Kindergarten Year Long Count the Room to 20 and a Back to School Count the Room FREEBIE

Get your students up and moving with this year long count the room resource!  This engaging activity not only promotes number recognition and counting skills but also allow movement in the classroom. Included in the bundle 10 low prep count the room activities with accompanying worksheets that are super easy to differentiate within your classroom!  

What is Included in the Count the Room Bundle:

You will find 10 different count the room activities the the perfect low prep activity for a year long center that you can easily swap out, with he monthly themes still staying new and engaging for students.

• Back to School (August/ September)
• Halloween (October)
• Fall (November)
• Christmas (December)
• Winter (January)
• Valentine's Day (February)
• St Patrick's Day (March)
• Easter (April)
• Spring (May)
• Summer (June)

What Will You Find In Back to School Count the Room (and for each month)

This resource is perfect for you kindergarten classroom, with each month following the same format.  Simply print and laminate for a resource that can be used year after year.  It is not only easy prep, but also easy to differentiation based on the needs of your students.  

This resource contains counting task cards and a recording sheet for numbers 1-10.  Each picture card has a different back to school themed picture for your students to practice counting.  (You can find the Back to School count to 10 resource as a freebie at the end of this post.)

If your students are ready, also includes recording sheets and count the room cards for numbers 1-20.

As well as the task cards included in a black and white printing option.  

You will also find a variety of supplemental worksheets for counting 1-10, which work perfect for independent practice. 

As well as back to school themed worksheets for counting 1-20, which work perfect for independent practice. 

Your students will love the excitement of searching the room for the picture cards and counting how many.

You can find the Year Long Kindergarten Count the Room Bundle here:

You can find the Back to School Count to 10 Freebie  here:

Fun and Engaging "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" Activities for Kindergarten

"There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" is a kindergarten classic. Students love the rhyme and repetition in the story and always enjoy reading along and these There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Sub Plans and Activities are the perfect extension activities for your classroom.  You are able to just print and go with these no prep activities for every subject including retelling, sequencing, and more while promoting literacy skills and creativity.

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Activities 

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Retelling and Sequencing 

We starting by having students make a prediction prior to reading the story. 

Students can draw or write about what they think will happen in the story.

  

After reading There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly with students, I love retelling using the picture cards in a pocket chart.  

Which is a great whole group sequencing story and students love retelling along.

Students can then get your hands on their own little emergent reader.  There are two options to chose from, "The old lady swallowed a ____" or a sight word focus with "I see a ____."

Finally, students can complete an independent sequencing activity which also gives great cut and paste/ fine motor practice.

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Writing Activities

I love to make students feel confident as writers in my classroom.  I have included a variety of writing activities to help build that confidence.

I start with a mini sight word flip book for students to create.  It is based on the same sentence frame , "I see a ____" that they used in the emergent reader.  

Students cut and staple to create a flip book and then copy the sentences on a recording sheet.  I usually make sure they pay attention to capitalization and spacing in this activity.

We also practice labeling and paying attention to beginning and ending sounds to help identify the words and a mixed up sentence activity where students have to construct a sentence out of words that are out of order.  This is a great way to help students recognize using sight words to form sentences! 

Both of these activities have a simpler version with support where students can simply match the words if needed.  

There are simple writing activities that can be used at the beginning of the year like tracing lines, rainbow writing letters and tracing phrases.  

Or a fun writing activity where students finish a sentence frame by writing their name and a picture of them eating something from the story (it is great to use the pocket chart cards for this activity) and then draw a picture.  

These are great to bind and create a cute class book and students always love seeing their own page as well as those of their friends. 

You will also find a more advanced option with a writing warm up where students can copy simple sentence as well as a fly directed drawing activity with guided steps to draw a fly and then an open ended option where students can write about it.  

For more advanced students or as a later in the year extension activity, you may read an informational text like I, Fly: The Buzz About Flies and How Awesome They Are (affiliate link) and have the students write a few facts about flies. 

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Math

I love starting math with a warm up and this one is perfect for any time in the school year.  

