Showing posts with label visual discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label visual discrimination. Show all posts
15 FREE St. Patrick's Day Printables for Toddlers and Pre-K
This is a fun activity pack for toddlers and preschoolers featuring number recognition, number quantity, shapes, patterns, sorting, alphabet letter cases, letter sounds, visual discrimination, coloring, tracing, and scissor skills practice.
Free Easter Printables for Toddlers and PreK
Spring is in the air! And that means Easter is right around the corner. Get ready for the season with this fun, free printable Easter Learning Pack for your toddlers and preschoolers! Featuring number recognition, number quantity, counting, shapes, patterns, alphabet letter cases, letter sounds, sight words, letter tracing, sorting, visual discrimination, coloring, puzzles, pre-writing tracing, scissor skills practice and more!
This FREE Easter Learning Pack features 31 hands-on activities, and it is available for Free to all email subscribers. Here is what's included:
Literacy Activities:
-Cut & paste Missing Letter
-Letter Sounds Matching
-Find Letter E
-Sight Word Matching
-Word Tracing & coloring
-Letter Case Matching
-Do a Dot: E is for Egg
Math Activities:
-Numbers 1-5 Puzzle
-Numbers 1-10 Puzzle
-Numbers 11-20 Puzzle
-Counting 1-5
-Counting 1-10
-Cut & Paste Correct Number of Eggs
-Shape Matching
-Patterns
-Color Sorting
-Size Sorting
-Color by Number
Pre-Writing/Fine Motor:
-Trace Horizontal Lines
-Trace Vertical Lines
-Trace Shapes
-Trace & color Easter eggs
-Trace & color Easter rabbit
-Do a Dot: E is for Egg
Visual Discrimination:
-Which one is different?
-Matching Easter egg halves
-Easter egg hunt
Scissor Skills:
-Cutting straight lines
-Cutting zig zag lines
-Several Cutting & pasting activities
Puzzles:
-Numbers 1-5 Puzzle
-Numbers 1-10 Puzzle
-Numbers 11-20 Puzzle
This Easter Printable Pack is FREE for all Totschooling subscribers!
What can I expect as a Subscriber?:
-You will receive access to free printables that are not available for download on the website. This includes holiday and seasonal packs, as well as other themed activity packs.
-You will get access to a collection of Board Book Printable Activities and Nursery Rhymes sequencing.
-You will receive 1-2 emails per week with new posts, freebies, sales and additions to the site.
-You will receive a special subscriber discount for the Online Store.
-Your information will never be shared with anybody else.
How do I get my Easter Pack after subscribing?:
-After confirming your email address, you will receive a Welcome Email which provides the link to the subscriber's page. This subscriber's page is where you can download the Easter Pack as well as ALL other subscriber freebies.
-Please check your email thoroughly for this email including spam folder, promotions folders, etc. If you still do not see it, please email me at totschooling@gmail.com and I will be happy to send you the link.
Free Earth Day Pack for Toddlers & PreK
Celebrate Earth Day with your toddlers and preschoolers with this fun set of 16 printable activities featuring letter sounds, pre-writing, word tracing, puzzles, do-a-dot, lacing, counting, number recognition, patterns, visual discrimination matching, and more!
Click Here to Download your FREE Earth Day Pack Here!
For more Earth Day printable activities, see the following posts:
Free Mother & Baby Animals Matching Activity
Match mother and baby animals in this free printable activity that is perfect for Mother's Day. This is also a great activity for the classic children's book "Are You My Mother?".
As you may know I have been creating a lot of book printables lately, specifically Board Book Printables for Toddlers. I wanted to make an activity that we can do for Mother's Day to go along with the classic book "Are You My Mother?" by P.D. Eastman. This is a cute story about a baby bird who, in search for his mother, goes around asking several different animals, including a cat, hen, dog and cow, if they are his mother. You can read this book and then do this matching printable activity with your toddler or preschooler.
It features 10 different mother/baby pairs of animals. It is a great way to teach your child how to visually recognize animals, the names of both baby and adult animals, and it is also a great visual discrimination exercise.
