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Preschool Winter social studies activboard activities

Preview of Penguins Theme SMARTboard Attendance for All Whiteboards - Winter Activities

Penguins Theme SMARTboard Attendance for All Whiteboards - Winter Activities

Created by
Pink Cat Studio
An internet connection is required to use this product. Have fun taking attendance with this Penguins theme interactive attendance program! Students touch their character when they arrive in class and their character jump into the water. The remaining characters left on screen make it easy for you to see who is away that day. The program works for any class size.AMAZING DEAL! Purchase my One Year Attendance Subscription to gain access to all of my fun attendance themes!This product is designed t
Preview of 100 Days Smarter Hat

100 Days Smarter Hat

Created by
The Kinder Kids
100 Days Smarter Hat These 100 Days Smarter Hats are in landscape format and measure 8.5 x 11. They are available in black and white. Students will color, cut and glue/staple the hat together. Celebrate the 100th day with fun and creativity! *** If you plan on sharing this resource, please purchase the appropriate number of licenses. The Kinder Kids Store prekprintables@outlook.com
Preview of January Digital Calendar

January Digital Calendar

Created by
KC Kindergarten
This January Digital Calendar for Google Slides™ is the perfect Morning Meeting tool for your students in the classroom. These interactive slides allow your students to explore the calendar, days of the week, seasons, weather, counting the days of school, and so much more!★ HERE’S WHAT’S INCLUDED!Editable Calendar - Students create their own patterns using 4 moveable themed number piecesPre-Made Calendars - Students use a transparent box to identify the day (AB, AAB, ABB, & ABC patterns)Days
Preview of Polar Bears Theme Attendance with Lunch Count for Interactive Whiteboards

Polar Bears Theme Attendance with Lunch Count for Interactive Whiteboards

Created by
Pink Cat Studio
An internet connection is required to use this product. Have fun taking attendance with this Polar Bears theme interactive attendance program! Students touch their character when they arrive in class and their character will run off screen. The remaining characters left on screen make it easy for you to see who is away that day. The program works for any class size.AMAZING DEAL! Purchase my One Year Attendance Subscription to gain access to all of my fun attendance themes!This product is designe
Preview of March Digital Calendar

March Digital Calendar

Created by
KC Kindergarten
This March Digital Calendar for Google Slides™ is the perfect Morning Meeting tool for your students in the classroom. These interactive slides allow your students to explore the calendar, days of the week, seasons, weather, counting the days of school, and so much more!★ HERE’S WHAT’S INCLUDED!Editable Calendar - Students create their own patterns using 4 moveable themed number piecesPre-Made Calendars - Students use a transparent box to identify the day (AB, AAB, ABB, & ABC patterns)Days o
Preview of February Digital Calendar

February Digital Calendar

Created by
KC Kindergarten
This February Digital Calendar for Google Slides™ is the perfect Morning Meeting tool for your students in the classroom. These interactive slides allow your students to explore the calendar, days of the week, seasons, weather, counting the days of school, and so much more!★ HERE’S WHAT’S INCLUDED!Editable Calendar - Students create their own patterns using 4 moveable themed number piecesPre-Made Calendars - Students use a transparent box to identify the day (AB, AAB, ABB, & ABC patterns)Day
Preview of January Kindergarten Calendar for ActivBoard

January Kindergarten Calendar for ActivBoard

Fun and interactive calendar for Promethean Board is packed full with over 60 pages of activities that include pages to review calendar, weather, days in school, money, syllables, beginning sounds, counting, number words, scrambled sentences, addition stories, Tic Tac Toe ; Build a Snowman Game & much more! This is a one time purchase because I update the calendars each year! *Must have ActivInspire software to use***Also available in a first grade version**
Preview of SNOWMEN Fine Motor Busy Bins (winter morning work tubs) - Preschool, Pre-K

SNOWMEN Fine Motor Busy Bins (winter morning work tubs) - Preschool, Pre-K

Created by
Modern Preschool
Wouldn't it be great to be able to build a snowman even if you lived where it never snowed? Our low prep SNOWMEN Fine Motor Busy Bins are the perfect way to bring winter into your preschool (pre-k) classroom! The Snowmen Fine Motor Busy Bins include 12 printable activities that offer fine motor practice which is key to developing little hand muscles to be ready to cut with scissors, hold pencils the correct way, buttoning jackets, opening lunch boxes, and tying shoes! Each busy bin includes a
Preview of Fire Safety | Google Slides

