Learning Games Archives - JDaniel4s Mom

Gingerbread Man Learning Activities and Worksheets

November 26, 2024 By Deirdre

These sets of Gingerbread Man learning activities and worksheets are part of a fairy tale learning sets. Previously The Little Red Hen, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Jack and the Beanstalk were shared. Please take a moment to look those sets over.

Along with the sets I will be sharing, the blog 3 Dinosaurs will be sharing sets of gingerbread man themed sets. Below I will be sharing the sets created both our blogs. The sets will be posted the first week in December.

Gingerbread Man Learning Activities and Worksheets

Monday

Children can work on number recognition and addition facts when they explore this set of roll and cover gingerbread man activity. Each of star displays a number. The game board is available in B/W and color versions. It will be up to you to decide which version you want to use.

Tuesday

Gingerbread Man Tens Frames can be used to explore a variety of math concepts. A number of basic skills like number recognition and counting can be introduced and reviewed using ten frames.

Wednesday

These Gingerbread Man Line Tracing pages will be fun to explore. It features gingerbread men that need to move across a line. What fun it will be to use a pencil, crayon or marker to trace the gingerbread man’s path! Actually the line could be traced with a candy cane or chopsticks.

Thursday

This set of Gingerbread Man Cup Stacking Cards is fun to explore and a fun way to introduce children to cup stacking.

Friday

This Gingerbread Snow Globe Counting Activity invites children to place small objects like pom poms on the circles inside snow globe. The number of objects that need to be placed in the snow globe appears at the base of the snow globes.

Building Background

Before you start exploring these gingerbread man themed activities, you may want to read a gingerbread man themed book or two to your children.

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The various traps in the book How to Catch a Gingerbread Man are super cool.

The Gingerbread Baby tells a story with its words and the pictures in its side panels.

It takes the help of several teachers a school to help The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School find his missing class.

More Gingerbread Activities

Gingerbread Shape Craft

Gingerbread Man Finger Puppets -This set was created to go along with the Jim Aylesworth book. The first four puppets can be used with almost any version of the book.

Gingerbread Man Story Printable Finger Puppets

Bicycle Learning Game

June 24, 2024 By Deirdre

This bicycle learning game comes with a gameboard and a editable set of cards. The gameboard is only available in color. The cards are only available in black and white. While it might be nice to have the board in black and white, the elements (spaces, bicycle and background) looked a little confusing to me.

The cards can be used to work on addition facts, subtraction facts, and sight words as pictured above. However, you can type in any type of problem or word (synonym, vocabulary, or spelling word) in the editable space on the cards.

Getting the Bicycle Learning Game Board

First, you download the set.

Bicycle Learning Game Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader please download it. The set is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, go to your download file and open the set.

Reusable or One-Time Use Game Board

Uncovered Game Board

Your children can use the game boards for a one-time activity. If you want your children to do that, you will want to print them out in black and white.

Covered or Laminated Game Board

Gameboards that are covered can be used over and over again. They will also withstand children’s use a whole lot better.

Making the Game Board Reusable

If you plan to use the game board again, you may want to laminate them. Below I have suggested products that you may want to use to cover them.

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Supplies Needed

Obviously you will need the game board and cards to play the game. Dice and game markers will also be needed. Below you will see a list of possible game markers.

Suggested Game Markers

Buttons
Bottle Caps
Small Pebbles
Pennies
Pom-Poms
Pencil Top Erasers

Playing the Game

Roll to see who will go first.
The first person will pick a card from the stack.
They will answer to what is on the card.
If the answer is right, they will move forward one space. If the answer is wrong, they will stay where they are.
Then it is the next person’s turn to go. (You can decide who the next person will be.)

More Games

Ladybug File Folder Games

Halloween Roll and Cover Math File Folder Games

5 Days of Basketball Worksheets

June 15, 2024 By Deirdre

Earlier this month I shared 5 Days Soccer-Themed Worksheets and 5 Days of Swimming-Themed Worksheets. This week I have 5 Days of Basketball-Themed Worksheets to share. Many skills are covered in this series. First, there is a number recognition puzzle set. Next, there is a roll and cover set and number fact sorting activity. Next, there is a feelings puzzle set. Finally, a code and color set that focuses on numbers and shapes.

Both 3 Dinosaurs and I will be sharing basketball worksheets. Links to each post will be added they will be shared on both blogs the week of June 17th. Please take time each day to check out the new sets shared.

