Little Detective's Discovery School designs curriculum for elementary and special needs students. Grades included are Preschool, Kindergarten, First, Second, and Third Grades. Resources include reading, math, writing, games, circle time, social emotional resources, Science, STEM, and more.
Little Detective's Discovery School designs curriculum for elementary and special needs students. Grades included are Preschool, Kindergarten, First, Second, and Third Grades. Resources include reading, math, writing, games, circle time, social emotional resources, Science, STEM, and more.
Spring Question of the Day is for Early Childhood Educators, Preschool Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten, and First Grade Elementary Teachers who want to use Question of the Day to enhance morning meetings, pre-reading skills, and reading skills. The question of the day also enhances previous taught skills such as less and more, patterns, colors, counting, reflecting on favorite stories, and graphing. The set includes 32 questions.
This year long question of the day set includes seasonal questions about Summer, Back to School, Fall, Christmas, Winter, and Spring. The children have a chance to practice name recognition, patterns, counting, size, graphing, colors, speech and language, and more. Overall, teachers save time for their morning meeting when they have the whole year planned for them! These have been used in my classroom and children love the questions.
How many questions are included? 144
What kind of questions are there?
Would you put a snowball in your pocket? based on the book the Snowy Day
Do you like to go camping?
Do you like to roast marshmallows?
Would you like to make an igloo?
This game includes an insect game board with insect cards with all different bugs with counting practice up to 10. Children count the insects and roll the dice and move along the board.
This addition Halloween mat can add fun as students learn how to add sets and count. This set can be used for individual practice during centers, one-on-one support with an intervention specialist, as well as small group instruction.
Monster Addition Math includes
Numbers 1 to 15 for differentiated practice based on their level.
16 Counting cards with unique monsters, pumpkins, spiders, and more.
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Here are some more resources that may work for your Fall planning!
all Question of the Day includes 26 colored questions that can be implemented during circle time to develop a classroom community. Graphing, patterns, counting, name recognition, and reading skills and communication will be practiced as each child answers the question. Question examples include Can you gobble like a turkey? Would you like to make a Jack o- Lantern? Would you like to jump in a pile of leaves? Do you like to make Smores?
Monster Math Mega Bundle includes fun Fall, Halloween, and Monster activities for a spooktacular classroom of independent, small group or center time learning. This bundle includes 9 Monster Math small group and center activities for work in Pres-K through Grade 2. Special needs students can benefit from repetitive practice of skills with these activities as well.
The bundle includes
Sort by size mat and activity cards,
Counting with one-to-one correspondence and number recognition mat, Addition mat and monster cards
Subtraction mat with monster cards
Monster measurement with non-standard units and color recognition,
Monster shape matching
and Monster shape signs.
A set of Halloween pattern cards and Fall patterns as well.
A differentiated skill work binder which can be used all year long and perfect addition to your morning routine. Fall themed, easily adaptable binder can be used for other scheduled times as well. This can also help special needs students by giving them the repetition and practice they need so they can master important skills with assistance or complete them on their own.
What is included?
One Fall Work Binder Cover. Simply add student’s name!
All pieces included for the child’s first name, last name, color words, sight words, pattern pieces, beginning sound pieces, morning greeting, and feelings visuals.
21 Pages for the Binder and growing. As pages grow simply update and receive all the new added pages each year.
What skills does this binder practice?
How would you like to be greeted page.
Social connection greetings and non contact social greetings such as dance, wave, and make a silly face.
How are you feeling page which includes a space for the child’s picture and a place to Velcro on the feeling face such as sleepy, happy, sad, mad, excited, nervous, and a blank on to add your own as needed.
Spell and Write First Name page
Spell and Write Last Name page
Learn colors with fun Fall pumpkins, ghosts, leaves, and more.
2 Mystery Finds Fall Counting Mats with numbers to attach.
Count the Fall leaves and animals and trace the number.
Pattern pages.
Beginning Sounds and write the letter practice.
Mystery Word! Read the sentence and find the missing word pages. Insert a word into the sentence and trace with a dry erase.
Match the Fall Word! Draw a line to the picture of the Fall object then trace the word.
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Some of you may also enjoy each year is the Spring Morning Work Binder for early elementary, Autism, and Special needs classes also.
Number recognition and counting with one-to-one correspondence with the nursery rhyme, Little Dog Where’s Your Bone is sure to bring a lot of smiles to the children as they are learning important counting, number recognition, and language skills.
Set includes 10 dog bones, 10 dogs with numbers on them, and the rhyme.
The rhyme included is Little Dog, Little Dog where’s your bone?
Somebody stole it from your home?
Could it be you? Maybe the monkeys at the Zoo?
Wake up Doggy! Find your bone!
Choose one child to be the Dog and give one child in a whole group the bone. All children hide their hands behind their backs. The child hiding their eyes chooses a few classmates to find the bone. Once they find it they count the dots on the bone and match it with one of the dogs on the white board.
This rhyme can be used in whole group, small group settings, and even individual center work time. This is a game that incorporates language development as children chant rhyming words, one-to-one correspondence, and number recognition to 10. This is a great way to engage our earliest learners in a game of hiding the little dog’s bone and matching the bone with the correct dog.
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Are you looking for an engaging way to teach telling time to the hour in Kindergarten or First grade? If so this product includes an interactive way to have fun practicing telling time to the hour.
This product has also been used in Special Education Preschool where children are learning about numbers.
Children are highly motivated to bring their cheese with the number on it to feed Mr. Mouse. They also enjoy putting the arrow on on the clocks in the book after feeding Mr. Mouse.
This is excellent for reinforcing rhyming as children chant the nursery rhyme with you and encourages speech and language development as well!
What is included?
The Hickory Dickory Dock Book with Clock.
Mini Lesson Plan explaining how to use the book and interactive pieces with students.
Twelve pieces of cheese with numbers on them.
Twelve arrows to place on the clock.
Children bring up their cheese with a number on it when they hear the number read.
Two telling time to the hour worksheets which can be included for assessment in Kindergarten and First Grade.
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This subtraction Monster Math Mat is great for teaching subtraction in an a hands on way to reinforce the lesson. Small group instruction, centers, and special needs environments with one-on-one support can help children as they practice this skill.
Set includes Monster Subtraction Mat
Monster Numbers 1-15
Subtraction cards which include unique monsters, pumpkins, spiders, and more.
This mat can easily be differentiated to use small items such as erasers, spider rings, gems and more to show how to take away to reach the final number.