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4 Fun Thanksgiving Math Activities to Help Improve Addition and Subtraction Fluency!
Looking for some Thanksgiving math activities children will love? These activities will be perfect and help to improve addition and subtraction fluency while also being engaging and fun! Adding in fun themed learning during the holidays can bring extra fun and excitement! These turkey themed Thanksgiving math activities were loved and enjoyed by my students and cover addition and subtraction fluency and fact families. The activities are great to use for whole group, in math centers, in a small group, for fast early finishers or for extra practice at home with a parent! All activities feature addition or subtraction fluency within 10. After learning all about these fun Thanksgiving math…
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Leaf Shape Match Fall Sensory Bin Activity
Looking for a fun way to practice shapes while having some sensory bin fun? Try this leaf shape match Fall sensory bin freebie! Supplies needed: Bowl/storage container or bin Leaves (from craft supply store or from a nature walk outside) Printable pages (download this freebie below) Scissors Optional additions: pumpkins, tongs/tweezers Simply print out the pages, grab a bin, some leaves and you are ready for some shape matching Fall sensory bin fun! For best results, print pages on cardstock for more durability. You can choose from two options: buy leaves from your local craft supply store (like shown in picture) or you could easily head outside and grab some…
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Water Balloon Color Sort Activity
Practice colors with this simple and fun activity out in the sun! Supplies needed: Water balloons Colored construction paper Optional water table Simply choose some water balloon colors, fill them with water and head outside! We grabbed colored construction paper to match the balloon colors and used these papers to help sort the balloons by colors. We played this activity in a few different ways! First, we placed the construction paper pieces out on the ground and placed the water balloons in a bucket. We took out one water balloon at a time and talked about its color while placing it onto the correct matching paper. We also played this…
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Baby Dinosaur Letter Activity
Do your kiddos love dinosaurs? Wanting some extra practice with letters? Try using these baby dinosaurs to practice letters a-d! This free printable can be used in a variety of ways and can be differentiated to make it easier or harder for younger or older kiddos! This activity is a great way to practice uppercase and lowercase matching and letter names and sounds! Supplies needed: Printable pages Construction paper Scissors Glue Crayons or Markers Simply cut the baby dinosaur letters, match the uppercase and lowercase letters, glue them to construction paper and practice those letter names and sounds! For some additional fun, color them in with crayons, markers or paint!…
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Dinosaur Colors
Looking for a fun way to practice color words and sight words? This dinosaur themed book activity was perfect! We would simply pull out a color flashcard, read the page and then would color it in. The fun dinosaur theme helps to keep interest high and when all the pages are complete and colored you can staple it together and create a book for extra reading and color practice. The book features two different sentence options with the color word coming before the noun or after the noun. We loved using the book where the noun comes before since it is easier to learn colors this way for younger kiddos.…
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Dinosaur Prints
Looking for a simple and fun way to practice letters while playing and having fun with dinosaurs? Try this dinosaur prints activity! This activity makes a perfect way to practice letter D. Supplies needed: play-doh dinosaur toys Start by making the letter D out of play-doh, practice its name and sound. Next, have the dinosaurs go stomping! Kiddos will have so much fun making dinosaur prints in the play-doh! For a fun addition while completing the activity play the song “We are the Dinosaurs” by the Laurie Berkner Band! We had so much fun listening and having the dinosaurs go stomping to the fun beat in this song! You can…
