Math & problem solving
Number Words and Place Value Activity Packet
Teach place value (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands) and how to write matching number words, through an assembled mini booklet and a place-value card game.
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Letter of the Week Letter G Printables Activity Pack Phonics Worksheet
Letter-of-the-week phonics and letter-recognition activity pack focused on uppercase and lowercase letter G, covering recognition, tracing, sorting, and beginning reading practice.
Science & discovery
Science Action Labs Air Science
Teach foundational air-science concepts (air is transparent, takes up space, has weight/pressure/resistance, is a mixture of gases, the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle, smog/pollution) through hands-on experiments and activities.
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Social skills & wellbeing
Social Emotional Learning Unit: Kindness Activities
Discuss/participate in a 'Kindness Chain' speaking activity, make kindness-quilt pieces, complete a Kindness Bingo board by performing listed kind acts, draw a picture of themselves spreading kindness, write about a time they included someone or were included, and read/complete an emergent reader booklet using the…
Art & making
Letter G Outlines for Alphabet Crafts
Provide blank letter G/g outline mats for hands-on alphabet crafts, sorting, and letter-recognition activities.
Social studies
Sudoku for Beginners with 4 Shapes
Sudoku Adventures for Young Minds: Exploring 4 Shapes in Puzzles Dive into the World of Sudoku with Engaging Challenges for Students and Homeschooling Families! Activity Snapshot: Unleash your child's logical thinking and problem-solving prowess with our captivating 2 x 2 block, 4 shape Sudoku puzzles. This resource includes…
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Movement & games
Sports Charades - A Sports Themed Gross Motor Game
Indoor recess/brain-break gross motor game where students act out sports actions.
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Beginning Place Value: Roll It, Make It Dice Game
Roll one die for tens and another for ones, write the resulting two-digit number, and build it with base-ten blocks or connecting cubes. The recording sheet provides two rounds with separate Tens and Ones columns. Supply the dice and manipulatives for a small-group or station activity.
Reading & writing
Coloring Is Fun: Kindergarten Volume 2 Activity Book
An activity book teaching letter recognition (letters K through P confirmed) through coloring, connect-the-dots, and initial-sound identification.
Science & discovery
Science Action Labs Astronomy
Read chapter content, participate in labs/experiments/demonstrations for each of 14 chapters (e.g., 'Building a Sextant'), answer group-discussion questions, and complete an 'Imagination Time' creative-writing prompt (invent a myth explaining the universe's origin); an answer key is provided.
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Art & making
Letter F Outlines for Alphabet Crafts
Provide blank letter F/f outline mats for hands-on alphabet crafts, sorting, and letter-recognition activities.
Social skills & wellbeing
Let's Talk About Personal Care Board Game
Roll dice and move a game piece around the board; when landing on a space, read the printed question aloud and answer it verbally (or in writing) with a partner or small group, about personal care and hygiene.
Social studies
‘Pom Pom In The Countryside’: A Fun Writing And Drawing Activity (4 years +)
Label a countryside walking map; match baby-animal names to parent animals; unscramble countryside vocabulary; complete five-senses sentences using given word choices; identify wild flowers; sort harder animal-family vocabulary (e.g., cow/bull/calf) into groups; complete dialogue between two dog owners after a dog…
Math & problem solving
K-2 Math Volume 2
Build K-2 math skills across comparing/ordering numbers, addition & subtraction, and fractions.
Reading & writing
Letter Recognition - Match Capital and Small Letters
Practice matching uppercase letters to their corresponding lowercase letters (letter recognition).
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Social skills & wellbeing
Acts of Kindness Simple Text PowerPoint Presentation
View/discuss slides showing examples of kind actions (sharing, giving, volunteering, helping, hugging, smiling, including others in games, forgiving) and watch a linked short video about acts of kindness.
Art & making
Gorgonzola: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet
Students engage in shared reading/writing activities: letter identification and sound practice, writing support, vocabulary matching, core/fringe vocabulary work, story sequencing/retell, WH-question comprehension, sentence stems, character webs, an art project, and a STEM activity, all tied to the book Gorgonzola.
Social studies
Geography: The River Danube
Fill in missing letters to complete facts about the Danube (countries, 4 capital cities it passes, its source in the Alps, and its end in the Black Sea), find the answer words in a word search, list what to pack for a pretend river cruise, draw a picture of themselves on a cruise ship and finish given sentences, and write a…
Reading & writing
ABC Letter Recognition Cut and Paste
A fun activity for letter recognition. The student colors and traces each letter. They then cut and paste the letters and pictures into the correct row.
Math & problem solving
First Grade Big Book
Complete individual reproducible practice pages (e.g., counting objects, addition and subtraction facts, coloring by number, word problems) presented in formats such as crossword puzzles, word searches, dot-to-dots, secret code, hidden pictures, and simple experiments.
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Reading & writing
Letter Sounds Activity Book
Support early letter-name and letter-sound learning at home, combining brief parent-facing guidance on teaching phonemic awareness/letter recognition with hands-on child activities.
Science & discovery
Let's Investigate! Hands-On Science - Grades 1-2
Provide hands-on science experiments and activities across physical, earth, and life science topics for grades 1-2, supplementing the (U.S.) National Science Education Standards.
Art & making
Arts and Crafts for Letter S, A, and T
Six printable craft templates (two per letter) that reinforce phonics/letter recognition for the letters S, A, and T through hands-on making of a swan, sailboat, alligator, astronaut, turtle, and teddy bear.