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Welcome to KinderReaders A resource for early childhood and primary teachers ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS ARE DOWNLOADABLE AND AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY |
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Spring Selections
Don't forget to scroll down to see some simple FREE ideas for
integrating Math and Reading in Spring!
March
KinderReaders
April
KinderReaders
Incorporate Multiple Subject Areas
with these
Spring Activities
Jelly beans...Jelly beans...Jelly beans!
Read one of these fantastic jelly bean books and then do some jelly bean
math!
Click on the images to download the activity pages
In Jelly bean Addition, students use jelly beans as counters. Use
the Jelly bean sorting mat to sort jelly beans by color, then use the
Jelly bean Graph to graph how many of each color you have.
More Jelly bean ideas....
1. Do a probability lesson.
Put jellybeans in a bowl, counting out how many of each color you put
in. Record the number of each color for the class to see. Be
sure that you have a much greater amount of one color than the others
and also only 1 black. Explain to students that they will each get
to pick close their eyes and pick a jellybean out of the bowl. Ask
each student to predict which color will be chosen the most.
Discuss the students' reasonings for their answers. Proceed with
the activity, recording the color each time a jellybean is chosen.
(You can make a graph or use tally marks) After the results are
in, discuss who predicted correctly and why. Help students
understand that the number of each color in the bowl has a direct
correlation to how often it was chosen.
2. Have a jellybean estimation jar. Students guess how many
jellybeans are in the jar. The one who guesses the closest wins
the jellybean jar!
3. Use jellybeans to practice counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's.
Use small condiment cups and have students count out either 2, 5, or 10
jellybeans into each cup. How many cups does it take to get
to 100 jellybeans?
4. Use jellybeans to measure. How many jellybeans long are
some items in your classroom? Use a balance scale to see how many
jellybeans things weigh.
5. Have a jelly bean taste test and vote for your favorite color
or flavor of jellybean. Create a tally chart or graph of your
votes.
6. Use JellyBelly jellybeans, which are made with "real
food" flavors. Blindfold students and ask them to taste a
jellybean and guess the flavor.
Eggs...Eggs...Eggs
Do some fun egg activities with your students
Provided by Sandi Reyes
For use with the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty"
Allow the students to act out the rhyme by building a
wall out of blocks and dropping a raw egg from the wall with a lunch
tray set on the floor to catch it. Before dropping the egg, ask
the students to predict what will happen. After conducting the
experiment, tell the students that they are now going to work to save
Humpty. They will each build a special holder for Humpty so that
he will not crack when he falls. Provide each student a Save
Humpty paper and let each child pick 3 of the suggested materials to use
in his holder. To increase oral language skills, ask students to
explain why they have chosen each of the materials and how they feel it
will help Humpty. When the holders are finished, place a raw egg
in each and drop it from a high place. What happens? Record
the answer on the sheet. Discuss the results.
Provided by Sandi Reyes
Print black and white copies of several of the KinderReaders Animal Picture Dictionaries. Cut out 12 pictures of animals, 6 of which hatch from eggs, and 6 who are born. Try to find a variety of animals that hatch. Use birds, amphibians, fish, insects, etc. Glue these pictures to another sheet of paper for your master. Copy this master so that each student in your class has a copy. Also provide each student with a copy of the sorting sheet above. Students will cut out the pictures of animals and sort them into those who hatch and those who are born. If using for teaching, do not allow students to glue down their answers at first so that they will be movable as you discuss the answers. Once you have discussed each animal, allow students to glue.
Humpty Dumpty Sat Where?
Provided by Krissy Miner
Students read, cut, paste, and draw in this fun twist on Humpty Dumpty.
Directions included.
How Many Eggs?
Provided by Krissy Miner
Each of the 7 pages in this book offers up a different word problem
involving eggs. Predictable, repetitive text strengthens reading
skills as students work their way through the math problems by coloring
and filling in the blanks. You will LOVE this one!
Provided by Sandi Reyes
Write a fictional Easter story or ask the students to write a personal
experience story about how they celebrate Easter.
Provided by Sandi Reyes
Write a fun Spring story or poem and color in the border!
Provided by Sandi Reyes
This simple repetitive book is approximately provides strong picture
support, practice with number words, and the chance for students to
stretch their thinking beyond the picture to develop vocabulary.
Provided by Sandi Reyes
This story prompt will encourage students to describe some of the signs
of Spring and leaves room for an illustration.
Provided by Kristen Miner
Played like BINGO, this fun
interactive game allows students to choose their own theme-related game
pieces and create their personal gameboards. Teachers choose different
phonemic awareness skills to focus on while playng the game. Choose one
skill per game, or mix it up and work on multiple skills in one game!
We will be introducing HEAR-O sets for all the different seasonal themes
that you need. Try our first one FREE!
Download our Spring HEAR-O set, try it out, and let us know what you
think.