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Preschool Worksheets: Farm Themed Fall Counting Worksheets

September 23, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Farm animals are basically synonymous with fall, aren’t they? When I think of autumn, I picture golden leaves, harvesting, and farms.

So I thought this would be a neat time to add some more preschool worksheets – a set of farm-themed fall counting worksheets!

These are so cute for learning to count to ten! They feature adorable little pigs, chicks, hens, horses, and even farm equipment!

If you’re planning a farm field trip, these would be a perfect way to add a math lesson while getting the kids excited for what they’ll see!

Want to share more farm fun with the kids?

Check out our list of farm books for kids, our Farm Do-A-Dot Shape Mats, and our Farm Animal Flashcards too!

Preschool Worksheets: Farm Fall Counting Worksheets

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Working on counting is always fun with kids. There are so many ways to reinforce this concept.

Along with these worksheets, you can use counting bears, Unifix cubes, or even DIY manipulatives, such as buttons, coins, and pom-poms.

These are simple enough for kids to complete on their own, but directions are provided on each page as well.

As kids count the number of each object, they can write the number in the boxes.

There is a worksheet featuring barns and tractors too – not just farm animals.

With our little one, we counted each object. This is a good way to reinforce one-to-one correspondence.

Then she wrote the number in the box.

This set of worksheets also includes a line art version (if you want to save your color ink) and a full answer key.

By the way, if you use the line art version, let the kids color in the farm objects afterward!

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Printable Oak Tree Life Cycle Activity

September 9, 2019 by Selena Robinson 15 Comments

We had a huge, shady oak tree in our front yard for many years. So the kids got to explore an oak tree life cycle up close.

When we had to have it cut down a few years ago, we were genuinely sad.

What’s fascinating, though, is that we still have tiny oak tree plants that shoot up in the middle of our bushes to this day.

So many of the tree’s acorns have been buried under the ground over the years that they keep germinating and growing, no matter what!

So I thought it would be cool to share a printable oak tree life cycle activity that you can use to teach students about how oak trees grow, even if you don’t have a live oak tree nearby.

This would be an excellent fall science lesson or an activity to place at science centers during this time of year!

Read on to see how to get your set free!

And, for more fall science, don’t miss our Apple Life Cycle Sequencing Activity!

This easy oak tree life cycle activity is such a fun way to teach kids about how trees grow during fall! Take it with you on a nature walk or use at fall centers!

How to Use The Oak Tree Life Cycle Activity

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This set includes a cut and paste life cycle diagram, as well as a printable oak tree life cycle wheel.

Use the wheel to help students memorize the steps in the growth of an oak tree.

Then challenge them to place the steps in the right order with the cut and paste activity.

You could even laminate the labeling activity and use hook and loop tape to turn it into a reusable lesson for centers or busy bags!

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Try more of these fall learning ideas!

This printable fall scavenger hunt is so fun for getting kids outside this autumn!

This printable apple life cycle sequencing activity is perfect for helping students learn how apples grow! Use it at science centers or in morning tubs!

These apple tree ten frame counting mats are so fun for early fall math centers! Makes a great morning tub math activity too!

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5 Reasons to Go Fall Camping and a Fall Scavenger Hunt for Kids!

September 2, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Lots of people think of camping as a spring or summer vacation and there’s good reason why.

You get to spend all day outside, you can explore nature when the days are long, and you can wear shorts the whole time.

But fall is also an awesome time to go camping as a family. And there are lots of reasons why!

Read on to see why fall camping is a great vacation for families! And pick up a free printable fall scavenger hunt you can share with the kids while you’re camping out!

Want more ways to spend time in the great outdoors as a family? See five ways you can get outside with the kids more!

5 Reasons to Go Fall Camping as a Family

1. The camping rates are affordable.

Camping tends to be fairly inexpensive in the first place. If you go tent camping, you’ll only have to pay for the campsite fee each night.

But rates tend to be lower during the fall and that makes it a great time of year to grab a campsite!

2. You won’t have to deal with bugs.

Insects are usually all over the place during the hot, humid weather of summer. But in the fall, bugs (especially mosquitoes) are few and far between. Since we live in the Deep South, this makes fall camping a definite win.

3. The autumn colors are glorious.

If you plan your fall camping trip right, you’ll be sleeping outdoors when the trees are at their most beautiful. In our area, we tend to see fall foliage around late October and into mid-November, right when the weather is turning crisp.

And there’s nothing like sitting around a campfire with gorgeous fall leaves all around you.

4. Campsites are less crowded.

After the new school year begins, most families take a break from vacations. Which means fewer campers! If your school year includes a fall break (like ours does), that is a perfect time to book your camping trip together.

