Kindergarten critical thinking school counseling resources for Montessori

Critical Thinking, Geometry, Visual Arts

This resource contains 20 picture puzzle cards that students can use to refine their visual discrimination, practice ordering and sequencing, reinforce positional words such as next to, on top, below, behind, etc., and build fun picture puzzles using rainbow colored popsicle sticks. Printable sticks also included if you do not have colored popsicle sticks. There are a variety of difficulty levels, making this a resource that grows with students and can be used in a multi age learning space. Perf

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PreK - K

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Mindfulness Bundle

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Classroom Management, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning

This bundle includes 5 resources designed to help children recognize, identify, and regulate emotions. Resources will help children name and recognize feelings in themselves and others, have discussions surrounding their feelings, the feelings of others, and the cause of those feelings, and reflect on and learn from experiences that caused a variety of emotions. There are also activities that help children learn to calm, regulate, and center their feelings in developmentally appropriate ways. **

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PreK - 1st

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Winter Toddler Sensory Bin Activities | Homeschool Preschool | Fine Motor Skills

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Critical Thinking, Occupational Therapy, Winter

Introduce your toddler and preschool children to sensory bins and vocabulary practice with this set of Winter-themed puzzles and matching mats!CLICK HERE to save $$$ on the full bundle of Toddler Sensory Bins!ACTIVITIES INCLUDED3 sets of matching sensory binsRecording sheets for matching3 sets of puzzles! These sensory bin activities are perfect for practicing fine motors skills, visual discrimination and discussing seasonal vocabulary!CLICK HERE to grab over 400 centers + 450 worksheets + 72 se

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PreK - 1st

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Also included in: Sensory Bin Toddler Activities | Homeschool Preschool | Fine Motor Skills

Mindfulness Mats Social Emotional Learning Bilingual

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Classroom Management, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning

This resource includes 8 mindfulness mats that are perfect for helping children center and regulate themselves and work on slow and deliberate movements as they do so. This doubles as a great fine motor activity as well. All lesson plans and instructions are in English and Spanish, and these mats can be used at home or in the classroom. Simply pair them with a small bowl of beads, buttons, shells, pom poms, or any other small loose parts you have lying around! This resource is in both English an

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PreK - 1st

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Also included in: Mindfulness Bundle

Fall Toddler Sensory Bin Activities | Autumn Homeschool Preschool | Tot School

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Autumn, Critical Thinking, Occupational Therapy

Introduce your toddler and preschool children to sensory bins and vocabulary practice with this set of Fall-themed puzzles and matching mats!CLICK HERE to save $$$ on the full bundle of Toddler Sensory Bins!ACTIVITIES INCLUDED3 sets of matching sensory binsRecording sheets for matching3 sets of puzzles! These sensory bin activities are perfect for practicing fine motors skills, visual discrimination and discussing seasonal vocabulary!CLICK HERE to grab over 400 centers + 450 worksheets + 72 sens

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PreK - 1st

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Classroom Community, Classroom Management, School Counseling

Also included in: Sensory Bin Toddler Activities | Homeschool Preschool | Fine Motor Skills

Mindful Breathing | Social Emotional Learning - SEL - YOGA

Created by

Firstiezzz With Flair

Mindful Breathing Cards | Mindful Breathing Techniques | YOGA | NEUTRAL COLORSBREATHING EXERCISES for YOUR TRAUMA INFORMED CLASSROOMThese exercises will help bring mindfulness, focus and calm into your classroom when you and your students need it most! Social emotional health is important now more than ever, even from kids who haven't experienced trauma!! So many kids suffer from ADHD, anxiety, and other mental health disorders. This is just the toolbox that these kids need!This resource teaches

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PreK - 8th

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Activities, Montessori

Shape Stacking Puzzle Cards

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Critical Thinking, Geometry, Visual Arts

This resource contains 20 picture puzzle cards that students can use to refine their visual discrimination, practice ordering and sequencing, reinforce positional words such as on top, below, behind, etc., and build fun picture puzzles using colored shapes. There are a variety of difficulty levels, making this a resource that grows with students and can be used in a multi age learning space. Perfect for morning tubs, early finishers, Montessori shelf work, indoor recess, sub plans, and more. If

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PreK - K

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Valentine's Day Toddler Sensory Bin Activities | Homeschool Preschool

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Critical Thinking, Occupational Therapy, Valentine's Day

Introduce your toddler and preschool children to sensory bins and vocabulary practice with this set of Valentine's Day-themed puzzles and matching mats!CLICK HERE to save $$$ on the full bundle of Toddler Sensory Bins!ACTIVITIES INCLUDED3 sets of matching sensory binsRecording sheets for matching3 sets of puzzles! These sensory bin activities are perfect for practicing fine motors skills, visual discrimination and discussing seasonal vocabulary!CLICK HERE to grab over 400 centers + 450 worksheet

