Who knew that a bag of straws could be perfect for five must-try STEM projects?!
STUDENTS WILL:
–> Build straw towers,
–> Design weight bearing bridges,
–> Make a raft,
–> Create straw mazes,
–> And build straw rockets that really fly!
The center cards, posters, record sheets and easy to follow directions are great to use as STEM centers, makerspaces or science centers.
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Grab a bag of cookies (yes, cookies!) and jump into five kid-friendly STEM projects.
STUDENTS WILL:
–> Build cookie skyscrapers
–> Make Matchbox Car garages
–> Design cookie parachutes
–> Create weight bearing bridges
–> And sneak in some math with cookie jar estimating
The pack includes easy to follow teacher directions, STEM center cards and activity record sheets.
Develop abstract thinking, design, engineering and building skills. Plus use the fun estimation activity to work on important math skills too!
The cookie STEM challenges are a perfect compliment to our toothpick STEM structures and famous landmark STEM cards!
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Teaching the five senses (sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch) helps kids learn how they make observations in the world. That’s why it’s the perfect science topic for children in preschool, kindergarten or first grade!
These 12 motivating, hands-on activities make learning the 5 senses irresistibly fun and easy to prep. They’re great to use as whole class activities or science centers.
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
–> 5 Senses Rhymes (one for each sense)
–> Interactive Flap Book
–> 5 Handwriting Activity Sheets (one for each sense)
–> Popcorn Senses Activity
–> 5 Senses Detective Mystery
–> 2 Game Boards
–> I Smell Something… Challenge
–> Mystery Scents
–> Color Hunt
–> Secret Sense of Touch Balloons
–> Mystery Jelly Beans Activity
–> Sound Mysteries Activity
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The First Grade Pumpkin Activity Pack is perfect for a fall unit or pumpkin theme!
The 17 math, science and literacy activities teach sight words, story writing, addition to ten, subtraction from ten, number bonds, comparing numbers to 100, the pumpkin life cycle and more.
This pumpkin activity pack even includes EDITABLE sight word games so you can easily differentiate for a variety of learners!
Check out all of the fun details below.
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
LITERACY
–> EDITABLE Sight Word Pumpkin Hunt
–> EDITABLE Sight Word Pumpkin Roll
–> 2 No-Prep Story Starters
–> EDITABLE Sight Word Roll and Write
MATH
–> Pumpkin Glyphs
–> Comparing Numbers to 100
–> Write and Wipe Number Bonds
–> Adding to Ten Sheets
–> Subtracting from Six and Ten Sheets
–> Addition Cover Up
–> 2D Shape Clip Cards
–> Spin and Color 2D Shape Pumpkins
SCIENCE
–> Pumpkins Are… Brainstorm
–> Pumpkin Life Cycle Hat
–> Pumpkin Life Cycle Craftivity
–> Pumpkin Life Cycle Sequencing
–> Pumpkin Plant Journal
NOTE: Some of the activities in this pack are also part of the preschool and kindergarten set.
Whether you’re planning a fall unit, pumpkin theme or just need a batch of engaging math, science and literacy activities for preschool or kindergarten, this pack has everything you need.
Teach letter names, letter formation, sight words, story writing, counting, beginning addition, comparing numbers, 2D shapes, the pumpkin life cycle and more.
This pumpkin activity pack includes 21 projects in one easy download- ABC games, EDITABLE sight word games, math centers, science activities…
Check out all of the fun details below!
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
LITERACY
–> Alphabet Activity Sheets for P, S and T
–> Rolling Pumpkins ABC Game
–> Five Little Pumpkins Rhyme
–> 3 Versions of Five Little Pumpkins Little Reader Books
–> EDITABLE Pumpkin Sight Word Hunt
–> EDITABLE Sight Word Mystery Pumpkins
–> 2 NO PREP Story Starters
MATH
–> Pumpkin Glyphs
–> Write and Wipe Adding on Cards
–> Pumpkin Ten Frames
–> Comparing Numbers from 1-20 Sheets
–> Adding to Ten
–> Number Cover Up for 1-6
–> Addition Cover Up for 2-12
–> 2D Shape Clip Cards
–> Spin and Color Shape Pumpkins
SCIENCE
–> Pumpkins Are… Brainstorm
–> Pumpkin Life Cycle Hat
–> Life Cycle Craftivity
–> Life Cycle Sequencing
–> Foldable Pumpkin Plant Journal
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Can your kids build the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China AND the Empire State Building in one afternoon?! These 47 STEM challenge cards use real pictures of famous landmarks from around the world to inspire kids to build those three sites and so many more.
The STEM challenge cards are a great way to help kids develop abstract thinking, design, engineering and building skills.
Just cut apart the cards and grab a batch of building blocks for some serious STEM fun.
