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.
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!
This Happy, Healthy Me! Science, Math, and Literacy pack contains 13 worksheets, 1 emergent reader book, and 9 learning center activities that focus on nutrition, dental health, and hand hygiene. Students will practice the following skills:
– Counting
– One-to-one correspondence
– Number recognition
– Number quantity
– Number Order
– Set recognition
– Graphing
– Classification
– Patterning
– Measurement (non-standard)
– Quantity comparison
– Association
– Story Sequencing
– Writing
– Beginning sounds
– Letter Recognition
– Visual discrimination
– Language/Dictation
– Sight word recognition
– Phonemic and phonological awareness
– Social-emotional
– Following Directions
HEALTHY FOOD BINGO MATS (4) AND DRAW CARDS (25)
Print these cards out on cardstock (laminate for heavy use). Provide a small manipulative for children to use as bingo markers. Five in a row (horizontally, vertically, diagonally) equals BINGO! While playing, be sure to facilitate discussion about each healthy food shown.
LET’S EAT! FOOD GROUP CLASSIFICATION MATS (COLOR 5/B&W 5) AND FOOD CARDS (COLOR 50/B&W 50)
Print this activity out on cardstock and laminate for heavy use. Be sure to print out multiple plates and sheets of food.
Working with a very small group, provide each child with 5 plate mats and a stack of shuffled food cards. Students will then work to sort and classify their food onto their plates.
FIVE FOOD GROUPS ASSOCIATION PUZZLES (COLOR 10/B&W 10)
Print this activity out on cardstock (laminate for heavy use). Cut the puzzles into pieces. Students will complete the puzzles according to food group association.
Print these cards out on cardstock (laminate for heavy use). Encourage children to say each picture name and clap and count each word part. They will then use a clothespin to clip the number of syllables.
HAPPY TEETH TEN FRAME CARDS (COLOR 10/B&W 10)
Print these cards out on cardstock (laminate for heavy use). Provide mini erasers 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.).
TOOTH FAIRY COUNT AND CLIP TASK CARDS (COLOR 10/B&W 10)
Print these cards out on cardstock (laminate for heavy use). Students will count each set of teeth and clip its corresponding number with a clothespin. To make this activity extra fun, let your students decorate the clothespins with glitter and foam star stickers, so that they will have their own sparkly tooth fairy wands to use!
HAPPY TOOTH, SAD TOOTH CLASSIFICATION TASK CARDS (COLOR 4/B&W 4) AND FOOD CARDS (COLOR 16/B&W 16)
Print this activity out on cardstock (laminate for heavy use). Young learners will study the pictures and determine which foods make for a happy tooth and which make for a sad tooth. Children can then place the items on their appropriate cards and spaces. Note: A worksheet version of this concept is also included in this packet.
Print these puzzles out on cardstock (laminate for heavy use). Cut the cards in half and prompt students to match the upper and lowercase letters.
MY HEALTHY TEETH EMERGENT READER (B&W 2/GIRL & BOY)
Learners will cut out the pages of their books. They will then assemble them by number order. Teachers should staple them together. Children will then write their names on the covers and color the pictures.
With a small group, read the books together. Prompt students to follow along from left to right, and to point out letters and sight words. Discuss the story and the benefits of dental health.
Note: Both a boy and a girl version of this reader is provided.
HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS JUMBO SEQUENCING CARDS (COLOR 6/B&W 6)
Print these cards out on cardstock (laminate for heavy use). Prompt children to place the cards in order according to stage. These cards are also a great way to teach ordinal concepts (first, second, third, etc.) Tip: To make this activity extra fun for little hands, just hot glue the cards onto jumbo craft sticks.
HEALTHY FOOD AND HAPPY TEETH WORKSHEETS (B&W 13)
With these 13 worksheets, students will practice patterning, graphing, comparing sets, rhyming, beginning sounds, and so much more!
Please note that these learning center activities are designed to be printed (on cardstock) and laminated. This will ensure their use and enjoyment for years to come.
ZOO ANIMAL MEASURING CARDS (COLOR 10/B&W 10)
Provide pom poms, vase gems, math cubes, mini erasers or some other manipulative for children to measure (nonstandard) the length of the animals.
