I made a butterfly and flower shape match for shape identification and fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them. I then separated the butterfly cards and flower cards into two different piles.

Children pick a butterfly card and then find the flower with the same shape and clip them together with a paper clip or large plastic paper clip. To make this activity self checking the children would clip the cards back to back so that when they flip the cards over they can see it is the same shape.

I have also include individual shapes that children can place on top of the cards. We used velcro to keep the shapes attached.

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

butterfly and flower number match
butterfly and flower color match
butterfly and flower letter match

I made letter sequence mats to go along with our space theme activities. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and glued the letter mat to the top of the space mat where indicated. I have included blank and guided mats  in both black and white as well as color.

In this activity children put the letter cards in order on the mats. I have included both uppercase and lowercase letters. You can download the activity from the link below:

space letter sequence patterns

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I made space number sequence mats for the member's section this week. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and glued the space mat to the back of the number mat. I then cut out and laminated the number cards.

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

space letter cover up
space color match
space letter punch cards

I made some spring fine motor mats that can be used in a variety of ways. All of the patterns come in black and white as well as color and can be printed on cardstock or regular paper depending on the type of activity you do with them.

We us buttons ... pom poms ... and playdough to cover the blank circles up on the mats. The children then remove the items to empty that mat. For this activity I print the patterns on cardstock paper and laminate them for durability.

These mats can also be used for roll and cover activities. Children roll the dice and then cover the same number to blank circles on the mat that is on the dice. Once the mat is full they then roll the dice and remove the same number of cover ups. The black and white version of the mats can be used with dot markers.

You can download the download the patterns below:

​spring fine motor mats

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I made a spring bunny letter matching activity this week. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and cut them out and laminated them for durability.

I separated the letter cards into two piles ... one for bunnies and one for the carrots. The patterns come with both uppercase and lowercase letters and I have included black and white ... part color ... and full color.

​In this activity children pick a bunny card and then find the carrot with the same letter. They can lay the carrot on top of the bunny or they can be clipped together with clothespins. For self checking the carrot can be clipped to the back of the bunny card face up.

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

spring bunny number match
spring number sequence puzzles
spring roll and cover

I made a shamrock shape match this week for shape identification. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and cut them out and laminated them for durability.

There are ten different shapes and the shape cards come with and without shape names. For each card there six loose shape pieces. All patterns come in black and white as well as color.

In this activity children pick a shape card and put the matching shape pieces on top of the shamrock. You can put as many or as few shape cards out for the children to match. We mix the loose shape pieces so it is more of a challenge for the children to find the correct shape.

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

shamrock color match
pot of gold letter tracing mats
pot of gold number tracing mats