This festive gumdrop patterns activity sheet stretches students to create patterns of their own. AB, ABB, ABC patterns… they’re all there! The no-prep activity is easy to differentiate making it perfect for preschoolers, second graders, and every age in between! Getting ReadyTo prep this patterns activity, I printed one copy of the record sheet for each child. Since my kids were familiar with patterns, I wanted to stretch them a little bit further. So, I printed the second version of the page on the back so that they’d also have the chance to design their own patterns from scratch. I grabbed our stash of crayons and we were ready to start. Note: This would be a fun opportunity to build patterns with hands-on manipulatives! Just give each small group a box of gumdrops and let them create. Gumdrop Patterns ActivityWe’ve talked a lot about patterns but I wanted to do a quick review before diving in feet first. First, we talked about how patterns repeat. Then, I wrote down the letters AB and we used our bodies to act out a couple of simple AB action patterns: stomp – clap – stomp – clap tap – hop – tap – hop I pointed back and forth between the A and the B as we switched our movements so that the kids could easily see that the pattern continued repeating. The letters were merely symbols for showing how many times we did the first thing and then the second. After a few more examples, I wrote down a new letter combination: ABB. We worked together to come up with a couple of action patterns that fit: clap – clap – jump – clap – clap – jump nod – nod – squat – nod – nod – squat We acted out several more types of patterns and then I handed over the coloring sheet for them to complete. Since the kids could use any color combinations that fit, there were countless possibilities. For instance, my son made a red-blue AB pattern… While my daughter decided to color hers yellow-green. After completing the first side, it was time to stretch their thinking on the back. My kids wrote a pattern in the blank spot on the left and then colored a matching combination. It was such an easy extension activity! Grab Your SetReady to play? Click the big blue download button at the bottom of this post and then hop through the roundup to find more gingerbread activities your kids will love! FROM LEFT TO RIGHT Gingerbread Write the Room // The Kindergarten Connection Editable Gingerbread Board Game // Fun Learning for Kids Gingerbread Man Theme Old Maid Card Game // Stay at Home Educator Gingerbread Playdough Mats // The STEM Laboratory Retelling the Gingerbread Man // Sara J. Creations Gingerbread Man Printable Ten Frames // Fun A Day Gumdrop Patterns // Playdough to Plato How to Make a Gingerbread House Writing Craftivity // Literacy with the Littles Gingerbread Problem Solving // Recipe for Teaching Gingerbread Number Puzzles Freebie // A Dab of Glue Will Do How to Bake Gingerbread Cookies Cut and Paste // Happy Days in First Grade Gingerbread CVC Mats // Fairy Poppins Holiday Gingerbread Syllable Sort // Mrs. Jones Creation Station Gingerbread House I Spy // Teach Me Mommy Gingerbread Sight Word Game // The Letters of Literacy The post Gumdrop Patterns Activity appeared first on Playdough To Plato. via Playdough To Plato https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/gumdrop-patterns/
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Looking for a fun way to teach kids about compound words?! These picture-only compound word puzzles are a memorable tool for showing how two words can be combined to make a brand new word. They’re great to use as a whole class lesson, guided reading activity, literacy center or homeschool game. What Are Compound Words?At this stage, kids already know that words can be broken down into sounds (like c-a-t), but compound words teach them that some words can be broken down into parts that have different meanings. This is important as more complex words are introduced into their reading and writing. Learning about compound words will help kids understand:
There are three types of compound words:
These puzzles are all closed form compound words. Kids love them because they can take two simple words they know how to write and create a much longer, much more impressive looking word by putting them together! Getting ReadyI downloaded the printable (below) and printed it onto cardstock. Then, I cut out the individual pieces and popped them into a small Ziploc bag to keep them all together. (You can also laminate the pieces for extra durability if you want.) Compound Word PuzzlesAt first, the puzzle pieces were put out randomly and the children naturally picked them up and named the objects they saw. Once they realized they were puzzle pieces, however, they began trying to put them together. Between the clues presented by the pictures themselves and the shapes of each puzzle, they soon worked out that they needed to combine smaller words together to create the larger words. For some of the children it was a real ‘aha’ moment when they suddenly understood how compound words worked. Of course, then they decided to ignore the puzzle shapes and try to make silly words from the pieces they had. “Earfly” was a bit of a favorite! Extending The ActivityWhile some of the kids enjoyed these puzzles just as they were, others wanted to write, so they jotted down the words as they went. They also continued the math flavor of the cards by writing them as equations: butter + fly = butterfly! Get Your Free PrintableReady to play?! Click the blue button below to download your 16 free compound word puzzles and then hop over and grab a set of free beginning sound board games, too! The post Free Compound Word Puzzles appeared first on Playdough To Plato. via Playdough To Plato https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/compound-word-puzzles/ Kids love things that move! Some of the first terms that children learn are the different vehicles that they see on the streets and in the air. It’s no wonder, really. Wheels turning, loud noises and the magic of things soaring through the air easily capture the attention of a small child. That’s why it’s so fun to introduce learning concepts with vehicles, like these transportation word puzzles. The puzzles work great in any transportation unit! Snag your free game below and then hop over and grab 14 more board games for your collection in our shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers! These transportation word puzzles introduce the spelling of different vehicles in a way that every child can understand. They can be used with an early learner to simply expose them to the letters and word formations and they can also capture the attention