I made a spring alphabet pick and cover which is great for letter identification. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and laminated them.

We did this activity with plastic eggs but you do not have to. I put a letter square in each egg and then put the eggs in a basket. We also used scrabble tiles sometimes instead of the letter squares.

In this activity the children picked an egg and opened it. They then identified the letter inside the egg and covered up the matching letter on the mat. If you are not using plastic eggs the children simply pick a letter square and cover the same letter on the mat.

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

spring four pieces puzzles
spring roll count and cover
spring coloring pages

I made a puppy alphabet sorting activity which is great for letter identification and fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and cut them out and then laminated them.

I attached velcro to the three blank spaces on the puppy cards and on the back of the letter cards. You do not have to use velcro ... you could also use self adhesive magnets and place the puppy card on a metal tray.

I have included both upper and lower case letters as well as black and white and color patterns. The color patterns come in both part color and full color so you have a choice of what to print.

In this activity children pick a puppy card and then place the letter squares that match the letter on the puppy on the blank spaces on the card. Another way we use the cards is to punch a hole in the upper left corner of the cards and attach a book ring so children can flip through the letters and verbally identify them.

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

puppy sight word match

I made a shamrock letter and number drop. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and cut them out. I glued one of the leprechaun card and title strip on a black paper bag that I purchased in the craft section at Walmart. I then laminated the shamrock cards.

Both the letter and number sets come with a recording sheet that the children can use to cover up the shamrocks that have already been placed in the bag after they have identified them.

In this activity children pick a shamrock card and say the letter or number on the card. They then cover up the same letter or number on the mat. We use buttons ... playdough ... and bingo daubers. The shamrock card is then placed into the leprechaun bag. You do not need to use the cover up sheet ... children would simply identify the letter or number on the shamrock card and drop the card in the bag.

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

shamrock letters and numbers match

I made a tooth fairy shape match for shape identification and fine motor skills. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them. 

This activity can be done in a couple different ways. The first way is to have  children pick a tooth fairy and then find the tooth fairy with the matching shape and clip them together. You can make two copies of the same color tooth fairies or print off the two different color sets so the children need to rely on matching the shape instead of looking for the same color tooth fairy.

The second way to do the activity is for the children to pick a tooth fairy and then find the matching shape and put it on the blank shape on the tooth fairy card. We used velcro so the pieces would be secured. Again you can choose to use the same color shapes as the tooth fairies or you can use different color shapes.

The third way to use this activity is for children to clip the two cards with the matching shapes together after placing the same shape on the tooth fairy cards. We clip the cards together back to back so the children can see they are the same shape when they flip the cards over.

I have included both black and white patterns as well as two different sets of colored patterns and shapes.

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

tooth fairy cut and trace strips

I made penguin fine motor color cards. I printed them on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them. 

I made four different variations of the activity including a large penguin that children can put matching hats and scarves on along with or without the color word strips.

If you are not using the color word strips the children would pick a hat and place it on penguin's head and then find the matching color scarf and place it on the neck.

If you are using the color word strips there is a penguin mat that has a blank rectangle on it that the children would place the strip on and then find the matching color hat and scarf.

There are smaller penguin cards without color names that children can place the same colored objects that match the hat and scarf. We use buttons ... pom poms ... playdough ... and mini clothespins. I also made cards with the color work already written on it and cards where there is a blank space for children to put the color name on.

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

fine motor color hearts

I made woodland animals cover up mats which is great for fine motor skills. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and laminated them for durability.

I made two different types of mats ... one with three animals and 30 blank circles to cover and one with a single animal and 20 blank circles to cover.

Children can cover the blank circles on the mats with a variety of materials. We use buttons ... playdough ... and paint daubers.

To turn this into a math activity add a dice for children to roll. They would cover up the same number of blank circles on the mat as displayed on the dice. Once the circles were all covered the children could then roll the dice and removed the same number of cover ups.

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

turkey alphabet cover up cards