Here is a fall pick and cover for letter recognition and review. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them.  

I made both uppercase and lowercase letter mats along with letter cards.  I set them out along with buttons to use as cover-ups.  You can also use pom poms ... playdough ... or the included circle patterns as cover-ups.

In this activity the children pick a letter card and then cover up the same letter on the fall letter mat.  Play continues until all letter have been covered.

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added the fall number pick and cover mats with numbers 0-20 and 0-30.

I made fall leaf lacing cards to help work on fine motor development.  I printed them on cardstock ... laminated them and cut them out and them. I then punched the holes where indicated. To make them even more durable I glued the pattern on a second sheet of cardstock paper before laminating them.

I made two different kinds of lacing cards ... one with the lacing holes directly on the leaves and another set with the lacing holes around the border.  For the lacing cords I purchased mine at amazon but you can also use yarn with masking tape around one end so it doesn't fray. You can grab the patterns below:

fall leaf lacing cards

I made fall leaf puzzles for visual discrimination and color recognition. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them.  I then cut along the line on each leaf to make two halves.

I separated the leaves into two halves and put them into two baskets.  I have included twenty pattern leaf puzzles and twelve color leaf puzzles.

In this activity the children find the two halves and put them together to form a leaf. Play continues until all puzzle pieces have been matched.

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added a fall leaf color sort.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is one of our favorite themes. I made a roll and cover for math and number recognition as well as fine motor skills. I printed the mats on cardstock paper and laminated them.

​I set the mats out along with dice and buttons.  You can also use pom poms ... playdough or the included cover-up circles.  I have included numbers 1-10 and 11-20 mats.

In this activity the children roll the dice and cover up the same number on the mat.  Play continues until all numbers have been covered.

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Pre-Writing Cards.

Here are three of our favorite craft projects we do with our chicka chicka boom boom theme:

ccbb crown - Cut construction paper into 4 1/2 inch wide strips.  Measure the strips around child's head to  make sure they fit ... in some case you will need to attach two strips together to make a longer one.

Print the patterns on cardstock paper for the ccbb tree and regular paper for the letter circles.  Cut them out and glue the patterns on to construction paper and glue ... tape ... or staple ends together to form a crown.

handprint ccbb tree - trace around child's on green construction paper and cut out three hand prints.  Cut out a tree trunk from brown construction paper. Glue the trunk on a sheet of construction paper or colored cardstock paper. Glue the three handprints on top of the trunk.

Cut three small coconut shapes out of black construction paper and glue where the tree trunk meets the leaves.  Print letter circle patterns and cut them out. Glue several onto the leaves ... trunk ... and background.

ccbb tree - check out the video below on how we made these adorable trees and grab the patterns here.

It's back to school time!! I made a number match for number recognition and review.  I printed the school mat on cardstock paper and laminated it.  I made two copies of the number squares and  cut them out and laminated them.

I separated the numbers into two piles and set them out along with the school mat. I also mixed up the numbers in each pile so that they were not in order. I attached a self-adhesive magnet to the back of each number square to make the squares easier to pick up and sort through.  The magnets add a little weight to the squares and make them harder to slide around once they are on the mat. 

In this activity the children put a number card on the blank square on the left and then find the matching number card and put it on the blank square on the right.  Play continues until all number squares have been matched.

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added the school friends letter match.