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Free Bug Printables Pack for Kids

April 29, 2020 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

Happy spring everyone! I love this time of year.

The warmer weather, the longer days, the brighter skies – it’s all great stuff! It’s just the BUGS that bother me.

When I was a child, I was deathly afraid of almost everything that had more than four legs. (Except potato bugs. They’re adorable.)

But I’ve been learning to love bugs along with my kids, who think they’re awesome. So I thought I’d share a free Bug Printables Pack with all of you!

This would make a great science resource to cover before heading out on a nature walk.

You could also pair it with a unit about insects, spring, summer, or ecosystems!

Read on to get your copy! And don’t miss our fun list of kids’ activities about insects!

Free Bug Printables Pack

This free Bug Printables Pack has over 25 pages of insect-themed fun!

To use this set of insect identification printables, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Scissors
Laminator (if you want to reuse the flashcards in the future)

This resource includes:

A set of bug flashcards (labeled and blank)
Bug identification pages with color pictures and traceable names
And insect coloring pages

Students can practice reading the correct names for each insect and then tracing the names themselves.

Use the insect identification flashcards to help kids learn how to quickly spot common insects in the neighborhood.

And don’t forget to use the coloring pages for a quick art activity!

If you want to reuse this activity later, laminate the pages and let students write on them with dry erase markers. Perfect for science centers!

Scroll down to get your free Bug Printables Pack!

Don’t miss these other spring activities for kids!

To get your copy of our free Bug Printables Pack, click the image or the link below to download it!

>>> Free Bug Printables Pack <<<

Aquarium Arithmetic Seek and Find Math Activity

April 6, 2020 by Selena Robinson 5 Comments

I am in the small group of people who actually enjoy solving arithmetic problems.

When I was young, I would doodle math problems in my notebook in my spare time.

My kids, though, aren’t big fans of arithmetic, unless I can make it fun.

So instead of just giving them a sheet of problems to solve, I put together a fun aquarium-themed lesson: our Aquarium Arithmetic Seek and Find activity!

$Fun Aquarium Arithmetic Math Practice Activity$

And if you’re looking for a way to practice adding and subtracting online, you can get this in a digital version too!

Read on to see how to get your copy.

Plus, take a look at our easy Sidewalk Chalk Outdoor Math Game for some hands-on math practice fun!

Aquarium Arithmetic Seek & Find Math Activity

To use this aquarium arithmetic math activity, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are included in this post. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

This product includes eight sheets of addition and subtraction problems.

$Aquarium Arithmetic Math Practice Activity$

As kids solve the problems, they’ll search for the ones whose answers match up with the answers listed in the instructions.

Once they find the corresponding problems, they can color them in!

For example, one of the pages instructs kids to “color the problems that have a difference of 5”.

So after kids solve the subtraction problems, they can go back and color in the bubbles for the problems that equal 5.

Easy!

A full set of instructions and a complete answer key are also included!

Scroll down to get your copy of this Aquarium Arithmetic Seek and Find Activity!Check out these other math learning ideas for kids!

$These printable ladybug math activities are perfect for sharing with the kids this spring!$

$Sidewalk Chalk Outdoor Math Game$

To get your copy of our Aquarium Arithmetic Seek & Find math activity, click the image or the link below to get it from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

>>> Aquarium Arithmetic Seek & Find Math Activity <<<

Prefer to use this online with your students? Pick up the digital version for distance learning below!

>>> Aquarium Arithmetic Math Practice Activity – Digital Version <<<

This post is part of the Free Aquarium Unit Study linkup! Check out more fun aquarium activities and learning ideas below!

Aquarium Animals Letter Find Worksheets from 3 Boys and a Dog

Under the Sea Fun Octopus Vegetable Platter from Crafty Mama in ME

Fish Books for Kids from The Jenny Evolution

How Fish Breathe – A Science Experiment from Tales of Education at Home

Fun Things to See at the Newport Aquarium from Something 2 Offer

Aquarium Scavenger Hunt Printable for Kids from CraftCreateCalm

Aquarium in a Bottle: Ocean Sensory Idea from A Little Pinch of Perfect

Aquarium I Spy from Schooling a Monkey

Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats

October 14, 2019 by Selena Robinson 4 Comments

With Piglet starting on preschool work this fall, we’ve been using a lot of preschool playdough mats.