Page 1 Page 2 - cut out page
For toddlers I recommend that you laminate both pages, cut out the pieces from the second page and attach them with velcro. This gives you a nice reusable activity that your child can do over and over again. For preschoolers or children learning to use scissors, you can let them cut out the pieces from the second page and glue them to the first page.
Funny story - as I was doing this activity with my daughter she asked me where the daddy animals are. Yeah, she's a daddy's girl.
Download your Free Printable Mother & Baby Animal Matching Activity
Motor Skills Preposition Game
My daughter has always been a climber. By the time she was a year old she had conquered couches, chairs, small tables, and anything low to the ground. Now, as a toddler, she gets strategic and figures out how to reach the cookies in the top cabinet, or the light switch that controls the fan in the living room. She gets a chair from the kitchen, pushes it to where it needs to be, and uses it to climb on top of a second surface like the kitchen counter in order to open up the pantry. I think to myself, this baby needs to get outdoors more!
But what do you do when you are stuck inside for whatever reason?
So I came up with a simple little game that actually allows your kids to play around with furniture and climb or crawl all over it, and at the same time is educational. You can do these activities with your toddlers and preschoolers to help develop their gross motor skills, fine motor skills, vocabulary and visual discrimination. Just print these free printable preposition cards and you can play the game several ways:
Gross Motor
If your child is like mine and loves to climb on chairs or tables, or hide and play underneath them, they are going to love this game! Use a chair or a small table and play the game similar to "Simon Says" by drawing from the pile of cards and directing the child on what to do. For example: stand in front of the chair, stand behind the chair, go under the chair, go through the chair, go around the chair, stand between two chairs, etc. This is not only great for gross motor skills but will also help build your child's vocabulary.
Fine Motor
Another way to play this game is by using a miniature chair/table and a miniature person/doll, such as from a dollhouse. Give your child one card at a time and have them position the toys to match what is on the card. If you already did the gross motor exercise, you can remind your child that they are matching the same positions as the ones they were in.
Visual Discrimination
You can also play this as a visual discrimination matching game - just print off a second sheet of the cards, but don't cut them out this time. Give this sheet to your child and have them place the picture cards on top of the matching picture.
For Readers
Yet another way to play this game - cut out the pictures and words so that they are separate from each other, and have the child match the pictures to the words.
Click here to Download your Free Preposition Cards
Free Birthday Printable Pack
We just celebrated my younger daughter's first birthday this past weekend, so I made an activity pack for my almost 3 year old daughter (her birthday is also coming up soon) to help her learn some concepts about age, numbers, and candles on the cake. I also added other fun activities like puzzles, visual discrimination, coloring, do-a-dot, as well as letter sounds, sight words, and tracing practice.
Your child can do these activities around any family member's birthday, it doesn't have to be their own. The pack includes 17 activities for toddlers through preschool and you can download it for Free by following the link below!
Download your Free Birthday Printable Pack!
10 Activities with Family Photos
From a very young age, children seem to be fascinated by photographs. Starting from when my kids were babies and I carried them around the house, they both stopped me whenever we reached a photograph hanging on the wall. My 1 year old still does this every day and loves to point at the pictures and call out which ones are "mama" and "dada".
When we look at old vacation photos, my almost 3 year old daughter loves to call out everybody's names and describe what they are doing in the pictures. It helps with her memory, logic and language skills.
Since photographs can be so engaging for young children, I thought it would be fun to come up with some easy DIY activities with family photos that are also educational!
1. Photo Puzzle
You can use a photograph that you already have, or print one out from your computer. If printing out, laminate the photo for durability. Then, depending on your child's age and the size of your photograph, cut it into 6, 9, 12 or 24 pieces and have your child put it back together.
2. Family Photo Matching (Visual Discrimination)
It's so easy to make your own visual discrimination matching activity with family photos - your computer does it all for you! If you use Windows, all you have to do is open up your picture folder, select 9 pictures (you will see why I say 9) that you would like to use, then either right-click and press "print", or find the "print" button located in the folder's toolbar. Once you click "print" you will see various layout options that you can change. The default layout is one large picture per page. If you scroll down you will see more options. The one I used is the "wallet" size layout that prints 9 photos per page. Click "print" again and ta-da! you have a photo sheet with 9 pictures. Then, print a second copy of the same 9 pictures. Laminate both sheets, then cut one into 9 separate photos that your child will match to the first sheet.
