Pre-K General Science Centers (by date, oldest first)

Learn to label the parts of a dog, duck, fox, rooster, cow, 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 units or for ESL students.

Each animal 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:

Rooster

Fox

Polar Bear

Cow

Dog

Squirrel

Duck

Pig

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 sixth 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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Learn to label the parts of an ant, mosquito, butterfly, spider, praying mantis, 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 units or for ESL students.

Each insect 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:

Ant

Bee

Mosquito

Butterfly

Spider

Grasshopper

Dragonfly

Praying Mantis

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 fifth 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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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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These cards are great for introducing insects, bugs, and spiders to your classroom! Low prep...just print, cut, and laminate. Perfect for writing centers, flash cards or word walls! Bee, fly, grasshopper, praying mantis, mosquito, ladybug, beetle, and more. Includes a write and wipe version of the cards so you can laminate them and use them in writing centers!

*Check out our Insects, Bugs & Spiders Vocabulary Word Work Packet for the accompanying worksheets for these word wall cards*

Looking for other vocabulary word cards?

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Weather Vocabulary Cards

Four Seasons Vocabulary Cards

Winter Sports Vocabulary Cards

Christmas Nativity Vocabulary Cards

Winter Holiday Vocabulary Cards

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Explore the life cycle of a butterfly, a bee, an apple, a bald eagle, a turkey 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 units or for ESL students.

Each life cycle 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:

Life Cycle of a Ladybug

Life Cycle of an Apple

Life Cycle of a Bee

Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Life Cycle of a Bald Eagle

Life Cycle of a Turkey

Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle

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 eighth 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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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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These cards are great for introducing students to animals from all over the world! Low prep...just print, cut, and laminate. Perfect for writing centers, flash cards or word walls! Included are animals from the dessert, the farm, the rainforest, the ocean, the pond, and the forest, as well as household pets and animals specific to Australia, Asia, and Africa. A total of 130 animals are featured on these vocab/word wall cards! This set also includes a write and wipe version of the cards so you can laminate them and use them in writing centers! This gives you a total of 130 animal vocab cards and 130 write and wipe cards. Please fully download the preview to get an idea of which animals are included...many are unique animals not found in other sets! Looking for other vocabulary cards? Need vocab words that you don't see below? Click here to let me know what you're looking for and I'll add it to my to do list! Vocabulary/Word Wall Cards Endless Bundle with FREE Updates for Life *ALL vocab sets for 30% or more off* Spring Holiday Vocabulary Cards Weather Vocabulary Cards Four Seasons Vocabulary Cards Winter Sports Vocabulary Cards Christmas Nativity Vocabulary Cards Winter Holiday Vocabulary Cards More coming soon... ***************************************************************************** Before you go... Follow me to be the first to know about discounts, sales, and new products! Get credit to use on your next purchase • Leave feedback for any purchases you've made and TeachShare will give you a credit toward your next purchase! Plus, feedback helps me make better products tailored to what my customers are looking for. *****************************************************************************

These cards are great for introducing space to your classroom! Low prep...just print, cut, and laminate. Perfect for writing centers, flash cards or word walls! The sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are included. Also includes a write and wipe version of the cards so you can laminate them and use them in writing centers! Looking for other vocabulary word cards? Check out all of our vocabulary sets below. Need vocab words that you don't see below? Click here to let me know what you're looking for and I'll add it to my to do list! Vocabulary/Word Wall Cards Endless Bundle with FREE Updates for Life *ALL sets for 30% or more off* Weather Vocabulary Cards Four Seasons Vocabulary Cards Winter Sports Vocabulary Cards Christmas Nativity Vocabulary Cards Winter Holiday Vocabulary Cards More coming soon... ***************************************************************************** Before you go... Follow me to be the first to know about discounts, sales, and new products! Get credit to use on your next purchase • Leave feedback for any purchases you've made and TeachShare will give you a credit toward your next purchase! Plus, feedback helps me make better products tailored to what my customers are looking for. *****************************************************************************