Five Days of Basketball Worksheets

Monday

Basketball Number Recognition Puzzles from JDaniel 4’s Mom. Tally marks, dice, dominos, and tens frames are all featured on the puzzles.

3 Dinosaurs has a set of FREE Basketball Multiplication Clip Cards. This is a great way to practice facts!

Tuesday

JDaniel4’s Mom is sharing Basketball-Themed Roll and Cover Pages. The pages are available in black and white along with color.

What a fun way to explore shapes!

Wednesday

Flashcards and number sort pages are part of JDaniel4’s Mom’s Basketball Number Fact Sort. Flashcards will be placed on the basketball number jersey their sum or difference equal.

This set of place value cards from 3 Dinosaurs is a great way visualize number placement.

Thursday

Feeling words and facial features that illustrate them are on JDaniel4’s Mom’s Basketball Feelings Puzzles. Children will have fun putting them together.

Not all children learn about handwriting at school. I love this basketball-themed set from 3 Dinosaurs that reviews numbers and letters.

Friday

Code and Color Basketball Themed Algorithms will finish out the week. The code and color pages explore numbers, shapes, and Blocky block coding.

This set from 3 Dinosaurs is a great way to work on blends. It focuses on s-blend sorting.

Fun Basketball-Themed Learning Tools

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Basketball-Themed Scissors

Basketball-Themed Pencils and Erasers

Basketball Pencil Case

More Sport-Themed Activities

Code and Color Olympic Medal Algorithm Pages

Shot Put Catapult Activity

Building a Basketball Hoop

Swimming Learning Game Board

June 10, 2024 By Deirdre

This swimming learning game board comes with editable game cards. You can type math facts, sight words, and more onto them. You don’t have to type anything onto the cards, you can print blank cards out if you like. Then you can write or draw whatever concepts you like onto them.

Getting the Swimming Learning Game Board

First, you download the set.

Swimming Learning Game Board Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader please download it. The set is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, go to your download file and open the set.

Reusable or One-Time Use Game Board

Uncovered Game Board

Your children can use the game boards for a one-time activity. If you want your children to do that, you will want to print them out in black and white.

Covered or Laminated Game Board

Gameboards that are covered can be used over and over again. They will also withstand children’s use a whole lot better.

Making the Game Board Reusable

If you plan to use the game board again, you may want to laminate them. Below I have suggested products that you may want to use to cover them.

The links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. My Amazon Picks

Thermal Laminator, Never Jam…$54.68~~$128.93~~ (11154)

Laminating Pouches, 100 Count-P…$15.98~~$24.68~~ (63556)

Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 200- Count-…$27.99~~$42.99~~ (23612)

Hammermill Printer Paper, Great White 100% Recy…$17.00 (4917)AllAds by Amazon

Items Needed for the Game

You will need a die and game pieces. Below you will find some game piece suggestions.

Suggested Game Pieces

Buttons
Bottle Caps
Small Pebbles
Pennies
Pom-Poms
Pencil Top Erasers

Playing the Game

Roll to see who will go first.
The first person will pick a card from the stack.
They will answer to what is on the card.
If the answer is right, they will move forward one space. If the answer is wrong, they will stay where they are.
Then it is the next person’s turn to go. (You can decide who the next person will be.)

More Game Boards

Community Helper Roll and Cover Mats

Free Printable Sneaker-Themed Math Game Boards

Sneaker Math Game Boards

Woodland Animal Algorithm Game Boards

Woodland Animal Number Representation Bingo Game

September 21, 2022 By Deirdre

This woodland animal number representation bingo set displays the numbers in addition facts. They number represented is the sum. While the set is called number representation bingo, it could be called addition bingo. It doesn’t matter what you think it should called. What matters it that your children enjoy playing Bingo with it.

Getting the Woodland Animal Number Representation Bingo Cards

First, you will need to download the set.

Woodland Animal Number Representation Bingo Cards Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you must go to your download file and open the page. You may be asked if you want the file to open right after you download it. You won’t have to hunt for it in your download file if you are.

Bingo Counter Recommendations

There are so many different things you can use as bingo counters. Below you will find a list of my favorites.

Buttons
Bottle Caps
Corn Kernels
Plastic Disks

Exploring the Woodland Animal Number Representation Bingo Cards

How Many Counters Are Needed?

