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Halloween Ghost Worksheets and Activities

October 7, 2023 By Deirdre

Ghost Worksheets and Activities are fun to explore. This ghost mini-series focuses on a variety of learning skills. All they really have in common is the friendly ghosts they display. Actually they do have another thing in common. They each work on simple concepts that could be explored by children young and old.

The Ghost Tracing cards invite children to trace the spirals that make up the tails of the ghosts. Children can turn the cards as they try to follow the lines with pencil or crayon. They can be laminated so children can use a dry erase marker if you want them too.

Coloring Ghostly Numbers is fun when you follow an algorithm or series of steps. The steps on this coloring page are displayed on Blockly coding blocks. There are two versions of this page. First there is a page with assigned colors. The second page invites children to choose their own colors of each number.

Many of the online coding course for children young and old feature Blockly blocks. This is a fun way to introduce them to your children.

The final set in the series focuses on patterning. There are six ghostly pattern strips in the set. Whether you choose to have your children pattern with Halloween themed items, buttons or math counters it will a lot of fun. These can be used in a small group, center or while working with a student one-on-one.

More Halloween Ghost Worksheets and Activities

Ghost Cup Stacking Challenge Cards

Halloween Peeps Candy Ghost Experiment

Ghostly Shape Building Challenge Mats

October 3, 2023 By Deirdre

Ghost shape building is great fun. The ghostly shape mats can be used to explore the outline of shapes. It is also a great way to introduce shapes, edges, and corners. The set could also be used to work on the perimeter of shapes.

The set includes mats that are both B/W and color. The B/W versions of the shape mats could be used as coloring pages or printed on colored paper.

Getting the Ghostly Shape Building Mats

First, you download the set.

Ghostly Shape Building Mats 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.

Great Manipulatives To Use With the Set

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Buttons
Unifix Cubes
Glass Pebbles
Counting Bears
Craft Sticks
Beans
Plastic Soda Caps
Wooden Cubes
Keva Planks

Exploring the Shape Mats

There are several ways to explore the set of mats.

Great center or small group activity.
Can be used in a free exploration or to do non-standard measurements.
The mats can be filled with objects that are that shape or be taken a shape scavenger hunt.
Finally, can fill the shape or cover the outline.

More Shape Activities

Seed Packet Shape Building Mats

Farm STEM Challenges- Build Pattern Block Animals (Available on my TPT shop)

STEM Challenge- Build an Earth Shape

Farm STEM Challenge- Building Shape Fences

Ladybug Math Facts- Subtraction Roll File Folder Game

May 26, 2023 By Deirdre

Whether you choose to use this subtraction roll file folder game while exploring the Grouchy Ladybug or studying insects, it will be fun to play. The game directions mention using one die to move forward and add to the number landed on. Two or more dice could be used to make the game go faster. It will also give children three or more numbers to add. The directions for playing the game are not on the gameboard. This leaves how you want to play the game up to you.

Putting the Subtraction Roll File Folder Game Together

While it was designed to be placed in a file folder, it can be used a just a printable mat. Each set includes everything you need for the activity except the dice, a file folder, and game tokens. (Below you will find a list of game token ideas.)

Token Ideas

Buttons
Bottle Caps
Small Lids
Small Pebbles
Beads
Old Game Pieces from Other Games
Poker Chips

Downloading the Subtraction Roll File Folder Game

First, you will need to download the set.

Ladybug Math Facts- Subtraction Roll File Folder Game 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.

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Before playing the game, you may want to read a book about subtracting. Below you will find several wonderful books that have subtraction theme to read to your children.

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If You Were a Minus Sign show the impact a minus sign has on the objects that live around it.

The book The Action of Subtraction features rhymes and subtraction equations. Who new math could be this much fun?

