These summer themed counting cards for numbers 1-20 are perfect for practicing counting up to 20. Students practice counting within tens frames and can practice number word recognition for numbers 1-10. There are two sets of cards that provide two levels of differentiated practice. One set of cards have the number and the tens frames are blank so students must correctly count to the number by placing manipulatives in the tens frames. The other set has the tens frames already marked with suns so students who need a little extra guidance can simply over lay their counters to complete the card.

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These preschool activities for summer includes math and ELA activities for preschoolers. Activities include counting, fine motor activities, letter recognition, tracing and much more!

What is included:

Pages 2-5: Word Wall Cards

Page 6: Matching or Concentration Game cards: Print the page out twice to create the game.

Pages 7-8: Letter Mazes

Pages 9-10: Number Mazes (1-10 and 1-20)

Pages 11-14: Emergent Reader

Page 15: Roll and Cover Counting Game

Page 16: Build it Up Counting Game

Page 17: Cut and Paste Counting page.

Page 18: Counting with 5 frames.

Page 19: Counting with 10 frames.

Page 20: Simple addition page

Page 21: Graphing Page

Page 22: Pattern Page

Page 23: Fill in the missing number

Page 24: Fill in the missing letter

Page 25: Greater than, less than and equal too practice with pictures.

Pages 26-30 – Tens Frames 1-10 Matching Center

Pages 31-32: Patterns center

Page 33: Clip the egg that does not belong

Page 34: Counting to10 puzzles

Page 35: Sort suns from big to small

Page 36: Letter Matching

Page 37: Number Order

Page 38: Letter Sorting – Capital and Lowercase Letters

Page 39-48: Tracing Practice

Page 49: Syllable Cut and Paste

Pages 50-51: Order by size worksheets

Page 52: Roll and Color game

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Where is the sun? This summer alphabet game is great for students who are practicing letter sounds or letter recognition. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for a Preschool, Pre-k or Kindergarten classroom.

Ways to Use

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

How to Play

Where's the Sun? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where the sun is hidden behind a cloud. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the letter they think the sun is behind. Once guessed, the letter 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 letters in both capital and lowercase forms.

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These summer alphabet clip cards are the perfect way for preschoolers and kindergartners to practice letter recognition and matching capital and lowercase letters. Students can also practice building fine motor skills by using clips to mark each letter.

What is Included:

There are 4 clip cards for each letter of the alphabet. Activities include matching the capital letter to a matching capital letter, matching a lowercase letter to the matching lowercase letter and matching capital letters with the correct lowercase letters.

How to Use:

Students will take one clip card, look at the letter on the sun card and then clip the letter that matches. The teach may choose to use small manipulatives, like mini erasers, bingo chips or counters to mark each correct response. The cards can also be laminated for students to use dry erase markers to mark correct answers.

Where to Use:

• Literacy Center
• Morning Tubs or Baskets

Skills Assessed

• Recognizing and identifying capital and lowercase letters
• Matching a capital or lowercase letter to their letter counterpart

These summer letter clip cards are a low prep option for teachers to give to students to complete. The cards simply need to be printed and cut apart before being placed inside a learning station.

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Alphabet Clip Cards for All Seasons

These sun themed letter and number cards and puzzles are a great summer, weather or space activity for preschool and kindergarten students. Students can practice letter and number recognition by matching capital and lowercase letters and matching numbers and number words up to 20.

What is Included:

• Alphabet cards for capital and lowercase letters
• Number cards for numbers 1-20 and number words. (coming soon)
• 2 piece alphabet puzzles that match capital and lowercase letters

Students will love the hands on activities in this resource. There are a variety of different games and activities that students can complete independently or with a partner.

Ways to Use the Cards:

• Matching Game: Match capital and lowercase letters or numbers to the number words.
• Fishing Game: Attach a paper clip to the card and use a magnetic fishing pole to "catch" the letters or numbers.
• Salt/Sand Tray: Use these cards as a model to show students what to write in the sand.
• Letter or Number Hunts: Have students find the letters or numbers that you have hidden around the room.
• ABC Order or Number Order: Have students place letters or numbers in the correct order.
• Pocket Chart Game: Place the cards into a pocket chart and hide a picture behind one of the cards. Have students guess which card the hidden picture is behind.

With a wide variety of uses, these cards will allow students to be engaged with learning their letters and numbers, as well as learning number words and practice counting.

How to Use the Puzzles

• Task Box Activities
• Math Centers
• Morning Baskets or Tubs

All of the cards and puzzles in this resource can be stored in task boxes. This allows teachers to have an easy to set up activity that students can easily clean and put away themselves.

Skills Assessed:

• Number Recognition
• Number Words to 20
• Number Order
• Letter Recognition
• Matching Capital and Lowercase Letters
• Letter Order

Each part of this resource is low prep. They all just need to be printed out and cut apart before use. The teacher may choose to laminate the pieces for durability.

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Seasonal Alphabet Card Games and Puzzles

Each summer object wants to be in the sun, so help them tracing the path from the object to the sun on these tracing cards with a summer theme. There are two sets of tracing line with 52 cards each (for a total of 104 cards) with a variety of tracing lines including curves, loops, zig zags and more!

These tracing cards give students practice with handwriting by having them trace a variety of lines. They help guide students to follow the line from left to right to mimic how students will eventually learn to write words and sentences and these lines allow students to practice pen control.

There are two sets of cards in this product:

• The first set has a decorative boarder where you can print on white paper.
• The second set has no border so you can print on colored paper and save on ink!

Ways to Use

• Writing Center
• Fine Motor Center
• Write and Wipe Activity
• Morning Tub or Basket
• Independent Center
• Small Group Activity
• Table Top Center

These fine motor cards and perfect for a writing center. By laminating each card or placing the full pages in page protectors you can create a write and wipe activity and use them over and over.

You can turn these cards into a fine motor center by adding mini erasers or other small objects for students to place along the line. Add tongs for more fine motor fun! You can also use cotton swabs and paint to dot the lines.

Skills Targeted:

• Following a line by tracing
• Moving from left to write when writing
• Pen control
• Hand eye coordination
• Building fine motor skills

These tracing cards and the markers or manipulatives used to complete them can be stored in a pencil box for easy set up, clean up and storage.

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