5. Fall is a wonderful season to spend time outdoors with the kids.

There are so many fun outdoor activities you can try with your family on a fall camping trip!

Roast marshmallows around the bonfire.
Gather up colorful leaves and make a DIY leaf garland to hang inside your tent.
Get a handful of leaves and add them to a baby food jar to make an easy fall leaf snow globe.
Or try an easy fall scavenger hunt with the little ones, like the one below!

Printable Fall Scavenger Hunt for Kids

This printable fall scavenger hunt is a fantastic fall camping activity to try with the kids! Since it has words and pictures, you can even use it with pre-readers!

Print several copies and see who can find the most fall items to check off first!

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Try some of these other fall learning ideas and activities!

Follow my Fall Activities for Kids Pinterest board for more autumn ideas!

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Aprendemos Colores! Spanish Color Words Activity

August 29, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Learning how to say color words in Spanish is always a fun lesson for kids.

Colors are all around us and learning to identify them is a great way to help students use the new Spanish vocabulary words they’re using.

But when you want to a little artistic touch to this lesson, this Spanish color words activity is a perfect way to get kids excited about their new vocabulary words!

This is such a fun lesson for foreign language learners in early grades!

Plus, it makes a nice take-home activity for kids to work on with their families. And, if you’re homeschooling, this is an excellent Spanish language learning worksheet to add to your collection.

Read on to see how to get your set! And, for more ways to learn Spanish at home, don’t miss our Spanish Family Words Vocabulary lesson!

¡Aprendemos Colores! Spanish Color Vocabulary Words Activity

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This product includes eight Spanish color activity pages. Each one features a different color by word picture that kids can create as they learn their Spanish vocabulary!

There are pages that only teach three colors and some that teach up to six colors. So you can differentiate the learning level by assigning simpler color activities to beginning learners.

Be sure to let the kids hang up their Spanish coloring creations when they’re done!

Scroll down to get your copy of this Spanish vocabulary activity for kids!

Try these other Spanish language learning ideas for kids!

And you can follow my Foreign Language Lessons for Kids Pinterest board for more inspiration!

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Printable Apple Tree 1-10 Counting Mats

August 19, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Learning to count and make ten can be a tricky concept for preschoolers.

It’s one thing to recite the numbers in order from one to ten, but it’s another to understand that you can add two numbers together to equal ten.

Especially since there are so many ways to make ten!

So I thought these fun apple tree 1-10 counting mats would be a fun way to bring this concept to life for preschoolers!

Unlike our printable apple tree counting mat, which focuses on groups of four, these printables help children visualize the amounts that make up the numbers from one to ten.

Read on to see how to get your copy of these counting mats for your students!

And, for more apple learning fun, don’t forget to check out our Apple Alike! Same or Different Worksheets!

Apple Tree 1-10 Counting Mats

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There are ten counting mats in all in this set: one for each number from one to ten.

There are also red and green counting pieces included. If you’re using this with a preschooler, you might find it best to cut out the apples yourself.

If you decide to let the kids do it, be sure to use child-safe scissors. Apple mini erasers would also be great for this!

Each of the counting mats shows the numeral, the number word, and a blank ten frame.

So students can use the counting pieces to fill in the ten frame and show the correct number of apples for each numeral.

I like to use these with hook and loop sticky dots to make a reusable activity.

You could even laminate the mats to make them last longer, especially if you’re using them in math centers or morning tubs.

Since the apples come in both green and red, students can combine them to show that one plus one equals two, three plus two equals five, and so on.

You can also show them how to subtract by completing the ten frame and then taking apples away one by one.

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Fun Preschool Counting Puzzles for Early Learners

July 25, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Do you have puzzle fans in your early childhood class?

My children always loved playing with puzzles when they were young. We had boxes of them all around the house for years.

Since puzzles are usually a big hit at early math centers, we’ve shared several preschool counting puzzles here.

And here they are all in one place – which is great if you’re planning your early math lessons for the year!

These are excellent for math centers, but they also work well for morning tubs, independent work, or homeschooling. Particularly if you have younger ones who need to work quietly while you teach an older child.

Read on to see the full list.

And, for more early childhood teaching ideas, take a look at our list of 20 printable preschool resources!

Share some of these fun preschool counting puzzles to help early learners practice counting from one to ten!

How to Use Preschool Counting Puzzles with Kids

Whenever I set up counting puzzles for early learners, I always go to the same list of supplies.

If you’ll be using preschool counting puzzles often, you might want to pick up these basic needs before you get started. You’ll use them over and over again.