If you use Mac OS or if my explanation for Windows was unclear, click here to read some better instructions on how to print the photo sheets and it also has screenshots. Note: There is an option for a page of thumbnails but I thought the pictures came out too small.
3. Photo Sorting Activities
Here are some ideas for sorting categories for family photos:
-sibling vs. sibling
-adult vs. child
-male vs. female
-mom's side vs. dad's side
-generations
-location: US vs. overseas, or NJ vs. FL
-events: Easter vs. Thanksgiving vs. Christmas
4. Photo Order Activities
-age: youngest to oldest
-chronological events: the order that events happened (good for vacation photos)
5. Emotion Recognition Activities
Take pictures of yourself or your child expressing different emotions. Print off the photos using the photo sheet method above (#2). You can then do a matching or sorting activity (#2,3) or simply ask the child to describe the emotion expressed in each picture.
6. Photo Labeling Activities
7. Family Tree
Here are some more great ideas from other bloggers:
8. Make your Kids into Interchangeable Blocks by Meaningful Mama
9. How to Make a Flip Book for your Toddler by MomDot
10. Photo Face Collage by Mosswood Connections
Occupations & Vehicles Matching Activity
Learn about occupations, community helpers and vehicles with this fun matching activity for preschoolers!
I originally created this printable as a Father's Day activity, where kids can match the "daddies" in different occupations with the vehicles associated to each occupation. Of course there are women in all of these professions, but I wanted to make this specifically as a fun Father's Day activity.
This is also a great activity for a community helpers theme. You can do it as a cut & paste activity, cutting the vehicles from the second page and pasting them in the boxes on the first page. Or to make this into a reusable activity, I recommend that you laminate both sheets, then cut out the vehicles on the second sheet and use Velcro dots to attach the pieces.
For more community helpers activities, see the following posts:
Free Summer Printable Pack for Toddlers - PreK
Summer is finally here but the learning doesn't stop! This printable pack is great for toddlers & preschoolers on long car trips, airplane rides, rainy days or simply for every day learning to practice those essential skills like counting, number & alphabet recognition, letter sounds, letter cases, size, colors, shapes, patterns, visual discrimination, prewriting, scissor skills and more!
This is my biggest printable pack so far, featuring 37 summer themed activities, and I am making it available for Free to all email subscribers. Here is what's included:
Literacy Activities:
-Cut & Paste the Missing Letter
-Letter Sound Matching
-Circle all things that begin with the letter S
-Match the upper and lower case letters
-Sight Word Matching
-Tracing words
-Tracing Letters & Pictures
Pre-Writing:
-Trace the Circles
-Horizontal Lines
-Vertical Lines
-Maze
Math Activities:
-Numbers 1-10 Puzzle
-Color by Number
-Counting
-Cut & Paste the Correct Number
-Patterns
-Cut & Paste in Order from Smallest to Biggest
-Sorting by Size
-Sorting by Color
-Match the other half of the Shapes
Visual Discrimination:
-Matching kids at the pool/beach
-Matching ice cream cones
-I Spy BBQ
-I Spy Beach
-Circle the one that is Different
-Matching Flip Flop pairs
Scissor Skills:
-Cutting straight lines
-Cutting zig zag lines
-Cutting page in 4 sections
Puzzles:
-Cut & Paste Puzzle
-Numbers 1-10 Puzzle
-Summer Word Puzzle
Below is a Sneak Peek:
This Summer themed Printable Pack is FREE for all Totschooling email subscribers.
Don't forget to download your Free 4th of July Pack also!
What can I expect as a Subscriber?:
-You will receive access to free printables that are not available for download on the website. This includes holiday and seasonal packs, as well as other themed activity packs.
-You will get access to a collection of Board Book Printable Activities and Nursery Rhymes sequencing.