68 different labeling activities, covering autumn, winter, spring, summer, animals, insects/bugs/spiders, objects, and life cycles. This bundle gives you enough labeling activities to fill a writing center for a year and then some! These labeling printables can also be used to supplement holiday, seasonal, science or social studies units as well as homeschooling nature studies, field trips, and holiday studies. Each labeling activity comes in two versions for differentiated learning: one version is a cut and paste activity and the other is a fill-in-the-blank with a word bank for more advanced students. Both a full color and a black and white version of each are included so that you can add a coloring component to the activity with the black and white version. Some themes included are apple, inside of a pumpkin, Thanksgiving, Halloween, snowman, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Chinese New Year, butterfly, cherry blossom branch, Easter, St. Patrick's Day, campsite, symbols of summer, Ramadan, grasshopper, dragonfly, praying mantis, cow, dog, polar bear, life cycle of an apple, life cycle of a bald eagle, life cycle of a turkey, and more. Newly added: Life Cycles 2 Mini Set that is exclusive to this bundle. The mini set includes the life cycle of a frog, a horse, a dragonfly, and a snake. The mini set is included in the bundle for free. With this bundle you save 20% off of list price if purchased individually. 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 68 activities and 340 pages including answer keys* ***************************************************************************** Looking for other fun activities? Colorful Owls - Trace, Color & Build Colorful Pumpkins - Trace, Color & Build Colorful Fish - Trace, Color & Build Dinosaur Math Puzzles - Numbers, Words, Tallies & more What Belongs? Cut, Sort, Paste Activities ***************************************************************************** Before you go... Follow me to be the first to know about discounts, sales, and new products! Get credit to use on your next purchase • Leave feedback for any purchases you've made and TeachShare will give you a credit toward your next purchase! Plus, feedback helps me make better products tailored to what my customers are looking for. *****************************************************************************

This endless, growing bundle includes every set of vocabulary cards available in my store and will continue to be updated as I add new vocab sets. The vocabulary cards are made for introducing new vocabulary to young learners and ESL learners and can be used on a word wall, as flash cards, or in writing centers. Also included is a write and wipe version of each card to laminate and use in centers!

Purchase the bundle now for the lowest price...as I add new vocabulary sets to the bundle, the price will go up. The price of the bundle will remain the best deal with a 30% discount on the price of the cards purchased separately, plus all sets added at a later date are yours free with the purchase of the bundle. All you need to do is come back here and download the newest version to get any new sets free.

There are currently 39 vocabulary sets included in this bundle, with more sets coming soon. This includes a special bonus set of Snack and Sweets Vocabulary Cards from the Foods Bundle.

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Bring reading, writing, and a love of vocabulary to your students! Introduce fun, new, thematic vocabulary words with this bundle of Insects, Bugs, and Spiders spelling word work worksheets and vocabulary word wall cards. These make a great supplement to insect themed activities or as a fun and educational way to learn about creepy crawlies! These are also great for distance learning!

This money-saving bundle includes the Insects, Bugs, and Spiders Word Work Pack and the matching Insects, Bugs, and Spiders Vocabulary/Word Wall Cards at 20% off the cost of the items individually.

The no-prep word work packet includes 2 sets of worksheets**.** Each worksheet set comes with 10 different types of worksheets, most in differentiated levels. This gives you 20 different activities and more than 55 worksheets! There are a few tracing versions of the worksheets included as a bonus for students who need review or for homeschooling families where younger siblings want to play along!

*All words used in the word work packs are in the word wall card set that is included in this bundle.*

Words in the spelling word work packet include ant, bee, spider, ladybug, mosquito, earthworm, butterfly, dragonfly, fly, worm, moth, snail, beetle, grasshopper, caterpillar, and praying mantis.

What's Included?

2 sets of each of the following:

-Write the Words - includes five versions to meet students where they are

-Alphabetical Order - includes four versions, one is a cut & paste

-Word Search

-Syllable Sort - includes two versions, one is a cut & paste

-Write the Plural

-Unscramble the Words

-Write and Draw - includes two versions

-Spinner Games - includes three versions

-Dice Games - includes three versions

-Write It 3 Ways - includes two versions for students to write with pencil, pen, and marker

Plus, Word Wall cards and a matching write-and-wipe tracing version of each card for all words used in the spelling packet.

Check out the preview above for visuals of each type of worksheet and the word wall cards!

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Weather Vocabulary Cards

Four Seasons Vocabulary Cards

Fall Vocabulary Cards

Fall Holiday Vocabulary Cards

Year Long Holiday Vocabulary Cards Bundle

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Your students will have a blast learning about adult and baby animals with these hands-on animals and babies activities for kindergarten! This printable contains adorable real photos of adult and baby animals. Including both wild and farm animals, they make the perfect addition for your kindergarten science centers. This bundle contains 8 printables and activities including matching games, puzzles, posters, labels and graphic organizers. Each activity will help learners to associate the young one with its respective parent. For a detailed look at all activities included in this resource, please see the preview above.