In this "Find the Fly" number identification activity, numbers are placed in a pocket chart.  The fly card is hidden behind one of the numbers and students identify a number by saying it aloud and then can check behind that card to see if the fly is hidden.  My students always LOVE playing this game over and over. 

There are also additional math worksheets that can be used at various times in the school year in a kindergarten classroom that all align to kindergarten common core math standards.

Included are simple skills like rainbow writing numbers, cut and paste mixed up numbers 1-10, a partner spin and find ten frame identification for numbers 1-10 and flat shapes.  These are perfect for earlier in the school year.  

As well as kindergarten skills with concepts that are taught later in the school year such as a partner spin and find teen numbers, numbers writing to 100, addition and mixed up teen numbers.  

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Extra Activities  

There are also additional extras to supplement the story in your classroom like a pictures sort of things from the story and those that do not belong, a word search, a crown, student retelling pictures and a write the room activity.  

All you need for this complete day of engaging activities is these easy print and go There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Sub Plans or Activities . They can easily be used as full day (probably even two days) worth of sub plans or extension activities to supplement the story.

and a copy of the story There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (affiliate link)

 

Spring Fine Motor Math Mats for Kindergarten and a Geoboard Freebie

Fine motor activities are the perfect way to engage your students with interactive and educational activities. As a teacher we are always looking for fun and hands on ways to enhance your kindergarten students' fine motor skills and it's a bonus when you can also incorporate math.

Spring Fine Motor Activities

Pattern Block Mats

Spring Pattern Blocks are an excellent tool for developing fine motor skills and teaching math concepts such as shapes, symmetry, and fractions. In this activity, children can use pattern blocks to create pictures and included are different ability levels. 

Students can build the pictures, identify the shapes and count how many of each  shape is used in the picture.  A great way to incorporate math and fine motor activities.  

Also included are small easy to store task cards that work well for morning work  or early finishers. 

And also a design your own version, which can challenge your students and beneficial to your visual spacial leaners. 

I love these more opened ended tasks which are so great for differentiation.   Students are able to come up with so many different ways to make the same picture. 

Snap Cube Activities

Spring Snap Cube Activities are another hands on and engaging resource for teaching math concepts and developing fine motor skills in your classroom. In this activity, children can create different pictures using snap cubes, sort by color and count how many of each color.  

This does require counting up to 20 and is a great way to reinforce that kindergarten standard.  

You will also fine simple to build mats that are to scale for students and a great fine motor activity and does not involve counting. 

As well as small task cards and can really challenge students and are great to help develop visual spacial awareness. These are small and easy to store and a great activity to keep for morning bins or early finishers. 

Geoboard Activities

Spring Geoboards are also a great tool for developing fine motor skills and teaching math concepts such as symmetry, shapes, and patterns. In this activity, children can use geoboards to create different spring shapes like  butterflies, flowers, and and birdhouses. 

As an extension activity, students to practice identifying shapes they may see in a picture and record on the mats. 

Each picture includes both and simple and more difficult version with 10 different pictures included. 

The small geoboard task cards are included as a freebie at the end of this blog post. 

Spring Building Brick Activities 

Spring Building Bricks are another fun and engaging fine motor activities to use in your classroom.  Your students will love using Legos or other building bricks to create spring themed pictures such as rainbows, ladybugs, butterflies and bird houses.  

Included are 10 different spring themed pictures with both small easy to store task cards

as well as large to scale cards where students can simply build on the mat

You can all of these activities in Spring Fine Motor Bundle which includes a variety of templates for Snap Cubes, Pattern Blocks, Building Bricks, Geoboard Boards, and Pom Poms at a 40% discount.  Each set contains 10 different spring themed picture for your students to create.  

You can fine the Free Spring Geoboard Task Cards here 

Kindergarten Sub Plans for the Three Little Pigs and a Sequencing Freebie

I always like to be prepared in case of an absence.  I remember when I first started teaching it would seriously takes me HOURS and HOURS to take a day off.   I needed everything all laid out perfectly but it would take me FOREVER.  I created Kindergarten Emergency Sub Plans for the Three Little Pigs  as a print and go packet as an easy solution to that and I hope that it can help you as well.  

While I am gone, it is important for my students to have meaningful work that reinforces the skills we are learning... not just busy work.   I made sure the activities align to what we are doing in the kindergarten classroom while still being engaging to students.  I based the sub plans on the story Three Little Pigs Book (affiliate link) which is a story that I always loved sharing with my students.   I love the rhyme and repetition of the story and it is always enjoyed by my students.  

You can also find it on YouTube.  

The Three Little Pigs Activities

I have included a full day (possible even two days) worth of activities.  Everything is so easy to copy and just go. Each activity in the packet comes with a simple sheet that explains the activity and a place that you can just write the time on for your sub.  I copy everything in advance to have ready for a stress free day off.  Then when needed I simply write the times on each of the activities and lay them out.  

Emergent Reader

I always love getting students little hands on their own books.  Included is a simple to read emergent reader with the predictable text "I see a  (images from the text)".

It is easy to copy and prep and fun for your students to have their own little book.  This will also help with them sequencing by becoming familiar with the order that everything appears in the story.  I always allow my students to color as well.

Sequencing

Since retelling and sequencing events are always important for comprehension, included are color picture cards that can be used for a whole group sequencing and well as two printable student sort. 

A link to the simple printable student sort is included as a freebie at the end  of this post.

Phonemic Awareness/ Rhyming and Phonics 

Phonemic awareness is so important in a kindergarten classroom and rhyming is something that we practice a lot and is always great to review.

Included is a fun interactive no prep Google Slides rhyming activity where students are presented with two pictures and drag a thumbs up or a thumbs down to show if they words rhyme.  This is a great and colorful whole class warm up to do with students.  

Also included is a printable rhyming worksheet for students to complete independently as well as a phonics short vowel color by code activity.  

Sight Word Flip Book

This fun to create flip book uses the same predictable sentence frame from the emergent reader.  Students cut and staple to create a flip book with the sentence "I see the_____"  which is a great vocabulary activity.

Students can then copy the sentences from their flip book and practice reading them.

Writing

You will also find a variety of writing tasks for your students. As a writing warm up, they can copy easy to read sentences, remembering to leave spaces and capitalization, or a more difficult versions where students can correct errors.  Also included is a mixed up sentence activity, where students form a sentence from mixed up words.   These activities both work well as a writing warm up.  There is then a writing task for students with both a simple version as well as a more complex version.  

Differentiated Math

There are a variety of math activities to choose from depending on when you choose to use these sub plans during the school year or the levels of your students.

Included is a simple shape activity which a whole group activity as well a student practice sheet.

After reviewing shape names, whole group you can play shape memory where students match the shape pig to the real world shape, and then independently students can complete their own match. This activity can easily be used at the beginning of the year. 

There are also sheets focusing on simple skills such as counting and numbers to 10.  

As well as counting and ordering numbers to 20 and numbers in a tens frame, that can be use later in he year in kindergarten.  

With a wide variety of options based on kindergarten common core standards, it will be sure to fit the needs of your students in your classroom. 

Extras 

Additionally, you will find a variety of "extras" that can be used to substitute or supplements based on the needs of your students, such as a rainbow writing, a story retelling graphic organizer, a word search and more!

These activities can be used for a wide variety of levels and allow you to help meet the individual needs of students in your class.  

What Else Is Included For Sub Plans?

It is also important to communicate other important information to your sub and I have also included editable form to fill in while you are out.  I always include a class list, class rules, a schedule and common classroom procedures.  

You can type in this document or print it out and write in the info and is great info for your sub to have.  

You can find all of these resources in my Kindergarten Emergency Sub Plans for the Three Little Pigs 

They are so easy to print, copy and store in advance for a stress free day off.  

You can find it discounted 25% in my Week Long Fairy Tale Kindergarten Sub Plans Bundle with 5 days worth of sub plans, each focusing on a different fairy tale. 

This makes for no stress days off that can be prepped in advance.  Each resource has the materials and format with a new story as the focus making it easy for the sub as well as the students. 

Or you can grab the Free The Three Little Pigs Sequencing Worksheet