Students may use the Zoo Animals – Measure and Record worksheet to record their answers. Discuss which animals are longer, shorter, or the same. If you are not wanting your children to use worksheets, a color Measure and Record has also been included. Just laminate or place the sheet in a protective sleeve, so that it may be used with dry erase markers.
MEASURING WEIGHT TASK CARDS (COLOR 12/B&W 12)
Supply learners with a balance scale, math cubes, paperclips, crayons, buttons, markers, bear counters, erasers, pennies, clothespins, googly eyes, beads, and pop poms.
Students will follow the directions on the task cards to measure the weight of the items provided, and to determine which of those items weigh more and which weigh less.
LET’S IDENTIFY A PATTERN TASK CARDS (COLOR 4/B&W 4) – LETTER CARDS (B&W 11)
Children will work to identify the patterns, and label them by placing the appropriate letter cards onto the spaces (squares) provided.
LET’S EXTEND A PATTERN TASK CARDS (COLOR 4/B&W 4)
Provide children with counting bears. Learners will identify the patterns, and work to extend them.
SPY & GRAPH SHEETS (COLOR 2/B&W 2)
Supply pom poms, vase gems, mini erasers or some other small manipulative for children to use as markers. Prompt students to study the scenes at the top of the sheets. Children will then count the number of each item and mark the corresponding boxes. Discuss which items there are more of and which there are less of.
RACE BACK TO SCHOOL ROLL & GRAPH SHEET (COLOR 1/B&W 1) – POCKET CUBE/DIE CARDS (COLOR 6/B&W 16)
Cut out the cards and insert them into a pocket cube/die. Provide pom poms, vase gems, mini erasers or some other small manipulative for children to use as markers. For individual use, the child will roll the cube/die, identify the picture, and place a marker in the appropriate column. Repeat until a column is full to the top; that item “wins”. In small group, provide each child with his/her own sheet. Students will take turns rolling, marking their own roll. First person to fill a column to the top wins the race Back to School!
2D SHAPE CLIP CARDS (COLOR 11/B&W 11)
One card at a time, children will identify the featured shape, and study the pictures on the right side. Using a clothespin, learners will mark (clip) the shape matching real life object. Facilitate conversation about the number of sides on each shape, and why or why not an object matches it.
Students will identify the featured shape on each card. They will then sort through the real life object shapes, and place them on their appropriate spaces. Facilitate conversation about the number of sides on each shape, and why or why not an object matches it.
BUTTERFLY SYMMETRY SHEETS (COLOR 10/B&W 10)
Supply learners pattern blocks. Students will study the designs on the left hand sides of the butterflies, and work to replicate those designs on the right hand sides.
Depending on your students’ abilities, there are two versions of this activity: one with a pattern outline and one without.
Present your learners with a task card and a set of item cards. Children will then display their seriation skills by placing the items in order from smallest to largest. Be sure to discuss other words for large, medium, and small (big, huge, average, midsize, little, tiny, etc.)
CANDY STORE CLASSIFICATION TASK CARDS (COLOR 10) – CANDY JAR SORTING SHEET (COLOR 1)
Be sure to print out multiple jars and sheets of candy. Please be aware that because this center activity relies on color, a black and white version is not included.
Working with a small group, provide each child with 3 jar sheets and a stack of shuffled candy cards. Holding the task card up, so that learners can get a clear visual of the candy in the jars, slowly and clearly read the directions out loud. Students will then work to sort and classify their candy onto their jars according to the directions. This activity practices classification by both 1 and 2 attributes.
Working with a small group, give each student a task card and a set of bear cards.
You may then instruct them as to what bear to place in what position. For example, ”Please place the bear with the pink shirt in 3rd place.” Or something along the lines of, “I need you to place the bear with a star on his shirt in 1st place.” When using the black and white version, you will have to rely on the shapes for placement. Once all of the bears appear in the lineup, you may ask your children, “Which bear is in 2nd place?” And so forth…
ORDINAL NUMBERS WITH BEARS AND SHAPES TASK CARDS (COLOR5/B&W 5) – SHAPE CARDS (COLOR 5/B&W 5)
Working with a small group, give each student a set of bear task cards and a set of shape cards. Prompt your learners to line up their bears in front of them (order does not matter here).
You may then instruct them to place a shape on a certain bear. For example, ”Place the circle on the 4th bear.” Once all of the bears have their shapes, you may ask your students, “Which bear is the star on?” And so forth…
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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.).