So this week I’m sharing a brand new printable set of preschool mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats!

These are super fun for little ones who are working on fine motor skills, shape recognition, and more!

Plus, they’re a perfect activity for preschoolers who are working on a geology unit along with their older siblings.

Read on to see how to get yours for free!

And don’t forget to stop by and check out some of our other preschool printables, including our Apple Tree Counting Mat and our Beach Playdough Number Mats!

Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats

To use these mountain playdough shape mats, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links provided for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Once you laminate these mats, you can use them again and again, so here are a few different ways to use them with your preschoolers.

Give your child a Do A Dot marker and challenge him or her to fill in each shape with a different color. Or each dot with a different color.

You can even ask your child to make a color pattern (one green circle, one red circle, one blue circle, then repeat it).

Hand out circular stickers and let your child stick them into the circles. This is particularly great for toddlers or for times when you want to avoid a potential mess. 😉

Use playdough to fill in the circles. Have your child roll small bits of dough into circles and place them in each circle to form each shape. This is excellent for fine motor practice.

Give your child dry erase crayons and bring the mats along when you’re going to a place you’ll have to wait.

Good choices include the doctor’s office, the drive-through, or a long car ride. Toss a basic washcloth into the car and use it to wipe off the mats for reuse.

Scroll down to get your copy of our free Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats!

Don’t miss these other preschool resources!

Plus, get more ideas for working with preschoolers on my Learning for Little Ones Pinterest board!

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This post is part of the Mountains Unit Study roundup! Stop by to read even more learning ideas about mountains from my fellow bloggers!

Adventurous Mountain Books your Tween will Love from Crafty Mama in ME

Children’s Picture Books About Camping from The Jenny Evolution

Mountain Sequencing Puzzle from Schooling a Monkey

Making a Mountain Out of A Mole Hill from Tales Of Education At Home

My Side of the Mountain Survival Lessons from FrogMom

Free Printable Flashcards: Addition Flashcards 0-10

April 4, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

We’ve been working to help our kids memorize addition facts for the past few weeks, so I thought I’d make a new set of free printable flashcards: addition flashcards 0-10!

But the thing about addition facts is that they’re pretty boring, right? Naturally, I had to add a little fun to these cards. What’s more fun than a trip to the state fair?

$These cute addition flashcards 0-10 are perfect for math practice!$

Read on to get your set of these free state fair-themed addition flashcards!

And, for more flashcards to make math learning fun, try our printable polygon flashcards or our fraction flashcards!

$These printable addition flashcards make practicing math facts fun!$

Free Printable Flashcards: Addition Flashcards 0-10

To use these addition flashcards 0-10 with your kids, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Scissors
Laminator (if you want the cards to last for a while)

This pack includes 30 pages of addition flashcards, featuring problems from 0+0 to 10+10.

There’s also an Answer Key included!

Try to play a game where kids can match up even sums and odd sums.

Or have the kids match similar sums to find how many ways they can add numbers and reach the same answer.

$Practicing Math with Printable Addition Flashcards$

You could even challenge kids by giving them an answer and seeing if they can find the math problem that will result in that answer.

Scroll down to get your copy of our free printable flashcards addition flashcards 0-10!

Check out some of our other math learning ideas below!

$Sidewalk Chalk Outdoor Math Game$

$Math Activities for ADHD Students$

For more ideas for teaching math, follow my Math Mania board on Pinterest!

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Free Polar Animal Notebooking Pages

November 29, 2018 by Selena Robinson 3 Comments

Hey everyone! We’re ready to begin a new unit study about polar animals!

To help the kids get interested in researching and notebooking, we put together a set of polar animal notebooking pages that highlights ten different animals of the Arctic and the Antarctic.