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Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Laminator (helpful for keeping the puzzle pieces intact for use later)
Scissors

You don’t have to laminate your number puzzles, especially if you print them on cardstock. But I always do.

Little hands can be unusually hard on paper math manipulatives. I found that an unlaminated resource rarely survived a month or more.

My laminated preschool resources, though, are still going strong – years later!

Fun Preschool Number Puzzles to Try

There are plenty of ways to add number and counting fluency in early grades, but these are some of the preschool counting puzzles we’ve shared here.

Below you’ll find several different themed resources – so you can work on cardinality throughout the year!

Preschool Counting Puzzles

Ready to teach early learners to count from one to ten! Use these fun preschool counting puzzles to make this concept into a fun, hands-on lesson!

Prep these resources once and then use them over and over again to reinforce counting fluency!

Apple Count! Apple Number Puzzles

These apple counting to ten puzzles are a wonderful resource for the back to school and fall seasons!

Use them along with an apple or fall unit to help students practice relating numerals to sets of objects!

Pirate Printable Counting Puzzles for Kids

These fun, pirate-themed counting to ten puzzles are so cute for a pirate unit!

Designed to be self-checking, these puzzles make a wonderful math center activity!

Printable Shark Counting to Ten Puzzles for Kids

Studying sharks or ocean life? Add these fun shark counting puzzles to your unit!

These puzzles come in two versions: one with numerals and matching objects and a second with number words and matching objects.

An excellent way to introduce number word literacy!

Rainbow Number Word Matching Activity for Kids

Try these rainbow themed number and number word matching puzzles during spring!

Since this resource does not include cardinal objects, it's a good step up for early learners who have mastered counting objects to ten.

Also available as a digital activity!

Ladybug Number Word Counting Puzzles

Move on to number word literacy with these ladybug number word puzzles!

These have three pieces each and they help students connect numerals, cardinal objects, and number words - all at the same time!

Also available as a digital activity!

Don’t miss these other preschool learning ideas!

Share these printable preschool resources with early learners at home or in school! Perfect for hands-on early learning!

This list of 10 minute easy preschool crafts is perfect for a quick crafting session with little ones!

Put together a simple preschool apple unit with these fun apple activities for preschoolers and kindergartners!

Travel Tales! Vacation Creative Writing Activity for Kids

July 22, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

It’s already back to school season. Can you believe it?

Personally, I’ve had a wonderful summer break and I am not in any way ready to get back to class. I have a pretty strong hunch my kids feel the same way.

But, like it or not, summer is coming to an end. So, I thought it would be a little easier to get back to ELA with this easy creative writing activity about summer vacation!

We usually take a vacation each summer. This year, we went camping for the first time. And we didn’t die!

My kids had a lot to say about that trip, but I also wanted to encourage them all to write about it, including my younger learners.

This simple vacation-themed creative writing prompt is great, because it’s a bite-sized lesson. So if you have reluctant writers, they won’t be intimidated by it at all.

Read on to see how to get your copy for free! And, for more fun with ELA, don’t miss my Donut Colors Sentence Writing Activity!

Travel Tales! Vacation Creative Writing Activity for Kids

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Colored pencils (optional)

This activity includes five pages of prompts: four with different colors and a line art version.

I found it best to print it on cardstock, because I wanted kids to be able to cut out their finished writing and hang it up on the wall.

If you use the line art version, kids can color in the suitcase themselves!

Students can use this activity to describe their actual vacations or to write about places they’d like to go. And, since it’s evergreen, you can use it any time there’s a school break, including, fall, winter, and spring.

Scroll down to get your copy of our Vacation Creative Writing Activity!

Take a look at these other ways to learn with ELA!

Follow my Language Arts for Kids board on Pinterest for more ideas!

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Animal Diagram! Habitat and Diet Animal Sorting Activity

July 17, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

We’ve learned quite a bit about animal diets and behavior with our kids. But it can be tough to keep all the information straight in your head afterward.

Who lives where?

Who eats what?

And, once you learn that some animals live on both land and water and that some animals eat both meat and plants, it can get really confusing.

So we’re sharing a fun and simple animal science lesson for keeping up with animal diets and habitats – a Venn diagram animal sorting activity!

Printable Animal Sorting Venn Diagram for Kids

This is such a cute animal science activity for early grades! Plus, it can work as a science center activity you can reuse!

See how to get your hands on a copy below!

And, for more ways to learn about animal behavior, take a look at our nocturnal and diurnal animal sorting activity too!

Teach students about animals with this animal diets and habitats sorting activity! Such an easy way to learn about animal science with young learners!

