May Kindergarten Math and Literacy Centers

Are you looking for fun and engaging math and literacy centers for May? This pack includes 5 math and 5 literacy centers that your kindergarten students will love. Each center has a worksheet or recording page to go along with it.

Summer Kindergarten Math and Literacy Centers

Read and Smash Simple Sentences- Pick a pineapple card. Read the sentence. Smash a play dough ball over the correct picture. OR read a sentence. Color the pineapple with the correct picture.

Build a CVC Word- Use letter magnets or dry erase marker to build each CVC word.

Blends at the Beach- There are 2 sets of cards, blue and pink. Pick a card. Identify the beginning blend. Color or write the beginning blend on the recording pages. This can also be used a write the room activity.

CVCe Unscramble-Use the picture and the letters provided to unscramble each CVCe word. Write the word with dry erase marker.

Composing and Decomposing Teen Numbers- Match the numbers in a pocket chart. OR Place the cards face down and play memory match. Flip two cards over. If they show the same number, keep them. If not, place them face down again and let the next player take a turn.

Number Line Subtraction Smash- Use the number line to help solve each subtraction problem. Smash a play dough ball over the answer to each subtraction problem.

Addition and Subtraction BUMP- Practice math facts by rolling dice and adding or subtracting. This is a fun, two-player game!

Subitizing War- Practice subitizing with this fun, two-player game. Both players flip over cards (dominoes, ten frames, dots, dice). The player with the highest number takes both cards.

Four in a Row Ending Digraphs- This is a two-player game. Each player needs a different color of counter. Take turns drawing picture cards. Cover a digraph on the game board with that ending digraph. The first player to get four in a row, wins.