of an early elementary child who is learning about phonics and how the words are really spelled. Getting ReadyTo prep, we simply printed the puzzles on cardstock and laminated them to make them more durable. It is possible to skip laminating, but if you plan to use them more than once or with several children, laminating will make them last. Transportation Word PuzzlesFor young learners, give one puzzle at a time, helping them focus on the shape of the vehicle more than the letters at the bottom of the puzzle. When the puzzle is completed, spell the word out loud, pointing at each letter as you go. Then, say the word. For an older child who is ready to practice spelling, you can mix all the puzzles together to provide more of a challenge. They will need to sort the puzzle pieces as they complete the puzzles. Have them focus more on the letters at the bottom. If they are missing a piece, ask them what letter they should be looking for rather than a part of the picture. Download Your SetSnag your free game below and then hop over and grab 14 more board games for your collection in our shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers! The post Transportation Word Puzzles appeared first on Playdough To Plato. via Playdough To Plato https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/transportation-word-puzzles/ My kids love dice games! Something about not knowing what they will roll is always so exciting. Since our Roll and Color 2D Shape Game was such a hit, I decided to follow up with a 3D roll and color shapes version that would help them recognize and name three dimensional shapes too! The printable game is great way to teach cubes, spheres, cylinders, prisms and cones in a small group or math center. Getting ReadyLike the 2D version, this game is fairly simple to prepare. The dice takes just a few moments to make, and the recording sheet is easily printed and ready to go. First, I printed the recording sheet (below) and copied enough of them so that each of my students would each have one. Then, I printed the die and laminated it to keep it from ripping or denting too easily. Depending on if you are using the game at home or in a classroom, you may want to print multiple copies of the die so that several groups of students could play at the same time. Finally, I folded the die on the dotted lines and taped the edges to create a cube. No need to get too fancy – clear tape works just fine! We were ready to play our roll and color shapes game. Roll and Color 3D ShapesThis roll and color game is great for kids to play on their own, with a partner or in small groups. I decided to introduce it in small groups and then put it out as a math center choice during math workshop. In my first group, we took turns rolling the die and seeing which 3D shape it landed on. Then, we all named the shape together and found it on our recording sheets to color. The shapes included were:
The first time that we played it was a little more guided, as some of the shapes were still new to them and a bit trickier to memorize than the 2D shapes. One child rolled a cube, we said its name together (“cube”), everyone found it on their own paper and then colored it. We kept rolling, naming and coloring until our recording sheets were full. At that point, they asked if they could play the roll and color shapes game again! This game is perfect for beginners because, while the shapes are different sizes, they are placed in the same orientation and are not rotated. Eventually we will be naming these shapes any way we see them, but this was helpful to start us off. Grab Your DownloadReady for some fun practice with 3D shapes? Click the blue button below to grab your free copy of this roll and color game and then hop over and snag our 2D roll and cover and roll and color games too! The post Roll and Color 3D Shapes appeared first on Playdough To Plato. via Playdough To Plato https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/roll-color-3d-shapes/ With fall in the air, it will soon be a great time to visit a pumpkin patch and enjoy some super fun pumpkin learning activities. These pumpkin CVC puzzles are the perfect hands-on game for beginning readers and will make a fun addition to literacy centers! Snag your free activities below and then hop over and grab 14 more board games for your collection in our shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers! Getting ReadyTo prepare these fun pumpkin CVC puzzles, I printed out the download (below) and laminated the pages. While you don’t have to, you may choose to print on cardstock to keep the pieces extra sturdy since they will be handled often. I cut out all of the pumpkins by following the solid black lines. Then, I cut on the dotted lines so that each pumpkin was in three pieces. Pumpkin CVC PuzzlesOnce the puzzles were prepared, it was time to play! There are 20 puzzles total, one for each short vowel a, e, i, o and u. I chose to mix all of the pieces into one basket for a literacy center, but you could also do one vowel at a time in small groups or choose just the medial vowels you are working on. My favorite part of these puzzles is that they offer a “helper” or clue for kids as they complete them in the form of a small picture in the corner of the word to build. This helps kids get started and allows them to check if the word they built is correct and matches the picture. The kids and I sorted all of the pieces with pictures on them into one pile, and then took turns pulling a card to see which word puzzle we would complete. The first student pulled a picture of a pig. We had its beginning sound, /p/, but we had to decide what other two sounds we heard in the word. “Pig…. /p/ /i/ /g/.“ We stretched out the word together and hunted for an i and a g to complete the puzzle. We continued pulling picture pieces and building CVC words until all of the pumpkins were complete! Such a fun, fall-themed word family activity for kids. Grab Your DownloadReady to complete some fun pumpkin CVC puzzles?! Snag your free game below and then hop over and grab 14 more board games for your collection in our shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers! The post Pumpkin CVC Puzzles appeared first on Playdough To Plato. via Playdough To Plato https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/pumpkin-cvc-puzzles/ Pumpkin letter tracing is a fun fall ABC game and fine motor activity in one. As kids trace alphabet letters with candy pumpkins, they build hand-eye coordination, hand strength and letter formation skills they’ll use for writing words later. Pumpkin fans will love this festive ABC game!
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