Habitats and Diets Animal Sorting Activity

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Printable Animal Diets and Habitats Sorting Activity for Kids

This product includes a cut and paste animal diet activity, as well as a cut and paste animal habitat activity.

Printable Animal Habitat Sorting Activity

For the animal habitats lesson, kids can cut out each animal.

Then practice sorting them according to whether they live in water, on land, or both!

For the animal diets activity, they can cut out the animals and then practice sorting them according to their diet.

Be careful! Some animals eat both plants and meat!

And, if you need a little refresher on which animal goes where, there’s an answer key included for each activity!

Animal Diets and Habitats Sorting Activity

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Want to learn more about animals with the kids? Check out these other learning ideas!

These simple bird species identification cards are fun for learning about common bird species during spring! Use them with early grades science lessons!

Pick up these printable sea monster notebooking pages to learn more about incredible creatures of the deep!

Learn about the fascinating world of sharks with this printable shark food chain game!

Learn about what animals eat and where they live with this fun Venn diagram animal sorting activity! Perfect for science centers and early learners too!

To get your copy of our Animal Diagram! Habitats and Diets Animal Sorting Activity, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store or check it out below!

Sign, Spell, & Match! Sign Language Alphabet Puzzles

July 15, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

I’ve always loved teaching our children American Sign Language.

We use ASL in our local congregation, but I also like using it to build early literacy skills in our kids.

In fact, when we practice spelling words, the kids generally fingerspell each word as they say the letter.

I’m convinced that learning to sign has made them better spellers overall.

Since ASL is such a wonderful tool for early spelling skills, I thought it would be awesome to combine it with letter recognition in these printable sign language alphabet puzzles!

Printable Sign Language Alphabet Matching Puzzles for Kids

These are wonderful for literacy centers!

Plus, they’d make great quiet time activities, since kids can practice matching up the puzzle pieces again and again.

Read on to see how to get your set!

And, for more practice with signing skills, check out our printable ASL weather fingerspelling lesson!

Ready to teach little ones how to sign? These fun sign language letter matching puzzles are perfect for building early signing skills!

Sign, Spell, & Match! Sign Language Alphabet Puzzles

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This set of ASL alphabet puzzles includes one set of three puzzle pieces for each letter of the alphabet.

Kids can complete each puzzle by matching the uppercase letter, the ASL sign, and the lowercase letter.

Cut them out and mix them up. Then challenge the kids to see how quickly they can complete all the puzzles!

Be sure to help them practice forming each ASL letter sign as they go.

These would also make a great take-and-go learning activity.

Simply laminate each puzzle, cut the pieces apart, and put the puzzle pieces into a reusable bag.

Kids can practice matching up letters on any flat surface while you wait!

Scroll down to get your copy of our Sign Language Alphabet Puzzles!

Ready to work on more early literacy skills with your students? Try some of these other literacy activities for kids!

Help early readers learn to rhyme with these fun rhyming word puzzles!

These fun ocean playdough mats are great for practicing literacy and fine motor skills!

Practice reading sight words this summer with these fun summer sight word flashcards! Great for building reading fluency before the new school year!

To get your copy of our Sign and Match! ASL Alphabet Puzzles, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store or check them out below!

Work on letter recognition and learn sign language at the same time with these printable sign language alphabet letter puzzles! Perfect for early literacy practice!

A to Z Race! Finish the Alphabet Worksheets for Kids

July 8, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

When I was young, I remember learning how to recite the alphabet in order with the ABC song.

Actually, I think every child born before 1985 or so learned it that way.

I thought I could teach my kids the alphabet in the same way. And they did learn to recite the song. But, when it was time to actually start reading, I’d forgotten to help them match up the letters with the sounds in the song.

We had to go back to the beginning and memorize what each letter looked like and then go back and review the order from the song.

These finish the alphabet worksheets for kids make that process just a tad easier.

These are simple to use with early learners. Plus, they’re free!

Keep reading to see how to score your copy! Want more ways to work on learning the alphabet with kids? Take a look at our Consonant and Vowel Phonics Flashcards while you’re here!

A to Z Race! Finish the Alphabet Worksheets for Kids

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Pencils

This product includes three different finish the alphabet worksheets.

All three have several letters of the alphabet missing, so it’s up to students to fill in the blanks!

Plus, each alphabet worksheet has a different theme, including space…

dinosaurs…

…and the circus!

If you’re working with these themes with your class, you can use one of these worksheets with each unit!

An answer key for each worksheet is also included.

Scroll down to get your copy of our Finish the Alphabet Worksheets for Kids free!

Take a look at these other early literacy learning ideas!

See more ways to teach early learners on my Learning for Little Ones Pinterest board!

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