POSITION WORDS

Understanding positional words helps students to describe the world around them. They are necessary for the development of spatial awareness and beginning math skills.

Spatial awareness is an important skill for reading maps, and following directions.

Learning position words also enhances:

👉Communication
👉Math
👉Problem Solving
👉Vocabulary
👉Cognitive Development

Using nursery rhymes is a fun and engaging way to practice position words!

With these 6 nursery rhyme resources your kids will have a great time at the pocket chart center.  

Each rhyme has all the activities shown here. 

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Get Your Early Learning Classroom Ready for Spring!

Ignite your students' curiosity with this comprehensive plant unit for Kindergarten and 1st grade! Featuring engaging center activities and worksheets, this unit covers the basics of plant needs, plant parts, and the plant life cycle. With our combination of science and reading activities, you can bring the wonders of the natural world to your classroom and help your students gain a better understanding of the amazing world of plants.

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Experience the beauty of the season with this Flower Garden book study and unit lesson plan. Perfect for first and second grade, this five-day reading lesson plan uses fun and engaging activities to help students develop summarizing, sequencing, and math skills.

                                                                 

Get your kindergarten and PreK students excited about learning math with these fun and engaging spring-themed math centers and worksheets! With an array of activities that focus on counting, number recognition, more or less, and other math skills, they’ll be having a blast while reinforcing essential mathematical concepts. Give your students the added boost they need to succeed in the classroom with these creative and educational spring math centers and worksheets.

         

Explore the fascinating world of insects and bugs with this comprehensive learning unit for kindergarten and first grade students. This unit includes worksheets, center activities, and vocabulary cards, which help to introduce children to the life cycles and characteristics of various insects. With this engaging science unit, your students can discover the wonderful world of insects and bugs in an exciting and interactive way.

Bring literacy to life when you introduce your kindergarten classroom to the beloved children’s book, Planting a Rainbow. Through this book study unit, empower your students to explore vocabulary, and retelling components of the story. With center activities, and worksheets to help students explore plant needs and parts, your kindergarteners can look forward to a fun and engaging learning experience.

January and February PK-2 Resources

 Hi Friends.  

First, let me tell you my resources for Pint Size Learners are now on Made By Teachers marketplace, too,  Here is the link https://www.madebyteachers.com/seller/pint-size-learners/  I have some great resources for Winter and Valentine's Day.  Instead of linking each resource just go to Made By Teachers at the link above or TPT here  https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Pint-Size-Learners and sort each site by categories.

January

  

 Activities in this 39 page January Activity Book include:

• Rhyming Words

• Tracing

• Color by Code

• Counting 10-20

• Letter Search

• Number Words

• Dot to Dot

• Mazes

Each page has a different activity. Simply print the black and white pages and staple them to make the book. Each printed page makes 2 books. 

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• Choose nouns or verbs
• Count syllables
• Look for specific letters
• Match shapes
• Find the pictures that have the same beginning sound 

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Parts of Speech - Winter Theme includes:

Anchor Charts – Samples for each part of speech plus large pictures and words for you to use to make the charts

Sorting Center – Students sort the picture cards into 3 groups – nouns, verbs or adjectives.

Secret Code Words - Students will practice decoding Winter words and then record their answers.

Color by Code - Students will read the words then identify the parts of speech and color the space.

Various Worksheets – Students will identify the parts of speech of various 

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Winter Theme Phonics includes:

• a center activity to sort r – controlled vowel words
• a center activity to spell pictured r-controlled vowel words
• a clip card center activity to identify r-controlled vowels

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Seven kindergarten or first-grade addition winter math addition word problems, sums to 10. The 7 addition word problems are the same in both formats (centers & worksheets).

Winter Word Problem Centers include:

• a center card that states the word problem
• a center activity to use pictures to show the word problem
• a center activity to use picture/number cards to show the addition statement

Winter Word Problem Cut and Paste Worksheets include:

Three worksheets for each word problem.

• A worksheet to use pictures to show the word problem
• A worksheet to show the 2 numbers used in the word problem
• A worksheet to use the 2 numbers to show the addition statement.

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How to Catch a Snowman Lesson Plans & Activities includes:

• 5 days of before, during and after reading lesson plans
• Vocabulary Cards and Vocabulary center activity
• Rhyming Word Center Activity
• Rhyming Words Worksheets
• Sequencing Picture Cards for Interactive Center
• Story Sequencing Worksheets
• Story Elements
• Contractions Center activity and Worksheets
• Vowel Sounds Center Activity

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February

Seven kindergarten or first-grade addition Valentine word problems, sums to 10. The 7 addition word problems are the same in both formats.

Valentine Word Problem Centers includes

• a center card that states the word problem
• a center activity to use pictures to show the word problem
•  a center activity to use picture/number cards to show the addition statement

Valentine Word Problem Cut and Paste Worksheets includes:

Three worksheets for each word problem.