Ladybug Math Facts File Folder Game- Addition

May 25, 2023 By Deirdre

This addition file folder game has a ladybug theme. When children land on a space that displays the number card, they will remove a card from the card from the stack. Then they will add the number of dots on both sides of the ladybug together to get a sum. Before they share the sum, you can ask children to share the number sentence represented by the dots. If they share the correct sum, they can move forward with one extra space.

While the directions above are how I thought the game would be played, you can make up your own rules for the game. No matter how you play it, children will have the opportunity to their additional facts.

Getting the Addition File Folder Game Ready

The printable set includes everything you need for the activity except the dice, a file folder, and game tokens. (Below you will find a list of game token ideas.

Game Token Ideas

Buttons
Bottle Caps
Small Lids
Small Pebbles
Beads
Old Game Pieces from Other Games
Poker Chips

Downloading the Set

First, you will need to download the set.

Ladybug Math Facts- Addition File Folder Game Download

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

Putting the Game Together

The file folder game tends to last longer when the gameboard is glued to the inside of the folder. However, you could glue it to the outside.
The gameboards will also last longer if they are laminated. The gameboards can be laminated and attached to the folder or used on their own. It is really up to you.
Library pockets can be attached inside or outside the file folder to hold the game cards. The game cards can also be placed in an envelope glued to the folder.

Rules of the Addition File Folder Game

Children will place a marker (button, bottle cap, bread tag, etc.) on the word Start.
Then they will take turns rolling a single die.
After they roll they will move forward that number of spaces. If the space they land has the word card on it, pick up a ladybug card. Children will share what they think the sum is. A correct sum will be awarded with a move forward one space, If the answer is wrong, it will stay on the card space.
The child who reaches the word End first wins the game.

More Math Games

Jump the Shark Math Games

Ocean Themed Roll and Cover Mats

The Grouchy Ladybug Tells Time File Folder Game

May 23, 2023 By Deirdre

This tells time file folder game has a Grouchy Ladybug theme. The focus on this file folder game is telling time to the hour and half hour. However, using just the hour or half hour cards would be fine. It will be up to you to decide what times you want your children to work on.

If setting the hands on a clock helps your children tell time, you can print out the ladybug clock below. It is part of a set of Telling Time Worksheets with Ladybug.

Getting the Grouchy Ladybug Tells Time File Folder Game

First, you will need to download the set.

The Grouchy Ladybug Tells Time File Folder Game Download

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

Getting the Game Ready to Play

Making the Game Boards Reusable

If you plan on using the game boards over and over again, you may want to laminate them. The boards themselves could be laminated or the boards glued to a folder.

Below I have suggested products that you may want to use to cover them.

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Selecting Game Tokens

Any of the following objects would make a fun game token. Most of them are probably in your junk drawer or craft space.

Small Erasers
Paper Clips
Buttons
Bottle Caps
Small Pebbles

How to Play the Grouchy Ladybug Tells Time File Folder Game

Children will place a marker (button, bottle cap, bread tag, etc.) on the word Start.
Then they will take turns rolling a single die.
After they roll the will move forward that number of spaces.
When they land has the word card on it, pick up a ladybug time card. If they get the time correct, they will move forward one space. If the answer is wrong, they will stay on the card space.
The child who reaches the word End first wins the game.

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Before playing the game, you may want to read a book about telling time to your children. Below you will find some of my favorites.

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The book The Grouchy Ladybug inspired this telling time activity. It is a fun way to explore time telling.

The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock follows the mouse all through the day. It doesn’t just focus on climbing up the clock.

This fun book follows a monkey who follows a minute up a tree. It explores time and how it passes.

More Time Activities

Telling Time from Sunrise to Sunset

What Time is it Mr. Hermit Crab Telling Time Worksheets- This set of four telling time worksheets could be explored after reading the book A House for a Hermit Crab

What Time is it Mr. Hermit Crab? Worksheets

Grouchy Ladybug Number Recognition File Folder Game

May 22, 2023 By Deirdre

The Grouchy Ladybug Number Recognition File Folder Game features ladybug-themed number array cards. When your children land on a space on the game board that says card, they will get to pick up a number recognition card with a ladybug grouping or array.

