This week's free membership printable is an apple tree color match. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper cut them out and laminated them. I then mixed the apples up and set them in a pile and put the color circles in their own pile.

You can cut the apple tree out as I have done in the picture above or you can use the apple tree mats. There is a blank tree so you can put the color circles and apples anywhere on the tree. I have also created an apple tree with a blank circle at the top for the color circles and one with with circles for the apples and the color circles.

In this activity children pick a color circle and place it on the tree. They then find the apples that are the same color and place them on the tree. Play continues until all colors have been matched.

This activity is currently located in the member's section which is also where I have added:

apple tree letter clip
apple fine motor punch
apple tree letter match

I made addd school alphabet match and clip. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper cut them out and laminated them. I then separated the school and pencil cards into their own group.

I set the cards out along with mini clothespins that I purchased from amazon. For very young children I recommend setting a few of the letter cards out at a time. 

In this activity children pick a schoolhouse card and find the pencil card with the matching letter and clip them together. I have included both uppercase and lowercase letters .

The children can also do a school to school match as well as a pencil to pencil match.

This activity is currently located in the member's section which is also where I have added:

school count and link cards

I made a teddy bear letter drop activity. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper cut them out and laminated them. I glued the teddy bear on a black paper bag that I purchased at walmart in the gift wrap/craft section.

I have included both uppercase and lowercase teddy bears as well as a plain one. The teddy bears also come in two different sizes.

In this activity children pick a pot of honey and say the letter out aloud. They then drop it in the teddy bear bag. You do not have to use bags ... you can use empty tissue boxes or whatever works for you.

I have included letter cover up sheets that the children can use with this activity. After saying the letter they would cover up the matching letter on the sheet  and then drop the pot of honey in the teddy bear bag. We used buttons but you can use whatever you like for the cover-ups such as crayons ... markers ..playdough ... magnets ... and paint daubers etc.

This activity is currently located in the member's section which is also where I have added:

teddy bear cut and trace strips

This week's I made ladybug ten frames. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them. I also set out counters that can be placed on the ten frames card.

We use buttons ... playdough ... math cubes ... or magnets for the counters but you can use whatever you like. I made the cards with both blank and guided counting squares.

I made the ten frame cards with numbers 1-10 and 11-20. For younger children I recommend putting out less cards at a time such as numbers 1-5 and then numbers 5-10.

In this activity children put the correct number of counters on each card that matches the number of the ladybug.

This activity is currently located in the member's section which is also where I have added:

ladybug letter cover up cards

This week I made butterfly punch strips for fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper but you can use regular paper too. I cut the strips out and placed them on the tables with hole punchers.

I made the punch strips with two different punch dots. Children can use either the solid or outline dots ... the solid dots are the easier of the two for children to punch.

Each strip has sixteen dots to punch but you can decrease the number of dots for the children to punch by simply cutting the strips to the number of dots you would like the children to punch.

Once the holes have been punched on the strips children can hook plastic chain links or book rings in the holes for extra fine motor work.

I recommend printing the patterns on cardstock paper and then laminating them before the children punch the holes if you will be using the chain links or book rings.

This activity is currently located in the member's section which is also where I have added:

butterfly letter tracing cards

This week I made space matching cards. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminate them. There are a couple different ways the matches can be made.

In this activity children pick a shape card and find the card with the same matching shape. They then can be clipped together with mini clothes pins (regular work too). For self checking have the children clip the cards back to back. Children can match the same color shapes or two different color shapes. 

I have also made cards with blank shapes that the children can place the matching shape on top of. We use velcro to secure the shapes. These cards can further be matched with the card with the same shape.

This activity is currently located in the member's section which is also where I have added:

space color sorting cards