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Christmas Same or Different Worksheets for Kids

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The holidays are here!

And it’s a great time to get your early learners all set for winter break with these fun Christmas same or different worksheets!

Simple Christmas Same and Different Activity

Recognizing objects that are the same and objects that are different is such a critical skill for preschool and kindergarten-aged students.

It’s the basis for number and letter literacy, which makes preschool a perfect time to practice this foundational skill.

Fun Christmas Same and Different Worksheets for Kids

These fun holiday-themed worksheets are perfect way to get more practice in before winter break begins!

And it’s just a cute Christmas activity to share when your students have presents on the brain.

Keep reading to get your set. And, for more fun with winter, take a look at our Spanish and English Arctic Animal learning cards!

Use these Christmas same and different worksheets to practice visual discrimination with early learners this holiday season!

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Christmas Themed Same and Different Worksheets for Preschool

This same or different learning activity includes four visual discrimination worksheets – two that challenge students to find the same Christmas ornaments and two that help them to spot the different one.

Christmas Same and Different Preschool Activity

Along with the color worksheets, blackline versions of each page are also included.

Plus, there’s a full answer key and a teaching script inside, so you can just print and go. No prep required!

How to Use the Christmas Same or Different Worksheets with Early Learners

There are several ways you can use these visual discrimination activities with your students.

Fun Christmas Ornament Same and Different Practice

Of course, you can print the worksheets, hand them out, and call it a day.

When your learners are antsy or you’re running short on time, this is definitely a good idea!

Holiday Themed Same and Different Worksheets

But if you have a little time to prep, you can also let them color in the blackline versions and create their own activity.

They can use the same colors to color their ornaments the same and different colors to color the different one on each row.

Christmas Ornament Same and Different Worksheets

You could also print the answer key and cut the sections into strips. Place them on a ring for self-checking at math centers!

Or laminate them and let students use them with dry erase markers. That way, you can print and prep once and use them again and again.

Simple Holiday Same and Different Lesson

These are perfect take-home activities for students to have over winter break too.

Scroll down to get your copy of these Christmas same or different worksheets!

Try some of these other winter early learning activities!

Learn to recognize uppercase and lowercase letters in two languages with this fun snowflake English and Spanish letter matching activity!
These Spanish Arctic Animal learning cards are perfect for early literacy and science centers and ELL students!
Make this fun and easy toilet paper roll snowman craft with little ones!

Uppercase and Lowercase Apple Letter Matching Puzzles

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It’s back to school season!

It always amazes me how fast summer goes by. But once school starts, it’s time to break out one of my very favorite early childhood education themes: apples!

So if you’re working with early learners who are practicing letter recognition, here’s a set of fun apple letter matching puzzles that can help!

Fun Apple Letter Matching Puzzles

These are fantastic for early literacy centers.

They’d also make good morning tub activities!

Apple Puzzles for Building Literacy

Keep reading to see how to get your copy of these literacy skill builders.

And, for more apple early learning fun, check out my Apple Counting One to Ten Puzzles too!

These apple letter matching puzzles are so fun for helping early learners build literacy skills!

Printable Apple Letter Matching Puzzles

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Printable Apple Themed Letter Puzzles

This set of letter matching activities includes 26 apple puzzles.

Each features an uppercase and lowercase version of the same letter.

Apple Themed Literacy Center Puzzles

After you’ve printed the puzzles, cut them apart for students to practice matching the letters to their partners.

Printable Apple Letter Puzzles for Kids

A full blackline version is also included!

How to Use Letter Puzzles to Build Literacy

These are perfect for centers or small groups. You can cut them out as one piece if you are teaching letter recognition.

As students look at each apple, they can learn to recognize the uppercase and lowercase version of each letter.

Apple Letter Matching Puzzles for Kindergarten

Once they’re ready, it’s time to practice!

Cut the puzzles apart and students can match up the letters they just learned.

Apple Themed Letter Puzzles for Kindergarten

To make sure the puzzles last, you may want to either laminate them or print them on white cardstock.

Or both!

Using Letter Matching Puzzles at Centers

If you’re working with very young learners, print an extra set of the puzzles and leave them whole. Then put them on a ring as an answer key.

Students can check their work as they go!

Apple Letter Matching Puzzles Coloring Activity

If you use the blackline version, you can let your class color in the puzzles before matching them up.