-You will receive 1-2 emails per week with new posts, freebies, sales and additions to the site.
-You will receive a special subscriber discount for the Online Store.
-Your information will never be shared with anybody else.
How do I get my Summer Pack after subscribing?:
-After confirming your email address, you will receive a Welcome Email which provides the link to the subscriber's page. This subscriber's page is where you can download the Summer Pack as well as ALL other subscriber freebies.
-Please check your email thoroughly for this email including spam folder, promotions folders, etc. If you still do not see it, please email me at totschooling@gmail.com and I will be happy to send you the link.
Color Matching Printables for Toddlers
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Kids are naturally drawn to colors, which is why simple color matching activities are usually a hit with young children. Toddlers who are learning about colors will love these hands-on activities using pom poms, pouch caps, playdough balls, or anything round and colorful that you have at home.
These free printable activities are great for fine motor skills, visual discrimination practice, learning colors, patterns, and even to practice counting and letters!
Here is what I have included:
-Make a House
-Make a Fish
-Flowers
-Car
-Counting/Number Quantity
-Complete the Patterns
-Blank: Create your own!
This one can be used to make anything you might think of such as letters, numbers, or any other picture or pattern. We used it to practice the letter M - see picture below.
I hope you enjoy them and I would love to hear about what you did with the blank page - leave me a comment!
Download your Free Color Matching Printables for Toddlers
If you don't have pouch caps, don't worry! These printables work GREAT with pom poms. You can buy them at any craft store, or use my affiliate link below:
Tangram Shape Puzzles for Toddlers
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My girls have loved puzzles from an early age. When my first daughter was a toddler, I created these Tangram-inspired matching shape puzzles for her to practice shapes, colors and spatial skills in an easy, toddler-friendly way.
What are tangram puzzles?
Tangrams are traditional Chinese puzzles made from a square that is divided into seven shapes. These shapes are rotated, moved and arranged to create specific forms and figures using all seven pieces.
Tangrams are very good for critical thinking and spatial reasoning skills. They're a lot of fun for kids of all ages!
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The printable puzzles that I created come in 2 difficulty levels. For younger toddlers (around 18-24 months), there are fewer pieces to match and the design is simpler. The shapes and colors are independent from each other, so the child can match either by color or by shape. For older toddlers (around 24-36 months), there is another level of difficulty as they have to match the shape, size and color at the same time. Some shapes are the same size but different colors and others are the same color but different sizes.
As with most of my toddler printables, I recommend that you laminate the sheets & use velcro dots so that you have a durable and reusable puzzle that your child can do over and over again, and you can use with future children.
Note: Some of the pieces in the more advanced puzzles are fairly small, so always use under adult supervision. After laminating and cutting out the shapes, some of the corners may be sharp (particularly the triangles) so I recommend cutting off the corners.
Download the Free Printable Puzzles here:
You might also like our Robots Shape Matching Puzzle:
Free Princess Learning Pack for Toddlers & PreK
My daughter's current obsession is princesses. We have princess books, princess toys, princess dresses, and we even threw a princess birthday party for her third birthday! I always like to take advantage of things that interest her and use them as learning opportunities, so of course I created a Princess themed printable pack, and giving it out for free to all my wonderful followers!
This free printable pack includes 21 activities to practice counting, number recognition, letters, letter cases, letter sounds, prewriting, scissor skills, visual discrimination, lacing, do-a-dots and more!
For toddlers, I always recommend that you laminate the activities and use Velcro to attach the loose pieces. Preschoolers or children who are practicing using scissors can do these activities by cutting and pasting. The prewriting sheets should be laminated or placed in sheet protectors for easy wipe-off.
Click here to download your Free Princess Learning Pack!
For more princess themed printables, see the following posts:
Fall Leaf Shadow Matching
Fall is just around the corner and I've started talking to my girls about the changing leaves. I got the idea to make a quick activity that involves matching different types of leaves to their shadows. This shadow matching activity is great for visual discrimination practice, and can spark discussions about nature and science.
Why do leaves change color in the Fall?