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
–> Great Wall of China // China
–> The Twelve Apostles // Australia
–> Mount Everest // Nepal
–> Piazza San Marco // Italy
–> The Hollywood Sign // USA
–> Mount Eden Crater // New Zealand
–> Neuschwanstein Castle // Germany
–> Agia Sophia // Turkey
–> The Great Buddha // Japan
–> White House // USA
–> Pyramids of Giza // Egypt
–> Saint Spyridonas Church // Greece
–> Tower Bridge // England
–> Notre Dame Cathedral // France
–> Sphinx // Egypt
–> Golden Gate Bridge // USA
–> Burj Khalifa // United Arab Emirates
–> Leaning Tower of Pisa // Italy
–> Forbidden City // China
–> Jefferson Arch // USA
–> Saint Basil’s Cathedral // Russia
–> Sydney Opera House // Australia
–> Parthenon // Greece
–> Space Needle // USA
–> Taj Mahal // India
–> Eiffel Tower // France
–> Angkor Wat // Cambodia
–> Kukulcan El Castilla // Mexico
–> Easter Island Statues // Chile
–> Empire State Building // USA
–> Colosseum // Italy
–> Arc de Triomphe // France
–> Machu Picchu // Peru
–> Statue of Liberty // USA
–> CN Tower // Canada
–> Tower of Hercules // Spain
–> Rialto Bridge // Italy
–> Stonehenge // England
–> Sucevita Monastery // Romania
–> Petronas Towers // Malaysia
–> Potala Palace // China
–> Red Fort // India
–> Wat Phra Si Sanphet // Thailand
–> Butchart Garden // Canada
–> Ayers Rock // Australia
–> Red Fort // India
–> Cologne Cathedral // Germany
For students who are ready for a challenge, the pack includes 4 different record sheets to choose from too!
The famous landmark STEM challenge is a perfect compliment to our toothpick STEM structures!
These roll and cover pattern block mats are packed with serious math power! The no-prep sheets work on shapes, counting, adding, fine motor skills, number recognition, AND subitizing at the same time.
To play, kids roll either one or two dice (depending on the version they’re using) and cover the matching number with a pattern block.
EACH OF THE 20 DESIGNS COMES IN 2 VERSIONS:
–> a roll and cover sheet practicing the numbers 1-6
–> PLUS a roll, add, and cover page working on adding together two numbers up to 12.
STUDENTS WILL BUILD:
–> police car
–> fireman and hose
–> rose
–> swan
–> owl on a branch
–> number ten
–> lion
–> watering can
–> sailboat
–> castle
–> bird
–> penguin
–> train
–> hearts
–> elephant
–> gorilla
–> bee and flower
–> caterpillar
–> sun
–> fish
These 128 write and wipe cards are an easy and fun way to teach kids about subtraction. They’re perfect to use as math centers, small group activities or for individual practice.
To play, students grab a write and wipe card showing either 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 objects. They roll a die and cross off that many objects in the picture. Then they write the subtraction problem by filling in the numbers at the bottom of the card.
When kids are ready to take learning one step further, they follow up by writing the complete equation (including the subtraction and equal sign) on a corresponding record sheet. It’s an easy way to differentiate for different learners.
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
–> LEGO Subtraction
–> Loose Tooth Subtraction
–> Candy Shop Subtraction
–> Lunch Subtraction
–> Bubble Subtraction
–> Penguin Subtraction
–> Bowling Subtraction
–> Magic Subtraction
Get ready for some hands-on fun with math!
Number bonds are an amazing tool for teaching kids relationships between numbers, how two parts fit together to make a whole and how addition and subtraction relate to one another.
These four playful sets of write and wipe cards make learning number bonds fun for kids and easy prep for you!
Just print and laminate the cards, grab a dry erase marker, and you’re ready to play. The cards are great to use as math centers, small group activities or individual practice.
To make it easy for you to differentiate, the write and wipe cards include two levels of difficulty.
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
–> The beginner cards give kids the whole number and ask them to find the missing part.
–> The advanced cards ask students to solve missing parts AND wholes.
And, to take differentiation one step further, the pack also includes two versions of record sheets:
–> The beginner sheets have children copy the triangular number bonds.
–> The advanced sheets ask kids to write all four equations that can be made with the number bond.
Looking for fun ways to teach kids about plants?! These 11 science activities and experiments are the perfect addition to any preschool, kindergarten and first grade plant unit.
Make a sprout house, try your hand at leaf chromatography, turn a flower not one but TWO colors and more!
Check out all the motivating details below.
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
PLANT SCIENCE ACTIVITIES
–> Plants Are, Can, Have, Need…
–> Parts of Seeds, Plants and Photosynthesis Posters
–> Plant and Seed Labeling Pages
–> Living/Not Living Clip Cards
–> Sunflower Life Cycle Hat
–> Sprout House Experiment
–> Plant Journal
–> Two Tone Flower Experiment
–> Leaf Chromatography Experiment
–> 2 Foldable Life Cycle Craftivities
–> Pumpkin Life Cycle Sequencing
–> Flower Interactive Lapbook
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If you’re looking for motivating bug and butterfly activities for Pre-K or kindergarten, this set is for you!