How to Teach Uppercase and Lowercase Letters

Scroll down to get your set of these Apple Alphabet! Letter Matching Puzzles!

Need more apple-themed resources? Take a look at these!

This apple counting to ten math center for kindergarten is an excellent way to welcome students back to school with fun counting practice!
These apple shape tracing worksheets are so fun for helping students learn to build plane shapes!
This fun apple shape tracing activity is perfect for teaching shape recognition to early learners!
Matching Uppercase and Lowercase Letters with Kids

To get your set of these Apple Alphabet Matching Puzzles, pick them up in my Teachers Pay Teachers store or check them out below!

Snowman Shapes! Snowman Shape Tracing Worksheets

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Winter is nearly here! And it’s a great time to review (or teach) plane shapes for early learners.

If you’ve already taught the basics of shapes to your students, these snowman shape tracing worksheets are a fun way to broaden their understanding!

Fun Snowman Shape Tracing Worksheets

In this activity set, students get to learn 12 different plane shapes, as well as learn to recognize and write the shape names for themselves.

Printable Snowman Shape Tracing Lesson

And there’s an adorable snowman theme throughout!

Read on to see how to get your set.

Need more winter learning ideas? Take a look at our Hot Cocoa Counting to 10 Activity Cards too!

Use these fun snowman shape tracing worksheets to help early learners practice forming plane shapes!

Snowman Shape Tracing Worksheets for Kids

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Snowman Shape Tracing Worksheets

This set includes:

  • 12 color shape trace and write worksheets
  • 12 blackline shape trace and write worksheets
  • Shape trace and write activity cards (color and blackline versions)
  • And a teaching script!
Using Snowman Shape Tracing Worksheets

The following shapes are included:

  • Circle
  • Square
  • Rectangle
  • Triangle
  • Oval
  • Rhombus
  • Heart
  • Star
  • Pentagon
  • Hexagon
  • Trapezoid
  • and Octagon!
Snowman Themed Shape Tracing Worksheets

There’s also a detailed suggestions list showing various ways to make use of this resource with your class.

How to Use the Snowman Shape Tracing Worksheets with Students

How you use these shape tracing worksheets depends on what works best for your students.

Snowman Shape Writing Activity

If you need to save on ink (or if you want to add an art dimension), use the blackline version.

Students can color in the snowmen at the top as they complete the lesson.

Printable Snowman Shape Tracing Worksheets

If you’re working with these printables at early math centers, you can print them half-sized and place them on a ring for regular review.

Snowman Themed Shape Tracing Lesson

You might also choose to laminate the pages and let students complete them using dry erase markers or dry erase crayons.

Just wipe them clean to start again the next day!

Winter Themed Shape Tracing Lesson for Kids

This resource also includes shape tracing activity cards.

Students can use these to review their recognition of both the shapes and the shape words.

You can also laminate these and use them with dry erase crayons in busy bags or morning tubs!

Get a look at this resource in action below!

Scroll down to get your set of these Snowman Shape Tracing Worksheets!

Try some of these other wintry themed activities for early grades!

This Polar Animal I Spy Activity is so much fun for little learners! Great for a preschool or kindergarten winter unit!
This easy polar bear paper bag puppet is a fun winter craft to make with kids!
These hot cocoa sequencing mats are so fun for helping early learners practice telling how to follow directions!

To get your set of these Snowman Shapes Tracing Worksheets, you can get them from my Teachers Pay Teachers store.

Or check them out below!

Oak Tree Life Cycle Sequencing Activity

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It’s autumn and leaves are falling everywhere we look.

We live in a neighborhood that has a ton of oak trees. Okay, not a literal ton, but you get the idea.

So every fall, there are acorns as far as the eye can see.

Which gave me the idea to create a new life cycle activity: this Oak Tree Life Cycle Sequencing Activity set!

Fun Oak Tree Life Cycle Sequencing Activity for Kids

Oak trees are excellent topics for science with primary grade students. Depending on where you live, you can actually see steps in this process with your class in real life!

Read on to see how to use this hands-on life cycle lesson with students.

And, for more ways to learn about plant life cycles, don’t miss our Apple Life Cycle Activity!

This hands-on oak tree life cycle sequencing activity makes learning about fall plant science fun for early grades!

Oak Tree Life Cycle Sequencing Activity for Kids

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Hands On Oak Tree Life Cycle Sequencing Activity for Kids

This plant science resource includes a completed life cycle mat, which you can use to review the steps in the sequence with the class.