Fire Safety | Google Slides

Fire Safety Digital Activities Resource engages students in learning about fire safety both in person or virtually via Google Classroom or via screen share in Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or your preferred virtual platform. This no prep resource can be used for students independently, small group, or whole group.Included in this pack:Fire safety learning target slideLearn about Fire Safety (5 min video)Learn about Fire Fighters (10 min video)Fire Drill at School (5 min video)Virtual Field
Preview of Interactive Calendar Books -Autism-Circle Time Morning Meeting

Interactive Calendar Books -Autism-Circle Time Morning Meeting

Created by
Autism Realism
I use interactive calendar books for my students to complete independently at their desks as we are doing calendar each morning. It comes with interactive pieces for students to match - I have my higher level students use a dry erase marker and write each answer in the given space. Simply laminate and cut the pages, bind and add velcro!Enjoy!
Preview of Polar Bear Craft Template

Polar Bear Craft Template

Polar Bear Cut and Paste ProjectPaint or color, cut, and assemble this printable polar bear craft template for a fun arctic polar bear, brown bear, grizzly bear, or panda project to coordinate with a favorite book or unit study.The PDF download includes:A photograph of the completed projectDirectionsTemplate with all craft project pieces on one page Alternate template patterns on multiple pages to print or copy onto colored paper (for ease when completing this project with classes or larger grou
Preview of Time Line chronological order Social Studies cut and paste ESL

Time Line chronological order Social Studies cut and paste ESL

Here is a time line for chronological order with words and pictures. I tried it out on my kindergarten class and they were able to successfully complete it with a little bit of help. I have them write the words first, while we talk about it. They can then cut and paste the words on top of what they wrote and match the picture to it. If you like this or my other centers, but let me know. If there is a problem I would like to know that as well. I will be happy to make it right, before you pos
Preview of Patriotic Digital Resources | My Country Tis of Thee and America the Beautiful

Patriotic Digital Resources | My Country Tis of Thee and America the Beautiful

Patriotism lesson including the songs America the Beautiful and My Country Tis of Thee - Digital Resource for 1st Grade Social StudiesThis is an interactive Google Slides Lesson (62 slides) with 19 accompanying B&W printable worksheet activities. Read Aloud suggestions are included to support lessons:How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?, by Jane YolenThe Recess Queen, by Alexis O'NeillL is for Liberty, by Wendy LewisonLast Stop on Market Street, by Matt De Le PenaI have used this unit to meet the
Preview of Teen Numbers Are So Cool! for Promethean Board

Teen Numbers Are So Cool! for Promethean Board

This winter/snowman themed flipchart for Promethean board has 25 pages packed full of self checking and interactive activities to teach/learn about the teen numbers and counting on from 10 which are both Common Core Curriculum Standards for Kindergarten. Most of the pages uses reward sounds and/or containers to hold only the correct answer. *Must have ActivInspire software to use!* **Please note that some activites are similiar and/or repeat in Teen Number Tweethearts flipchart**
Preview of Home, School, and Community Authority Figures

Home, School, and Community Authority Figures

Created by
Oink4PIGTALES
Give your kindergarten and 1st grade students simple and easy to use practice and review activities for identifying community leaders and authority figures at home, in school, and in the community! This Community Leaders and Authority Figures BUNDLE includes NO-PREP Sorts Worksheets, Task Cards, Digital Boom Cards, and Easel Ready Interactive task cards! These supplemental social studies activities go GREAT with ANY social studies curriculum!Learning to identify authority figures can help your k
Preview of Sorting by Attribute | Winter | Boom Cards

Sorting by Attribute | Winter | Boom Cards

Do you want to make Sorting by attributes fun? Are you looking for purposeful, digital, NO PREP, paperless practice for Sorting by color, shape, size, number quantity, and more? This product is for you! This Boom Cards™ deck provides students practice with sorting buttons by attributes. There are audio directions, and the cards are randomized so students can play again and again.This game supports the Common Core Standards K.G.B.4, K.MD.B.3, K.CC.A.1, K.CC.B.4 In this deck, students will sort bu
Preview of Winter Adapted Book Boom™ Cards with WH-questions and Other Language Skills

