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Ice Cream Sounds! Short and Long Vowel Sound Sorting Activity

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Is there anyone alive who doesn’t scream for ice cream?

I’m sure there must be, but I have yet to meet a person who doesn’t.

My kids (like most kids) are fanatics for ice cream. One loves chocolate, one loves strawberry, one loves cake batter, and one loves cookies & cream (like yours truly).

With warmer weather on the way, I thought ice cream would be a fun theme for an early phonics resource: this short and long vowel sound sorting activity!

Fun Ice Cream Vowel Sound Sorting Activity

This is such a fun way to help students practice recognizing short and long vowel sounds as they learn to read.

And it’s available as a printable activity for literacy centers and a digital resource, so you can use in small groups or for distance learning!

Keep reading to find out how to get your copy. For more early phonics practice, don’t miss our printable Rhyming Word Puzzles too!

This digital and print ice cream vowel sounds sorting activity is a wonderful lesson for early readers! Use it online or as a hands-on activity at centers!

Ice Cream Sounds! Digital & Print Vowel Sound Sorting Activity

To use the printable version of this vowel sound sorting activity, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Ice Cream Themed Vowel Sound Activity

This product includes:

  • Color ice cream cones for each short and long vowel sound
  • 30 color ice cream scoops featuring CVC and CVCE words
  • A complete line art version
  • And a set of instructions!
Fun Ice Cream Vowel Sound Matching

To use this activity, print out the cones and scoops and cut them apart.

Before letting students practice, review the symbols for short and long vowel sounds – the breve for short vowels and the macron for long vowels.

Long and Short Vowel Sound Sorting Activity

Then let students practice reading each word aloud and listening for the vowel sound.

Ice Cream Themed Vowel Sound Activity for Kids

Now it’s time to start sorting sounds!

Each vowel sound has three matching word “scoops”, so students can end up with 10 triple scoop cones by the time they’re done.

Vowel Sound Matching Activity for Kids

Make it reusable by laminating the pages and attaching hook and loop sticky dots to the cones and scoops.

Ice Cream Short and Long Vowel Sound Matching Activity

Save ink by printing the line art version!

You can let students color the cones and scoops or print the resource on AstroBright paper (my personal fav).

Digital Ice Cream Vowel Sound Sorting Activity for Early Readers

Prefer to use digital resources for distance learning?

This vowel sounds lesson is available as a Google Slides resource!

Students can drag and drop the correct CVC/CVCE word onto the matching cone with the correct vowel sound.

Perfect for digital phonics practice!

Scroll down to get the digital or print version of this Ice Cream Vowel Sounds Lesson!

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To get your copy of our printable Ice Cream Vowel Sounds Matching Lesson, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Printable Ice Cream Vowel Sound Sorting

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Ice Cream Vowel Sound Sorting Activity Digital Product

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Ladybug Number Word Counting Puzzles

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Working with counting numbers is such an important math skill in early grades.

The trick, though, is that counting numbers don’t always look like numerals. They also appear as objects and number words.

Which is why these three-piece ladybug number word counting puzzles are so helpful for little learners!

Fun Ladybug Number Word Puzzles for Kids

These are fantastic for early math centers! Or you could put them in morning tubs for rotations!

Need to help your students learn remotely? There’s even a distance learning version!

Read on to see how to score these for your early math students.

And, for more practice with early math skills, check our our Bee Counting On Math Center!

Pick up the digital and print versions of these ladybug number word puzzles to help early learners practice number recognition at math centers or at home!

Ladybug Number Word Counting Puzzles

To print these number word puzzles, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Ladybug Number Word Matching Puzzles

These puzzles include the numbers from one to ten.

Ladybug Number Word Puzzles

Each puzzle contains three pieces:

  • One that depicts the number word
  • One that depicts the numeral
  • And one that shows a ladybug with the matching number of spots
Printable Ladybug Number Word Puzzles

After you print the puzzles and cut the pieces apart, mix them up and let students practice matching them correctly.

Ladybug Number and Number Word Matching Puzzles

If you need to save on ink, a line art version is also included.

Number Word Matching Puzzles for Kids

Personally, I love to use AstroBright paper whenever I’m using a line art product.

It adds a nice pop of color without using up all of my color ink.

Printable Ladybug Themed Number Word Puzzles

Scroll down to get your copy of these Ladybug Number Word Counting Puzzles!

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To get your copy of these Ladybug Number Word Counting Puzzles, click the image or the link below to get them from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Ladybug Number Word and Number Puzzles for Kids

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Want the digital version? Click the image or link below to pick that up for use with distance learning!

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Butterfly Life Cycle Activity for Kids

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Butterflies are some of the most incredible creatures around.

They’re one of the few species that undergoes a complete change as part of the growth process.

It’s really awe-inspiring.

So a butterfly’s life cycle is an excellent science lesson for early grades. And that’s why I’m sharing this fun butterfly life cycle activity with all of you today!

Fun Butterfly Life Cycle Sequencing Activity

This is a wonderful activity for science centers! And you can make it reusable too!

Read on to see how to get your copy. And keep reading to see how you can get this as a digital product!

Be sure to check out our Apple Life Cycle Sequencing Activity too!

This butterfly life cycle activity is such a fun way to help kids learn how butterflies grow! Great for science during spring and summer!

Butterfly Life Cycle Activity for Kids

To use this butterfly life cycle sequencing activity, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printable Butterfly Life Cycle Sequencing Activity

This product includes:

  • One color butterfly life cycle mat
  • Five color butterfly life cycle picture cards
  • One color butterfly life cycle mat with color picture cards
  • One line art butterfly life cycle mat
  • Five line art butterfly life cycle picture cards
  • And one line art butterfly life cycle mat with line art picture cards
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Butterfly Life Cycle Sequencing for Kids

Simply cut the circular picture cards out and let students practice placing them in the correct sequence on the life cycle mat.

Butterfly Life Cycle Sequencing Activity

For a one-time lesson, students can glue the picture cards in place.

For a reusable center, laminate the pages and affix hook and loop sticky dots.

Hands On Butterfly Life Cycle Activity

If you use the line art version, students can color in the pictures too!

Scroll down to get this Butterfly Life Cycle Sequencing Activity!

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To get your copy of this Butterfly Life Cycle Sequencing Activity, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Butterfly Life Cycle Activity for Kids

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Prefer to use this as a digital activity? Get both the print and digital version!

Learn about how butterflies grow with this fun and interactive butterfly life cycle sequencing activity! Available in print and as a digital activity!

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