Then there’s a blank mat for students to complete with labeled or unlabeled picture sequence circles.

Oak Tree Label the Life Cycle Activity

There’s also a version of the activity mat that includes space for students to label the steps for themselves.

Oak Tree Coloring Life Cycle Activity

And a blackline version is included too!

How to Teach the Oak Tree Life Cycle Sequence

To start discussing this topic with your class, review the completed life cycle and walk the students through each step.

If you can get acorns or oak tree leaves, they’d make great visual aids or sensory objects at centers too.

Oak Tree Life Cycle Activity Mat

Once you review the sequence, you can talk about the names for each stage in the growth process.

This will be very helpful if you plan to use the labeling activity mat.

Oak Tree Life Cycle Cut and Paste Activity

If you have pre-readers or ELL students in your class, swap out the labeled circles for the unlabeled picture circles.

Use the differences in each picture to help them remember the process without worrying about spell or pronouncing each stage.

Acorn Life Cycle Sequencing Activity

My personal favorite way to use this resource is as a reusable center activity.

I prep it once and it can be used over and over again.

But it works well as a one-time cut and paste activity for each student too.

Label the Oak Tree Growth Cycle Activity

Another way to reuse this resource is to laminate the labeling mat. Students can write in the correct stage names with dry erase markers.

Then just wipe it clean to use it again.

See this resource in action below!

Scroll down to get your copy of this Oak Tree Life Cycle Activity!

Take a look at these other science ideas for early grades!

Try some of these simple 15 minute science experiments for a quick at-home science lesson with kids!
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 fun weather STEM activities for kids are excellent for simple spring science experiments! Simple enough for home or the classroom!

To get your copy of the Oak Tree Life Cycle Resource, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store or check it out below!

Move and Learn! Printable Movement Cards for Kids

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Let’s talk about the average attention span of a primary student, shall we?

If you’re a parent or a teacher, I don’t have to tell you about it.

You. Already. Know.

They can start saying something and get distracted halfway through their own sentence.

So, it’s always good to include as many movement breaks as you can in the early grades. They’re helpful for refocusing, shaking out the wiggles, indoor recess, and getting the kids excited for what they’ll learn next.

And that’s why I’m sharing these Move & Learn! printable movement cards for kids today!

Printable Movement Cards for Early Learners

These are so handy for early grades lessons, especially when the students are just not “into it” that day.

They’re also great for homeschooling parents who are working with early learners at home.

Read on to see how to get your set – free!

And, for more ways to keep early learners engaged, take a look at this list of 20 printable fun preschool resources!

These printable movement cards for kids are a perfect way to help early learners refocus between lessons!

Move and Learn! Printable Movement Cards for Kids

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Printable Brain Break Cards for Kids

This set of movement break cards for early grades includes 27 different ideas for getting kids up and around during the school day.

Some of the activities feature physical exercise, such as sit ups, balance positions, and jogging.

Brain Break Cards for Movement

But there are also quiet activities included, such as reading a book, playing with dough, and drawing.

Printable Active Break Cards for Kids

There are a few other fun ideas too, including listening to music, playing with bubbles, and sharing a nice word with a friend.

Keep these nearby and let students choose a card for themselves to try during transitions.

Or let the entire class try a different activity card each day!

Scroll down to get your set of these printable movement cards for kids!

Try some of these other learning ideas for early grades!

Help early learners to recognize letters and letter sounds with these Alphabet Animal Flashcards!
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Work on early literacy skills with this fun fall apple CVC word literacy activity!
Brain Break Cards for Early Elementary Students

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Free Printable Flashcards: Shape Flashcards

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These free printable shape flashcards make it easy to help little ones learn their shapes!
Free Printable Flashcards: Shapes - Look! We're Learning!

I don’t know what it is about flashcards, but my kids absolutely love them.

They’ll collect them, lay them out on the table, pass them around, look at them, and toss them in the air for hours.

Not sure the tossing actually counts as learning, but it’s…something.

Since shapes are one of the primary concepts to teach early learners, I thought a set of free printable flashcards shape cards would be awesome to share with all of you!

Colorful Printable Shape Flashcards for Kids

These are an excellent resource for preschoolers and kindergartners who are learning shapes.

If you want to get an early start on this concept, you could even use these with toddlers!

Read on to see how to grab your set of printable shape flashcards – free!

