This resource includes Back to School All About Me Activities. This packet comes with two choices of writing activities, stick puppet templates, paper bag puppet templates, All about Me Poster, photo template for a family photo collage, and a Getting to Know You gross motor game. The writing activities come with diverse children clip art so that the various children in your classroom can be represented. One writing option comes with lined paper for children to write sentences; or you may help children write their sentences. The other option is for Pre-K and K children and children struggling with writing; this option provides a box for children to draw a picture. Allow children to pick which paper they want. Allow children to finish the sentence “I am very good at”, or help children write, or allow children to draw a picture of what they are good at doing. I have also provided a black and white version with a girl and a black and white version with a boy for both types of writing/drawing activities if you prefer using black and white. Very detailed instructions are included for the rest of the activities. Your students are sure to enjoy these engaging back to school activities! These are perfect to help your students ease into the school year! This packet has seventeen pages worth of activities. This version has UK spelling version of “favourite.”

Valentine’s Day Post Office Dramatic Play Props contains various props to add to your dramatic play area. They are Valentine hearts post office themed props. Included are various signs, labels, employee badge, checklist, postcards, and envelopes. Stock your dramatic play area with dress up clothes and accessories; have postal worker clothes and accessories if possible. Add various sizes of boxes for sorting. Add papers, postcards, envelops, writing utensils, stamps, and stickers either in your dramatic play area, or place your writing center close to the dramatic play area. Add a cash register and play money to the dramatic play area. Allow children to help create a mailbox to add to the area. I have included directions on how to create a mailbox. Laminate the signs, and add them wherever they fit in your dramatic play area. Laminate the labels, checklists, postcards, and envelopes; add to the dramatic play area. Allow children to write on the checklist, postcards, and envelopes with dry erase markers. Have extra non laminated postcards and envelopes for children to write, stamp, and decorate with stickers. There are two hours signs. One has hours listed; the other has no hours listed. The children can make their own marks on the blank hour signs. Other signs include Weigh Boxes Here, Sort Boxes, Sort Envelopes, Pay Here, Welcome, Open, and Closed. Labels include mail truck, tape, mailbox, hat, paper towels, parcels, envelope, and stamps. Everything either has hearts or red border with white dots included for a Valentine’s Day theme added. After your dramatic play area is set up and ready, invite the children to engage in play. Weigh Boxes Here sign included Sort Boxes sign included Sort Envelopes sign included Pay Here sign included Welcome sign included Open and Closed signs included Two Hours signs included Checklist included Heart envelopes included Postcards with heart stamp included Mail truck, tape, mailbox, hat, paper towels, parcels, envelope, and stamps labels included Sixteen pages worth of props This resource has thirteen pages of activities, one page of holiday craft ideas, and one example page. Early Learning Standards researched and referenced as a guide. This resource aligns with the following standards: UK Early Years Foundations: Early Years Outcomes Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia My Play based resources touch on universal Early Learning standards. Thank you for taking a look at my resource. I hope you find it helpful. Don’t forget to leave feedback! I greatly appreciate all feedback. Click my linktree to follow me on social media and to sign up to my newsletter to stay up to date on new content, discount bundles, and sales. https://linktr.ee/ecplayandlearn

This December Holiday packet includes literacy and maths activities for celebrating various holidays. There are Christmas graphics; there are also graphics that will work for any December Holiday celebration; there are graphics like gifts and holiday cupcakes. The packet includes Holiday pre-writing practice, Holiday do-a-dot letters. Holiday 1 to 1 correspondence counting cards, and Holiday roll a number card. Print and cut all the cards out along the borders. For Holiday pre-writing cards, the cards come in different sizes with variations of pre-writing marks. There are also blank cards with graphics only. Place whichever cards you choose in your literacy station along with writing utensils. Allow children to trace the various marks. Allow children to use the blank cards to make their own pre-writing marks. This is good for fine motor as well as pre-writing practice. For Holiday do-a-dot letters, pick which cards you want to use. Place the cards in your literacy station. Place washable dot markers in your literacy center. Allow children to dot the letters with the markers. Encourage children to say the name of the letters aloud. This also helps with fine motor skills in addition to letter recognition. For Holiday 1 to 1 correspondence, the cards have numbers and number words. The cards also have a unicorn and a number of cupcakes that match the number on the card. Place the cards in your maths station. Give the children foam stickers that can represent candy. The stickers can be candy stickers, or they can just be glittery circle stickers. Tell the children that they need to decorate the unicorn’s Holiday cupcake with candies. Allow the children to stick one sticker on each cupcake on the card. Encourage the children to touch the foam stickers then count each number to figure out the end number. For Holiday roll a number, place this card in your maths station. Allow the children to roll dice. Allow children to count the dots on the dice that they rolled. Allow children decorate the Holiday cupcake with candies. Allow children to place the correct amount of foam stickers on the Holiday cupcake. Example: If a four is rolled, four stickers should be placed on the cupcake.

