STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) is all the rage and kids love that these STEM gifts are hands-on and engaging and grown ups love that they prepare students for their STEM-filled future. Whether you’re on the hunt for a birthday gift, holiday present or just-because treat, these STEM gifts are sure to be a…
Grab a box of toothpicks and a bag of gumdrops for some hands-on and festive STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) structures! Snag these gumdrop STEM challenges and lots of other STEM challenges with our Epic STEM Chalone Bundle! Getting Ready To prep the STEM structure activity, I printed the challenge cards on cardstock to…
Pumpkin investigations are a must-try STEM activity for fall because they give kids hands-on practice with so many different math and science skills at once! Snag your pumpkin investigation sheet below and then keep the STEM fun going with our amazing Epic STEM Challenge Bundle! Getting Ready To get ready, I printed a pumpkin investigation…
The kids LOVED using our STEM challenge cards to build toothpick and playdough structures a couple months ago so I was eager to pull out the activity again to make PUMPKIN STEM structures! Grab your batch of toothpick STEM structure cards in our shop! Getting Ready To prep, I printed the STEM challenge cards (available here) on…
Roll a Rainbow is a fun count-and-color game that’s perfect to use as a math center or just-because activity. As kids race to fill their rainbow with red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, they count (or instantly recognize) the numbers one through six. This rainbow counting game is so entertaining, little mathematicians won’t even notice…
St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect time to add some themed, seasonal fun to our learning. These number puzzles provide practice with number identification, counting, tally marks, ten frames and subitizing. They are perfect to use with preschoolers or early kindergarteners! This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Getting Ready To prep these puzzles, I printed…
Teach patterns with this motivating batch of hands-on centers!
Just print the cards on cardstock, cut them apart, and grab a basket of the matching math manipulatives: rainbow bears, unifix cubes, craft sticks or pattern blocks.
You can even print off the record sheet to keep track of students’ learning!
Kids will love building the patterns and then adding on to stretch them further.
As a bonus, the set also includes a create your own pattern challenge for kids who are ready for a next step.
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND
–> Record sheets
–> A bonus challenge asking kids to build a pattern of their own
These math geoboard challenges build problem solving and design skills while working on geometry, counting, perimeter, angles, comparing, AND scaling at the same time.
They’re jam-packed with learning!
Just print the cards on cardstock, cut them apart, and grab a geoboard and rubber band set. Kids will love building all 10 different shapes, 9 math symbols plus the numbers 1-20.
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND
–> 2 versions of 10 shape cards (easier + harder)
–> 2 versions of 9 math symbol cards (easier + harder)
–> 2 versions of 20 number cards (easier + harder)
–> Record sheets
–> A bonus challenge asking kids to build 4 geoboard designs of their own.
You can easily stretch the activity for kids who are ready for a challenge by giving them the set of harder challenges or simplify it for students who are new to geoboards by pulling out the easier one.
As a bonus, the set also includes record sheets and challenge worksheets for kids who are ready for a next step.
These alphabet geoboard challenges build problem solving and design skills while working on geometry, counting, perimeter, angles, comparing, scaling AND letter recognition at the same time.
They’re jam packed with learning!
Just print the cards on cardstock, cut them apart, and grab a geoboard and rubber band set. Kids will love building all 26 uppercase letters and their 26 lowercase pairs.
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND
–> 2 versions of uppercase letter cards (easier + harder)
–> 2 versions of lowercase letter cards (easier + harder)
–> Record sheets
–> A bonus challenge asking kids to build 4 geoboard designs of their own.
You can easily stretch the activity for kids who are ready for a challenge by giving them the set of harder challenges or simplify it for students who are new to geoboards by pulling out the easier one.
As a bonus, the set also includes record sheets and challenge worksheets for kids who are ready for a next step.
Graphs of the week are a valuable way to teach students how to create, read and analyze graphs.
This mega bundle provides 5 pocket chart graphs for each month so kids can practice data analysis all year long.
They’re great to use as morning work or quick whole group lessons!
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
–> EDITABLE student cards that make it easy to print personalized pocket chart cards for every child in class.
–> 5 pocket chart graphs for each month.
–> 5 follow up record sheets for each month.