And, while you’re here, don’t miss some of our other printable flashcards, including color flashcards and counting flashcards for kids!

Help early learners practice recognizing shapes with these printable shape identification flashcards!

How Do I Print The Printable Shape Flashcards?

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Printable Shape Flashcards for Kindergartners

The set includes 16 flashcards for the following shapes:

  • Square
  • Circle
  • Triangle
  • Rectangle
  • Star
  • Heart
  • Diamond
  • Oval

One set of eight flashcards includes both the shape names and pictures. The second set features only the shapes.

Shape Identification Flashcards for Preschoolers

A line art version is included if you need to save on ink! (And who doesn’t?)

When printing, you can decide how many sets you want at the moment.

Print the color set with names if you’re just starting to cover shapes for the first time.

You might want to come back and print the other sets for review afterward.

How Can I Use Shape Flashcards for Learning?

There are a few ways you can use these flashcards with early learners.

For toddlers, you can laminate them (trust me on this) and put them on an O ring.

They make a great addition to a busy bag!

Printable Shape Flashcards for Early Learners

For preschoolers, you can start talking about the shapes and their names.

Use the cards without names to help them review each shape.

You can also talk about the differences in color. Ask questions such as “Which shape is red?” or “Which shape is yellow?”

Printable Shape Identification Flashcards

Or you can print the line art version and let the kids color the shapes!

For kindergartners, take the activity a little further by talking about the sides each shape has.

They’ll notice right away that the circle and oval are the exceptions – having no sides at all.

You might also place the cards on a ring and let students walk around the classroom, the outdoors, or even their home to spot similar shapes around them!

Get a look at these shape identification flashcards in action in the video below!

Scroll down to get your free printable shape flashcards!

More Resources for Learning Shapes

To make learning about shapes even more fun, try these activities and books for little learners!

Shape Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers

  1. Free Shape Playdough Mats – 3 Dinosaurs
  2. Contact Paper Shape Art – Mess for Less
  3. Stars Preschool Shapes – 3 Boys and a Dog
  4. Guess the Shapes Activity and Cutting Practice – Artsy Momma

Books for Teaching Shapes

  1. My Very First Book of Shapes – Eric Carle
  2. A Circle Here, A Square There: My Shapes Book – David Diehl
  3. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes – Tana Hoban
  4. When a Line Bends . . . A Shape Begins – Rhonda Gowler Greene

If you love these, be sure to see our other printable flashcards!

Help kids learn to recognize family words in Spanish with these printable Spanish family flashcards!
These printable English and Spanish season flashcards are great for learning about the seasons in both languages!
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Printable Shape Flashcards for Toddlers

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Printable Weight STEM Challenge Cards for Kids

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If you’re new to teaching STEM, introducing it to students can feel like learning to speak a new language.

For those of us who started teaching years ago, combining science, technology, engineering, and math is a completely different way of teaching than we’re accustomed to using.

So I’m all about the simple STEM challenges at home and in the classroom. If you can take the mystery out of STEM, it suddenly starts to make sense – to us and to our students.

Which is where these printable weight STEM challenge cards come in handy!

What Weighs More STEM Challenge Cards for Kids

These are perfect for a quick STEM activity at science centers, in small groups, and for after-school assignments.

They’d also be excellent if you’re homeschooling and trying to implement more STEM education this year.

And they’re no prep!

Read on to get your set of these STEM challenge cards – free!

And, for more ways to use STEM, take a look at our list of 20 STEM activities you can do when distance learning!

Help students measure and compare objects with these printable weight STEM challenge cards!

Printable Weight STEM Challenge Cards for Kids

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Weight STEM Challenge Cards

These are so simple for students in early grades!

Use the supplies list to gather basic items, such as marbles, bolts, sticks, leaves, and rubber bands.

Weight STEM Challenge Cards for Kids

Then count out the number of items on each card.

Use a scale to determine which group of items weighs more and let students record their findings.

Printable Weight STEM Challenge

You can use this activity as a bridge to discuss gravity (which affects how we perceive weight), measurement, and even comparing numbers.

Once all of the challenge cards have been completed, let your students present their findings.

Depending on their grade level, they can even report the specific weights of each group of objects and calculate the difference.

Scroll down to get your set of printable weight STEM challenge cards!

Don’t miss these other ways to use STEM in the classroom!

