This activity packet comes with Monster Name Practice sheet and Monster Build-A-Name. For Monster Name Practice, write children’s names on the ribbon strip. Next, let children build their names with magnet letters. Let children stamp their names with letter stamps. Finally, let children write their names; they may use crayons, markers, or pencils. Monster Name Practice comes in colorful and black and white options. Monster Build-A-Name is editable. For Monster Build-A-Name, edit the letters to match the letters in your students name. Please, only edit the letters; do not claim any of the work in this packet as your own. I have used Pond Free Me for the font for the letters because it closely resembles handwriting that would be familiar to children. You may change the font to anything you wish if you do not want to use this one. You may also choose to change the size and color of the font as well. Click on the letter on the candy, and you should be able to edit the letter. If you have never edited in Word and can not get it to work, please email me. I will explain it to you more. My email is in the ecplayandlearn@gmail.com. I have provided sixteen candies for letters for names. You may re-edit, and you may make more copies if you need more than sixteen letters. After you have all the letters that you need printed out, cut out the monster and the candies. Tell the children that the baby monster needs candy; tell them that the candies will spell their name. Have the children find the candies with the letters that are in their names. Have the children put the letters of their name in order. Have the children tape the candy letters together. The letters should be displayed up and down. I have examples for you to reference. Once the candy letters are taped together, ask the children to spell their names. 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 If you like this resource, check out Halloween Monster Lesson Plan for more monster themed activities! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-monsters-lesson-plan-12197262

This Holiday packet comes with Holiday name practice sheets and Holiday writing prompts. The Holiday name practice comes in both colourful and black and white versions. The name practice sheets also comes with the option of reindeer graphics or snowman holiday cupcake graphics. For Holiday name practice, write children’s names on the ribbon strip. Next, let children build their names with magnet letters. Let children stamp their names with letter stamps. Finally, let children write their names; they may use crayons, markers, or pencils. The writing prompts come in several options. The options are “For the Holidays, I”, “For Christmas,I”, “For Hanukkah, I”, and “For Kwanzaa, I.” Choose the papers that best suit your students. Give a paper to each student, and ask each student to complete the sentence. The papers come with space to draw pictures. You can choose a paper that has three lines or only two lines with more drawing space. When the children complete the phrase, write the sentence on their papers. If older children want to write some words themselves, help them do so. Allow children to draw pictures that go along with their sentences on their writing papers. 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. Follow me on social media! https://linktr.ee/ecplayandlearn If you like this resource, check out December Holidays Literacy and Maths! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/december-holidays-literacy-and-maths-12210812

Allow children to learn about various things associated with school. Bingo games are wonderful for introducing children to math skills such as finding matches, for improving critical thinking skills, for improving concentration skills, and just for making learning into a fun game! This is a great addition to your back to school themed math center, and it is especially perfect to play during groups. I hope your students enjoy playing School Bingo! Laminate cards. Cut out the calling cards. Give children the bingo cards. Call out the pictures. Let children use bingo daubers, washable dot markers, dry erase markers, or math counters to mark their squares. Play as a typical game of bingo. If washable markers are used, just wipe the laminated cards clean to be used again. Game includes four Bingo cards plus calling cards. 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 this link to follow me on social media and to subscribe to my newsletter for updates on new content, discount bundles, and sales. https://linktr.ee/ecplayandlearn If you like this resource, check out these other Bingo games! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/summer-bingo-12138252 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/buggy-bug-bingo-12101773 https://www.tes.com/en-us/teaching-resource/shape-bingo-12095816

Laminate the pages. Cut out the clip art. You might want to do this as a story time activity first. Tell the children during story time that they are going to create their own story. Tell the children that it is going to be a Imagination Land story. Show the children a few pieces of clip art; then ask one child to choose a clip art. If the child chooses a tree, say the story is going to take place in the forest. Then ask another child to choose a clip art. This time choose clip art that will be a character. If the child chooses a super hero, say that the story is going to have a superhero in the forest. Lastly, ask another child what will happen. If the child chooses an ice cream, say that the superhero is eating ice cream in the forest. Keep asking children one by one to add to the story. Hold the laminated pieces of clip art up for the children to see as you help them tell their story. Next, put the clip art into three small boxes; one box for setting, one box for characters, and one box for plot. Place the boxes on a table in your literacy center. Show the children the storyboard. Show them how to use it. Explain that the first part is for where they want the story to take place, the second box is for the characters, and the third box is for what they want to happen in the story. Show the children that they may place clip art on each section. They may have planets on the setting part, they may have pirates and superheros on the character part, they may have camping things or treats, etc on the plot part, and so on. After the children understand how to use the board, let them place whichever pieces of clip art they choose on the board to create their own stories on their own. You may place Velcro on the board and the clip art if you wish, or you may just let the children lay the clip art on the board. Personally, I would just let them lay the clip art on the board. I also wouldn’t worry about cutting out the clip art out perfectly; I would leave some white. The clip art is on the small side, and this should be a helpful product for you! Don’t make it too tedious! Seven storyboard pages included. 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.

Laminate; cut out eggs. Tape the eggs onto Popsicle sticks to make puppets. The puppets can be used for finger plays, songs, stories, dramatic play etc. Sing songs and read stories about feelings. Then encourage children to identify the expressions on the puppets, and encourage children to discuss feelings. Later, allow the children to play with the puppets; engage in conversations about feelings with the children as they play with the puppets. The egg puppets have different expressions: happy, sad, angry, confused, and excited. The expressions are emoji faces. Three pages worth of Easter egg emotions.

This St. Patrick’s Day theme activity gives children many opportunities to practice their names. Write children’s name on the rainbow strip. Next, let children build their name with magnet letters. Let children stamp their name with letter stamps. Finally, let children write their name in rainbow colors; they may use crayons, markers, or pencils. 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 this link to follow me, and to stay up to date on new content, discount bundles, and sales. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/bekastks If you like this resource, check out these other St. Patrick’s Day activities. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-activities-packet-12075884 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-math-and-literacy-activities-12082182

Included in this activity packet are the following: Mother’s Day bookmarks, Mother’s Day cards, two writing craftivities, and a Mother’s Day toast recipe. Cut out the bookmarks. Some book marks are colored, and some book marks are not so that the children can color them. For the Mother’s Day cards, cut out the cards; let the children color them; then let the children color a picture or paint hand prints on the front. I have provided three different options for cards to include children who may not have a mother or mother figure; mother day can be for any special people in our lives! For one of the craftivity, ask the children to complete the sentence. For younger children, write what they say. The other craftivity includes a poem. Both craftivities have a space for the children to draw a Mother’s Day picture or paint hand prints. For the recipe, just help the children follow the simple, child friendly recipe. There are four simple steps. When the recipe is complete, enjoy! Children and their loved ones will love these Mother Day activities! Eight pages of activities and one recipe example page are all included.

Included in this packet are Father’s Day cards, Father’s Day bookmarks, two writing craftivities, two Father’s Day coloring crafts, and a Father’s Day pudding parfait recipe. For the Father’s Day cards, cut out the cards; let the children color them; then let the children color a picture or paint hand prints on the front. I have provided three different options for cards to include children who may not have a father or father figure; father’s day can be for any special people in our lives! Cut out the bookmarks. Some book marks are colored, and some book marks are not so that the children can color them. For one of the craftivity, ask the children to complete the sentence. For younger children, write what they say. The other craftivity includes a poem. Both craftivities have a space for the children to draw a Father’s Day picture or paint hand prints. For the coloring crafts, give the children markers, crayons, colored pencils, or even water colors. You can give the children glitter, sequins, adhesive jewels, craft buttons, etc for added creativity. Give the coloring crafts to the children. Simply allow the children to color and decorate the pages. For the recipe, just help the children follow the child friendly recipe. There are four easy to follow steps. When the recipe is complete, enjoy! Children and their loved ones will love these Father’s Day activities! Ten pages worth of activities and one recipe example is included.

This bear themed activity packet includes five activities. The included activities are B is for bear, bear paw prints, what do bears eat? activity, bear hole punch/lacing card activity, and bear cave gross motor activity idea. Your students are sure to have fun as they learn about bears through these play based, engaging activities! Print several pages of the bear paws. Laminate and use in a follow the bear prints game. As an extension, you could do hand print art. When their hand prints are dry, allow the children to examine the bear paw print cut outs alongside their own hand prints. Ask the children to compare and contrast the bear paw prints to their hand prints. A black and white ink saving option is included for bear paws. For the activity what bears eat, laminate the cut-outs. Put Velcro on a poster board, and put Velcro on the cut-outs. Ask the children to Velcro to the boards only the foods that bears eat. Make as many copies of B b is for bear, and place the pages in your literacy center. You may wish to laminate B b is for bear page and give children dry erase markers. The children can use dry erase markers to write letter B b, or they can copy the letter on other paper. Both colored and black and white versions are included for B b is for bear. For fine motor hole punch, let the children use a hole puncher on the circles around the bear. After using the hole puncher, the children can use string for lacing. And for gross motor bear cave activity, set up a bear cave area for children to crawl in and out. There are seven pages of activities included.