These are wonderful for finding out more about these incredible creatures and the region in which they live. Perfect for a winter unit study!

If you enjoy these, don’t miss our list of 50 free winter printables for kids!

Free Polar Animal Notebooking Pages

To use these polar animal notebooking pages, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

The product includes notebooking sheets for:

Arctic Fox
Emperor Penguin
Polar Bear
Snowy Owl
Walrus
Beluga Whale
Puffin
Caribou
Harp Seal
Arctic Hare

Each one includes spaces for kids to record basic facts about each animal, including their average weight and length, their species name, and the environment where they live.

All of the notebooking facts can be found easily using Wikipedia or any of the kids’ science websites such as National Geographic Kids or even Wikipedia.

Plus, there’s a Who Am I? fact matching game at the end to give the kids a quick refresher on what they learned. And the answer key is included!

Scroll down to get your free polar animal notebooking pages!

Books about Polar Animals:

Keep the learning going with these fun affiliate children’s books about polar animals!

Polar Animal Activities for Kids:

Extend the unit with these adorable polar animal activities for kids!

Stop by and see some of our other winter activities!

Get more ideas for winter learning on my Winter Activities for Kids board on Pinterest!

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Free Printable Flashcards: Spanish Number Flashcards 1-10

November 5, 2018 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

We’re back to learning español this week with a new set of free printable flashcards! This time, we’re sharing Spanish number flashcards for numbers 1-10!

Childhood is a wonderful time to learn a foreign language. Kids’ brains just slurp up the nuances of language like you would not believe. So why not give them a head start? Plus, Spanish is super fun to use!

If you like these, don’t miss the rest of our printable Spanish flashcards! There are sets featuring Spanish verbs, clothing words, days of the week in Spanish, and more!

What’s In the Spanish Number Flashcards 1-10 Pack?

What You’ll Need to Use These Cards: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our disclosure policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer Paper
Scissors
Laminator (use if you want the cards to last for a while)

This pack of Spanish number flashcards lets kids learn both English and Spanish number words at the same time!

Use the first set to review both languages, then the second to practice reading and comprehending Spanish number words alone.

Each card includes the number and the number words for reinforcement, especially with early learners.

A pronunciation guide is also included, so you’ll get a chance to practice saying each number correctly.

Scroll down to get your free Spanish number flashcards 1-10 set!

Books for Learning Spanish:

Looking for excellent Spanish learning resources? Try these books for teaching Spanish to kids!

Don’t miss our other Spanish language learning resources!

Plus, learn more about teaching a foreign language to your homeschoolers with the tips on my Foreign Language Pinterest board!

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Free Printable Flashcards: Spanish Family Flashcards

October 8, 2018 by Selena Robinson 5 Comments

Today, I’m sharing yet another set of flashcards for you! So far, we’ve already learned Spanish days of the week, Spanish opposite words, and Spanish food words with flashcards. This week, it’s on to Spanish family flashcards!

Our set of free printable flashcards is called “La Familia” and it’s all about how to say basic family words in Spanish! In this set, I’ve used formal family words for “mother” and “father”, because mama and papa in Spanish are still “mama” and “papa”. 😉

If you love these, stop by and check out all of our printable Spanish flashcards, including printables for learning community words, colors, winter animals, and more!

What’s In the Spanish Family Flashcards Pack?

To use these Spanish family flashcards, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

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Scissors
Laminator (to keep the cards sturdy for reuse)

In this set of Spanish family flashcards, you’ll learn the Spanish words for:

Little Brother
Little Sister
Brother
Sister
Mother
Father
Family

You’ll also find a pronunciation guide for saying each word, an English set for review, and a set of blank cards for quizzes!

Since there are English cards included, you can use these as part of a family unit with your young learners.

Let the kids play a matching game with each set of language cards or call out the Spanish family words and see if the kids can guess which member of the family it is!

Scroll down to get your free Spanish Family Flashcards!

These resources and activities feature more helpful tips for teaching kids how to speak about family members in Spanish!

