It's Spring! Kindergarten Math & Literacy Center: Word Families
Practice recognizing rhyming word families by matching pictures to a target word ending.
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Practice recognizing rhyming word families by matching pictures to a target word ending.
Write a story about a fall-themed picture describing what happens first, next, and last; color the picture and draw an illustration of the story's ending.
Activity 1 ('100 Snowballs!'): fill in missing numbers from 1-100. Activity 2 ('Counting Forward'): fill in missing numbers from 9-20. Activity 3 ('Mittens by 10s'): skip count by 10s to 100 (same activity as the standalone Counting By 10's product). Activity 4 ('Counting Candy'): count candy in each jar, cut-and-glue…
Look at a picture, read the first CVC word, change one of the three sounds to make a new word, and draw the new word.
Find and circle words in a word bank, complete mazes, fill Nurikabe grids with numbers/shaded squares, and fill Sudoku cells with numbers.
Practice recognizing and extending simple repeating patterns.
Use ten frames to solve addition sentences that make 10; color ten-frame squares to match a given number (up to 10 on one page, and 11-18 on a double ten-frame page).
Cut and paste bird images with numbers into a 'less than 10' or 'greater than 10' category (sorted onto two trees).
Cut out penguin word cards and paste each into the igloo labeled with its matching word family/rime.
Read each phrase on a lily pad and color the lily pads that contain a real, complete sentence to help a frog reach the pond.
Look at each picture, say the word aloud, and mark (color, dab, or stamp) the correct vowel sound heard in the middle of the word.
Cut out word cards (hats) and glue each one next to the pumpkin bearing a word that rhymes with it.
Trace connecting lines/number 10 and color in the picture ('Ενώνω τις γραμμές και χρωματίζω' = connect the lines and color, per Greek-language instruction line).
Read singular noun words, then cut and glue each word card under the correct plural ending heading (-s or -es).
Practice composing 10, and representing numbers up to 20 using ten frames.
Say the CVC word in each hat, read the words on the mittens, find the rhyme, and cut and paste the matching mitten onto the corresponding animal's hands.
Complete addition sentences to make 10 using a mitten ten-frame model; color in ten frames to match a number shown on a snowman's tummy (numbers to 8); color in ten frames to match numbers on snow clouds (numbers 11-20, requiring two ten-frames).
Dot-fill the outlined shapes on each picture using a q-tip, finger, or other medium (e.g. paint sticks); optionally write in letters, numbers, or shapes for the student to fill only matching circles.
Read the sight word printed on each pumpkin and color the pumpkin according to a word-to-color legend (was=red, ate=blue, our=green, yes=yellow, now=purple, all=orange).
Practice reading and representing height/length measurement using a simple numbered scale.
Read informational text about winter and answer comprehension questions; read and respond to a poem; draw and label winter items; write about winter; trace/practice writing letters A-Z (winter vocabulary cues).
Cut out picture pieces and paste them into place to complete each autumn-themed pattern shown on the page.
Look at each picture, sound out the word, write how many syllables it has, and color the picture.
Practice building and reading a simple bar graph from counted objects.