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PreK - 1st

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Also included in: Sensory Bin Toddler Activities | Homeschool Preschool | Fine Motor Skills

Spring Toddler Sensory Bin Activities | Homeschool Preschool | Fine Motor Skills

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Critical Thinking, Occupational Therapy, Spring

Introduce your toddler and preschool children to sensory bins and vocabulary practice with this set of Spring-themed puzzles and matching mats!CLICK HERE to save $$$ on the full bundle of Toddler Sensory Bins!ACTIVITIES INCLUDED3 sets of matching sensory binsRecording sheets for matching3 sets of puzzles! These sensory bin activities are perfect for practicing fine motors skills, visual discrimination and discussing seasonal vocabulary!CLICK HERE to grab over 400 centers + 450 worksheets + 72 se

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PreK - 1st

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Also included in: Sensory Bin Toddler Activities | Homeschool Preschool | Fine Motor Skills

Identifying Feelings Cards Bilingual Social Emotional Learning

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Classroom Community, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning

This newly updated resource now has 48 diverse and inclusive pictures of children showing a wide variety of emotions for you to help your child or students recognize, identify, name, and discuss emotions they are feeling and others may be feeling. Lesson plans in both English and Spanish are included to give you all the tools you need to maximize this resource and feel confident in your ability to build a child's emotional intelligence. This resource is the base of our social-emotional learning

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PreK - 1st

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Activities, Flash Cards, Montessori

Also included in: All About Feelings Bilingual Social Emotional Learning Bundle

Social skills, think it or say it worksheets bundle, social emotional learning

Created by

Counsellorcronan

Your social filter makes sure that not all of your thoughts in your head come out of your mouth. Did you know that we have about 6000 thoughts every single day. Sometimes we have good thoughts and sometimes we have not so good thoughts. If we said everything that we were thinking, then some of our comments could be pretty hurtful to othersA social filter can act just like that for our thoughts, it traps all the mean, negative thoughts and lets all the good thoughts through. We can be a better fr

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Life Skills, School Counseling, School Psychology

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K - 6th

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Printables, Montessori

Also included in: Counselling essential bundle set, worries, social skills, self esteem

Montessori Constructive Triangle Command Cards

Created by

Montessori Mac

This material is a popular extension to the Constructive Triangles set. Using command cards will help students enhance critical thinking skills while refining their mastery level of the triangle boxes and the polygons each box creates. This set of 22 Sensorial command cards contains: *5 cards for the Large Hexagon Box *8 cards for the Small Hexagon Box *5 cards for the Triangle Box *4 cards for the Rectangle Box All cards are shaped to match their corresponding boxes for aesthet

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Critical Thinking, Geometry

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K - 3rd

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Montessori

Four Seasons - Real Picture Sorting Activity Cards w/ Introductory Info Cards

Created by

The Montessori Treehouse

Bring the four seasons to life in your classroom with these vivid photo flash cards! Work on visual discrimination and problem solving skills as you decide whether the pictures belong to winter, spring, summer, or fall. This activity comes with: • four information cards, one for each season • four headers (winter, spring, summer, fall) • 24 picture cards (six for each season) to be sorted into their appropriate seasonEach header has a different colored border, and each picture card has a reverse

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Critical Thinking, Science, Speech Therapy

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PreK - 1st

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Activities, Printables, Montessori

Opposite Picture Cards with Real Photos

Created by

The Montessori Treehouse

Work on critical thinking and problem solving skills with your students with these real photo opposite cards! This set comes with 36 picture cards to match by opposites. Flip the cards over to check your answers.Designed so your students can use the cards independently, the back of the cards are colour coded: orange backs are your control cards, and teal backs are your working cards. Once sorted into two piles, the child can confidently match the pictures on the working cards with the pictures o

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Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Speech Therapy

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PreK - 1st

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Activities, Printables, Montessori

Christmas Toddler Sensory Bin Activities | Homeschool Preschool | Tot School

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Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Critical Thinking, Occupational Therapy

Introduce your toddler and preschool children to sensory bins and vocabulary practice with this set of Christmas-themed puzzles and matching mats!CLICK HERE to save $$$ on the full bundle of Toddler Sensory Bins!ACTIVITIES INCLUDED3 sets of matching sensory binsRecording sheets for matching3 sets of puzzles! These sensory bin activities are perfect for practicing fine motors skills, visual discrimination and discussing seasonal vocabulary!CLICK HERE to grab over 400 centers + 450 worksheets + 72