Resources for Learning Spanish Family Words:

Activities for Learning Spanish with Kids:

If you love these flashcards, don’t miss our other Spanish learning posts!

And check out ALL of our printable Spanish flashcards as well!

Be sure to follow my Foreign Language for Homeschoolers board on Pinterest for more Spanish language tips!

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Scarecrow Syllables for Second Graders Activity

September 20, 2018 by Selena Robinson 3 Comments

It’s time for another entry in our second-grade activity series! This week, we’re talking about how to help second graders count and identify syllables in common words.

With Pooh, we use the typical “clap it out” method to count syllables. So we’ll have him say a word and then for each sound he hears, he claps his hands.

For example, when he says the word “amazing”, he’ll end up clapping three times: A-MAZ-ING. That helps him see that there are three syllables in the word.

To reinforce syllable identification skills, I made a fall-themed syllable counting lesson to teach syllables for second graders. Read on to get your copy of our Scarecrow Syllables for Second Graders activity!

And for more early elementary learning printables, take a look at our Second Grade Learning Bundle! It’s packed with ELA and math resources for grades 1-3!

Scarecrow Syllables for Second Grade Activity

To use this printable scarecrow syllables for second grade activity, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

This printable language arts pack includes 20 second-grade vocabulary words, a full answer key, and a set of instructions.

Kids can sound out the words, count the syllables, and then draw lines to match the words with the correct number of scarecrows to show the right number of syllables.

The product uses typical second-grade vocabulary words, including:

herd
corner
smooth
accident
present
bother
heavenly
aid
And 12 more!

How to Use This Scarecrow Syllables for Second Grade Activity

Before we got started with the lesson, I asked Pooh if he knew what syllables were. His response: “Oh yeah, I learned that in school.” Me: “Really? What are they?” Him: “They’re all the letters in a word.”

He was really serious about that explanation.

After we talked about what syllables really were, we tried matching up the words with the right number of scarecrows.

The “clap it out” method worked beautifully!

Success!

Scroll down to get your copy of our printable Scarecrow Syllables for Second Graders Activity!

Looking for more early elementary learning printables? Don’t miss these!

$Work on using arrays to add numbers up to five with these printable apple themed addition array practice printables! These are great for math practice in early grades!$

And see more ways to make fall learning fun on my Fall Activities for Kids Pinterest board!

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Check out the other scarecrow-themed posts from the 2nd Grade Blogging Team!

Free Scarecrow Expanded Form Memory Game from Life Over C’s

Make a Scarecrow Literacy Game from Planet Smarty Pants

Scarecrow Measures from Crafty Kids at Home

Scarecrow Silhouette Art Project from School Time Snippets

Scarecrow Compound Word Match Game from Creative Family Fun

Scarecrow Place Value Math from Sugar Aunts

Scarecrow Craft with Landscape from Sallie Borrink Learning

Over 50 Free Fall Printables for Kids

September 17, 2018 by Selena Robinson 21 Comments

It’s the middle of September and we’re nearing my favorite time of the year: fall! Which gave me a perfect excuse to share some of my favorite free fall printables for kids!

We’ll be using several fall themes for unit studies with our kids in the upcoming weeks, including leaves, farms, harvest, and apples.

If you’d like to learn about autumn with your children, you might like to look through the list of over 50 free fall learning printables for kids below!

By the way, if you’re ready to stock up on printables for other seasons of the year, don’t miss our roundups of free spring printables for kids, free summer printables for kids, and free winter printables for kids!

50+ Free Fall Printables for Kids

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In the following list, you’ll find all kinds of fall printables for kids, including autumn printables, math worksheets, apple activities, scarecrow printables, lapbooks, and more!

If you get a chance to try some of them this year, I’d love to know which ones your children loved the most!

Farm Do-A-Dot Shape Mats – Look! We’re Learning!

Scarecrow Kindergarten Worksheets – Kindergarten Worksheets and Games

Fall Coloring Pages – Kids Activities Blog

Football Printable Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

Fall Color Sorting Printable – The Outlaw Mom

The Apple Pie Tree Lapbook – Homeschool Share

Fall Word Problems Printable – Royal Baloo

Fall Math for Preschoolers Packet – Teaching Mama

PreK/K Fall Pack – This Reading Mama

Apple Harvest Scissor Skills Printables – Look! We’re Learning!