The bundle is split into wild and farm animals due to the number of animals included. For a complete list of animals included check the list at the bottom of the description.

The activities and printables included in this bundle are:

- Flashcards

- Picture and Label Cards

- Posters

- Puzzles

- What Goes Together?

- Dominoes

- Memory Game

- Labels and Graphic Organizers

How to use: Adult and Baby Animals Science Activities for Kindergarten

The center activities are best used when printed on cardstock and/or laminated. You can choose to implement these centers in an independent way or use them with small-groups.

All the photos are real life photos. The baby animal photos are absolutely adorable and learners will simply love these photos!

Here's what my happy customers are saying about this resource:

"Perfect for our unit on animal offspring. Great variety and organized well. Thank you!"

Farm Animals included are:

• Sheep (lamb)
• Goat (kid)
• Cow (calf)
• Dog (puppy)
• Horse (foal)
• Chicken (chick)
• Goose (gosling)
• Duck (duckling)
• Pig (piglet)
• Donkey (foal)
• Rabbit (kit)
• Cat (kitten)
• Rat (pup)
• Cockatoo (chick)
• Guinea pig (pup)
• Ferret (kit)
• Frog (tadpole)
• Squirrel (kit)
• Turkey (poult)
• Camel (foal)

Wild Animals included are:

• Tiger (cub)
• Lion (cub)
• Elephant (calf)
• Polar Bear (cub)
• Cheetah (cub)
• Panda (cub)
• Fox (cub)
• Crocodile (hatchling)
• Leopard (cub)
• Hippo (calf)
• Rhinoceros (calf)
• Hedgehog (hoglet)
• Raccoon (kit)
• Seal (pup)
• Deer (fawn)
• Herring gull (chick)
• Giraffe (calf)
• Zebra (foal)
• Sea lion (pup)
• Hyena (cub)
• Penguin (chick)
• Vulture (chick)

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Using ingredients commonly found in the kitchen, students will begin to develop an understanding about the properties of matter and how matter can change when different ingredients are mixed together.

The “Science Kids” series is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

This packet includes:

• Explanation of the stages of scientific inquiry for teachers

• Six investigations that encourage HANDS ON learning (with explanations of “How it works”)

• Printable scientific recording sheets for tracking hypotheses and data

• Guide for helping students develop an independent investigation

Whether it's Halloween or a Mad Scientist party, these spooky science experiments are just the thing you're looking for! (These activities are best for preschool, kindergarten or first grade.)

The experiments in this packet include:

★"Growing Ghosties" (Includes a printable sheet for recording the results)

★"Another Growing Ghost" (This one is a really cool sensory experience)

★"Super Spooky Slime" (AND a printable "mad scientist" play mat to use with the slime!)

★"Dancing Ghosts"

★"Witches Brew" (This is the bubbliest recipe you will find and you also get a printable recipe page so the children can write about what they would put into an imaginary witches' brew.)

All experiments include an explanation of the science behind the experiment

Students will learn about weather systems, temperature and how to prepare for weather emergencies. This Unit supports the Next Generation Science Standards.

The “Science Kids” series is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

As they work through the experiments in this packet, students will explore the following concepts:

1. The weather changes.

2. Weather includes cloud cover, wind, precipitation and temperature.

3. The sun warms the Earth.

4. We can use tools to measure the weather.

5. The weather determines some of our actions and activities.

Activities include:

* “What do we wear?” (Clothing for different weather conditions)

* “Temperature” (Make a working thermometer)

* “The sun warms the earth”

* “Cloud in a Jar”

* “Make it Rain”

* “Make a Rain Gauge”

* “Make a Rainbow”

* “Will the Wind Blow It?”

* “Make a Pinwheel”

* “Artificial Snow”

* “Emergency Weather Situations” (Tornado, hurricane and snowstorm)

* “I am a Weather Forecaster”

Click to see my entire Science Curriculum

Students will investigate the states of matter of water as it changes from frozen to liquid states. The “Science Kids” series is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

Investigations in this unit include:

✔ "Ice Treasures"

✔ "Light or Dark?"

✔ "Adding Salt and Color"

✔ "Ice Cube Race"

✔ "Which is Heavier?"

✔ "Oil and Ice"

✔ "Painting with Ice"

The final investigation in this unit is a student-designed investigation that will test how certain ingredients affect the time it takes an ice cube to melt.

