One of Piglet’s favorite subjects to discuss is how “big” she’s getting.

On any given morning, she may emerge from her bedroom shouting “I’m getting so big!” or “I’m almost as big as you now, Mama!”

Preschoolers are often fixated on getting “big”, which is a surefire way to know that they’re starting to notice the differences between big and small.

And that’s a great thing, because size differentiation is a basic math concept that helps kids grasp other ideas: comparing shapes, comparing numbers, measurement, and more!

So, I thought that Piglet could use a new set of spring worksheets for kids – these flower-themed size sorting printables!

Read on to see how to get your set! And be sure to pick up our Busy Bee Scissor Skill Printables too!

Spring Worksheets for Kids: Flower Size Sorting Printables

To use these flower size sorting printables, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Pencils
• Child-safe scissors
• Glue
• Laminator (optional)
• Hook and loop sticky dots (optional)

In this set of flower size sorting printables, you’ll find two worksheets that help preschoolers focus on telling big and small apart.

There are also two cut and paste pages that allow students to separate the big and small flowers and glue them in the correct spaces.

If you want to use the size sorting activity as a one-time lesson, use it with child-safe scissors and glue.

Students can cut out the big and small flowers and paste them on the correct pages.

But if you’d like to use this activity at math centers, laminate the pages and add hook and loop sticky dots to the back of the flower squares.

Early learners can match them up by size over and over again!

Instructions and an answer key are also provided!

Scroll down to get your Flower Size Sorting Printables!

Be sure to check out these other spring learning ideas!

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We’re about a month out for spring, but I’m ready for it NOW.

Like yesterday.

Today, I’m excited to share a brand new set of spring worksheets for kids: Flower Repeated Addition Worksheets that are perfect for early grades!

I’ve been working on the concept of multiplication with my boys this year.

Once you get the idea that multiplication is just adding groups of numbers rapidly, then it’s easier to understand how to solve multiplication problems.

And repeated addition is a big help in mastering that concept.

This set of math worksheets features repeated addition problems in a fun spring theme!

Read on to see how to get your copy! And don’t miss our printable All About Flowers Spring Unit Study!

Spring Worksheets for Kids: Flower Repeated Addition Worksheets

To use these flower repeated addition worksheets, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Pencils
• Laminator (optional)
• Dry erase markers (optional)

This product includes two worksheets that display the concept of repeated addition.

As well as two worksheets that use the same flower groups to display basic multiplication.

The addition problems are fairly simple and only use numbers from 1 to 6.

There are problems that show 3 + 3 + 3, which is the same as 3 x 3, 5 + 5, which is the same as 2 x 5, and so on.

The multiplication worksheets are a wonderful introduction to multiplying for early grades!

And you can laminate them and use them with dry erase markers at math centers.

A complete answer key is also included!

Scroll down to get your set of Spring Flower Addition Worksheets!

Don’t miss these other spring learning ideas!

To get your copy of our Spring Repeated Addition Worksheets, click the image or the link below to grab it from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

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Piglet and I have been working on her handwriting and phonics skills for months, so I thought she’d have a little fun trying her hand at creative writing.

And spring is a great time to be creative!

Naturally, I thought she’d enjoy some of her own spring worksheets for kids: these new printable spring preschool story prompts!

Helping kids learn to write about their thoughts and guesses at a young age is a good way to help them write without fear later on.

These printable preschool writing prompts can help.

Read on to see how to get your own copy of these spring writing printables!

And, for more spring learning fun for early learners, don’t miss our Birds and Bugs Playdough Mats for Preschoolers!

Spring Stories! Spring Preschool Story Prompts

To use these early creative writing prompts, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Pencils (Side note: I’ve never really used the larger primary pencils for my preschoolers, but they may be helpful if your child is working on pencil grip skills.)

The prompts include four different scenarios for preschoolers to write about.

They can write and draw about their favorite thing about spring.

They can write and draw about their favorite spring animal.

They can express what they like to do in spring.

And, to get more specific, they can write or draw about what they want to do this spring.

Plus, they can draw a picture of what they think could happen afterwards. Let’s see these in action!

How to Use Early Creative Writing Prompts with Kids

As an English major, creative writing is one of my passions.

There’s just something about putting pencil to paper (or fingers to keyboards, these days) and starting off down a road of creative thought.

You kind of have an idea of where you’d like to go, but you’re always surprised at the things you come up with along the way.

The same is true with little writers!

Open-ended questions give them a chance to put their imaginations to work. And, after all, writing without imagination is like…like…not writing at all.

Each of these spring creative writing prompts has a line for kids to finish the sentence. At the bottom, there’s a box for them to draw a picture of what they wrote.

This spring, Piglet wants to play basketball. That’s her shooting the ball into the hoop in the picture.

I will say that I had to read the sentence out to her and help her spell the words. The rest she did herself.

After each initial prompt is a second page asking kids to write what they think will happen next.

This is a simple way to introduce creative writing to preschoolers: ask them to come up with an image and then predict what might happen afterward.

Piglet’s answer to what will happen after she plays basketball was: “Bounces”.

Naturally, she drew a picture of the ball bouncing after falling through the net.

Hmmm….what to do next? Color the pictures!

And that’s what she did. She was so proud of her work that she gave her masterpieces to her older siblings.

This was a fun (and quick) language arts lesson for her.

We spent about 15 minutes on one of the prompts and she got to practice handwriting, creative writing, art, phonics, and spelling – all in one activity!

Scroll down to get your printable Spring Preschool Story Prompts!

Don’t miss these other spring learning printables!

To get your copy of our Spring Preschool Story Prompts, click the image or the link below to grab the product from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

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This post is part of the Homeschool Writing Prompts linkup at iHomeschool Network! Stop by to get more fun writing prompts for your students from my fellow bloggers!

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One of the things I love most about spring is waiting for rain showers to end so we can try to spot some rainbows.

You know how you always heard about “the end of the rainbow”? Well, it turns out there is no end.

I just read the other day that the rainbow always changes arc direction depending on your position. So as you travel, it seems to travel too.

Bummer.

They may not be what they appear, but rainbows are still plenty of fun for kids.

And that’s why I thought I’d make some rainbow tally marks worksheets for kids who are working on counting with tally marks!

These would be fantastic for spring math centers! Simply laminate the pages and let students use them with dry erase markers!

And be sure to grab more of our spring worksheets for kids, including our Flower Repeated Addition Worksheets!

Rainbow Tally Marks Worksheets for Kids

To use these rainbow tally marks worksheets for kids, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Pencils
• Laminator (optional)
• Dry erase markers (optional)

Counting with tally marks can seem old-fashioned, but it’s still a wonderful math skill for kids to learn.

When students use tallies, they practice one to one correspondence, skip counting by fives, and number sense (understanding what numerals actually mean).

This product contains: 

• Three color rainbow tally marks counting worksheets
• Three line art rainbow tally marks counting worksheets
• A full answer key
• A mini lesson about how to count with tally marks
• And a set of instructions!

Review the mini tally marks lesson with your class and then let the students get to work!

You might also find it helpful to keep a copy of the lesson at the math center for easy reference.

Scroll down to get your copy of these Rainbow Tally Marks Worksheets!

Check out our other rainbow learning ideas!

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