Winter Adapted Book Boom™ Cards with WH-questions and Other Language Skills

Created by
Mia McDaniel
Even answering the most basic wh- questions can be a real challenge for our students with disabilities, but using these included Boom Card teaching visuals to teach how to answer who, what, when, why, and where questions, and then having students practice answering while reading the book, helps the concepts click! With over 80 language tasks, it's engaging, and it also allows YOU to take lots of data! It can truly be used for weeks!!TIP: If the child gets an answer wrong or does not choose an an
Preview of Hispanic Heritage Month~ Virtual Field Trip to Spanish Speaking Countries

Hispanic Heritage Month~ Virtual Field Trip to Spanish Speaking Countries

Created by
Anne Flores
I have collected a comprehensive collection of resources, activities, and read alouds intended to celebrate Hispanic Heritage through virtual field trip to each country. These animated Google Slides are great for online, in-person class learning and/or communication. This is an awesome way to keep your audience engaged and allows students of all levels to access. Also a great resource to share with parents to encourage/engage students in reading at home. Currently there are over 50+ resources li
Preview of HEARTS Fine Motor Busy Bins -Valentine's Day morning work tubs- Preschool, Pre-K

HEARTS Fine Motor Busy Bins -Valentine's Day morning work tubs- Preschool, Pre-K

Created by
Modern Preschool
It's time to focus on all things love, hearts, and hugs!  Valentine's Day is coming and the HEARTS Fine Motor Busy Bins were created to keep learning fun and on task while enjoying such a fun time during the year! The Hearts Fine Motor Busy Bins include 12 printable activities that offer fine motor practice for little hands.  Fine motor practice is needed to be ready to cut with scissors, hold pencils the correct way, buttoning jackets, opening lunch boxes, and tying shoes! Each busy bin inclu
Preview of Hibernation Bear Craft | Hibernation Craft | Hibernación

Hibernation Bear Craft | Hibernation Craft | Hibernación

This is a cute and fun Hibernation Bear Craft for your Winter Unit. Use This Bear in Cave Craft for your Science lesson of Hibernation. This Hibernating Bear Craft is also perfect for a Winter Bulletin Board! Included you will find Winter Writing Templates and Hibernation Activities that will make for the perfect Winter/ Hibernation Bulletin Board! Use this Hibernation Craft with students in Kindergarten through Second Grade! Includes Bear Hibernation Craft templates for copying and low prep ver
Preview of Timeline of the Year | End of the Year Memory Book | Year Long Writing Portfolio

Timeline of the Year | End of the Year Memory Book | Year Long Writing Portfolio

These year-long memory book and timeline activities are a fun way to highlight exciting events, field trips, celebrations, and accomplishments that happened in your classroom this year. Have students complete a writing (and interactive writing) session at the end of each month or recap the year all at once at the end of the year. Each student can make their own book to take home or have your students work together to create a class timeline of the year. There are so many ways to use this product
Preview of School: Then and Now

School: Then and Now

This is a sorting activity with 42 cards and 2 mats with pictures (side by side) of school elements from the past and today. Students will learn how each school element has changed such as room, uniform, books, teachers, lunchbox, discipline, etc. They will realize the extensive changes from their grandparents generation to theirs. School: Then and Now by Maria Elena Morales is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Preview of Map Skills & Cardinal Directions Google Slides

Map Skills & Cardinal Directions Google Slides

Created by
KinderCulture
These slide are packed full of interactive map activities. It includes the following slides.1 Definitions page1 Fill in the compass rose4 Holiday follow the cardinal directions4 use cardinal directions on a map4 map key questions3 map questions3 Fairytale use the arrows to find the wayThese slides meet many of the geography standards for elementary students.
Preview of Winter Language Boom™ Cards Game Show for Pre-K & Elementary

Winter Language Boom™ Cards Game Show for Pre-K & Elementary

Created by
Speech Your Mind
Winter Language Boom™ Cards - Game Show for Pre-K and Elementary Language No-Print, No-Prep interactive, engaging digital deck of 54 cards for targeting receptive and expressive language skills related to Winter. Everyone loves a GAME SHOW, amIright?!! This Winter Game Show is geared toward Pre-K and Early Elementary students (** I've also used this activity with older students with moderate to severe disabilities). A super fun way to work on answering questions about Winter concepts. Preview th
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Find Social Studies - History resources | TPT

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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