This list of 20 STEM activities for distance learning are fun and easy to help students practice STEM concepts at home!This list of 20 STEM activities for distance learning are fun and easy to help students practice STEM concepts at home!
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Printable Weight STEM Challenge Cards for Kids

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Day and Night! Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals Sorting Activity

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Teach kids about the animals who are active during the day and those that come out at night with this fun nocturnal and diurnal animals sorting activity!
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Use the print or digital version of this nocturnal and diurnal animals sorting activity to teach students about animal sleep habits!

Have you ever seen a possum in real life?

Growing up in the country, I knew that they existed. But it took several years before I actually saw one scurrying away in the early morning hours.

It was like catching sight of Bigfoot.

I knew that there were animals that were awake when I was asleep at night, but to actually see one was memorable.

If you’re teaching students about animal sleep habits, this printable and digital Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals Sorting Activity can help!

Diurnal and Nocturnal Animals Sorting Activity for Early Grades

Most kids love to learn about animals and my students are no exception.

So when we were starting to learn about animal sleeping habits, I wanted to find a way to make a simple, hands-on activity they’d love to do.

Diurnal Animal Sorting Practice

Read on to see how to get your copy of this Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals activity – available as a print or digital resource!

Looking for more science resources for early grades? Take a look at our list of fun Weather STEM Experiments to try with students!

Teach early students how to recognize animals with different sleeping habits with this hands-on diurnal and nocturnal animals sorting activity!

Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals Sorting Activity for Kids

I remember learning about nocturnal animals when I was a kid, but we didn’t talk much about diurnal animals (at least not using the term “diurnal”).

So in case this term is fairly new to you as an educator, “diurnal” simply means that they are active during the day like you and me!

Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals for Early Grades

The printable nocturnal animal sorting activity is super easy to use. You’ll only need the following supplies: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Nocturnal Animals Early Elementary Activity

This resource includes picture cards of 16 animals: eight are nocturnal and eight are diurnal – in both English and Spanish.

Some of the animals in the product include:

  • Hawk
  • Gorilla
  • Bee
  • Raccoon
  • Elephant
  • Possum
  • Butterfly
  • Dog
  • And 8 more!
Learning about Nocturnal Animals in Spanish

There are also sorting pages (in both English and Spanish) where students can classify animals according to whether they are diurnal or nocturnal.

The Spanish set includes a pronunciation guide.

How to Teach Early Grades about Nocturnal Animals

A set of unlabeled picture cards is also inside!

Diurnal and Nocturnal Animal Classification

Plus, there’s an answer key included, as well as a full set of instructions.

How to Use the Diurnal and Nocturnal Animals Sorting Activity with Students

When you’re ready to use this resource with your class, here are a few ways you can include it in your lesson plan.

(Look at the included teaching script if you need an idea of how to introduce this topic.)

Teaching Early Students about Nocturnal Animals

You can use this for a one-time learning Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals Sorting activity.

Just skip the laminating and have students cut and paste the animals in the correct column.

Sorting Diurnal and Nocturnal Animals in Spanish

If you have Spanish-speaking students, let them use the animal cards and the sorting sheet with Spanish terms.

This is also great for early Spanish immersion classes.

Classifying Animals by Sleeping Habits

If you have students who are practicing writing, use the unlabeled cards as a labeling activity!

Just laminate the cards and then allow students to write the animal names (in either language) with wet erase markers.

Or have the class help you label the cards by challenging them to spell each animal name out loud with you.

Diurnal and Nocturnal Animals for Early Grades

Use the unlabeled cards as a reference and let students name each animal on their own. They can then use the labeled cards for self-checking.

Diurnal Animals Early Science Center Activity

If you use it at science centers, add hook and loop coin stickers to the back of the cards. Cut each column apart and place them on rings.

Then add coin stickers onto the column squares so students can practice sorting the animals again and again.

Digital Nocturnal Animals Classifying Activity

Are you distance learning? Use the digital version along with Google Slides!

Get a look at this resource in action below!

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Kids’ Books about Nocturnal Animals: 

Read more about nocturnal animals with these books for kids!

Resources about Nocturnal Animals:

Learn more about nocturnal animals with these other learning ideas for early grades!

Bat Science Experiments: Echolocation Activities

Creating Growing Patterns with Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animal Report: Hedgehogs

Bats in a Cave Sight Word Game

Nocturnal Animals Writing Tray and Word List

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Digital Diurnal and Nocturnal Animals Sorting Activity

Pick up the digital version of this sorting activity in my Teachers Pay Teachers store! You can also get the print and digital versions together as a bundle!

