St. Patrick’s Day Math and Literacy

Looking for something magically fun to enchant your wee leprechauns? This St. Patrick’s Day Math and Literacy contains 6 worksheets and 7 learning center activities that practice the following skills:

– Counting
– One-to-one correspondence
– Number recognition
– Number quantity
– Number order
– Number formation
– Subitizing/set recognition
– Graphing
– Addition to 6
– Association
– Visual discrimination
– Writing
– Beginning sounds
– Upper and lowercase letter recognition
– Visual discrimination
– Language/dictation
– Self -expression
– Phonological awareness
– Fine motor
– Social-emotional
– Following directions

Please note that the center activities in this packet are designed to be printed (on cardstock) and laminated, and to be used and enjoyed for many years to come.

FOUR LEAF PATTERN PUZZLES (COLOR 12/B&W 12)

Cut the cards in half. Children will use their visual discrimination skills to match the clover patterns.

LEPRECHAUN BEGINNING SOUNDS CLIP STRIPS (COLOR 26/B&W 26)

Provide clothespins, mini erasers or some other manipulative for children to use as markers. Here, just to add a bit of magic, I used a paint brush to apply a thin layer of glue to the clothespins. I then gave them a a good dusting of green glitter and attached shamrock foam stickers to the ends.

Students will identify the featured letters and clip and/or mark their beginning sound partners.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY LACE-A-WORD TASK CARDS (COLOR 10/B&W 10)

Provide students with uppercase letter beads and lacing strings. Learners will work to thread and compose the words on the task cards. Note: There are 2 “RAINBOW” cards included (one with the top and bottom lines on the “I” and one without” to accommodate all bead kits.

LUCKY THE LEPRECHAUN ALPHABET CARD GAME PLAYING CARDS (COLOR 27/B&W 27)

This is a spin-off of the classic card game Old Maid. In a small group, shuffle and deal all the cards. Players will sort through their cards, placing any letter matches face-up on the table.

Starting with the dealer, each child will take a turn fanning out their hands so that the player to their left can draw one card. Some children may struggle to fan their cards, and that’s okay. Just make sure to emphasize that the children should try to not let the other players see their cards. As your students make letter pairs in their hands, prompt them to discard them immediately onto the table. Depending on how you’d like the game to play out, the player left holding the unmatched card, Lucky the Leprechaun, either loses or wins.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY SUBITIZING TASK CARDS (COLOR 10/B&W 10) AND SET CARDS (COLOR 30/B&W 30)

Children will identify the number on each task card and place the corresponding sets of items on their appropriate spaces. Encourage younger learners to use one-to-one correspondence while counting the items. Older learners will demonstrate their set recognition skills.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY TEN FRAMES (COLOR 10/B&W 10)

Provide mini erasers, counting chips, pom poms, vase gems, or some other small manipulative for students to use. Young learners will place a numbered group of items on its corresponding card. As children pick up and place each item, encourage them to say its number name (one, two, etc.).

ST. PADDY’S SORT AND GRAPH SHEET (COLOR 1/B&W 1) AND SET CARDS (COLOR 54/B&W 54)

Working with a small group, provide each child with a graphing sheet and a small pile of item cards. When students have completed their graphs, discuss which items the children had more or less of.

WORKSHEETS (B&W 6)

With these 6 worksheets, students will practice rhyming, association, dictation and writing, number order, number formation, and addition!

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Make a Valentine Playdough Activity Cards

Be mine and check out this Make a Valentine Playdough Activity for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Students will choose a learning center task card and create a valentine by following the “recipe”.

This resource allows children to practice the following skills:

– Counting
– One-to-one correspondence
– Number recognition
– Number quantity
– Set recognition
– Spatial relations
– More/less/same concept
– Language
– Social emotional
– Fine motor
– Following directions

Print these 10 activity cards out on cardstock. For heavy use, lamination is recommended. Supply students with playdough, googly eyes, heart cookie cutters (optional), acrylic jewels and/or sequins, acrylic hearts and/or foam hearts, beads, buttons, pieces of drinking straws, and fuzzy sticks/pipe cleaners.

Be sure to facilitate conversation during this activity. Ask your students to describe their creations, and ask them which items they used more/less/same of.

Let the imaginations soar and the creating begin!

GET THE MAKE A VALENTINE PLAYDOUGH ACTIVITY CARDS HERE.

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Vet Clinic Dramatic Play

This Vet Clinic Dramatic Play set contains learning props that will help you transform your dramatic play center into the Sunnydale Veterinary Clinic – known for its years of trusted pet care.

Pretend play allows children to practice the following skills:

Social-emotional: Empathy, self-regulation, negotiation of roles and ideas, cooperation, leadership

Physical: Gross and fine motor; manipulation of costumes and props, eye-hand coordination, writing (number and letter formation), spatial awareness

Cognitive: Problem identification, problem solving, acting out stories, discussion of stories, visual discrimination, classification, counting, letter recognition, word recognition, association, visual memory, story comprehension

Language: Verbal thinking, vocabulary growth, speaking in complete sentences, asking and answering questions, using role related language (e.g., “How is your pet feeling?”), auditory memory, following directions

For your convenience both color and black and white versions are included in this packet. Please note that the color versions of these props are designed to be printed (on cardstock) and laminated. This will ensure their use and enjoyment for years to come. When using the color, laminated versions of the sign in sheet and forms, be sure to provide dry erase markers.

Provide children with an array of stuffed animals to be cared for, along with bowls, collars, and any other vet/pet supplies of your choice.

An eye-catching sign welcomes customers into the clinic. Six boy badges and 6 girl badges are ready to be worn by your veterinarians and veterinary assistants. Simply attach some yarn with either a hole punch or clear packing tape.

These signs inform patrons of the clinic’s business hours and low cost vaccinations. The sign in sheet and appointment reminders are perfect for writing practice. Supply learners with clipboards and writing utensils.

Some pets may be in for an extended recovery stay or for boarding, either way, they are going to need to eat! These 4 food labels (dog, cat, fish, and bird) may be wrapped and taped to clean, empty soup and vegetable cans or similar containers. Make sure there are no sharp edges.

This clearly printed sign displays the clinic’s cost of services, and is an engaging way for students to practice number recognition.

Sunnydale Vet Clinic’s veterinarians always preform thorough exams. This physical exam form allows emerging readers to use pictures as clues to any unfamiliar words.

Proper medications are a must for sick pets, so these prescription forms will come in handy. The medicine labels may be wrapped and taped to small plastic bottles and boxes. The Dollar Store carries a wide variety both.

There are 3 signs that will help define the areas of the clinic – waiting room, exam room, and x-ray room.

This banner will add that extra special touch. It may be assembled using yarn or twine. Just string the letters using a hole punch or simply attach them with clothespins.

Twenty-two word cards are included in this set. They may be used as labels for items in the play center or displayed in your writing center.

Let the learning through play commence!

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