This week's free membership printable is heart cover up mats. The mats are great for fine motor development as well as early math skills. I printed the mats on cardstock paper and laminated them. 

There are eight different mats to choose from and a variety of cover ups  can be used. We use buttons ... playdough ... pom poms ... and paint daubers. I have included black and white patterns along with the part color and full color patterns.

We use the mats for both fine motor development and also early math skills by adding dice. 

In this activity children cover up all the blank circles on the mat. Children can also roll a dice and cover up the same number of blank circles on the mat that is shown on the dice. Once all the circles have been covered children can roll the dice and remove the same number of cover ups.

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

heart match and clip
heart color sort
heart punch and clip

I made heart coloring pages that are perfect for Valentine's day. You can download them here.

This week's free membership printable a snowman sight words matching activity. I printed two sets of the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out ... and laminated them. 

I chose the sight word cards I wanted the children to work on and put the two sets in separate piles. For younger children I recommend starting with 5-10 sight words.

In this activity children pick a sight word card and then find the matching sight word card and clip them together with a clothespin. We use mini clothespin and clip the cards back to back so the sight word can be seen for both sides.

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

snowman feltboard story
snowman letter drop
snowman color clip and sort
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I made a turkey fine motor punch activity. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and cut them out. The activity comes with both solid and blank dots as well as color and black and white patterns.

In this activity children punch the holes on the turkey cards. I made circle ... square ... and rectangle cards.

The cards can be used with mini clothespins as well as pony beads for extra fine motor work.

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

woodland animal letter sliders
turkey color match
woodland animal puzzles

I made a fall cupcake number match. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them. I made two different color sets so you can either print one copy of each set or two copies of one set for the children to match.

In this activity children pick a cupcake number card and then find the cupcake with the same number. We do a lot of fine motor work so we use mini clothespins and learning links to connect the two cards.

When using the learning links put the two matching number cards back to back an punch a hole on the right side of the front card and attach a learning link to both cards. 

We also put the cards back when we clip them with mini clothes pins. Children are able to see the same number on both sides of the cards. Another way to use the cards is to punch a hole on the top left of each card and attach a book ring. Children can flip through the number cards and identify the numbers on the cards.

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

scarecrow letter sort
fall roll count and cover
fall cupcake letter match

I made a fall leaf number match for number identification and fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them. I mixed the leaf basket cards up and  and did the same with the leaf cards. 

I have included numbers 1-30 and also made two different color variations for the learning friends on the leaf basket cards. One set has all the same color sweaters and the other set has four different colored sweaters.

I like to use mini clothespins with the matching activities as it adds in fine motor development. I also recommend starting with numbers 1-5 or 1-10 for very young children and more numbers for older children.

In this activity children pick a leaf basket card and find the leaf with same number and clip the two cards together. For self-checking children can clip the cards back to back so they can see the number on both sides.

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

fall leaf fine motor dots
fall leaf color matching
fall leaf letter matching