Looking for an engaging way to teach graphs but not sure where to start? This is the answer! Children will love working with their classmates to create, read and analyze data. And because this mega bundle includes 5 pocket chart graphs for every month, children can practice the skills all year long. Pull out the…
These Holidays Around the World STEM challenges are a must-try! Students will love diving into engineering, problem solving and (of course) STEM!!
All eight STEM challenges include record sheets to help kids keep track of their answers AND easy to follow instructions making it easy for you to lead the activity.
They’re perfect for winter parties, festivals of light units, early finisher activities, STEM boxes or just because.
—-> Bundle with all of our STEM challenges and SAVE!
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
–> 15 LEGO building task cards + record sheets
–> 15 pattern block task cards + record sheets
–> Pattern block design challenge
–> Pipe cleaner yule goat challenge
–> Design your own pipe cleaner holiday creations
–> Build a dreidel
–> Play dreidel
–> Tally dreidel spins
Are you excited to build your STEM center but aren’t sure where to start? This is for you!
The Ultimate STEM Center Starter Kit includes 4 of my most popular STEM packs:
–> 24 toothpick STEM structure task cards
–> 48 famous landmark building challenges
–> 45 geoboard task cards
–> 60 linear measurement challenges
PLUS the starter kit also gives you must-have supplies that make it so easy to set up a colorful center kids will love:
–> Decorative “STEM Center” bunting
–> Colorful scientific method posters
–> EDITABLE labels for pencil box storage
–> EDITABLE labels for larger box storage
–> EDITABLE checklist for student work
Help kids develop abstract thinking, problem solving, teamwork and critical STEM skills with this sanity-saving starter kit.
It’s perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first and second grade!
Whether you’re planning a farm-themed unit or are in need of motivating ways to teach kids important science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills, this activity pack is sure to do the trick. The 6 playful challenges are perfect to use in STEM centers, math stations or as early finisher tasks. Snag your set in our…
Looking for farm activities your students will beg to play over and over again?!
This print and play pack includes 17 motivating ways to teach phonics, word families, sight words, number concept, 2D shapes and so much more.
The farm activities are easy to differentiate, making them perfect for kindergarten and first grade!
Scroll down to see a list of what’s inside this jam packed instant download!
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
LITERACY CENTERS
The mega pack also includes literacy centers that make it so easy to differentiate. Stretch activities for your strong readers and break down the activities for your struggling kiddos.
–> Alphabet Coops. Such a motivating way to work on letter recognition and upper and lowercase pairing.
–> Letter Sound Puzzles. Find the letter that starts each word. The set even includes digraphs!
–> Rhyming Puzzles. Find the matching words.
–> Match Up. Sound out 16 pairs of CVC words.
–> EDITABLE Sight Word Game. Race to the barn as you read and write sight words along the way.
–> EDITABLE Hide and Seek. Read the words to find out what’s hiding underneath. Then write the words in the right spot on your sheet!
–> EDITABLE Sight Word Puzzles. Find the pairs of words and then spell them on your sheet.
–> 3 Story Starters. Get kids writing with fun story prompts.
MATH CENTERS
The set also includes math activities teaching critical skills including counting, number writing, patterns and 2D shapes.
–> 1-20 Ten Frame Dab. Read the number and then fill your ten frame with that many dots.
–> Color by Ten Frame. Pick a ten frame and color the number that matches!
–> Base 10 Clip Cards. Practice counting and building numbers 1-120 with base ten blocks.
–> Farm Patterns. Create AB, ABB, ABCD, AABB, AAB and ABC patterns.
–> Shape Spin and Color. Spin a 2D shape, name it and then color it.
–> Write and Wipe Counting Cards. Work on number recognition, counting on from a given number and one to one correspondence.
–> Write and Wipe Addition Cards. Write and solve farm-themed addition problems.
–> Write and Wipe Number Bond Cards. Then stretch students to find the missing number in each farm number bond.
THERE ARE 17 FARM ACTIVITIES IN ALL!
These farm STEM challenges are a must-try! Students will love diving into measurement, engineering, number recognition, addition, shapes and problem solving.
The set is perfect to use in STEM centers, math stations or as early finisher tasks.
—————> Bundle with all of our STEM challenges and SAVE!
