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Ocean Commotion: Number and Literacy Playdough Mats

May 3, 2018 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

I’ve always had a special place in my heart for the coast. I grew up near it and the smell of sea air is basically the best scent on earth (in my humble opinion).

Kids love the ocean too! And that’s why I thought that the ocean would be a fun theme for a new set of number and literacy playdough mats for preschoolers. These are so perfect for summer alphabet and number learning!

Little ones can use these playdough mats and their favorite playdough colors to form all of the uppercase and lowercase letters from A to Z and the numbers from 0 to 9!

Alphabet Ocean Playdough Mats

Read on to see how to get your copy of these alphabet and number ocean playdough mats!

And, for more early literacy fun, check out our printable rhyming word puzzles! Plus, check out all of our fun playdough mats for kids while you’re here!

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

Ocean Commotion: Literacy Playdough Mats

To use these ocean literacy playdough mats, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided here. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer Paper
  • Laminator (recommended for best results)
  • Playdough

Printable Ocean Alphabet Playdough Mats

This set of ocean playdough mats includes 36 different printables:

  • 26 mats featuring uppercase and lowercase letters from A to Z
  • 10 mats featuring numbers from 0 to 9

Printable Ocean Number Playdough Mats

To use them, let the kids choose their favorite playdough colors and form long ropes.

Printable Alphabet Ocean Playdough Mats

Once they make the “ropes”, they can connect them to trace the letters and numbers on the mats.

Ocean Alphabet A to Z Playdough Mats

It’s also fun to use ocean-themed playdough colors for this activity!

Printable Number Ocean Playdough Mats

Working with playdough is an excellent way to build fine motor skills, because it allows little ones to practice molding and forming – a great introduction to the skills they’ll need for writing later on.

Ocean Number Playdough Mats for Kids

Plus, they’re excellent for quiet play!

Scroll down to get your set of our Ocean Number and Literacy Playdough Mats!

Don’t miss these other early literacy activities for kids!

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

Get your early reader some fun in the sun reading practice with these printable summer printable sight word flashcards!

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Ocean Alphabet and Number Playdough Mats

 

To get your copy of our Ocean Commotion Literacy Playdough Mats, check them out below!

Filed Under: Homeschooling Printables, PreK Homeschooling Tagged With: fine motor skills, homeschooling printables, literacy, playdough mats, prek, preschool

Rhyme Time! Printable Rhyming Literacy Puzzles for Kids

February 19, 2018 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

My little one has taken to reading much quicker than I imagined.

I hoarded so many books for learning to read with the specific intention of using them with her. And then she never needed a single one. Go figure.

One thing that has been a little difficult for her to grasp, though, is rhyming.

My oldest child, also an early reader, grasped the concept right away. This child, though, needs a little more help.

So I thought I’d make a few sets of rhyming literacy puzzles to help her practice reading rhyming pairs and matching them up!

Rhyming Word Pair Puzzles

And because I love my readers, I’m sharing them with you too! Read on to see how to get your set to use with early readers too!

By the way, if you want to share great children’s literature with your young ones, don’t miss this list of 100 picture books for preschoolers! All of our favorites are on that list!

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

Printable Rhyming Literacy Puzzles

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

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer Paper
  • Laminator
  • Scissors

Printable Rhyming Word Puzzles

This printable pack includes eight different rhyming pairs.

I wanted to keep the concept as simple as possible, so all of the words rhyme and they all end with the exact same spelling.

No tricky stuff!

Printable Rhyming Puzzles

Kids can find the matching words by sounding out the ending sound or spotting the similar letter endings.

Learning to Recognize Rhyming Word Pairs

Then just fit them together!

Printable Rhyming Word Puzzles for Kids

These are set up so that they can be used with kids who are reading or pre-readers!

So there are sets of rhyming words with the printed words and the pictures and then sets with the pictures only.

Matching Rhyme Pairs with Kids

My little one had a ball with them! One step toward rhyming literacy!

Scroll down to get your set of our printable Rhyming Literacy Puzzles!

Try these other early literacy activities!

Practice letter and number literacy with these winter alphabet and number playdough mats!

Help your preschooler love reading with this preschool homeschool reading list!

These cupcake letter puzzles are such a cute way to practice recognizing uppercase and lowercase letters!

See more fun ways to get little ones reading on my Reading for Kids Pinterest board!

To get your copy of our printable Rhyme Time! Literacy Puzzles, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers Store!

Rhyming Word Puzzles

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Printables, Reading Tagged With: literacy, printables, reading

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