The packet also includes a fun recipe for Ice Cream in a Bag! (And the scientific explanation for how this recipe works.)

Have fun on your 100th day of school with these hands-on, inquiry based science experiments! Included are a week's worth of activities, all based around the theme of "100".

*"100 Pennies in a Boat"

*"100 Melting Crayons"

*"100 Magnetic Paperclips"

*"100 Dancing Chocolate Chips"

*"100 Licks" Experiment

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Students will learn about reflection and mirrors through engaging and fun investigations.

The “Science Kids” series is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

Activities include:

*Sorting reflective and non-reflective materials

*Double Mirrors

*Triangular Mirrors

*Symmetry

*Concave and Convex Mirrors

*Sensory Play on a Mirror

*Final Project- Create a Mirror Sculpture

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This first unit in the "Science Kids" series helps students learn how to be scientists. Every activity in this packet is aligned with one of the five stages of scientific inquiry. This packet supports the Next Generation Science Standards.

The “Science Kids” series is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning.

The packet includes:

• Color posters of the five stages of scientific inquiry (Click here for free sample)

• Explanation of the stages of scientific inquiry for teachers

• A two-week long, step-by step scientific investigation about balls and wagons

• Printable scientific recording sheets for tracking hypotheses and data

• Discussion guide

• Ideas for sharing student learning

Click to see my entire Science Curriculum

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a week’s worth of fun and engaging science activities. Experiments include easy to follow instructions as well as explanations of the reason behind the science.

“Fizzy Coin Hunt”

“Colored Candy Rainbow”

“Green St. Patrick’s Day Flowers”

"Magic Milk"

“St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Bin”

“Leprechaun Trap”

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The Science Kids curriculum is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

This year long bundle includes 16 Science Units:

• “What do Scientists Do?”

• “Floating and Sinking”

• “Color Mixing”

• “Magnets”

• “Kitchen Chemistry”

• “Ramps”

• “Mirrors”

• “Gingerbread Science”

• “Freezing and Melting”

• “My Human Body”

• “Music and Vibration”

• “Shadows and Light”

• “Weather and Temperature”

• “Taking Care of the Earth”

• “Taking Care of Pets”

• “Taking Care of Plants”

This packet includes enough lessons for 32 weeks of hands-on learning. While 32 weeks is a bit shorter than a typical school year, this curriculum is designed to be flexible in order to give children the time they need to learn, so extra days are allowed for each unit. Additional, optional activities are also included for many of the units, and these can be used to help fill your days if needed.

This curriculum supports the Next Generation Science Standards for kindergarten.

Please see my other Science products if you want to supplement this curriculum.

The “Science Kids” series of packets is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning.

The "First Quarter" bundle contains enough science activities to fill the first quarter of the school year (About 8 weeks) and supports Next Generation Science Standard K-PS2.

Unit 1- “What do Scientists do?” helps students learn how to be scientists. Every activity in this packet is aligned with one of the five stages of scientific inquiry. The packet includes:

Color posters of the five stages of scientific inquiry

Explanation of the stages of scientific inquiry for teachers

A two-week long, step-by step scientific investigation about balls and wagons

Printable scientific recording sheets for tracking hypotheses and data

Discussion guide

Ideas for sharing student learning

Unit 2- “Floating and Sinking” is designed to help students learn the concepts of buoyancy and water displacement. They will also begin to understand that the size and shape of an object affects its ability to float. Included in this packet are:

Five sinking and floating investigations, with directions and recording sheets

Guide for helping students plan their own individual investigations

Guides for forming hypotheses and reflecting on students' learning

Guide for sharing student learning

Tips and helpful suggestions

Unit 3- “Color Mixing” includes instructions for all of these hands-on, scientific investigations:

"Paint Mixing" Investigation

"Color and Water" Investigation

"Bubbling Color" Investigation

"Colored Lights" Investigation

"Wandering Water" Investigation

"Spinning Color Wheel" Investigation

"Coffee Filter Chromatography" Investigation

"Invent Your Own Color" final investigation

Printables, including:

Color Wheel

Recording sheets for investigations

Reflection and Planning Questions

Unit 4- “Magnets” includes instructions for all of these investigations:

“Magnetic or Not Magnetic?”

“The Magic Paper Clip”

“Magnet Cars”

“A String of Paper Clips”

“Magnet Train”

“Magnet Detectives”

The packet also includes:

Printable recording sheets for investigations

Guide for helping students develop independent investigations

Tips and helpful suggestions