Unicorn Colours Memory Matching Game is a fun, engaging way for children to learn colours, practice maths skills, practice literacy skills, and practice critical thinking skills; this matching game can be used during a group activity. This resource has UK spelling. Colours included in these cards are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black, grey, and white. Make two copies of all the cards. Laminate and cut out the cards. Use the cards for a memory matching game. Allow children to find unicorns that are the same colour; allow children to make matches based on colour. Colour words typed in the matching colour are also included on the cards. Older children can be encouraged to recognize the colour words; early learners can be encouraged to recognize letters; some older early learners may even recognize some colour words. Give the children opportunity to learn in a variety of ways at their own paces. There are six pages worth of cards.

Unicorn Colors Memory Matching Game is a fun, engaging way for children to learn colors, practice math skills, practice literacy skills, and practice critical thinking skills; this matching game can be used during a group activity. Colors included in these cards are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black, gray, and white. Make two copies of all the cards. Laminate and cut out the cards. Use the cards for a memory matching game. Allow children to find unicorns that are the same color; allow children to make matches based on color. Color words typed in the matching color are also included on the cards. Kindergartners can be encouraged to recognize the color words; older preschoolers can be encouraged to recognize letters; some older preschoolers may even recognize some color words. Give the children opportunity to learn in a variety of ways at their own paces. There are six pages worth of cards.

Allow children to learn about various things associated with summer, and allow them to learn about colors through this Bingo game! Bingo games are wonderful for introducing children to math skills such as finding matches, for improving critical thinking skills, for improving concentration skills, and just for making learning into a fun game! This is a great addition to your summer math center, and it is especially perfect to play during groups. I hope your students enjoy playing Summer Fun Bingo. Laminate cards. Cut out the calling cards. Give children the bingo cards. Call out the pictures and colors. Let children use bingo daubers, washable dot markers, dry erase markers, or math counters to mark their squares. Play as a typical game of bingo. If washable markers are used, just wipe the laminated cards clean to be used again. Game includes six Bingo cards plus calling cards.

This booklet is filled with cute, baby animal pictures. It is informative; it contains the name of each baby animal, and it also contains sight word sentences. Your students will enjoy reading along with you and learning baby animal names. I hope you find this resource to be a helpful, interactive read along booklet. To prep, fold the pages in half, cut the pages into two parts and trim if necessary. Next, staple the corner of the pages. When putting the book together, the page with words goes first, and the page with the picture that matches the word goes next. After the books are prepped, give the books to the children and read along with them. The booklet includes the sight words I, see, the. You may allow the children circle the sight words as they read along with you, or you may use the color code provided and allow the children to color the sight words. The booklet also includes “My favorite baby animal is___.” page. Ask the children what their favorite baby animal is; write their answer on the line. Older children may be able to write their answer without help. Also included is a “My drawing page.” Let the children draw their own animal pictures. Ten pages of book pages.

Your students are sure to enjoy this hands on booklet. Colourful Autumn Leaves Book will help your students learn all about the different colours of autumn leaves. Read to students for a group activity, and have them follow the hands on directions as you read; you may also place the booklets in your reading center for children to look through after the group reading activity is finished. This booklet is UK spelling version. To prep, fold the pages in half, cut the pages into two parts and trim if necessary. Next, staple the corner of the pages. When putting the book together, the page with words goes first, and the page with the picture that matches the word goes next. After the books are prepped, give the books to the children and read along with them. The booklet includes the sight words in, the, some, are. You may allow the children to circle, highlight, or underline the sight words as they read along with you. You may also allow the children to dot the sight words with dot markers or place a sticker under the sight words. Choose whichever way works best for you and your students! The booklet also has colour words. The colour words are typed in the correct colour. There is a “My favourite autumn colour is___.” page. Ask the children what their favourite autumn color is; write their answer on the line provided. Older children may be able to write their answer without help. There is a page included that allows the children to colour autumn leaves. Lastly, there is a “My autumn picture” page. Let the children draw their own autumn picture.

