Polar Animals Rhyming Preschool and Kindergarten Literacy

    Rhyming Preschool and Kindergarten Literacy- Polar Animals

This literacy preschool activity pack focuses on rhyming with a fun, polar animal theme! Use these activities in circle time, small groups, centers, and/or for independent practice.

Polar Animals Rhyming

Whole Group/ Circle Time- Say the clue to the class. Identify the animal that rhymes.

Small Groups/ Center Time- Complete the rhyming sort.

Center Time/ Independent Practice- Dot the two pictures that rhyme in each box.

Polar Animals Rhyming

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Bugs Rhyming Preschool and Kindergarten Literacy

             Rhyming Preschool and Kindergarten Literacy- Bugs

This literacy preschool activity pack focuses on rhyming with a fun, bugs theme! Use these activities in circle time, small groups, centers, and/or for independent practice.

Bugs Rhyming

Whole Group/ Circle Time- Do each pair of pictures rhyme? Hold up the happy bug if they rhyme, and the sad bug if they do not rhyme. 

Small Groups/ Center Time- Go on a rhyming hunt the room. Decide if each pair of pictures rhymes.

Center Time/ Independent Practice- Cut, paste, and match the rhyming pictures. 

Bugs Rhyming

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Camping Preschool Circle Time

 Camping Preschool Circle Time 

Camping Preschool Circle Time 

Camping preschool circle time has 5 mini lessons to go along with a read aloud, 5 -songs/chants to practice skills, and questions of the day.

Counting Fireflies-  Say the chant as a class. Count the fireflies on each card.

Mr. Fox- Say the chant as a class. Give each child number cards. As you call different numbers, students stand up if they are holding the number you call. 

Tent Letters- Say the chant as a class. Pick a letter and name it. 

Ten Little Campers- Say the chant as a class, removing a camper each time.

Question of the Day- There are 5,  camping themed, questions of the day to use during circle time.

Counting Marshmallows-  Pick a number card. Count marshmallows onto the stick.

Feed the Bear- Practice beginning sounds by feeding the bear.

Fishing for Numbers- Go fishing for numbers! Sort the fish into the correct number bucket.

Camping Preschool Circle Time 

Back to School Lesson Plans and Art Ideas

If you're getting ready for a back to school theme, I have a set of preschool lesson plans and hands-on activities that will make planning incredibly easy. These resources are designed to help children explore math and literacy concepts through playful learning. 

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School Preschool Lesson Plans

Here is what my half-day preschool looks like! 

I always start my day with table time! My students come in the room and there are 6-7 options to choose from. Students rotate freely through activities that hit on literacy, math, and fine motor skills. 

Then we have our morning meeting. This is a very quick time of day where we do calendar, and quickly review our focus letter, number, shape, and color. 

We always do an art activity related to our theme! Here are some fun back to school art projects! We always start the year with a lot of activities related to student's names.

Painters Tape Letter: Make the first letter of each child's name with painters tape. Paint the entire page. Remove the tape.

Self Portraits: Have each child draw a self-portrait with sharpie. Then, use bleeding tissue paper to cover the page. Paint with water. Remove the tissue paper when it dries.

Blow Painting Hair: Have each child draw a face. Then squirt liquid watercolors above the head. Use a straw to blow the paint, making crazy hair! 

Watercolor Resist Names: Write each child's name in white crayon. Paint over top of the name with liquid watercolors. OR a messy (and fun) option is to squirt a spray bottle filled with diluted liquid watercolors over the name.

Tear and Glue Letters: Write each child's beginning letter of their name on a piece of paper. Tear and glue paper strips to outline the letter.

 

Then we have circle time. We have a themed read aloud, say rhymes/chants from my circle time packs, and do literacy or math lessons. 

We wrap up our day with centers and recess! 

I hope this will help your planning! 

Spiders Preschool Lesson Plans and Art Ideas

If you're getting ready for a spider theme, I have a set of preschool lesson plans and hands-on activities that will make planning incredibly easy. These resources are designed to help children explore math and literacy concepts through playful learning. 

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Spiders Preschool Lesson Plans

Here is what my half-day preschool looks like! 

I always start my day with table time! My students come in the room and there are 6-7 options to choose from. Students rotate freely through activities that hit on literacy, math, and fine motor skills. 

Then we have our morning meeting. This is a very quick time of day where we do calendar, and quickly review our focus letter, number, shape, and color. 

We always do an art activity related to our theme! Here are some fun spider art projects! 

Spider Prints: Cut slits up the side of a craft tube. Fold them down to be the spider legs. Dip in black paint and make prints. Then, add googly eyes! 

Marble Painting Webs: Use marbles and white paint to make spider webs. Turn it into a name craft, or just add spiders to finish off the project.

Yarn Painting: Tie a plastic spider to a piece of yarn. Dip the yarn in paint and drag it across the paper.

Spider Directed Drawing: To make the background for this project we used bleeding tissue paper (regular tissue paper doesn't work). We painted the tissue paper on with water. When it dried, we scraped it off. Then, we used a sharpie to draw a spider. 

Salt, Glue, and Watercolor Webs: Trace a web with glue. Cover with salt and let dry. Then gently paint with watercolors over the salt web.

 

Then we have circle time. We have a themed read aloud, say rhymes/chants from my circle time packs, and do literacy or math lessons. 

We wrap up our day with centers and recess! 

I hope this will help your planning! 

Fall Preschool Lesson Plans and Art Ideas

If you're getting ready for a fall theme, I have a set of preschool lesson plans and hands-on activities that will make planning incredibly easy. These resources are designed to help children explore math and literacy concepts through playful learning. 

Grab it below:

Fall Preschool Lesson Plans

Here is what our half-day preschool looks like! 

I always start my day with table time! My students come in the room and there are 6-7 options to choose from. Students rotate freely through activities that hit on literacy, math, and fine motor skills. 

Then we have our morning meeting. This is a very quick time of day where we do calendar, and quickly review our focus letter, number, shape, and color. 

We always do an art activity related to our theme! Here are some fun fall art projects! 

Bubble Wrap Prints: This simple art activity is always a hit. Paint a piece of bubble wrap and print onto your template. 

TP Tube Leaf Prints: Smash a toilet paper tube to look like a leaf. Dip in paint and make a fall tree! 

Cork Fall Trees: I always love when I can incorporate their sweet little handprints into art activities. We made handprints for our tree. Then, we used corks to paint fall leaves.

Spin Art Leaves: Kids LOVE spin art! We use a salad spinner and small squirt bottles of paint. It is ALWAYS a hit.

Color Diffusing Leaves: You can use a coffee filter or paper towels cut in the shape of leaves. But the easiest is to order color diffusing leaves from Amazon. Squirt with liquid watercolors and they turn out gorgeous. 

 

Then we have circle time. We have a themed read aloud, say rhymes/chants from my circle time packs, and do literacy or math lessons. 

We wrap up our day with centers and recess! 

I hope this will help your planning!