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Preschool Spring social studies games
Spring Math and Literacy Centers for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Spring activities and centers are loaded with fun, spring activities to help your students build math and literacy concepts! Now includes two fine motor activities, one writing center, six literacy activities, and eight math activities.Literacy skills covered are letter identification, letter formation, beginning sounds, rhyming, syllables, sight words, vocabulary, and writing/journaling. Math skills covered are one-to-one correspondence, counting, addition, patterns, number identification, an
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PreK - K
Plants Math and Literacy Centers for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Plant Math and Literacy Centers are loaded with fun, hands-on plants and flower themed activities to help your students build math and literacy concepts! Now includes two fine motor activities, one writing center, six literacy activities, and eight math activities.Literacy skills covered are letter identification, beginning sounds, name writing, handwriting, building vocabulary, compound words, syllables, sight words, and writing/journaling. Math skills covered are one-to-one correspondence, cou
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PreK - K
Birds Math and Literacy Centers for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Birds Math and Literacy Centers are loaded with fun, hands-on bird themed activities to help your students build math and literacy concepts! Now includes two fine motor activities, one writing center, six literacy activities, and eight math activities.Literacy skills covered are letter identification, beginning sounds, name writing, handwriting, building vocabulary, rhymes, opposites, sight words, and writing/journaling. Math skills covered are one-to-one correspondence, counting, addition, maki
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PreK - K
Who Am I? - Community Helpers Powerpoint Game #1
Community helpers games are great for teaching students about different community jobs. In this "Who am I" game, students must guess the community worker. There are 10 questions and you just click on each question to go to it. Each question has 3 clues and student have to guess which community helper it describes. Clues include tools they may use, what they do, and where they may work. Great for a whole class review or rainy day activity. Great for individual practice on the iPad! Extra licens
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Kindergarten Games Bundle
Careers, Community Helpers Guessing Game Digital & Printable
This Careers and Community Helpers Guessing Game makes learning about careers and community helpers interactive and FUN! Students pretend to be "Career Detectives" and use their clues to solve 17 riddles. ✅ Both a digital for Google Slides™ and a PowerPoint version of the presentation are included, as well as a printable mini coloring book!✨THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:✅ A digital for Google Slides™ Career Guessing Game with 17 clever career riddles. Students (or educators) read the riddle, use the cl
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: School Counseling SEL Curriculum 10 Classroom Guidance Lessons #2
Speech Toss BUNDLE a speech therapy game
Do you need a super fun activity to keep your students engaged? Do you have mixed articulation and language groups? Try this fun pom pom tossing game for common articulation and language targetsYour students will love tossing pom poms into mini-cups while practicing articulation and language skills. This activity was designed to be simple, engaging, and low prep!This download contains the following two products: (do not buy this bundle if you own one of them). **Artic Toss Includes color and bla
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PreK - 6th
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Bugs and Insects Comprehension Activity
Play this fun interactive game with your students to teach them about 16 different bugs! You can use this a multitude of ways for different grades and abilities! It can be a circle time activity for preschool. Have each child hold a bug card and as you read the clues, they can decide if that's their bug! Or you can use it in an elementary classroom as a reading comprehension literacy center matching activity! Enjoy! ***A black and white version has been added to this activity for your students t
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Farm Bug Ocean Zoo Community Comprehension Activity BUNDLE
Morning Work Tubs - Spring Fine Motor Bins - Math and ELA Centers - April
What's the difference between dreading morning arrival time and loving it? Morning Work Tubs! Engage your kindergarten students with these April Spring Themed, fine motor-focused, morning work bins that explore new concepts and offer valuable practice through play for essential skills in both Math and ELA. In this set, you will find everything you need to organize, set up, and get started including 42 activities.Why Morning Work:►keeps students engaged in meaningful activities ►provides hands-on
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PreK - 1st
