I made some chicka chicka boom boom number cover-ups which is great for number recognition and review as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper cut them out and laminated them.

I set the number cards out along with the cover-up pieces in our math center.  You can you use clothepins if you want to turn them into a match and clip activity which is also great for fine motor.

In this activity the children pick a number card and cover-up the same number that is on the tree.  Play continues until all cards have been covered (or clipped).

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added the chicka chicka boom boom letter cover-ups.

We are doing a lot of work with color recognition and fine motor development and we love using match and clip cards because they work on both of these skills. I printed two setsthe patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them.

I put the color cards and twelve clothespins in a basket and set them out. The children picked a card and then found the matching card and clipped them together with a clothespin. Play continued until all colors cards had been matched.

You can also set this up as a floor or table game by laying one set of the color cards out and having the children put the matching card on top of the color cards. 

You can grab the patterns here and watch a video of this activity below:

We made playdough chicka chicka boom boom trees today for literacy and fine motor development.  The children made tree trunks from brown playdough and then made the leaves from green playdough and put them above the tree trunk.  They then made small playdough balls out of black playdough and pressed them on the leaves.

The children then pressed letter beads that I purchased from amazon.com on to the tree.  When they were done adding letters we discussed what letters they added to the tree and many were able to identify them.

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

I made chicka chicka boom boom color clothespin cards for the children to work on their colors and fine motor skills.  I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and cut them out.  After I laminated them I set them out in a basket with clothepins and the children put a clothespin on the matching color on each card.

You can see a video of this activity by clicking here.