Scrambler Size Sort Activity

As part of B's pre-maths skills we have been using these kinds of activities to work on size discrimination.  One problem is explaining what he has to do - after big little and middle sized I kind of run out of vocabulary! Bob the Builder being one of his favourite characters I found and printed this Scrambler size sort from Tired Need Sleep.  B was not into having photos taken of these and kept scooping them up to take them away so here is part of one very dodgy photo just in case you don't know who Scrambler is (Bob the Builder would be horrified ;) ) there are actually 8 shapes.

Size Sort : Master List

With the labels tab getting VERY long I am trying to organise things better by having some posts containing master lists of the resources available/linked to on this blog.  These can be accessed from the tabs above.

This list is the Size Sort activities on the blog and will be updated periodically to include new additions.

Ant

Apple

Bob the Builder trucks

butterfly

caterpillar

dinosaur

elephant

fish

heart

hippo

kite

ladybird

monkey

nest

Octopus

pumpkin

quilt

rabbit

rainbow

Scarecrow

Scrambler

Snowman

Shovel or spade

Tractor

Turtle

watermelon

umbrella

valentine

Xylophone

Zebra

Letter S: s is for Snowman:Size Sort

This is just one of the activities offered for free by Confessions of a Homeschooler for s is for snowman suitable for pre-K.  It is one of those activities that B doesn't get (yet) and we have offered it and similar activities several times over the last year.  Whilst three snowman is OK ("big. little and middle") any more than this is just a little confusing for B at the moment so if you are offering this kind of activity for the first time you might want try it with a smaller number of snowman at first.

To download the pdf go to this page and scroll down to the appropriate image to find the link to the file.

Numeric Sequence Puzzles: Master list

With the labels tab getting VERY long I am trying to organise things better by having some posts containing master lists of the resources available/linked to on this blog.  These can be accessed from the tabs above.

This list is the numeric sequence puzzle pages on the blog and will be updated periodically to include new additions.

dinosaur

http://muckmonsters.blogspot.com/2012/01/letter-l-l-is-for-leaf-numeric-order.htmlleaf

Pig

scarecrow

snowman

Letter P: P is for Pig: Numeric Sequence puzzle

Here is another resource we prepared during the year for our pig day.

Download the free pdf from here

Letter P: P is for Pig:Magnet Page

Prepared for using when we got round to letter P or to a farm theme.

Click here to download the free pdf

Here is the whole pig themed day round up

Letter A: A is for angel: Magnet Page

In the spirit of the season we created this magnet page for the letter a.

As always use with round magnets, stones, bottle tops, dot-paint pens, pencils topped with erasers and ink pads,Q-Tips and paint, fingertips and paint, dot stickers or any other manipulatives that you can think of!
Download the pdf for free from here.

Reading Cave

This pin on pinterest inspired us this week and with the shops full of cheap Christmas lights now was the time of year to implement it.

(photo source Play At Home Mom)

Of course as always we didn't have the appropriate cardboard box but rather than be discouraged we put on our thinking caps and used the space under the dining room table instead (after all this is unused space most of the time).  Filled with cushions and quilts and with battery operated lights on the underside of the tabletop we created a cosy, twinkly space to cuddle up and read or be read to.

Christmas clip cards and preschool pack

As a fan of clipcards for teaching B numbers and using fine motor skills at the same time I couldn't resist this set from the Christmas Symbols pack from 2Teaching Mommies.  As always there are other activities in the download as well and all for free.  The duo have also created other seasonal units with a similar range of preschool printables.

As you can see from the picture I laminated the cards and punched holes in the border at the top so they could be stored together on a split ring - add paper clips, bulldog clips or clothes pegs for a good busy bag activity.

Transportation Theme: Numeric Sequence Train

B loves anything to do with vehicles - like the majority of little boys; so when I found this free train tot pack for download from lawteedah I knew I would be onto a winner.  So far I have cherry-picked a few of the activities and one which B did perfectly first time (which was a pleasant surprise) was this number train.

The tot pack has  two files containing the engine and numbered carriages (1 - 10).  I printed these, laminated them and punched holes so they could be linked together.  The links I used were from Learning Resources (via Amazon.co.uk) but there are many versions on the market. Good number practice plus a fine motor workout as well.