Australian Animals Literacy Activities includes Australian animals pre-writing papers, Australian animals alphabet do-a-dot activity, and Australian animals alphabet writing papers. Allow students to progress from letter recognition, to pre-writing skills, to writing letters. Black and white options are available in this resource if you choose to use an ink saving option. This resource also comes with Australian animals book suggestions. For pre-writing papers, choose which papers you want the students to use; place papers in your writing station (center). There is a blank paper with graphics only also. Place writing utensils. Allow children to trace the various marks. Allow children to use the blank paper to make their own pre-writing marks. This is good for fine motor as well as pre-writing practice. For do-a-dot letters, pick which papers you want to use. Place the papers in your literacy station (center). Place washable markers alongside the papers. Allow children to do the letters with the markers. Encourage children to say the name of the letters aloud. Each paper includes a realistic graphic of an Australian animal and the beginning letter. This activity also helps with fine motor skills in addition to letter recognition. For writing papers, choose which papers you want to use; place papers in your literacy station (center). Place writing utensils alongside the papers. Each paper includes a realistic graphic of an Australian animal as well as the beginning sound in uppercase and lowercase letter. Encourage children to try to write the letter on the line provided. There is also plenty of space on these writing papers for children to draw and/or make marks. If children are having difficulty copying the letters, this is fine! All that matters is that they are seeing the letters and are practicing writing skills whether that be pre-writing marks and scribbles, drawings, letter like marks, or fully formed letters. This resource includes sixteen pages of activities in two different options including ink saving option. * Total of 32 pages worth of activity options to choose Early Learning Standards researched and referenced as a guide. This resource aligns with the following standards: UK Early Years Foundations: Early Years Outcomes Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia My Play based resources touch on universal Early Learning standards. Thank you for taking a look at my resource. I hope you find it helpful. Don’t forget to leave feedback! I greatly appreciate all feedback. Click my linktree to follow me on social media and to sign up to my newsletter to stay up to date on new content, discount bundles, and sales. https://linktr.ee/ecplayandlearn

These play-dough mats have both lowercase and uppercase alphabet letters and beginning sounds pictures. This activity will help children learn letter recognition; it will also give children fine motor skills practice. Laminate the mats and cut out along the border. Place the mats in your fine motor manipulatives station alongside play-dough. Allow children to use play-dough to form uppercase and lowercase letters. Also, allow children to use play-dough to decorate the beginning sounds pictures. Twenty-six pages of mats for every letter of the alphabet are included. Early Learning Standards researched and referenced as a guide. This resource aligns with the following standards: UK Early Years Foundations: Early Years Outcomes Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia My Play based resources touch on universal Early Learning standards. Thank you for taking a look at my resource. I hope you find it helpful. Don’t forget to leave feedback! I greatly appreciate all feedback. Click my linktree to follow me on social media and to sign up to my newsletter to stay up to date on new content, discount bundles, and sales. https://linktr.ee/ecplayandlearn

These play-dough mats have lowercase alphabet letters and beginning sounds pictures. This activity will help children learn letter recognition; it will also give children fine motor skills practice. Laminate the mats, and cut along the border. Place the mats in your fine motor manipulatives station alongside play-dough. Allow children to use play-dough to form lowercase letters. Also, allow children to use play-dough to decorate the beginning sounds pictures. Twenty-six pages of mats for every letter of the alphabet are included. Early Learning Standards researched and referenced as a guide. This resource aligns with the following standards: UK Early Years Foundations: Early Years Outcomes Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia My Play based resources touch on universal Early Learning standards. Thank you for taking a look at my resource. I hope you find it helpful. Don’t forget to leave feedback! I greatly appreciate all feedback. Click my linktree to follow me on social media and to sign up to my newsletter to stay up to date on new content, discount bundles, and sales. https://linktr.ee/ecplayandlearn

These play-dough mats have uppercase alphabet letters and beginning sounds pictures. This activity will help children learn letter recognition; it will also give children fine motor skills practice. Laminate the mats, and cut along the border. Place the mats in your fine motor manipulatives station alongside play-dough. Allow children to use play-dough to form uppercase letters. Also, allow children to use play-dough to decorate the beginning sounds pictures. Twenty-six pages of mats for every letter of the alphabet are included.