The bug and butterfly set includes plenty of variety so that you can easily differentiate for different learners. Work on alphabet letters, word families, sight words, counting, adding, life cycles and so much more!
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
–> Rainbow butterflies practicing upper and lowercase pairs
–> Alphabet puzzles working on letter sounds
–> 2 EDITABLE sight word games
–> Rhyming clip cards
–> Word family clip cards and writing activity
–> 0-20 counting clip cards
–> Ten frame coloring sheets
–> Roll and cover pattern block mats practicing counting and adding
–> Ladybug addition sheets
–> Butterfly life cycle hats
–> Butterfly life cycle posters
–> Ladybug life cycle wheels
–> Ladybug life cycle posters
–> 4 story starters
With a name like The STEM Laboratory, it’s no surprise that we’re obsessed with science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities for kids. These 50+ STEM projects are sure to keep little scientists engaged, learning and well-prepared for their STEM-filled future. Get inspired below and then sign up for our 5 Day STEM Challenge! Not only will…
Looking for motivating math centers for your Pre-K classroom? These 25 hands-on, ready to print activities teach shapes, counting to 20, writing numbers, patterns and graphing.
The activities make it so easy to set up math stations! Just print, prep and play. The easy-to-follow instructions make them perfect for parent volunteers or classroom helpers.
The 25 printable centers give students practice with:
–> 2D Shapes
–> Patterns
–> Sorting
–> Number recognition to 20
–> Number formation
–> Counting to 20
–> Ten frames
–> Graphing
–> Introductory measuring
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
–> Number Rainbows
–> Counting Clip Cards (2 sets)
–> Roll and Color Number Game
–> Number Dominoes
–> Ten Frame Dab
–> Roll and Write 1-9
–> Number 1-20 Puzzles
–> Kids Color Up 1-12 Game
–> Pizza Shop 1-20 Counting Cards
–> Number Bingo for 1-20
–> How Many Long? Linear Measurement Activity
–> Shape Graph
–> Shape Sort
–> I Have, Who Has Shape Game
–> Shape Puzzles
–> Roll and Color Shape Sheet
–> Color Sort
–> Graphing Colors
–> Counting Bear Pattern Cards
–> Farm Pattern Cut and Glue Sheet
–> Popsicle Stick Pattern Cards
These 15 EDITABLE math fact games are packed with motivating ways to practice any facts under the sun: addition, subtraction, multiplication or even division.
They make it so easy to create customized math centers for every group in class!
SAVE TIME
Just type your math facts on the quick start page and they automatically load into every activity so you can quickly print and play.
SAVE MONEY
Simply swap out the math facts when kids are ready to move on – there’s no need to buy a new activity pack.
EASILY DIFFERENTIATE
Create duplicate versions of the same game using differentiated math facts. One group of students can practice addition to 12 while another group of children works on the same activity but focuses on two-digit addition.
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND
–> 4 Editable Pocket Chart Games
–> 4 Editable Board Games
–> 4 Editable Match Up Puzzles
–> 3 Editable No Prep Games
AND THEY ALL COME WITH RECORD SHEETS!
Science just got a whole lot easier to add into your lesson plans! Using the easy-to-follow instructions and common household supplies, kids will whip up some magic rainbow milk, make raisins dance, create some fluffy Ivory Soap souffle, fish for ice, shine pennies and make water walk.
PLUS, your download also includes a no-prep science journal that goes along with the 30 jaw-dropping science experiments so kids can easily keep track of their results.
But that’s just the beginning! Get ready for plenty of “oohs” and “aahs.”
There’s so much included in this set! Check out all of the fun experiments below.
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
–> The Disappearing Egg Shell
–> Walking Water
–> Tornado in a Jar
–> Flying Tea Bags
–> Magic Balloons
–> Disappearing Skittles
–> Dancing Raisins
–> Volcano in a Jar
–> Rainbow Milk
–> Candy Chromatography
–> Water Cycle in a Bag
–> Crystal Names
–> Fireworks in a Jar
–> States of Matter Balloons
–> Dying Flowers
–> Fluffy Soap
–> Shining Pennies
–> Fishing for Ice
–> Sink or Float
–> Little Sprout House
–> Making Grapes
–> Lava in a Cup
–> Running Pepper
–> Sink and Float Oranges
–> Will it Melt?
–> Peppermint Fireworks
–> Sunscreen Science
–> Is it Magnetic?
–> Phases of the Moon
That’s more than 30 awesome science experiments PLUS a kid-friendly, no prep science journal. Get ready for some serious fun!!