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Spanish Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals Sorting

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Feathered Friends! Printable Bird Identification Flashcards

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Printable Bird Flashcards for Common Species
These printable bird identification flashcards are perfect for a fall or spring unit study! Teach kids how to identify the birds they see in the neighborhood!

The air is getting warmer and we’ve started noticing flocks of birds flying in a “V” formation around our town. Even Piglet shouts “All those birds, Mama!” when she sees them.

They’re returning here after the winter. Soon we’ll be hearing them sing in the mornings again!

So I thought our next set of printable flashcards should be a set of bird identification flashcards!

Fun Printable Bird Identification Cards for Kids

These are so simple for a spring science activity. They’re also a wonderful fit for a fall unit, particularly if you’re studying migration.

Read on to see how to get your set. And, for more about our feathered friends, don’t miss our list of beautiful children’s books about birds!

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

Printable Bird Identification Flashcards

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Simple Bird Identification Flashcards for Kids

In this set of flashcards, you’ll find identification cards for 12 different kinds of birds, including:

  • Sea Gull
  • Finch
  • Osprey
  • Toucan
  • Pigeon
  • Hoopoe
  • Cardinal
  • Owl
  • Hummingbird
  • Puffin
  • Pelican
  • And Quail!

Bird Identification Flashcards for Kids

Let the kids try guessing which animals match up with the species you see in your neighborhood!

How to Use Printable Bird Identification Flashcards

One of the simplest ways to use these bird species identification cards is to memorize birds by their pictures and then quiz students as a review.

Since one set of the cards has pictures of the birds only, make the picture cards into a “Guess Who?” game!

Bird Identification Flashcards for Elementary Students

These would also be wonderful for a spring or fall nature walk!

Use a hole puncher to put a hole in the top left corner of each card and place all of them on a ring.

Printable Bird Identification Flashcards for Kids

Then take the flashcards with you as the kids try to see how many species they can spot in your area!

Scroll down to get your copy of our printable Bird Identification Flashcards!

Don’t miss these other spring learning ideas for kids!

These spring science ideas are wonderful for teaching science to the kids this year!

Share some of these lovely children's books about birds with your kids this spring or fall! These are wonderful for learning more about how these incredible creatures live!

These fun weather STEM activities for kids are excellent for simple spring science experiments! Simple enough for home or the classroom!

These printable bird identification cards are a wonderful addition to a spring science lesson! Use them at science centers for quick review!

Printable Bird Identification Flashcards

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Snowball Smiles! Emotions Board Game for Kids

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Learning to talk about feelings is a critical vocabulary skill for early grade learners.

Actually, it’s a critical vocabulary skill for children of all ages.

It can be difficult for students to express exactly what they feel without fear of being criticized, particularly in groups.

And that’s why this Snowball Smiles! emotions board game is such a great social skills tool!

Fun Snowball Emotions Board Game for Kids

Instead of putting students on the spot, you can use this resource to help them find words for their feelings and learn how to use them in a fun and comfortable environment.

Plus, it’s just a fun game to play!

Read on to see how to get your copy of this feelings game.

And, for more practicing using emotional vocabulary with kids, pick up a set of our Spanish Feelings Flashcards too!

This simple snowball themed emotions game for kids is a great social skills activity! Use it during winter for a indoor play activity!

Snowball Emotions Board Game for Kids

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Snowball Emoji Game for Kids

This emoji board game is a simple one to play.

Printable Snowball Emoji Game for Kids

The resource includes:

  • One game board
  • Six emotions cards for up to three players (but you can always print more copies if you like)
  • And a set of instructions

Emotions Snowball Emoji Game

As students move around the game board, they’ll land on different feelings that match the ones on their cards.

This is a great time to reinforce ELA skills by using adjectives in sentences.

Snowball Emoji Emotion Naming Game for Kids

For example, if a student lands on “disgusted”, ask him or her: Have you ever felt disgusted by something? What was it?

And then really listen to each response.

Printable Emotions Snowball Emoji Game for Kids

It won’t take long before each player is sharing a feeling of their own!

Printable Emotions Board Game for Kids

If you laminate the cards and the game board, this can be a reusable resource for early finishers as well.

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Snowball Emoji Board Game for Kids

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This printable snowball emotions game for kids is a fun way to help students develop their emotional vocabulary! Use it as a winter activity to help students build empathy!