Ocean Theme: 3 part cards and word cards

More free resources from Prekinders.  This page includes words from the ocean theme in 2 different sizes. First is the "Pocket chart" size , these are strips with the word on the left and the associated picture on the right.  Second is the "Small Size" set - the dolphin one of these is shown above.  

The second set of these are perfect for using as 3-part cards - just print out 2 copies and in copy 2 cut between the picture and the word for a Montessori style learning resource.  For more on how to use 3 part cards see this previous post.  More links to 3-part cards for download can be found on this page.

3 Part Cards: 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 3-part cards on the blog and will be updated periodically to include new additions.


Butterfly lifecycle
Herbs and Spices
Penguins
land,air,water and fire
Fruit
Dinosaurs
Continents
Vegetables
Living and non-living
Artists
Valentine themed cards (p 27 and 28 of a 154 page pdf from musings of me)
Minibeasts
Pets
Ocean

pet 3 part cards

April is National Pet Month in the UK. We would love to have a pet but moving from house to house and between countries in Europe has meant that when our cat died (at a ripe old age) we decided that it was not fair to have another pet for a while.  B never met Thomas The Cat (I was pregnant when he died) and it is interesting to see that when we visit petting zoo's and the like he is not sure how to handle an animal gently.  Something to remedy the day after we move back to the UK...
Anyway now seemed like a good time to bring out "Pets" as our theme and I created the cards ready for us to use.

If you would like to use the cards yourself click here to download

Minibeast 3 part cards

Today we walked to the local shops. Normally B would be in the pushchair whilst we all practically run to keep up with the whirlwind that is A. Today, however, we walked to the shops whilst the older two were at school. B released from his usual chariot was able to stop and look at everything he was interested in. Since Spring has definitely arrived here on the borders of Germany and the Netherlands most of the things we saw were of the creepy crawly variety. So we can remember what we saw today I made some 3 part cards when we got home.  There are cards for caterpillar, beetle, ladybird, bee, butterfly, spider and ant.

Download the file from here

Farm themed resources for download

Musings of me has done it again with another gigantic (144 pages) pdf of learning resources this time all about farms.  Whilst I love the stuff she makes it is aimed at in between B and A really, and as per usual this size file caused my printer to go into meltdown as well so I am printing off the activities separately a few at a time.

Pages 5-18 contains see,trace,make sheets and we started off with those for A - they are kind of too simple for him really but give him a chance to practise his writing which is something his school and the Educational Psychologist who is assessing him have been worried about.  I think it is just that he hates writing and will go to any lengths to avoid it rather than he lacks the muscular development to do it properly but maybe we will have to agree to disagree with the experts on this one.
The pdf includes see, trace,make sheets for :
horse
goose
goat
barn
cow
chick
chicken
cat
farmer
duck
dog
sheep
rooster
pig.
True to form they have cute cartoon-like graphics to make them very appealing

For B I printed out the three-part-cards.  He is getting the hang of them providing only a few (4-6) are presented at any one time or he finds them a bit overwhelming; but he is able to do the activity quite easily. I also caught him counting them (although he stopped the second he realised I was listening) - he got all the way to 10 (!) not a big achievement for most 3 yo but B has always thrown any counting activity away with "No Counting!" as his battle cry up till now.
Pages 20-23 inclusive contain the 3-part cards.  Again cute or what.  The subjects included are the same as for the see,trace,make sheets.

No doubt I will use more of the activities over time.  In the meantime to download your own copy of the file go to Michelle's post here.

3 part cards -a montessori style resource

3 part cards are a way of introducing vocabulary and sight words to young children.
For each word you want to introduce you have:
a card with a relevant picture and the word underneath- this is the master card
a card with just the picture
a card with just the word

The idea is that the child finds the matching picture and word cards to recreate the master card.
For a more accurate description of use in a classroom setting go here for the expert ;)
For older kids the picture part of the 3 part card system can be replaced by a written definition.
Here are some of the sets we have found around the web;

Butterfly lifecycle
Herbs and Spices
Penguins
land,air,water and fire
Fruit
Dinosaurs
Continents
Vegetables
Living and non-living
Artists
Valentine themed cards (p 27 and 28 of a 154 page pdf from musings of me)
In due course I am hoping to create my own sets which I will be adding to the resources label on this blog as we go. If you know of any others that can be shared let me know.