This math and literacy packet includes complete the patterns, two number puzzles (1-5 and 6-10), Hh is for hat, dot letters, and “My wish is…” writing project. All the activities are St. Patrick’s Day themed. For dot letters, write a letter on the paper provided; give the children dot markers or paint and Q-tips; finally, allow the children to find the matches, and to dot the matches. Dot letters includes a page of blank shamrocks; add your own letters to the shamrocks! “My wish is…” literacy activity can be done as a craftivity, or it can be done just as a writing project. Make copies, and cut out the literacy activity paper below. Ask the children what their wish is; write what they say on the paper. Lastly, the paper can be pasted onto a paper bag puppet project; or it can be left as is. Your Early Learners will enjoy all of these hands on math and literacy activities!

This color words booklet is filled with many different color words and accompanying pictures. On the second part of each page, the children can color the color word. Older children can be encouraged to color the color words the correct color; don’t worry too much about which colors younger preschoolers use. The main goals for younger preschoolers are that they are being introduced to colors, and that they are handling a book. The last page is “My favorite color is” and “My drawing.” Help children write their favorite color, and let them draw a picture. For prep, fold the pages in half, cut the pages into two parts and trim if necessary. Next, staple the corner of the pages. After the books are prepped, give the books to the children, read along with the children, and let them color. Thirteen book pages. My children love this book, and I am sure your students will enjoy it as well!

Allow children to learn about things associated with the December holiday season through this bingo game! This is a great addition to your holiday themed maths station, and it is especially perfect to play during groups. I hope your students enjoy Happy Holidays Bingo! Graphics such a holiday cookies, snowmen, snow globes, and winter owls, etc. are on the bingo cards. Bingo games are wonderful for introducing children to maths skills such as finding matches, for improving critical thinking skills, for improving concentration skills, and just for making learning into a fun game! Laminate cards. Cut out the bingo cards, and cut out the calling cards. The bingo cards should just be trimmed along the black border; the calling cards should be cut into small, individual cards. Call out the holiday pictures and colours. Let children use bingo daubers, dot markers, dry erase markers, or maths counters to mark their squares. Play as a typical game of bingo. If markers are used, just wipe the laminated cards clean to be used again. Game includes six Bingo cards plus calling cards. 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

Summer Christmas Bingo is perfect for Australian or Hawaiian teachers and students who are celebrating Christmas in the summer season or summer like weather; this is also perfect for teachers in other parts of the world to teach students about the differences in Christmas around the world! This is a great addition to your holiday themed maths station, and it is especially perfect to play during groups. I hope your students enjoy Summer Christmas Bingo! These have cute summer Christmas themed graphics such as a snowman with sunshades and floaty, surfing snowman, sloth with Santa hat and sunglasses, summer refreshments, bright colored Christmas trees, sun, palm tree, bright colored Christmas elves, and more! Bingo games are wonderful for introducing children to maths skills such as finding matches, for improving critical thinking skills, for improving concentration skills, and just for making learning into a fun game! Laminate cards. Cut out the bingo cards, and cut out the calling cards. The bingo cards should just be trimmed along the black border; the calling cards should be cut into small, individual cards. Call out the holiday pictures and colours. Let children use bingo daubers, dot markers, dry erase markers, or math counters to mark their squares. Play as a typical game of bingo. If markers are used, just wipe the laminated cards clean to be used again. Game includes six Bingo cards plus calling cards.

This booklet is filled with cute, baby animal pictures. It is informative; it contains the name of each baby animal, and it also contains sight word sentences. Your students will enjoy reading along with you and learning baby animal names. I hope you find Baby Animal Book UK Version to be a helpful, interactive read along booklet. To prep, fold the pages in half, cut the pages into two parts; trim. Next, staple the corner of the pages. When putting the book together, the page with words goes first, and the page with the picture that matches the word goes next. After the books are prepped, give the books to the children, and read along with them. The booklet includes the sight words I, see, the. You may allow the children to circle the sight words as they read along with you. As an alternative, you may allow children to use the code provided to help them mark the sight words. The booklet also includes UK spelling of the word favourite. There is a “My favourite baby animal is___.” page. Ask the children what their favourite baby animal is; write their answer on the line. Older children may be able to write their answer without help. Also included is a “My drawing page.” Let the children draw their own animal pictures. Ten pages of book pages.

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.