinforce letter recognition.
3. Homeschoolers seeking hands-on crafts for fine motor skills development.
4. After-school programs needing a creative, educational activity for younger students.
5. Daycare centers wanting to incorporate name practice into daily activities.

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This is an editable backward ABC Countdown to Summer Activities for Preschool or Kindergarten that allows for customization and flexibility in planning end-of-school-year activities.

You can adapt the activities in the template to suit the needs and interests of your specific group of preschoolers or edit the file to add your own fun and interactive activities based on their needs.

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Color Word Unit Craft Book! Perfect pairing to our daily color word worksheets to reinforce the color word concepts. Students can color or use construction paper to glue and tear small pieces to work on those fine motor skills!

This activity is easy to pair with my Color Word Poems and Color Word Sheets to round out your perfect intro to teaching color words to your kindergarten or first grade class.

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Your student will enjoy these Adaptive Books with a spring time theme. The three books have cute and colorful characters & 2 levels. Adaptive books are also very easy to adjust for the specific learning needs of your students. Do you need less choices (8 are provided), then just provide a reduced selection of icons.

Book 1: Hedgie in the spring

Read each page with your students. They will select the correct interactive card from a choice of 8 to demonstrate understanding of the sentence. Each page has simple and repetitive sentences: "Hedgie has a yellow flower". or "Hedgie has an umbrella".

Level 1 - supported with corresponding pictures

Level 2 - No pictures provided for support.

Book 2: Rainy Days

Adorable animals are playing in the rain. Simple and repetitive sentences "The frog plays in the rain" are provided. Animals included in this set are: dog, frog, elephant, bunny, cat, chick, bird, pig.

Level 1 - supported with corresponding pictures

Level 2 - No pictures provided for support.

Book 3: Catching butterflies

This interactive story has children Abby and Joey catching butterflies. Students will "help" them find their net, butterfly container, and colorful butterflies.

Bonus Print and Go activity: adapted book with only black and white pictures. Students will color each page as directed after reading aloud.

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❤️Your students will love going on a wild learning adventure with this African safari / zoo themed activity pack! They'll enjoy practicing their math, science, literacy, and fine motor skills with these fun, colorful, printable activities!

✏️Great for centers, early finishers, sub tub, and independent seatwork for your preschool, kindergarten, or 1st grade learners!

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✅ Includes: (30 Pages)

• Animal Name Tracing (2 Pages)
• Identifying Beginning Letter Sounds (6 Pages)
• Animal Name Vocabulary Matching (2 Pages)
• Letter Tracing - Lowercase (1 Page)
• Letter Tracing - Uppercase (1 Page)
• Counting African Animals (2 Pages)
• Safari Animal Measuring (2 Pages)
• Tracing Shapes (1 Page)
• Tracing Numbers (1 Page)
• Safari Cutting Practice (2 Pages)
• Safari Object Addition (2 Pages)
• Safari Object Subtraction (2 Pages)
• Safari Animal Journal (3 Pages)
• Safari Size Sorting (1 Page)
• Safari Graph (1 Page)
• Safari Ten Frame (1 Page)

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This Handprint Alphabet Book Template offers 26 cute designs perfect for preschoolers, toddlers, and babies to make as gifts or for keepsakes.

Handprint crafts are a fun, hands-on way to engage toddlers and preschoolers while building important skills. They help children strengthen fine motor control as they paint, press, and decorate, which supports early writing skills.

These crafts also offer a great sensory experience, letting kids explore textures and colors with their hands. Plus, handprint projects make for memorable keepsakes that capture a moment in time, perfect for sharing with families or displaying in the classroom.

This Alphabet Handprint art bundle is a simple but meaningful way to combine creativity with learning!

What's Included:

1 file- . 52 pages total.

Each design comes with one blank template and one example design.

How to Use:

1. Download: Once your purchase is confirmed, download the file directly to your computer.
2. Print: Print at home or at a local print shop like Costco, Walgreens, or Staples.
3. Create: Follow the easy instructions included to create your unique handprint art masterpieces.

Paper Recommendation: For best results, use cardstock.

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Preschool Summer Packet of Fun!

Get ready for Kindergarten with this Letter Learning Alphabet Activity.

Great for Preschool or Kindergarten Literacy Centers & Phonics Activities

Here is how it works:

•Included in this product are popsicle puzzles for all the letters of the alphabet.

•Print, Cut out (Recommend Laminating before cutting)

•They are divided into three sections.

•The bottom of the popsicle is the capital letter.

•The middle part of the popsicle is the lower case letter

•The top part is a word that has this letter as its beginning sound.

•Students will match the upper/lower case letters with the corresponding picture to make a popsicle!

Hope you enjoy!!

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Discover the Alphabet Coloring Pages– an engaging and educational journey tailored for preschool and kindergarten students. This delightful book features beautifully designed alphabet letters in patterns, perfect for honing fine coloring skills. Each letter comes to life with a friendly animal companion, creating a fun and memorable way for young learners to master the ABCs while exploring the world of colors and animals. The dimensions are 8.5 x 8.5 inches, with a high-quality PDF format at 300 dpi.

This engaging CVC Mystery Words Digital Activity is perfect for pre-school, kindergarten, or first-grade students learning short vowel sounds in CVC words. Students can play this short vowel sounds digital mystery independently or with a partner!

NOTE: This resource is intended for Google Slides™

Unique Features:

   ✏ Self-checking questions and answers (students get instant feedback for each answer)

   ✏ Audio sounds included for additional student support

   ✏ Reward slides (students choose which food the mystery animal gets to bring to the party!)

   ✏ Students gather mystery animal friends to go to a party!

   ✏ No prep! Students can play instantly

Includes:

   ✏ 115 Google Slides™

   ✏ 9 CVC words (Min, pan, rag, pot, mop, bed, rug, pen, cup)

   ✏ 9 slides for students to choose which room the object belongs

   ✏ Match the word and sounds to the pictures

Common Core Standards: RF.K.2.D

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   ✏CVC Word Digital Mystery Game: Decoding Animal CVC Words Mystery Party! RF.K.2.D

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