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Ladybug Days and Months

5/29/2015

Ladybug Days Of The Week and Months Of The Year For Preschool and Kindergarten

I made ladybug themed days of the week and months of the years strips that can be used in pocket charts or in your calendar centers. We also do sequencing and matching with them. Just print ... cut ... and laminate.

Here is a song we sing for the days of the week:

(tune - the addams family)

days of the week (snap snap or clap clap)
days of the week (snap snap or clap clap)
days of the week
days of the week
days of the week. (snap snap or clap clap)

there's Sunday and there's Monday
there's Tuesday and there's Wednesday
there's Thursday and there's Friday
and then there's Saturday

days of the week (snap snap or clap clap)
days of the week (snap snap or clap clap)
days of the week
days of the week
days of the week (snap snap or clap clap)

Here is a chant for the months of the year:

(tune - ten little Indians)

January February March and April
May June July August and September
October November and December
these are the months of the year

You can download the pattern here. Watch for my new days and months pack coming soon!!

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June Number Tracing Calendar

5/27/2015

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I have posted June's Number Tracing Calendar and Calendar Numbers along with other June items to my free printables page (if you do not see them at the bottom of the page please refresh your browser).

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Butterfly Color Match

5/21/2015

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Butterfly Color Match Toddler and Preschool Activity

I have quite a few students that are struggling with colors so I made a butterfly matching activity that works on color recognition as well as fine motor development. I printed the butterflies on cardstock paper and laminated them along with the matching color circles.

After I cut them out I put magnets on the back of each of the color circles. I always use magnets regardless of weather we are working on a magnetic board or not because it adds extra weight to the pieces and also lifts them up so they are easier for the children to grasp.

I set the butterflies and matching color circles out in a basket and the children do this activity on the floor or table. They start by choosing a butterfly and then finding the matching color circle and place it on the blank circle on the butterfly. Play continues until all butterflies have been matched up.

You see a video if this activity by clicking below:

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Weekly Printable May 18th - 22nd

5/17/2015

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Butterfly Alphabet Clip Cards For Preschool and Kindergarten

Butterfly number clip cards added to the member's section.

The free daily printable this week is Butterfly Alphabet Clip Cards which is a great activity for developing for letter recognition as well as fine motor skills. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them. I put them in a basket along with clothespins and put the basket in our literacy center.

In this activity children find and clip the same letter that is on the butterfly. You can do an upper to upper ... upper to lower ... and lower to lower match.

If you do not want to use clothespins I have also included cover-ups that can be used instead. You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday May 24th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section.

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Membership Special

5/16/2015

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Many of you have requested that I run my membership special again ... the special is for a twelve month membership for the price of six months and contains all of the daily printables from the past eleven years plus the new material that is added weekly. It ends Sunday May 24th at midnight so If you get a chance please check out the special here.

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Flower Roll and Plant Math Center

5/14/2015

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Flower Roll and Plant Math Center /for Preschool and Kindergarten

I wanted to do an outdoor math center that went along with our flower theme so I put together a flower roll and plant activity. I purchased a rectangle flower container from the dollar store along with bunches of artificial flowers. You can use any shape plant pot or container that works for you.

I filled the bottom of the flower container with playdough ... putting enough in so that it would hold the flowers. I then used wire cutters to snip the individual flowers out of the flower bunches and put the flowers in a basket.

I made a number dice pattern and printed and assemble it. In this activity the children rolled the dice and "planted" the same number of flowers in the container by picking them out of the basket and pushing them into the playdough.

Once all of the flowers were planted the children then "picked" the flowers by rolling the dice and removing the same number of flowers from the container and putting them back into the basket. The children did really well counting out the flowers and took the time to make thief flower containers look beautiful!!

You can see a video of this activity by clicking below: