Mitten Match Winter Themed Activities

admin November 26, 2020 No Comments

Mitten Match Winter Activities! Our little preschoolers and kindergarteners just LOVE the mitten match winter activities. They are especially popular during the cold, chilly months of winter. These activities are great for either independent practice as an activity in your literacy centers or as an activity for direct instruction. Simply print the mittens on card stock, laminate, and then cut. That’s it. If you’d like to add a little fine motor practice into the activity you can have your students clip the mittens together with a clothespin! There are 30 colorful rhyming mitten pairs in the MT&T Mitten Match Rhyme activity.  This activity is ideal for preschool and kindergarten centers and can also be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store. When you

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File Folder Category Activities!

admin November 3, 2020 No Comments

File Folder Category Activities! Working on building vocabulary through learning categories can be fun and engaging with these file folder category activities! I love targeting categories with my students because it builds vocabulary and provides a way for students to describe objects. I am consistently pulling this activity out of my closet for therapy sessions. My students love naming the objects and categories then placing the items into their appropriate group. There are 13 different categories to target with many vocabulary words that apply to each category. How to assemble: First, simply print the category templates on office paper. Then adhere to the insides of a file folder. Finally, laminate if desired. Have your students name the pictures and sort

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Candy Corn Activities!

admin October 17, 2015 No Comments

These candy corn activities have certainly been a hit for fall-themed centers! They are perfect for our kindergarten and first grade kiddos just learning the concept of rhyme and sound-symbol correspondence. For sure you’ll want to differentiate this activity by choosing how many and which candy corns to use within your centers. For the alphabet activity, simply place the candy corn pieces on the table and have your students match the upper- and lowercase letters to the beginning sound of the word. The Candy Corn Alphabet activity is available in online Teachers Pay Teachers store or through the Make, Take & Teach website. When you download the Candy Corn Rhyme activity you will receive 24 candy corn rhyme pieces. Students match

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10 Engaging Activities for Teaching Homophones

admin September 13, 2014 No Comments

Teaching and learning homophones can be tons of fun!  Many reading programs introduce the concept of homophones in second grade.  Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have a different meaning.  Students need to be able to tell the difference in the meanings of these words and to use the correct spelling in their writing.  If students misspell words or use the wrong word in writing, the reader is not likely to understand what they are trying to say. Of course, using hands-on activities to teach any skill is preferable to worksheet drill and practice.  The Make, Take & Teach Complete Activity Pack for Teaching Homophones includes 10 engaging activities for teaching 65 common homophones.  My

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Fun Little Finds at Walmart

admin July 16, 2014 No Comments

One of my favorite pastimes is perusing the aisles  at our local dollar stores and the toy sections of Walmart and Meijer for ideas for center activities.  My three children are now in college and instead of spending my time on the soccer fields I’m now spending that time shopping.  Insert HUGE sigh– I really miss my kids and I would go back to those days in a minute.  I’m not adjusting very well to my empty nest.  While shopping at Walmart the other day I stumbled upon the card section in the toy area and found a few relatively inexpensive games that would be a nice addition to your literacy centers. The first treasure was the Scrabble Slam! card

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Teaching Homophones

admin June 27, 2014 No Comments

Click the following link to download this free poster Homophones Poster Many reading programs introduce the concept of homophones in second grade.  Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have a different meaning.  Our students need to be able to tell the difference in the meanings of these words and to use the correct spelling in their writing.  If students misspell words or use the wrong word in writing, the reader is not likely to understand what they are trying to say.  Here’s a list of common homophones that you may wish to introduce to your students. Click the following link to download this freebie Homophones Word List 2 Learning homophones can be tons of fun!  One way

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Homophones Activity

admin February 20, 2014 No Comments

Just click the following link to download this list of homophones: Homophones Word List 2 A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word or words, but has a different meaning and spelling.  Homophones can really trip up our young readers and writers.  It’s sometimes difficult for them to know for sure which spelling to use within their writing.  Targeted instruction in the meaning of the different spellings of these words is needed.  Activities involving homophones can actually be quite fun.  The Homophone Pear Match activity makes for a great literacy activity or as an activity for your small group instruction.  Students simply match each homophone pear and provides either a definition of the words and/or puts the

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Multiple Meaning Words- Ice Cream Scoops

admin February 10, 2014 No Comments

When I was a Speech/Language Pathologist I used to love to teach multiple word meanings.  When students understand that a word can have a different meaning depending upon it’s use in oral or written language, their comprehension improves.  There are a lot ways to help students learn multiple meaning words.  The Ice Cream Scoops activity is a fun activity for expanding vocabulary by teaching multiple word meanings.  When you download this activity you’ll receive 16 ice cream cones containing words with two or more definitions.  Students match the definitions to the words.  You’ll want to be sure to have the students use the words in sentence so that they can clearly demonstrate that they understand the word meaning. Storing activities

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Candy Corn Activities

admin October 3, 2013 No Comments

Kyle (fabulous artist) did such a wonderful job designing these candy corns.  I just love them- and the kiddos do too!  They were such a hit last school year.  This year I added the vocabulary activity.  They are super easy to make.  Simply print the candy corns on card stock and cut them into three separate pieces.  That’s it!  Your center activity is all set. The Candy Corn Alphabet activity is perfect for students just learning letters and sounds.  Students match the beginning sound to both the upper- and lowercase letters.  The Candy Corn Alphabet activity is available through the Make, Take & Teach website or through my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Many of our preschoolers and kindergarteners need extra

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Acorn Matching Activities

admin July 8, 2013 No Comments

Last week Kyle created these cute little acorns and I just couldn’t resist getting started on making a few fall-themed activities.   We created 3 sets using the acorns- one for rhyming, one for beginning sounds and the other for vocabulary.  When you download the rhyme activity you’ll receive 34 colorful acorns with rhyming matches. Click  HERE to download the activity from my TpT store. I’m lovin’ the Acorn Beginning Sounds activity for working with learning letters and sounds.  Of course, when you download this activity, you’ll receive 26 acorns with the letters of the alphabet and a corresponding picture. You can download this activity directly though the TPT store. One of my goals this school year is to create more

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