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Bug Patterns Kindergarten Math Center | Worksheets and File Folder Game
Do your kindergarten students need activities to practice or reinforce skills with patterns? Are you looking for worksheets that include fine motor practice while working on math skills in a bug theme for spring?Grab these worksheets and file folder game to use as a math center, extra practice, homework, and more!Have your students practice patterns by cutting and gluing images at the bottom of each page to complete the insect patterns, and by coloring in bug pictures to create the patterns list
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Patterns Kindergarten Math Centers | Worksheets & File Folder Game
Farm Bug Ocean Zoo Animals Movement Cards Brain Break Transition Activity BUNDLE
Buy all four of my animal themed movement cards for preschool and save 25%!! Are you struggling to find engaging brain break activities and smooth transition activities that prevent student behavior problems, occupy students with excess energy, and improve student listening skills? These farm, bug, ocean, and zoo movement cards will have your students attentive and engaged, all while learning farm, bug, ocean, and zoo animal vocabulary and burning some energy, so they can stay focused for the re
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PreK - 1st
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Artic Toss for Speech Therapy Articulation Pom Pom Toss Game
Do you need a super fun activity to keep your articulation students engaged? Your students will love tossing pom poms into mini-cups while practicing articulation. Easily get 100+ trials per session with this activity. Try Artic Toss for Speech Therapy! A fun pom pom tossing game for common Articulation TargetsColor AND black & white! Low Prep! Ink Friendly Options!This activity was designed to be a simple, no-prep activity to target articulation in an engaging way. This version includes th
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: Speech Toss BUNDLE a speech therapy game
Ocean Animals Movement Cards for Brain Break Transition Activity
Are you struggling to find engaging brain break activities and smooth transition activities that prevent student behavior problems, occupy students with excess energy, and improve student listening skills? These ocean animal movement cards will have your students attentive and engaged, all while learning ocean animal vocabulary and burning some energy, so they can stay focused for the rest of the school day! This movement card set includes:Ocean animals such as shark, octopus, sting ray, turtle
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PreK - 1st
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Map Skills: Hands On Maps Center Social Studies
Hands-on maps center. Introduce beginning maps skills with this hands-on maps center. Includes: pictorial directions on set-up, "I can" directions, key, compass rose, task cards, interactive map pieces (picture cards of places in a community), differentiated recording sheets, map elements flip book in 3 levels and a "Build Your Own Compass Rose" activities.Use this map learning pack to teach kids beginning map skills! - Flip Books- Interactive "Build a Map" center- "Build Your Own Compass Ro
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PreK - 1st
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Farm Animal Movement Cards for Preschool and Brain Break Transition Activity
Are you struggling to find engaging brain break activities and smooth transition activities that prevent student behavior problems, occupy students with excess energy, and improve student listening skills? These farm animal movement cards will have your students attentive and engaged, all while learning farm animal vocabulary and burning some energy, so they can stay focused for the rest of the school day! This movement card set includes:Farm vocabulary such as horse, cow, duck, rooster, goat,
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PreK - 1st
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Ice Cream Themed Centers - End of Year Theme Days - Ice Cream Day
Ice Cream Day activities that your students will rave about for years! These Ice Cream themed centers contain all the math, writing, and creative resources you need to hold a successful celebration or even an End of the Year theme day! If you have stations on your mind but get overwhelmed at the thought of it, then this is just what you need! This resource is jam-packed with ice cream activities with engaging, hands-on stations. Aimed for Prek-2nd grade. This theme day is PERFECT for class parti
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PreK - 2nd
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Being a Good Citizen at Home, at School, and in the Community
You can use these cards in many ways.
1. Print these cards, cut them out, and use them as a visual introduction to citizenship.
• Show the students these cards and ask them if the children shown are being good citizens or if they are following rules at home, school, or in the community.
• Use these cards as discussion starters. Show a particular card and ask the students what they should do if someone else is not being a good citizen.