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
–> 15 geoboard task cards + a record sheet
–> 15 building block task cards + a record sheet
–> 15 linear measurement task cards + a record sheet
–> 10 baby animal match up puzzles
–> How many long? measurement activity
–> Roll and Cover Pattern Block Mats (There are two versions: one practicing numbers and a second for addition.)
The apple activities are easy to differentiate, making them perfect for kindergarten and first grade!
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
COMMUNITY BUILDING
One of my favorite activities in the bunch is a powerful anti-bullying activity that shows how harmful teasing, taunting and excluding can be.
LITERACY CENTERS
The mega pack also includes literacy centers that make it so easy to differentiate. Stretch activities for your strong readers and break down the activities for your struggling kiddos.
–> Alphabet Apples. Such a motivating way to work on letter recognition and upper and lowercase pairing.
–> Letter Sound Puzzles. Find the letter that starts each word.
–> Rhyming Clip Cards. Find the matching words.
–> Match Up. Sound out 16 pairs of CVC words.
–> EDITABLE Sight Word Game. Race to the apple stand as you read and write sight words along the way.
–> EDITABLE Hide and Seek. Read the words to find out what’s hiding underneath. Then write the words in the right spot on your sheet!
–> EDITABLE Sight Word Puzzles. Find the pairs of words and then spell them on your sheet.
–> 3 Story Starters. Get kids writing with fun story prompts.
MATH CENTERS
The set also includes math activities teaching critical skills including counting, number writing, patterns, shapes and graphing.
–> 1-20 Ten Frame Dab. Read the number and then fill your ten frame with that many dots.
–> Color by Ten Frame. Pick a ten frame and color the number that matches!
–> Base 10 Puzzles. Practice counting and building numbers 1-100 with base ten blocks.
–> Apple Patterns. Create AB, ABB, ABCD, AABB, AAB and ABC patterns.
–> Shape Graphs. Spin a 2D shape, name it and then graph it. What shape reaches the top first?
–> Roll and Add 1-10. Roll a dice, write the number and solve the addition problem. It’s a motivating way to practice adding +1 to +10.
THERE ARE 15 APPLE ACTIVITIES IN ALL!
Looking for back to school STEM challenges your students will beg to repeat over and over again? You’re in the right spot!
Solve a batch of weight/mass task cards, complete a jaw dropping science experiment with pencils, use LEGO bricks to create a set of building challenges and more!
These five back to school STEM challenges include a variety of record sheets so you can easily adapt the activities for pre-k through second grade.
The set is perfect to use as science experiments, in STEM centers, math stations or as early finisher tasks.
————> Bundle with all of our STEM challenges and SAVE!
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
–> 15 weight/mass challenge cards
–> 15 length challenge cards
–> 15 building block challenge cards
–>How Many Long? (A hands-on measuring activity)
–> Pencil Through a Bag science experiment
All five STEM challenges include record sheets to help kids keep track of their answers AND easy to follow instructions making it easy for you to lead the activity.
These St. Patrick’s Day STEM Challenges are a must-try! The set is perfect to use in STEM centers, math stations or as early finisher tasks.
STUDENTS WILL LOVE:
–> Building 10 Irish objects out of LEGOS.
–> Helping leprechauns carry gold across water by creating a raft that really floats.
–> Learning about buoyancy by pouring a Skittles rainbow into a jar.
–> Using common kitchen supplies to make a chemical reaction that polishes “leprechaun coins”.
–> Adding on to and creating Skittles patterns.
And, to help you track students’ growth, all five STEM challenges include record sheets to help kids keep track of their answers.
Get ready for some snow-tastic winter STEM challenges!
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
–> Pattern Block Snowflakes
–> Mitten Patterns
–> Roll and Cover Game
The motivating batch of winter STEM challenges are perfect to use with small groups or as centers in pre-k, kindergarten or first grade.
Step up your centers this holiday season with five motivating Christmas STEM challenges!
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
–> Geoboard Challenges
–> LEGO Building Challenges
–> 2D Gumdrop Toothpick Shapes
–> Candy Cane Science Experiment
–> Roll, Add and Cover Game
The motivating batch of STEM challenges are perfect to use with small groups or as centers.
It’s the perfect compliment to our 23 Christmas Activities!
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