Sight Word Pattern Blocks

My students love pattern blocks but I never feel that I get enough use of them.  They are perfect for math but I felt we should be getting more use out of them in our classroom since my students love them so much.  They provide hands on learning  and students love building and exploring using pattern blocks.  To build on my students desire for more hands on learning activities in the classroom we recently began working on building words using our pattern blocks during literacy centers.  

They are perfect for tactile learners since students are actually building the words while using  higher level critical thinking skills by creating each of the words.  Since the words end up being so large, they are not to scale and students need plenty of space to complete them but your students will be engaged and excited to complete this activity.  They work great as an extension activity, especially at the end of the year when students may be able to read all sight words but may need more practice spelling them.  

You can find the color words as a freebie in TPT store (there is a link at the end of the post).

I also have 100 + different sight words available that are a great way to reinforce kindergarten sight words.

Also provided is a recording sheet that hold students accountable to their work and also ties in math and literacy in this activity.  .  

You can find the free color word pattern blocks here:

I hope that you and your students enjoy this activity and have fun learning using pattern blocks! 

Easter Counting Practice

Counting practice is pre-k and kindergarten is a skill that repeated practice is always helpful and never gets old!

For a seasonal twist, we are using these fun Easter egg counting cards where students count the number of eggs and clip that numbers. (These cards are a freebie at the end of the post!)

Your students will love this hands on interactive counting practice and included is counting cards for numbers 1-20.

These work perfectly as a math centers or small group activity.  We also use them to play quiz quiz trade, where each student is given a card, students mix around the room to find a partner, each student identify how many on their partner's card, the student with the card checks their answer and they then trade cards to find a new partner.  

Also included in the download are the same counting card with the numbers around the edges in order.  This allows for differentiation of the activity since some students will be able to identify the numbers with automaticity while some students may need to count to identify the number which can be done in order around the card.

You can find a full year worth of these seasonal counting cards here.  They work great as a center activity since students always can use practice counting, the students know what is expected with that activity and they are fun and hands on for students.  

They are super each prep, just print, laminate (affiliate link), and they become a great math center for your students.  

These Easter cards can be found as a freebie here: