CVC Word Puzzle

This CVC word puzzle is great for beginning readers to practice reading 16 short vowel CVC words, while putting together a picture of a child's bedroom!

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I recommend laminating the puzzle and pieces and using velcro dots to stick the puzzle pieces.

The page with the CVC words stays together, while the page with pictures gets cut up to make the puzzle pieces. Children read each word one at a time, then find the matching piece until the puzzle is complete!

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After completing this puzzle, your students or kids will surely ask for more! Get the whole pack here:

For more CVC word learning that also includes handwriting practice, see our CVC Word & Picture Tracing Cards.

All About Me Free Printable Pack

All About Me activities are a great way for children to learn about themselves, their friends and family. This FREE All About Me Pack can be used at home or in the classroom for preschoolers and kindergartners to write, color and draw all about themselves!

This FREE All About Me Pack includes 6 pages featuring the following activities:

• My name, age, handprint
• My favorite color & favorite food
• My eye color & hair color
• My self-portrait
• My favorite outfit
• My family portrait

These sheets can be turned into a booklet which makes a great keepsake for parents!

I also love this First Day of School keepsake t-shirt (affiliate):

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25 All About Me Activities & Free Printables

Today I am sharing with you a fabulous collection of 25 activities and free printables from my fellow kid bloggers that can be used for an All About Me theme. Children will have a blast learning about themselves with these creative ideas!

Free Printables

All About Me Free Printable Pack by Totschooling
School Bus Name Recognition by Totschooling
Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes by From ABCs to ACTs
All About Me DIY Puzzles by Life Over C's
What I Like to Wear by A Little Pinch of Perfect
All About Me Pre-K/K Pack by This Reading Mama
An Absolutely Adorable All About Me Activity by Natural Beach Living
Free About Me Worksheets by Living Life and Learning
Getting to Know You Game by Preschool Powol Packets
All About My Family Printable Book by Happy & Blessed Home

Arts & Crafts

Hand Print Book for Preschoolers by From ABCs to ACTs
Our Family Paper Dolls by The Craft Train
Body Tracing Activity by The Artful Parent
Body Tracing Mirror Drawings by And Next Comes L
DIY Photo Name Puzzles by Totschooling
Felt Faces by Toddler Approved
Erase Me Rhyming Activity by Growing Book by Book
Clothespin Name Recognition by Munchkins and Moms
All About Me Early Writing Activity by The Educators' Spin On It

This Little Piggy Sequencing

This Little Piggy is a rhyme that I've recited to my kids since they were babies, playing with their little fingers and toes. Since most kids know the rhyme so well, it is perfect for practicing sequencing.

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This Free printable sequencing activity can easily be laminated and turned into a reusable "file folder" game that toddlers and preschoolers will love.

It can also be done as a cut and paste activity. I have included a black and white version that kids can color as well.

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For more sequencing printables, see the following posts:

100th Day of School Printables

My kindergartner just recently mastered counting to 100. As her 100th day of school approaches, I created a few worksheets to help celebrate the day.

These FREE 100th Day of School printables are perfect for children in kindergarten who are learning to write numbers and words. However, the last sheet (100 snack sorting sheet) is great for preschool as well!

The following activities are included:

• 100 chart - write the missing numbers
• Number and word - tracing, writing and coloring
• If I had 100 dollars - writing and drawing prompt
• 100 snack sorting

Click Here to Download your FREE 100th Day of School Printables

If you enjoyed these printables you might also like our Free All About Me Pack

Fall Color by Sight Word

Practice sight words with these FREE printable Fall themed coloring pages, featuring a pumpkin patch, a Fall tree and a turkey. Great for preschool and kindergarten!

This set of FREE Color by Sight Word sheets are perfect for the Fall season. Each page features 4 sight words that children have to color according to the legend. Includes 16 different pre-primer dolch sight words, plus blank pages of each design to customize with the sight words your child is currently learning.

Click the links below to Download each design:

Fall Tree Color by Sight Word

Pumpkin Patch Color by Sight Word

Turkey Color by Sight Word

For more sight word coloring, see our Spring Color by Sight Word

For more Fall literacy activities, see our Fall Learning Pack:

7 Continents of the World: Matching Activity

It's never too early to start teaching children about world geography. Use this free matching activity to introduce the 7 continents.

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This FREE continents matching activity is a great way to start learning about the different continents. Even preschoolers can learn to visually recognize the world map and the shapes of each continent. 

For younger children and toddlers, I recommend that you laminate this activity in order to make it reusable.

For scissor skills practice, children can cut out the continents and glue them in their correct location.

Click Here to Download you FREE Continents Matching Activity

If you enjoyed this activity, you may also like our Free World Landmarks 3-Part Cards.

Old Lady Who Swallowed... Matching & Sequencing Printables

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The "Old Lady Who Swallowed" series of books are fun and silly stories that kids enjoy. Based on the nursery rhyme where an old lady swallowed a fly, the series has expanded to seasonal and holiday themes in which she swallows a pie, a bat, a bell, leaves, snow and more. I've created a set of matching and sequencing printables for kids to use while following along with these stories.

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So far I've created matching and sequencing activities for 10 of the books in this series. I am planning on making a few more and adding them to this post.

Matching

The matching activities are great for toddlers. The images are in color and they are in random order, for the child to match as they listen to the story.

Sequencing

The sequencing activities are great for preschoolers and kindergartners. The sheets are in black and white and the child can cut out the pictures and glue them to their correct place in sequential order. They can also color the pictures.

Click on the links below to Download your Free Old Lady Who Swallowed Activities:

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly: Matching

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie: Matching

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat: Matching

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell: Matching

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell: Matching

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick: Matching

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose: Matching

Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves: Matching

Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow: Matching

Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books: Matching

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly: Sequencing

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie: Sequencing

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat: Sequencing

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell: Sequencing

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell: Sequencing

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick: Sequencing

Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose: Sequencing

Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves: Sequencing

Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow: Sequencing

Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books: Sequencing

For more Sequencing, see our Nursery Rhymes Sequencing Activity:

Community Helpers Emergent Reader

This free printable emergent reader book, "When I Grow Up", is a great way to learn about community helpers and occupations while practicing sight words. Kids can read, trace and color while talking about what they want to be when they grow up!

This FREE Community Helpers emergent reader book includes the following sight words: I, can, be, a. There are also decodable occupation words that kids can trace and pictures to color.

I can be a doctor.

I can be a teacher.

I can be a construction worker.

I can be a chef.

I can be a fire fighter.

I can be a farmer.

I can be a mail carrier.

I can be a police officer.

I can be a veterinarian.

Directions for Creating the book:

• Print all sheets.
• Cut sheets in half along the middle line
• Put pages in order based on the page numbers
• Use staples, clips or string to bind the book on the left side

Click Here to Download your FREE Community Helpers Emergent Reader

For more community helpers activities, see the following posts:

Free Cutting & Coloring Pack

Kids will love working on scissor skills, coloring and tracing with this free printable Cutting Pack featuring straight, diagonal, curved and zig zag lines. 

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This FREE Cutting Pack includes 6 no-prep pages - just print and go! I recommend that your child first colors the images and traces the lines, then cuts along the dashed lines. As a reminder, the directions on each page say: Color-Trace-Cut

Here is what is included in this no-prep pack:

• Flowers - straight vertical lines
• Vehicles - straight horizontal lines
• Space - diagonal lines
• Balloons - curved lines
• Bees & Butterflies - zig zag lines
• Crayons - curved & zig zag lines

For beginners, I recommend these training scissors. (affiliate) They are the scissors that I give my kids when they're learning how to cut. I like them because they are spring loaded and make it easier to get used to the open/close rhythm during cutting.

Click here to Download your Free Cutting Pack

For more art skills practice check out The Ultimate Art Skills Pack for ages 3-6 years. This is a unique set of 20 printable activities to help kids practice ALL of their art skills at the same time: Cutting, Gluing, Tracing, Coloring and Drawing!

Today, I Feel... Daily Emotions Activity

Get your kids talking about their emotions and learning to recognize facial expressions with this free printable daily check-in activity, "Today, I feel...".

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I recommend that you laminate this activity and use velcro dots for the children's faces. The squares on the right side of the page can be used to store the faces when they are not on the child's body.

When starting this activity, talk about different feelings that you can have and let your child try to name the feelings that each face is expressing.

For daily use, the laminated mat can be hung on a wall and children can change the facial expression as their own mood changes.

Click Here to Download your FREE Emotions Activity

(Note: This is a large file due to the photographs, so it may not fully load on your screen, or it may take a long time. It is best to save the file to your computer.)

For more activities about emotions, see the following posts:

Printable Emotions Cards by Childhood 101

Emotions Board Game by Life Over C's

Emotions Action Song by No Time for Flash Cards

Printable Emotions Cards by Childhood 101

Emotions Board Game by Life Over C's

LEGO Emotions I-Spy by And Next Comes L

Emotions Matching Game by B-Inspired Mama

My Body Systems Science Booklet

Introduce children to the human body systems with this free printable book. Makes a great science lesson as well as reading activity for preschool and kindergarten.

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This free printable science booklet includes the sight word "my" and is great for emergent readers. It introduces children to the main body systems while using simple terminology that they can relate to: "My muscles", "My stomach", "My bones", "My brain", "My lungs", "My heart".

If you would like to mention the name of the body system, you can verbally say it after reading each phrase. For example, "My bones... are part of the skeletal system" or "My lungs... are part of the respiratory system", etc.

This activity comes in two versions - a male and a female body. Kids can color in each picture to make it more personal. Read the following directions on how to put the book together:

Directions

• Print the pages (files can be downloaded further down in this post)
• Cut all pages in half down the middle
• Place pages in order according to page numbers
• Staple along the left edge to create a binding

Click the links below to Download the files:

My Body Systems Book - boy

My Body Systems Book - girl

If you enjoyed this activity you will LOVE our Science Pack for Preschool and Kindergarten!

Trolls Hair Cutting Pack

Kids who are fans of the movie Trolls will love practicing scissor skills and fine motor skills with this fun hair cutting pack!

The inspiration for this activity was my 3 year old daughter, who likes to cut the hair on her Trolls dolls, Poppy and Branch. I figured out a way to let her cut the trolls' hair without destroying her toys.

This cutting pack features some of the main characters of the movies with dashed lines for cutting. There are several different levels of difficulty, ranging from straight lines to a mix of curvy and zig zag.

• Straight lines
• Zig Zag lines
• Curved lines
• Mixed lines

Children should start by cutting each page down the middle to separate the characters. Then, turn the character sideways and start cutting their hair from the outside, progressing toward the middle as they cut the hair shorter and shorter.

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For more cutting practice, see our Free Cutting & Coloring Pack:

Teach Kids About Healthy Eating with a Food Group Sorting Activity

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It's not easy getting kids to eat balanced meals sometimes. As hard as I try to provide healthy options for my kids, there seems to always be one or two food groups lacking in their diet. One way that I teach them about nutrition and encourage them to eat healthy is by using this free food group sorting activity to learn about the 5 main food groups: fruit, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy.

It seems that after my two daughters played this food groups sorting game, they got a better understanding of what a balanced meal consists of. They also learned a lot about different foods and how to categorize them. 

I asked my daughters which food group is their favorite and they both said "fruit". This is a great answer, but I had to explain that they need vegetables too, and in larger quantities than fruit. The printable was good for showing a visual diagram of how much they need from each category.

As much as we try to feed our kids healthy foods, you can't force a child to eat something they don't want. This is why I give my kids a daily multivitamin. I've been on the lookout for the perfect vitamins with the best ingredients, no artificial colors or preservatives - plus they have to taste good, right? SmartyPants Kid's Complete gummies was the answer to my search!

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I love that these vitamins have no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives and no HFCS (high fructose corn syrup). They're gluten free, allergy free and they contain a nice dose of Omega 3's from sustainable fisheries.

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Don't forget to also download your free Food Groups sorting activity at the bottom of the post. It comes in 2 versions - color and black & white, and includes the 5 main food groups and 20 images of foods for kids to sort in the correct group.

You can laminate this activity to turn it into a reusable game, or it can be a cut/paste/color activity.

Click here to Download your Free Food Groups Sorting Activity

Spring Color by Sight Word

Practice sight words with these FREE printable Spring themed coloring pages, featuring a caterpillar, umbrellas and a flower garden. Great for preschool and kindergarten! Includes blank sheets that can be customized.

These FREE Color by Sight Word sheets are perfect for the Spring season. Includes 3 different designs, each page featuring 4 sight words that children have to color according to the legend. There are 16 different pre-primer dolch sight words in total, plus blank pages of each design to customize with the sight words your child is currently learning.

Click the links below to Download each design:

Caterpillar Color by Sight Word

Umbrellas Color by Sight Word

Flower Garden Color by Sight Word

For more Spring activities and printables, see our Seasonal category.

For more sight word coloring, see our Fall Color by Sight Word

Elf on the Shelf Printable Pack for Kids

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This is the first year that my family will be doing Elf on the Shelf and I'm very excited about starting this Christmas tradition! I created these fun elf-themed printables that are great for a variety of ages. Maybe your Elf left out some of these sheets for your kids to find the next morning. However you use them, they are sure to be a hit!

These FREE Elf on the Shelf printables are perfect for ages 2+ and include the following activities:

• Coloring Pages (5 sheets)
• Do-a-Dot marker sheets (3 sheets)
• Counting 1-6
• Counting 7-12
• Letter Sounds matching (upper & lower case)
• Alphabet Sequencing (4 versions)

For a huge collection of Elf on the Shelf ideas, check out this post: 100 Elf Ideas for Kids by Growing a Jeweled Rose.

Did you know that you can purchase tiny little clothes and accessories for your Elf? Check out some of the products below:

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