2. Print these cards, cut them out, and laminate them.
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PreK - 4th
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Butterfly CVC Rhyming Words Match Game - Rhyming Activity - Memory Game
This butterfly CVC rhyming word match game would be great for a literacy center. Students match up the 20 pairs of rhyming words. Can also be played as a memory game by placing the cards face down. Each student then turns over two cards and tries to make a match. May be played with all or just some of the pairs. Included are 40 cards. They measure 3 1/4 inches wide and print 6 to a page.Print the cards onto cardstock, trim and laminate for durability. Zipped file includes seven 8 1/2 x 11 page
Articulation Garden: Interactive Sensory Tub Activity
Making articulation activities an interactive experience is key for engaging preschoolers. This packet is developed to build a sensory tub with a garden theme. Included: 18 pages of carrots, radishes & flowers to put into a 'garden' or tub of beans. Add rakes or other little garden toys and have the students "plant" the garden and then harvest it too! This is a great way to target other language concepts like 'above' and 'below' the dirt and sequencing. Print and laminate cards. Purchase 5 L
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PreK - 1st
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Morning Work Tubs - Fine Motor Bins for ELA and Math - May - Kindergarten
Morning Work Tubs - Morning Work Bins! Students love how engaging they are and you'll love all the amazing practice it provides. Spring fine motor bin activities will save your sanity and engage your students. Your students won't even realize they are learning with these morning work tubs.⭐⭐If you'd like to see a detailed account of how I implement Morning Work Tubs, what is included in each set, and the materials used, check out my Morning Work Stations page for all the details HERE.Please not
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PreK - 1st
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April Phonics Games | Hide & Seek Editable Sight Word Practice for K & 1st Grade
Looking for FUN March Phonics Games? Hide and Seek is the best because it's editable so you can also review letters, practice sight words, or play a math game! This rainbow PowerPoint activity can be projected in your classroom so you can engage your students without printing or cutting anything!CLICK HERE TO SAVE BIG ON THE HIDE AND SEEK BUNDLE!Choose your favorite game:• 3 lowercase letter games• 3 uppercase letter games• 4 sight word games (total of 50 different sight words)• Editable game t
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PreK - 2nd
BACK TO SCHOOL BOOM CARDS ACTIVITY KINDERGARTEN GAME GOOD & BAD CHOICES SORT
GOOD CHOICES VS BAD CHOICES BOOM CARDS GAME (BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES K-2)This fun digital game is perfect for back to school and is specifically aimed to help kids identify good and bad choices. It contains 34 playable cards and could also be used throughout the year to reinforce good and bad choices. Kids have to look at each picture, determine if the action depicted is a good or bad choice and click the corresponding answer (thumbs up for good choice and thumbs down for bad choice). This
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PreK - 3rd
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Thanksgiving BINGO | Thanksgiving Vocabulary Activities | Thanksgiving Games
Embrace the spirit of gratitude with this captivating Thanksgiving BINGO game! Designed to complement your autumn celebrations, it's the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving party. Thanksgiving BINGO can be enjoyed by students of all ages. With this game, you'll seamlessly integrate Thanksgiving vocabulary and articulation practice for a memorable learning experience.Featuring 30 vibrant BINGO cards in both color and black/white, complete with options with and without words, versatility is key.
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: Holiday BINGO Bundle | Holiday Vocabulary Games | Holiday Activities
Movie and Popcorn Themed Centers - End of Year Theme Days
Movie and Popcorn Day activities that your students will rave about for years! These Movie and Popcorn themed centers contain all the math, writing, and creative resources you need to hold a successful celebration or even an End of the Year theme day! If you have stations on your mind but get overwhelmed at the thought of it, then this is just what you need! This resource is jam-packed with movie and popcorn activities with engaging, hands-on stations. Aimed for Prek-2nd grade. This theme day is
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PreK - 2nd
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St Patrick's Day Leprechaun Pot of Gold Treasure Scavenger Hunt Positional Words
Send your students on a St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun scavenger hunt for a pot of gold treasure hunt while solving riddle clues and using their positional word and seasonal vocabulary! Use the 6 rhyming editable riddle clues to have your students locate a pot of gold hidden by the leprechaun that visited your room! Each clue has a St. Patrick's Day themed riddle with a themed answer that will lead to the location of the next clue. However, the sixth (optional) clue turns out to be a typical "Lepr
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Importance of learning social studies
Social studies offers valuable insights into history, geography, and much more. Social studies captivates students by providing them with perspectives from the past, present, and future, allowing them to understand history and navigate current events. It enables them to appreciate how previous generations have shaped their present reality. In essence, social studies opens their eyes to the vastness of life beyond their immediate surroundings.
Benefits of learning social studies
Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:
- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
By teaching social studies, teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills, foster civic engagement, and promote social awareness and responsibility.
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On TPT, social studies resources come in various formats, from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of social studies concepts, or to reteach a tricky topic. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning social studies will be so much easier.
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If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital social studies resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you’re teaching students about America’s democratic process, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how to read maps, or World War II, we’ve got you covered.
Social studies resources on TPT offer informative lessons, engaging texts, intriguing facts, interactive puzzles, and enjoyable trivia games. These grade-specific resources ensure that all students can access age-appropriate materials that stimulate their minds and enhance their creative thinking abilities.
For instance, first graders can explore worksheets on senses and emotions, followed by a coloring page featuring Harriet Tubman. Older students can test their knowledge with quizzes on statistics and capital cities, then delve into the history of the Underground Railroad through an informational sheet or enjoy a word search focused on civil rights leaders. With such a wide variety of subjects and topics covered, our social studies pages provide endless opportunities for students to explore the world in captivating ways.
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There are many different types of history resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular social studies lessons include U.S. history, world history, ancient history, geography, civics, and government.
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