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PreK - 1st

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Critical Thinking, Place Value, Winter

Also included in: Sensory Bin Toddler Activities | Homeschool Preschool | Fine Motor Skills

TEN AND ONES MAT COUNTERS N WORKSHEET WINTER THEME ENVISION

Created by

First and Fun

Tens and Ones Mat Counters n Worksheet WINTER THEME Envision 12 Fun Winter Theme Printable worksheets: 2 of each lessons one has an answer keyLessons:1. Counting with Groups of Ten and Leftovers2. Numbers made with Tens3. Tens and Ones4. Expanded Form5. Different Ways to make Numbers6. Problem Solving Make an Organizing ListThese work sheets can be used for homework, class work, early finishers or teacher assessments. This file consists of 12 work sheets, 2 Math Mats in both full color and grey

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K - 2nd

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Printables, Montessori, Centers

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Feelings Sort Social Emotional Learning Bilingual

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School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning

This resource allows children to recognize and identify feelings in others of all ages, races, and genders. Sorting header cards are in English, Spanish, and graphic form so readers and non readers alike can use this resource. The feelings happy, sad, and angry are addressed in this activity. This resource is in both English and Spanish and includes complete lesson plans to help you prepare, introduce, and extend the activity. If you enjoyed this resource check out more like this below:Mindfulne

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PreK - 1st

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Critical Thinking, Geometry, Math

Also included in: Mindfulness Bundle

Frog Theme Shape Sorting Puzzle - NO PREP Math Activity - Frog Shape POSTERS

Created by

AsToldByMom

Along with 11 FROG Shape Posters, 11 Trace and Color Frogs, 11 Clip Cards and 11 Cut & Paste Matching Sets for your bulletin boards, this Cut & Paste Shapes Activity will help students identify and distinguish various basic shapes and introduce them to the spellings of the shapes also.3 Activities Included:>> Cut & Paste of all Shapes' Frogs>> Trace and Color Shapes & Frogs>> Clip Cards>> PostersHow to do?Activity 1The cut outs which are to be cut are gi

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PreK - 3rd

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Activities, Montessori

Also included in: Math Centers - Learn Shapes - Sorting & Matching Activity (Homeschool)

Editable Summer School SEL Morning Meeting Slides for Community Circles

Created by

NamasteinSchool1

Looking for a no-prep way to make it through to the end of the year AND support inquiry and wonder in your morning meeting and circle time? These editable summer conversation starters with stunning watercolor winter clipart, include 66 prompts for your community circles, so you can plan less and be more present each morning. Simply choose your summer question of the day and have your primary students or counseling groups sit in a sharing circle and talk to connect. Topics include: social skills,

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School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning, Summer

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K - 2nd

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Activities, Montessori

CCSS:

SL.K.1

, SL.K.1a

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, SL.1.1

, SL.1.1a

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Also included in: End of Year Summer School Activities for Social Emotional Learning

On the Farm Sequencing Cards / Montessori / Unit Study / Where Does It Come From

Created by

Firefly and Fairy

Sequencing meets critical thinking! These On the Farm Sequencing Cards allow you to discuss with your preschool, kindergarten, and elementary students how six simple farm crops or animals turn into everyday items that most of us use or consume. Self-correcting makes them a great independent activity for workboxes, centers, unit studies, and more.Each themed sheet includes four cards that take the student from the plant or animal to the finished product through several stages that they will recog

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Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Science

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PreK - 2nd

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Printables, Games, Montessori

Also included in: GROWING BUNDLE: On the Farm Unit Study Self-Correcting Montessori Activities

Things That Go Together Cards

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Montessori Garden

10 matching card pairs (20 cards) of pictures that 'Go Together.' This set includes a control chart for self checking. This is great for a Montessori 3-6 year old primary or preschool age classroom. You could print this on card stock paper, laminate it and it would be ready to go on your classroom shelf.

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Critical Thinking, Reading Strategies, Vocabulary

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PreK - K

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Halloween Toddler Sensory Bin Activities | Homeschool Preschool | Tot School

Created by

Critical Thinking, Halloween, Occupational Therapy

Introduce your toddler and preschool children to sensory bins and vocabulary practice with this set of Halloween-themed puzzles and matching mats!CLICK HERE to save $$$ on the full bundle of Toddler Sensory Bins!ACTIVITIES INCLUDED3 sets of matching sensory binsRecording sheets for matching3 sets of puzzles! These sensory bin activities are perfect for practicing fine motors skills, visual discrimination and discussing seasonal vocabulary!CLICK HERE to grab over 400 centers + 450 worksheets + 72

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PreK - 1st

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