The green color in leaves is made from chlorophyll, which is a substance that trees use to make their food. Trees need the sun to make chlorophyll. Since Fall days have less sunlight, trees take a break and stop producing it. The green color fades away revealing the different colors underneath.
Some colors, like yellow and orange, were always there but covered by the green chlorophyll. Other colors, like red, are only made in the Fall from different chemical reactions. Nature is amazing, isn't it?
Different Ways to use this Printable
Shadow Matching Game:
Match the colored leaf cards to their shadows. This can be laminated for toddlers, or can be done as a cut and paste activity for preschoolers.
Memory Game:
Print off two copies of the colored leaf cards and play the classic game.
Matching Game with Real Leaves:
Go on a nature walk and collect real leaves, and match them to the colored leaf cards.
For more visual discrimination activities for all seasons, take a look at this set of 20 printable matching activities for ages 1 to 4 - click here!
Free Halloween Printable Pack for Toddlers & PreK
Halloween is one of our favorite times of the year and I like to use this as an opportunity to create some fun learning activities. This Halloween themed printable pack is designed for toddlers and preschoolers to develop early learning skills such as counting, number & alphabet recognition, letter sounds, letter cases, size, shapes, patterns, visual discrimination, prewriting, scissor skills, puzzles and more!
This Halloween themed Pack features 27 hands-on activities, and it is available for Free to all email subscribers. Here is what's included:
Literacy Activities:
-Cut & Paste the Missing Letter
-Letter Sound Matching
-Sight Word Matching
-Tracing words
-Letter Sorting
-Rhyming Words
-Which letter does not belong?
Pre-Writing:
-Trace the Circles
-Trace Horizontal Lines
-Trace Vertical Lines
Math Activities:
-Numbers 1-10 Puzzle
-Counting 1-5
-Counting 6-10
-Cut & Paste the Correct Number
-Number Matching
-Quantity Matching
-Patterns
-Cut & Paste in Order from Smallest to Biggest
-Sorting by Size
-Shape Matching
Visual Discrimination:
-Matching Halloween items
-Matching Jack-o-lantern faces
-Sorting Halloween items
Scissor Skills:
-Cutting straight lines
-Cutting zig zag lines
-Cutting page in 4 sections
Puzzles:
-Cut & Paste Puzzle
-Numbers 1-10 Puzzle
Below is a Sneak Peek:
This Halloween Printable Pack is FREE for all Totschooling subscribers! (If you're already a subscriber, you can find this pack on the Subscriber's Page)
What can I expect as a Subscriber?:
-You will receive free printables that are not available for download on the website. This includes holiday and seasonal packs, as well as other themed activity packs.
-You will get access to a collection of Board Book Printable Activities and Nursery Rhymes sequencing.
-You will receive 1-2 emails per week with new posts, freebies, sales and additions to the site.
-Your information will never be shared with anybody else.
How do I get my Halloween Pack after subscribing?:
-After confirming your email address, you will receive a Welcome Email which provides the link to the subscriber's page. This subscriber's page is where you can download the Halloween Pack as well as ALL other subscriber freebies.
-Please check your email thoroughly for this email including spam folder, promotions folders, etc. If you still do not see it, please email me at totschooling@gmail.com and I will be happy to send you the link.
-If you're already a subscriber, check a recent newsletter and scroll to the bottom. There will be a link to the Subscriber's Page.
Matching Animal Halves Printable Activity
Animal activities are always a big hit at our house! This printable matching activity is geared toward toddlers and is great for language and visual development. Find the matching half of each animal to create the whole.
For toddlers I always recommend laminating both sheets, cutting out the pieces on the second page, and using velcro to attach the loose pieces. This gives you a nice reusable activity that your child can do over and over again. For preschoolers, this can be a cut and paste activity.
Here are a few more animal printable activities:
For toddlers I always recommend laminating both sheets, cutting out the pieces on the second page, and using velcro to attach the loose pieces. This gives you a nice reusable activity that your child can do over and over again. For preschoolers, this can be a cut and paste activity.
Here are a few more animal printable activities:
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