Earth Day Games and Activities

  by All-American Teacher Tools

Earth day is April 22. Start now to plan for the day's fun and activities based on a vocabulary directly related to Earth Day.  

This is appropriate for grades 4-8 and will provide you with an entire day of fun and games!

Click here: Earth Day Games and Activities

Check out my other games for the rest of the year: Socially Distant Games - Indoors, Outdoors, and Virtual

Auditory Processing Task Cards for Preschool & Kindergarten

By: Laurie Fyke @ Primarily Learning

Preschool – Kindergarten

  In PRINT Letters

(Teacher Reference)

What is Auditory Processing?

From the time our children are babies, we seem to naturally draw their attention to environmental sounds, and in turn, begin to develop their auditory processing skills.

• “The doorbell is ringing.”
• “Do you hear mommy’s footsteps?”

Early activities and games, where your child learns to identify and recall sounds, includes things like making and identifying the sounds of specific animals, putting on a dramatic presentation, singing, recalling a rhyme, and dancing to music!

• “I am a dog barking!”
• The cat says, “Meow.”
• “What does a lion say?”
• “I can sing a song!”
• “I’ll tell you a story.”

Check out these 30 task cards with activities to develop auditory awareness skills!

  

Try this! Put varying items in recycled small plastic juice bottles that have twist tops.

• Wash the containers.
• Collect items to place in the container such as: rice, coins, sand, dried beans, pull tabs, pebbles
• Fill two containers to the same level (e.g. ½ full. ¼ full), with the same item.
• Hot glue the lids onto the containers.
• Use a colored marker to place matching dots on the bottom of the two containers that make the same sound.

Activities:

• Shake the container to hear different sounds.
• Shake your container as you sing a familiar song. Try to use the beats of the music.
• Demonstrate shaking patterns. Ask your child to copy the pattern.

e.g. | ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ | ♪ ♪ ♫  ♪ |    ♫ ♫  ♫  ♪ |  Use the rhythm of familiar songs.

• In a classroom, create three groups of children. Hand out similar containers to each group (e.g. containers filled with sand, beans, coins).   Create a soundscape as you suggest a rhythm for each group, and then direct the children on when to play.  They are following both oral, and visual directions!
• Wrap a piece of paper around the outside of several pairs of containers… that have the same sound. Place the containers at a center, and ask the children try and match the sounds. (Listen to find to containers filled to the same level with the same material.)

Find more “at your fingertips” ideas to develop Auditory Awareness, Discrimination, and Memory Skills with these 30 Amazing Task Cards!  

Please Note: Each child is different, and children develop at varying rates.  Your 3 - 5-year-old may be quietly observing the world around or demonstrating determination, and persistence.  Some children will quickly grasp, and enjoy an activity, while others need repeated lessons. Some children are bold and daring, while others are shy and cautious. Remember to provide numerous and varied learning opportunities because children do not all learn at the same time, or in the same way. Have fun!

Have a great day!

Laurie @

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Vocabulary: I have… /Who has…? CHRISTMAS

These Vocabulary Building Activities provide opportunities for Pre-K (preschool), Kindergarten, and Grade One children to practice identifying and naming items that can be found, and activities that people do, during the Christmas holiday celebrations.

 in   PRINT LETTERS

or     SASSOON INFANT FONT

CONTENTS

20 bright and engaging pictures (that can be used as story starters).

3 formats and three games included:

•        Two pictures on the cards - 8 cards per page / and a larger format with 4 cards per page       

•        One picture per card – 4 cards per page -  open-ended.

How to play the game(s):

• Use the CHRISTMAS Chart as a reference.  Identify and discuss all of the cards as a class, or group.  If the child describes the picture in different words…that’s OK. (example: instead of ‘Christmas lights’- ‘lights’)  Use the correct vocabulary to convey meaning. (example: as a class you may decide to use “cookies” instead of a “plate of cookies”. )
•  Bring in things from nature to touch and feel.

Example - Game 1

•        The first player chooses any card, and reads it. For example, “I have a plate of cookies.  Who has a cupcake?” That child then places that card in a container, that has been placed on the table.

•        Everyone looks at their cards to see if they have a cupcake. The person who does then says, “I have a cupcake. Who has a candy cane?” That child places that card in the container, and so on.

•        Play continues until all of the cards are in the container.  (Play circles back to the ‘plate of cookies’ starter card.)

Example - Game 3

•        Using a bingo dabber, each child will identify, find, and mark off the picture that matches what has been called out. (e.g. bells, Christmas tree)

•        The game ends when all of the cards have been played.

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Games Around the World

by Globe Trottin' Kids
K-5

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Connect children to their peers around the world through traditional games like tag, hopscotch, tic-tac-toe, and dominoes. This fun and engaging product contains 35 games played by children in 23 different countries around the world. 

Each game card includes clear instructions to prepare and play the game, its country of origin, and printables when necessary.

Also included...

A world map 
Students locate the country of the game they will be playing.

A summary list 
Teachers and parents can quickly plan materials or equipment needed to play each game, as well as best setting to play (indoor/outdoor) and the number of children needed to play.

Additional activities
A selection of eight additional activities and related worksheets are included. For example, children are invited to create their own game or teach one of the games to their friends. 

Games Around the World

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Language Arts - Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students

 

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2 weeks of thinking done for you. This unit is appropriate for grades 8-10

Looking for a meaningful and effective way to teach poetry? This unit is a fun way to learn and experiment with figurative language. It uses a mixture of contemporary songs and traditional poetry to teach students about themes and to help them learn the various forms of poetry. The creative, hands-on activities also focus on the importance of having a voice and using it properly.

The unit covers subjects such as: bullying, courage, standing up for yourself and for others, standing up for one’s convictions and discovering what is important to students.

This unit uses poetry to help students have a better understanding of themselves and to stand up for things they believe in.

The files are in PDF format and are zipped for convenience.

-1 set of « I HAVE, Who has? » cards to help students remember figurative language in a fun way. (1 set of instructions for the game)

-A comprehensive teacher guide with 11 complete and detailed lessons (no prep required) – (8 pages) - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO TEACH THIS UNIT HAS BEEN DONE FOR YOU

-A student package that contains ALL notes, poems, and handouts students will need for the unit (18 pages)

-An end unit evaluation (with detailed evaluation rubrics and step by step instructions for students – one for the written component and one for the oral component). The end unit evaluation is in Word format along with the evaluation rubric for easy modifications. The final unit evaluation is a written poem and poetry reading, where students’ voices can be heard.

-A detailed Answer Key with notes, annotated poems, and answers to questions and activities. (8 pages)

Poems studied include:
- Song lyrics – Jessie J’s “Domino” (Goal : review figurative language and analyze messages found in popular media.)
- Jonathan Reed’s “The Lost Generation”
- Selena Matis’ “Ability”
- Robert Frost’s “The Road not Taken”
- Robert Hayden’s “ Those Winter Sundays”
- Song lyrics “True Colors”
- Emily Dickenson’s “Hope is the Thing with Feathers”
- Rudyard Kipling’s “If”
- Maya Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman”
- There are also video links added to the unit to enhance learning in the classroom


Language Arts - I Have, Who Has Game for Poetry and Figurative Language

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The goal of this game is to help students memorize and understand FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE through the use of games. Playing rather than memorizing is a fun activity that will engage students in a classroom.

Included in this purchase is the MASTER SHEET, which contains the answers, attractive STUDENT CARDS, which you can print and cut out in colour (on card stock and laminate for sustainable use), and A SET OF RULES explaining how the game works.

This package contains 23 cards and 12 extra blank cards in case you have a bigger class.

It's teaching made easy!

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