From Counting to Adding in a snap!

Hello All,

I am excited about these activities for my Kinder Babies. Right now I have 3 Kinder Babies that I teach in my instructional resource class.  Their time overlaps with another group of students and so I have to have some activities for them to do independently. That's difficult when they are all at varying levels. From very low to almost grade level. I love the clip card idea. It helps with fine motor skills and it is engaging. They also can be self-checking by adding a simple sticker on the back before laminating.

So, here you go 4 activities for math that range from simple counting to solving addition equations.  The theme is a bee theme which is great for upcoming Spring (yes, I'm optimistic!).  See what you think!

Use these mats with included manipulatives or use your own. Bright, colorful, engaging mats to practice developing number sense. Students will enjoy counting with these cheerful mats. Compose and decompose numbers using 2 different manipulatives.

These are no prep! Just print, laminate, provide clothes pins and there you go instant activity. How easy! Very affordable!!

Adorable Clip Cards where students count the bees and clip the correct number. These can be self-checking for independent and/or work stations or Literacy Centers. Students will be engaged with the cute cliparts and festive colors. They will feel empowered as they can do this activity on their own. Perfect for PreK and Kindergarten and possible struggling first graders.

Help your kinders begin adding with these cute bee clip cards. Pictures help them decompose numbers into parts and count and add amounts to 20. Clip the answer with a clothespin. Make these self-checking by adding a sticker to the back of the correct number.

These are full-page all you have to do is print 2 or 4 on a page and laminate. No prep easy in a snap!

Just the right activity to support students learning to add. Each addition sentence has picture clues. Helps students create number sense. They can see each part of equation. 28 cards for addition problems with sums 2-20. Children can visually see how you can add numbers in any order to get the same sum. A card is included for 3 + 4 as well as 4 + 3.

This can be used as a workstation activity where children show answers with clothes pin (clips). Or use as a write the room activity. Both a recording sheet and an answer key included.

They are already affordable but if you buy them all together you can save $4.  These are all bundled together for the low price of $8.00

So, don't wait any longer!! Click on any of these pictures and go right to my store!

Take a stop over at my Facebook page and LIKE it. I'm at 91 likes. When I have 100 likes I will offer another freebie! Any suggestions? Something you're looking for that you can't find? Leave me a comment. If you use these I'd love to hear your comments!

Have a great week, it's HUMP day, you can make it!

Happy Teaching!

Ms. Fran

New Product -- Blend Clips

Hello,

I'm back! I just didn't have the creative energy this summer to make products. I thought I would get a lot done but I didn't in fact this was the first summer that I did hardly anything work related. So, I'm not mad about that. I, as well as most teachers I know, work way too much. So, it was a nice change.

I changed positions AGAIN this year, I am back to teaching special education. It's taken me this first semester to try and get my procedures and activities down. There have been many paperwork changes since I was in last in special education 4 years ago. But, I'm back and I've created a product for my students and decided it might be useful to others so you can find it in my TPT store.

First, I have some Kindergarten students in my resource class. Their time overlaps with 2nd graders so they have to do some activities alone. They are all at different levels. I have one that is close to grade level in phonics, one that knows letters sounds but not how to form words with them, and one that doesn't even know all his letters yet. So, I had a dilemma about what could they do independently that they would still be learning from??  I found some Uppercase letter and lowercase letter clip cards where the student had to put a clip on the matching lowercase letter. This were great. I put a sticker on back to show the right answer making them self-checking and they could do these independently even the student who was at the lowest level. So, I started thinking about what could I do with these?

Voila, Blend clips. I have them printed off and laminated and the kids love the colorful pictures. I'l have to get some pictures of them using them. They are engaged and they love checking their own work.  I have some math ones in works and you'll be seeing those in the store soon.

These are great for late year Kindergarteners, First Graders and struggling 2nd graders who need more phonics practice. There are 48 cards. There are at least 2 cards for each blend or diagraph.  Extension activities are included with the set. There are 2 cards per page which makes them a nice size for smaller hands to handle. You can get clothes pins at the Dollar Tree so this makes a very engaging yet affordable center or early finishers activity.

If you purchase this I would sure love to hear how it works out for you. If you have any suggestions for making this product better I sure would appreciate it.

Happy Teaching!!

Dina