Before you play the game with your children, you may want to place twenty counters in a cup or bag for each of your children. While some of your children may be able to add the numbers together to see what they represent, others won’t. It will be great for all your children to be able to double check their answers with counters.

Yes, I know that means you will need nineteen counters. However at least one counter may fall on the floor or get hidden under the bingo board. It is always good to have an extra counter.

More Bingo Games

Apple Number Representation Bingo

Shape Bingo Cards Featuring Penguins

Printable Bingo Cards That Explore Colors with Parrots

Pirate-Themed Bingo Cards

Peter Rabbit Garden Themed Printable Bingo Cards - There are ten cards in this set. It would be fun to play after reading the book Peter Rabbit.

Peter Rabbit Garden Themed Bingo

Apple Printables and Activities

September 3, 2022 By Deirdre

Apple Printables and Activities Week will start on Monday, September 5th. It is a week filled with free printables! It will be followed by Farm Week, Woodland Forest Week, and Scarecrow Week. The week’s printables feature building, coding, and observing pages.

There is a set that focuses on each of the areas below:

Number Recognition
Apple Life Cycle Events
Math Concepts (Even and Odd Numbers, Shapes, and Numerals)
STEM Building
Number Representation

A new set of apple printables activities will be shared each weekday this week. Each set will be fun to explore. Please come back each day to check out the new set. The worksheets and activities from 3 Dinosaurs will also be shared daily. After you have checked out my set, please take a minute to check out hers.

Apple Printables and Activities

The links learning sets for each day will be placed under the day it is shared. First, the set from JDaniel4’s Mom will be listed. The second set for the day will come from 3 Dinosaurs.

Friday

Other Apple Printables and Activities

Exploring the Density of Apple Parts

Let’s Build an Algorithm with Five Apples Up on Top

Parts of an Apple Mini Book

Building Background

Here is a collection of books with an apple theme that you may want to read to your students. The collection includes fiction and non-fiction books.

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I Spy Bees with Feelings Activity Pages

April 27, 2022 By Deirdre

Feelings activity pages can open the door for children to talk about their feelings. They can sometimes identify the feelings a picture or character has more easily than they can their own. While this printable set could be used just as an I Spy activity, it can be used to do more than that. They can be used as part of a discussion about feelings with your children.

Exploring the Activity Pages

Before starting either of the pages, children can go through the feelings flashcards that come with the set. The feelings displayed on each card can be shared and talked about. Children can try to replicate the feelings displayed on their faces. After that, they can share events that might lead to the bee feeling the way that it does. While some children can share times that they have felt that feeling, others may not feel comfortable doing that. Using their own experiences and applying them to a bee may be more comfortable for some children.

Once you have discussed the feelings, you can have your children explore the pages. One page invites children to record how many times they find each feeling with tally marks. The other page asks children to write a number that represents the number of times.

Hint:

Children may have trouble remembering if they have already counted a bee. After finding a bee with a specific feeling, they could color that bee or place an X on it.

Getting the Feelings Activity Pages

First, you will need to download the set.

I Spy Bees with Feelings Activity Pages Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you will need to go to your download file and open the page. You may be asked if you want the file to open right after you download it. If you are, you won’t have to hunt for it in your download file.

Building Background

Before you start exploring the feelings activity pages, you may want to read a book about feelings. Below you will find several fun books that explore feelings.

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More Feelings Activities

Teaching Feelings with Jellyfish

Feelings Emoji Decoder Wheel

Bug and Insect Printable and Activities

April 24, 2022 By Deirdre

Bug and Insect Printables and Activity Week will end a month of free printables! I hope you will take a moment to check on Frog, Bird, and Rain weeks. This week’s printables feature building, coding, and observing pages.

There is a set that focuses on each of the areas below:

Building an Algorithm Offline
Building a Tangram
Creating Shapes Around a Bee
I Spy Feeling
Symmetry

A new set of bug and insect printables activities will be shared each weekday this week. Each set will be fun to explore. Please come back each day to check out the new set. The bird worksheets and activities from 3 Dinosaurs will also be shared daily. After you have checked out my set, please take a minute to check out hers.

Bug and Insect Printables and Activities

The links learning sets for each day will be placed under the day it is shared. First, the set from JDaniel4’s Mom will be listed. The second set for the day will come from 3 Dinosaurs.

