Roll and Compute Dice Game

 

I spend a lot of my time blogging about books and reading, because that's what I spend a majority of my time doing both in school and at home with my children. However, I'm always looking for ways to modify and adapt materials others have created to make them more accessible for all children, regardless of age and performance level. 

Some kids struggle to add and subtract without tools, and they get confused when using fingers. Try these games to practice adding, subtracting, and comparing numbers while using dice.

Click on the images to download the Google Doc.

Feel free to add, change, or rearrange, but please don't sell the item if you've used my framework. Sharing for free is okay!

P is for Pirate printables

Are you learning about the letter P and pirates?

I created a few fun printables for classroom or home use.

 

This pack includes: 

P is for Pirate Do-a-Dot and pom pom page

P is for Pirate letter maze

Pirate word search

Download the pack here.

We dressed like pirates and used our Melissa and Doug reusable sticker pad to put ships in water,

This Peg + Cat pirate Hungry Pirates game is fun to play on the iPad and keeps my son busy during remote learning. It's a great way to practice fine motor, map skills, and counting up to 3! I suggest using a desktop as you need to use the arrow keys. 

We read pirate books and did a pirate search and find in our Disney Junior Fun with Friends Look and Find (check out this Jake and the Neverland Pirates one)

We practiced coloring pirate ships different colors and used our Do a Dot markers to make gold coins in a treasure chest, too!

My son just loves this pirate themed take on the Three Little Pigs. 

He sings along with the video every time!

Here is another pirate video / song that he loves.

Want to learn how to talk like a pirate? Go on this virtual field trip where you will also learn how to read a pirate map, use a sword, and name the parts of a ship! 

 

Finally, who could forget the Jake and the Neverland Pirates? Visit the site here.

Check out other preschool activities:

www.alysiabattista.blogspot.com/preschool

Morning Meeting Games

Are you new to Morning Meeting, Collaborative Classroom, or do you just need some community building ideas for students, especially during remote learning?

This game can be used at any time of the day to get children to turn on their classification brains! The only rule is you can't repeat what someone else has said.

For younger students, it helps when the teacher creates a list on chart paper or the board; You can also use the picture cards included. For older students, you can have them write a list and play like Scategories where they create a list before you share; they only get points for words that are not listed by others. If you have students with anxiety, it may help to look at pictures or write a list before sharing with the class.

Download it here.

Daniel Day, a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood! We were disappointed that Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Live was cancelled, so we made one special day all about him and his friends... but really, isn't every day a Daniel Day? We sing his songs all day long!

Our little man wore his new socks and shirt and slept on his new pillow case / sheet set. 

We watched Daniel Tiger shows,  

read Daniel Tiger books like Day and Night and  What's Special at Night?

as well as Daniel Tiger 5 Minute Stories.

played Bingo and Welcome to Main Street game, 

used the Color Wonder pages and markers,

sang his songs, 

added stickers to his ABC book, 

and best of all, helped his friends ride on Trolley.

 

We even found backgrounds to print for more character play and Colorforms (put them in sheet protectors or Ziplock bags if you don’t have a laminator). Ugga Mugga!

https://pbskids.org/daniel/games

https://pbskids.org/daniel/art-and-songs/printables

Check out some other fun preschool activities!

Food Fun

Music Mania

Moose Muffin Monday

Sesame Street Saturday

Firetruck Fun Friday

Digging Dinosaurs

Earth Day activities

Pig Pancakes and Pudding

Going on a Bear Hunt?

Frog Fun Friday

P is for Potty Printables

Sesame Street Saturday

It’s Sesame Street Saturday!

Since we are in social distancing / quarantine and couldn't visit our favorite semi-local theme park, we create a day dedicated to our favorite furry monsters.

We put on our grouchy clothes and fun socks and gathered our favorite furry monsters for some stories, 

 

Sesame Street Elmo Manners Books (perfect for the car) 

Big Enough for a Bed book

P is for Potty! Sesame Street Lift-the-Flap book

songs, 

and games. 

We had cookies with Cookie Monster, 

Check out this link to snag some counting cookies similar to the ones we have.


ate breakfast with the whole gang (plate, cups, and stuffed animals are from Sesame Place)

and brushed teeth with Zoe.

Sesame Street Ready, Set, Brush! book

We played Find It with Elmo.

We got stopped at airport security with this in carry-on bags, but they are great for travel!

and made up a trash / recycling game with Oscar. Since we can’t go to Sesame Place yet due to its temporary closure, we made our own!

Buy the carpet we have!


Check out the website for Sesame Place. We go to the one in PA, but there is also one in CA. FYI they offer free teacher passes plus military, veteran, and first responder discounts!

https://pbskids.org/sesame/games/

https://www.sesamestreet.org/printables

https://www.sesamestreet.org/caring

https://www.cnn.com/…/cnn-sesame-street-coronavi…/index.html

If you like this post, check out my posts on cookies and potty training!

Daniel Day, a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Music Mania

Food Fun

Firetruck Fun Friday

Digging Dinosaurs

Earth Day activities

Pig Pancakes and Pudding

Going on a Bear Hunt?

Frog Fun Friday

P is for Potty Printables

Frog Fun Friday

Frog Fun Friday! 

We used foam insect stickers, which my son called "phone stickers" - hence the prop he carried! Mine are quite old, so you can use these foam insect stickers to make your own art or game.

As always, we did Do a Dot F with the paint markers and fuzzy pom poms since he loves them so much!

We read frog books like The Very Funny Frog 

(Here's a video if you don't want to purchase it.)

and Frog Gets Lost, 

and played Alphabet Bug Splat with our Eric Carle friends from his Busy Book. 

Grab some fly swatters at your local dollar store and print out some bug alphabet cards.

We also took a rainy day stroll to the lake we live at to look for frogs. Then we hopped to Five Little Speckled Frogs 

and participated in Frank the Frog Cosmic Yoga.

Here are some frog facts we learned.

We also took a virtual field trip to meet frogs and other amphibians.

This Mr. Mouth Feed the Frog game looks like so much fun! You can practice counting, colors, and eye-hand contact.

I personally loved these jumping frogs as a kid.

Like this post? Check other others about ducks and gardening, too!