Printable Autumn Leaf Puppets – Picklebums

Apple Activities Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

Apple Counting Preschool Pack – The Measured Mom

Fall Scavenger Hunt Printable – Hands On as We Grow

Apple Math Printables – Embark On the Journey

Fall Leaves Matching Game – Mama Miss

Harvest I-Spy Beginning Sounds Activity – Pre-K Pages

Fall Fun Nature Hunt Printable – The Chirping Moms

Apple Pattern Printables – Life Over C’s

Fall Lapbook – Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Fall Reading Pack – Kids Activities Blog

Apple Counting Cards – Every Star is Different

Harvest Letter Printables – The Preschool Toolbox

Fall Bingo Game – Wise Owl Factory

Fall Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

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Preschool Playdough Mats: Farm Shape Playdough Mats

August 23, 2018 by Selena Robinson 4 Comments

I love teaching shapes to early learners. It’s just plain fun.

There are shapes all around us! So, once you introduce basic shapes to your preschoolers, expect them to point them out everywhere they look.

*Pointing to a window* – “Look, Mommy! A square!”

*Pointing to a plate* – “Look, Mommy! A circle!”

*Me pointing to the toddler bed in which mine should take a nap* – “Look! A rectangle! Don’t you want to get in it?”

(Doesn’t work, by the way.)

These farm shape playdough mats are great for building fine motor skills and shape recognition. And they’re a nice, quiet learning activity for your kids to work with on their own.

Toddlers and preschoolers love to work with preschool playdough mats, such as our Apple Tree Playdough Mat and our Beach Number Playdough Mats.

And these shape playdough mats are tons of fun too! Kids can use dot markers or playdough to make shapes all by themselves.

Read on to see how to get yours! And don’t miss our list of farm books for kids to read!

Printable Farm Playdough Shape Mats

To use these Farm Playdough Shape Mats, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided in this post For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

This product includes four mats featuring all four basic shapes:

Triangle
Circle
Square
Rectangle

You can print them and let kids use dot markers to fill in the shapes! Or if you prefer, you can laminate them and let kids use them with playdough!

You could also try using stickers instead of markers or laminating them and using them with dry-erase crayons or fingerpaint. There are tons of ways to help kids use these and work on fine motor skills!

One thing about laminating these if you plan to use markers. The ink will smudge, so let your child stand up and use the dot marker. You can just rinse it off afterward and reuse it later!

Hint: These are great for busy bag work too. Just print them two to a page to make miniature shape playdough mats you can place in a busy bag for on-the-go fun!

Scroll down to get your set of Farm Shape Playdough Mats!

Add more learning ideas to your farm unit with these posts!

Plus, see even more ways to teach preschoolers on my Learning for Little Ones Pinterest board!

To get your copy of our Farm Shape Playdough Mats, click the image or the link below to grab them from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Free Bug Printables Pack

>>> Free Bug Printables Pack <<<

Aquarium Arithmetic Seek & Find Math Activity

>>> Aquarium Arithmetic Seek & Find Math Activity <<<

>>> Aquarium Arithmetic Math Practice Activity – Digital Version <<<

Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats

Free Printable Flashcards: Addition Flashcards 0-10

Free Polar Animal Notebooking Pages

Books about Polar Animals:

Polar Animal Activities for Kids:

What’s In the Spanish Number Flashcards 1-10 Pack?

Books for Learning Spanish:

What’s In the Spanish Family Flashcards Pack?

Resources for Learning Spanish Family Words:

Activities for Learning Spanish with Kids:

Scarecrow Syllables for Second Grade Activity

How to Use This Scarecrow Syllables for Second Grade Activity

50+ Free Fall Printables for Kids

Printable Farm Playdough Shape Mats

>>>Farm Shape Playdough Mats – Teachers Pay Teachers<<<