Monday- Counting Bees Algorithm Game Boards

Free Measure the Grasshoppers Jump

Tuesday- Butterfly Tangrams Pattern Mats

Butterfly Sorting Even and Odd

Wednesday-Exploring Shapes on Bee Shape Mats

Free Butterfly Sorting Even and Odd Printable

Thursday- I Spy Bees with Feeling Activity Pages

Free Bug ABC Easy Reader Book

Friday- Exploring Butterfly Symmetry Using An Algorithm

Free Butterfly Multiplication Matching Puzzle Printable

Downloading the Printables

The Bugs and Insect Worksheets and Activities are PDFs. Once you have downloaded, the set you will need to open it with a PDF reader like Acrobat Reader.

Building Background

Before you explore the bugs and insects activities and printables, you may want to read a book that features them.

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More Insect Printables

Here are some insect activities that have appeared on my blog.

The Grouchy Ladybug Hour of Code Algorithm Drawing Page

Grouchy Ladybug Time Algorithm Drawing Page

Free Printable Math Worksheets for Kids- Counting Bees

Counting Bees Activity Mat

Telling Time Worksheets with Ladybugs

Frog Life Cycle Mandala Coloring Pages with Algorithms

April 18, 2022 By Deirdre

Frog life cycle mandala coloring pages invite children to explore the various stages of a frog’s life. The directions for coloring the mandala on each page are displayed on Blockly blocks. If you have been to my site before, you know I am always looking for a way to introduce kids to coding.

Great Features of a Mandala

Symmetry (This mandala does not have pictures mirrored in all its sections.)
PIctures that are arranged in quadrants or sections.
Central Area of Picture

Getting the Frog Life Cycle Mandala Coloring Page Set

This set is a PDF. When you download it, you will need to open it with a PDF reader. Acrobat Reader is a popular reader that you can download to use. You probably have it on your computer already.

Frog Life Cycle Mandala Coloring Pages Download

Building Background

Before you start exploring the challenge cards, you may want to read a book that features the life of a frog. Below you will find a number of fun frog books.

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Exploring the Frog Life Cycle Mandala Coloring Pages

You can work on these pages with your child or have them work on their own. If you haven’t read one of the books above, you will want to walk them through the life cycle of a frog before they start coloring. You can do that by telling them about the order of the pictures from the center of the mandala out to the edge.

More Algorithm Activities

Magical Creatures STEM Coding Algorithm Drawing Activity - This activity was created to go along with the book Miss Turie's Magic Creatures. It is a fun way to work on coding and exploring algorithms.

Magical Creatures STEM Coding Coloring Pages

Exploring Coding Algorithms on a Dinosaur Coloring Page - This set has four dinosaur coloring pages.

Exploring Coding Algorithms on Dinosaur Drawing Pages

Little Miss Muffet Coding Activity for Preschoolers

Help your child learn coding and the phases of the moon at the same time with this simple STEM activity for space themed learning

Coding the Moon

Five Little Speckled Frogs Algorithm Game Boards

April 17, 2022 By Deirdre

Five Little Speckled Frogs algorithm game boards invite children to create simple algorithm paths with arrows or flies. The set includes pages and flies that are B/W and colored. There is also a set of arrows in the set. However, your children use crayons or pencils to make arrows of their own.

What is an algorithm?

An algorithm is a series of steps a computer needs to follow to complete a task. Children can learn about building algorithms by following a simple algorithm or series of steps.

Downloading the Five Little Speckled Frogs Algorithm Set

First, you will need to download the set.

Five Little Speckled Frogs Algorithm Set Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Exploring the Five Little Speckled Frogs Algorithm Game Boards

Before having the students start with the speckled frog’s algorithm game boards let them know that there are a number of ways to complete the game boards. If you have a specific path you want them to use, you can walk them through the build. If you want to leave it open-ended, that is fine too.

First, you can work through a part of a game board with your children. It will help them understand how to place the arrows in the boxes. Remember that the arrows or flies should point in the direction they will need to go to move from the box they are in into the next box to connect the numbers in order. They need to begin at the word Start and finish in the box that will lead them to the End box.
Second, children can work with a partner to complete the gameboard. They can take turns placing the arrows or flies in the squares.

Building Background

Before you start exploring the frog gameboards, you may want to read a version of Five Little Speckled Frogs. Below you will find a number of fun frog-themed books.

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