Gross Motor Game: Fall Haystack Hunt
A fall-themed interactive PowerPoint game where students click piles of hay to find hidden objects and reveal a gross motor task.
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A fall-themed interactive PowerPoint game where students click piles of hay to find hidden objects and reveal a gross motor task.
Sight word flashcards for pre-primer level sight words, winter/snowball themed.
A set of fall-themed visual printables providing floor markers/visuals for two gross motor activities: an obstacle course and a jumping/hopscotch-style game.
Match autumn leaf designs on bingo boards as the caller reveals each card.
Trace and say the letter B sound aloud, use flashcards/posters/play-dough mats to practice letter formation, play a 'Doggie, Where's the Sound?' listening game, build sentences, read an alphabet/decodable reader and cut-and-paste readers, complete mazes, cut-and-paste beginning-sound and CVC-word activities, do…
A fall harvest-themed gross motor game where students search a basket for produce items, each paired with a movement task.
Use a magnifying glass to find small autumn pictures, then cover them with matching tokens.
in the slideshow, decide whether a letter matches a picture's beginning sound (thumbs up/down); on worksheets, circle, draw a line to, or glue the letter that matches a picture's beginning sound
Students spin a spinner or roll a die to move around one of five fall-themed board games, answering question cards of the teacher's choice as they move; first to reach the end wins.
Sort picture-word cards into fall vs. contrasting categories (clothes, foods, activities, animals, and things seen in fall) by matching them to the correct group.
Play bingo using cards depicting winter items (e.g., snowflake, mittens, hot chocolate, snowman, igloo, sled); mark/identify called items on the card, which includes a 'FREE' center space.
Explore Winter Bingo (40 Cards, 8 Ways to Win).
Students spin a spinner or roll a die to determine turn order, then take turns using teacher-selected cards (content of choice) to answer questions; correct play lets them move around the board following winter-themed space instructions (e.g. 'Built a snowman! Go ahead 1 space', 'Fell off your sled. Go back 2 spaces'), and the…
Winter-themed bump game for a fun math activity. This resource includes 8 boards of the game and instructions are on each page. Included are subtraction, addition, roll and cover, roll spin and cover, and roll double and cover. This can be an individual or multiple-player game.
This is a Winter Fantasy Roll and Cover / BUMP Game. There are 4 different game mats included. They can be printed in color or black and white. Students will get to practice with number identification, addition and subtraction with these mats.
A winter/movie-themed gross motor game in which students complete 8 numbered snowflake challenges to help a character reach another character.
Count the snowflakes shown in a ten-frame on the left side of each clip card, find the matching number on the right side, and attach a clothespin (clip) to that number.
in the slideshow, decide whether a letter matches a picture's beginning sound (thumbs up/down); complete beginning-sound matching worksheets and hands-on games
No-prep icebreaker/bingo game to help students get to know classmates and make new friends at the start of the school year.
Cut out and assemble the die/cube, sit in a circle, take turns rolling it, and share their favorite item in whichever category (toy, cloth/clothing, food, color, fruit, animal) the roll lands on.
Cover five squares in a row or diagonally (or the free space first) on a picture/word bingo board as school-related vocabulary items are called (e.g. notebook, pencil, eraser, scissors, hand sanitizer, glue stick, teacher, library, lunch box).
Use bingo cards with numbers 1-10 and card markers (counters/chips/stickers) to play bingo as numbers are called.
A bingo game themed around back-to-school classroom objects, used as a class activity/icebreaker.
A memory/matching card game to reinforce back-to-school vocabulary.