Shapes & fractions
Shape Sorting Math Center
Students sort or hunt through real-life photo shape cards (square, triangle, rectangle, circle, diamond, oval) to match small cards to large shape category cards, or search for a specific shape.
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Sorting Centers
Set up sorting centers for beginning sounds, shapes, fractions and science. Sensory and pretend-play activities provide additional ways to classify objects.
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Letters & beginning sounds
Beginning Sound Sort
Look at a picture card, determine its beginning sound, and place the card on the sorting mat labeled with the matching letter ('Begins with: Aa', 'Begins with: Bb', etc.) for all 26 letters.
Shapes & fractions
Shape Sort with 2D Shapes and 3D Shapes
Students sort image cards into '2D shapes' and '3D shapes' category headers.
Science sortingSensory & play centers
Garbage Can Homework Kit
With a parent, the student reads the included books, sets up a pretend recycling center with the provided recyclable containers, records/graphs items on the "Garbage Can Trash Graph," and uses the included coins and redemption-value sheet for counting/money activities; results are logged in a "Garbage Journal."
Sensory & play centers
Pom Pom Cooking Sensory Table
Use a cookbook to count out a specified number of pom-pom 'ingredients' (by color) for each recipe (e.g. Crumb Cake, Muffin, Pie, Strudel, Cinnamon Roll, Pizza, Cookie, Cake, Popcorn); use food-reference cards (Eggs, Milk, Tomatoes, Strawberries, Blackberries, Blueberries, Lemons, Sugar, Sprinkles, Apples) to add…
Letters & beginning sounds
AGE Word Family Sorting Activities
Sort word or picture cards into AGE-family vs. not-AGE-family columns, and into real-word vs. nonsense-word columns.
Letters & beginning sounds
Letter S Train Alphabet Worksheets and Centers
Sort train-car cards by beginning sound (S vs. not) or by uppercase/lowercase behind matching engine cards; trace and write the letter S to 'build a letter S train'; sort pictures that begin with S vs. those that do not.
Science sorting
Space Science Center
Students drop objects to observe gravity and record findings, sort and observe rocks, play a visual-discrimination clipping game, match planet cards, sort day/night picture cards, and sequence moon-phase cards, drawing or writing about what they observe.
Letters & beginning sounds
Letter Y Train Alphabet Worksheets and Centers
Sort train cars beginning with Y behind an engine card, sort capital/lowercase Y cars by engine, trace and write letter Y, and sort pictures that begin with Y from those that do not.
Shapes & fractions
Star Wars Math Centers
Students play/complete four independent center activities: matching base-ten block cards to numerals ('Base Ten Buddies'), matching number-bond/complements-of-ten cards, a greater-than/less-than/equal-to comparison card game ('Number Wars'), and an addition doubles/doubles-plus-one sorting activity ('Saber Sort').
Letters & beginning sounds
Letter J Trains Worksheets and Centers
Sort train-car pictures/letters by beginning sound (J) or by uppercase/lowercase, place cars on matching engine mats, and trace/write letter J.
Sensory & play centers
Apple Orchard Dramatic Play Set for Kindergarten & Grade 1
Take on orchard roles (apple picker, farmer/orchard owner, shopkeeper, cashier, customer) to practice picking, sorting, and counting apples; use a price list and order forms/receipts to buy and sell apple products with play money; and sequence the steps of making an apple pie (pan, bottom crust, filling, top crust).
Letters & beginning sounds
Letter T Train Alphabet Worksheets and Centers
Sort train 'cargo' cards by beginning sound (T vs. not-T) behind train engine cards; sort train cars by capital vs. lowercase T; complete cut-and-paste alphabet train sorting worksheets; trace and write letter T then build/color a letter T train.
Letters & beginning sounds
Letter A Trains Worksheets and Centers
Sort train cars with pictures that begin with the letter A behind an 'A' engine card; sort train cars by capital vs. lowercase A behind the matching engine; sort cars by long-A vs. short-A sound behind two engines; trace and write the letter A and build a letter-A train; sort capital A and lowercase a onto the correct…
Shapes & fractions
Playdough Fraction Sorting Mats
Use small tools (e.g. plastic knife, rolling pin) to divide play dough into equal parts and represent given fractions (1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 1/4, 2/4, 3/4) on mats offering high support, some support, or no support.
Letters & beginning sounds
Letter H Trains Worksheets and Centers
Sort train-car picture cards behind the correct 'H' engine by beginning sound; sort capital and lowercase H train cars by matching case to the correct engine; use train mat cards to practice letter recognition and case-matching.
Letters & beginning sounds
Letter C Trains Worksheets and Centers
Sort train cars behind the matching train engine by beginning sound /c/ or by letter case (capital vs. lowercase C); circle/select capital C and lowercase c among distractor letters on alphabet-train worksheets; trace and write letter C (uppercase and lowercase); sort pictures that begin with C from those that do not…
Sensory & play centers
Pizza Curriculum Pack
Participate in teacher-led center and whole-group activities such as: sorting/using pizza vocabulary words, creating paper-plate or playdough pizzas, block-area pizza-delivery dramatic play, sensory bin play with flour and kitchen utensils, and simple cooking experiences (e.g., English-muffin pizzas, fruit pizza).
Letters & beginning sounds
Letter P Phonics and Writing Centers with Real Photographs
Letter P Phonics and Writing Centers with Real Photographs
Letters & beginning sounds
Letter A Phonics and Writing Centers with Real Photographs
Use full-page alphabet posters/cards for reference; trace letters and words at a writing center; complete beginning-sounds clip cards; use small picture cards for matching/concentration/sorting games; sort long vs. short vowel words; sort pictures that start with A vs. do not start with A.
Science sorting
Insects Science Center
Build an insect from magnetic body-part pieces (head, thorax, abdomen, 6 legs, 2 antennae, optional wings); measure life-sized insect cards using nonstandard units; play a 'Not Like the Others' visual discrimination game by clipping the different picture; color and assemble a life-cycle spinner describing the…
Letters & beginning sounds
Letter B Trains Worksheets and Centers
Sort train cars with B-beginning-sound cargo pictures behind a 'B' engine card; sort capital and lowercase B train cars behind matching engines; use train mat cards; trace and write B/b to build a letter train; sort pictures beginning with B vs not beginning with B onto trains.
Letters & beginning sounds
Letter D Trains Worksheets and Centers
Sort train cargo cars by whether the picture begins with D, sort capital and lowercase D cars onto matching engines, trace and write the letter D, and build/sort alphabet trains.
Science sorting
Plants Science Center
Place magnet plants onto a garden background with roots below soil; sort plants or observe a chosen vegetable and write about it; identify the odd-one-out among 4 pictures on a card; draw and write daily journal entries documenting a plant's growth; measure life-sized vegetable cards with connecting cubes or other…
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