• a worksheet to use pictures to show the word problem
• a worksheet to show the 2 numbers used in the word problem
• a worksheet to use the 2 numbers to show the addition statement.

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Activities in this 44 page February Activity Book include:

• CVCe Words

• Missing Numbers

• Color by Code

• Mazes

• Tracing

• Dot to Dot

• Number Words (ten-twenty)

• Letter Search

• Word search

• Count the Hearts

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Olive, My Love Book Study Unit Includes:

· Day 1 – Vocabulary, Writing

· Day 2 - Syllables – center and worksheets

· Day 3 - Sequencing – center and worksheets

· Day 4 - Rhyming – center and worksheet

· Day 5 – Onomatopoeia – center and worksheet

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Valentine Theme Phonics includes:

• a center activity to sort CVCe words
• a center activity to put puzzles together to make CVCe words
• a center activity to spell pictured CvCe words.

These activities are perfect for your literacy or word work centers during the month of February.

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Parts of Speech - Valentine Theme includes:

• Anchor Charts – Samples for each part of speech plus large pictures and words for you to use to make the charts
• Sorting Center – Students sort the picture cards into 3 groups – nouns, verbs or adjectives.
• Secret Code Words - Students will practice decoding Valentine's words and then record their answers.
• Color by Code-  Students will read the words then identify the parts of speech and color the space.

Various Worksheets – Students will identify the part of speech of various words.

PK - 2 Christmas Teaching Recourse's

 We love Christmas!  These are some of our favorite resources.

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Writing activities designed for Kindergarten or early writers. These writing prompts will have your kinder students writing every day with activities designed just for kindergarten! Make a monthly writing journal to watch your students' progress.

December, month 4, lets your students practice writing words to complete a phrase.

• Week 1 uses the sight words The, A, My

• Week 2 uses the words in, on

• Week 3 uses the word and

• There are only 3 weeks this month allowing for the holidays.

   

Keep learning during the holidays. With this December activity book your Kindergarten or First-grade students will have fun reviewing language arts and math skills independently. They can keep them at their desks to pull out when they finish classwork early.

Activities in this 35 page December Activity Book include:

• Upper and Lowercase Letter  • Vowels and Consonants  • Word Families

• Syllables  • Sight Words  • Missing Numbers  • Even/Odd  • Counting 1-10

• Spot the Difference  • Dot to Dot  • Mazes

               

Eight kindergarten or first grade addition Christmas word problems, sums to 10. 

Christmas Word Problem Centers includes:

· a center card that states the word problem

· a center activity to use pictures to show the word problem

· a center activity to use picture/number cards to show the addition statement

Christmas Word Problem Cut and Paste Worksheets includes:

Three worksheets for each word problem.

· A worksheet to use pictures to show the word problem

· A worksheet to show the 2 numbers used in the word problem

· A worksheet to use the 2 numbers to show the addition statement.

                        

Math patterns help children make predictions and sequences because they begin to understand what comes next. Identifying patterns helps us develop important skills of critical thinking and logic which will help prepare children for learning complex number concepts and mathematical operations. Your PreK and Kindergarten students are going to love working on the skill of patterns and making patterns with these fun and engaging hands-on Christmas activities and worksheets. Your students will learn about AB, ABB, AAB patterns and ABC patterns. Fill your math centers with these fun hands-on activities. 

                     

Your PreK and Kindergarten students will be working on shape recognition and important categorizing skills. This Christmas Candy Shape Sorting resource includes the following shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, crescent, heart, rhombus and oval. This hands-on shape sorting activity is perfect for morning tubs, math centers, small group instruction or intervention. Your pre-k and kindergarten students will also love the cut and paste shape working worksheets, the color by shape pictures and the bonus candy themed activities.

                        

Engage your kindergarten and 1st grade students during the Christmas holiday season with these fun and interactive book based activities for The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever by Steven Kroll. This book study will engage your students while teaching them more about key reading comprehension skills. This unit includes 5 days of lesson plans for before, during and after reading the book. Using a close reading approach your students will dig deeper into key reading skills. Also included are all of the center activities and worksheets to complete the listed activities. Your kindergarten and first grade students will love this book companion and its activities.

                   

This book study includes 5 days of close reading styled lesson plans for before, during and after reading the book. This 54 page Christmas book study includes all of the coordinating activities and worksheets for your first and second grade students to enhance their reading comprehension skills for grades 1 and 2. Your students will love this book companion and its activities!

Olive the Other Reindeer Book Study Unit Includes:

Day 1 - Compare and Contrast, Vocabulary
Day 2 - Writing
Day 3 - Sequencing – center and worksheets
Day 4 - Cause and Effect – anchor chart, center and worksheet
Day 5 – Character Analysis– worksheet

TO SEE ALL DECEMBER RESOURCES INCLUDING BOOM CARDS CLICK HERE!