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The printable set includes everything you need for the activity except the dice, a file folder, and game tokens. (Below you will find a list of game token ideas.

Poker Chips

Getting the Grouchy Ladybug Number Recognition File Folder Game ReadyDownloading the Set

First, you will need to download the set.

Grouchy Ladybug Number Recognition File Folder Game Download

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

Putting the Game Together

While file folder games tend to last longer when the gameboard is glued to the inside of the folder, you could glue it to the outside.
The gameboards will also last longer if they are laminated. The gameboards can be laminated attached to the folder or on their own. It is really up to you.
Library pockets can be attached inside or outside the file folder to hold the game cards. The game cards can also be placed in an envelope glued to the folder.

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If your children don’t know a lot about ladybugs, you may want to read a book or do an activity that features them before you start this game.

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It’s a Good Thing There Are Ladybugs is a non-fiction beginning reader that shares why ladybugs are important.

The book Are You a Ladybug? explores a ladybug’s lifecycle from the ladybug’s point of view.

The Very Lazy Ladybug is filled with repetitive rhymes your children will want to repeat.

How to Play the Game

First, the game cards will need to be placed upside down on the red square.
Second, the players will need to select a game piece or token.
Third, the players will need to roll the die to see who will go first.
Fourth, the player going first will reroll the die and move forward that many spaces.
Fifth, if they land on a space that displays the word card they will pick up a card. If it is a card with ladybugs on it, they will tell you how many bugs are on the card. If it is a card with a number on it, they will show several objects that equal that number. Then they will put the card in the used stack.
Finally, the next player or players will go.

The steps will be repeated until the game is over.

Ladybug Math File Folder Games

May 20, 2023 By Deirdre

Ladybug Math File Folder Games feature two things teachers and parents helping children learn to love. First, they are portable. Children can work on them anywhere they need to. Second, the game pieces and dice are things you already have available to you. There isn’t anything except maybe a file folder you will have to buy if you don’t have them available.

Over five days a different file folder game will be shared on this blog. Links to each of the ladybug math file folder games will be shared on this post. 3 Dinosaurs will also be sharing ladybug activities. The posts from 3 Dinosaurs will be added each day below the activity post link from this blog.

Ladybug Math File Folder Games

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

Grouchy Ladybug Number Recognition File Folder Game

Free Ladybug Number Word Counting Book- 3 Dinosaurs

Tuesday

The Grouchy Ladybug Tells Time File Folder Game- JDaniel4’s Mom

Free Ladybyg Fine Motor Mat Printables – 3 Dinosaurs

Wednesday

Grouchy Ladybug Tens Fame Adding File Folder Game- JDaniel4’s Mom

Free Ladybug Shape Tracing Printables- 3 Dinosaurs

Thursday

Ladybug Math Facts- Addition File Folder Game- JDaniel4’s Mom

Friday

Ladybug Math Facts-Subtraction File Folder Game- JDaniel4’s Mom

Downloading and Preparing the File Folder Games

The Ladybug Math File Folder Games are PDFs. Once you have downloaded, the set you will need to open it with a PDF reader like Acrobat Reader.

After printing out each game on a color printer, you will need to glue it into a file folder.

Gathering the Key Pieces

While you have to have dice to play the games, the choices of what game pieces to use will be up to you. Below you will find suggestions of things you could use. Really almost any object could be used for the game. Every child doesn’t even have to select the same type of game piece.

Game Piece Ideas

Buttons
Bottle Caps
Small Lids
Small Pebbles
Beads
Old Game Pieces from Other Games
Poker Chips

More Insect Related Activities

After exploring the new activity set, please take a moment to look at some of the sets previously shared. These sets focus on math concepts too.

Bug and Insect Printables and Activities

Spider Alphabet Match Game

Debugging Algorithm Pages

Butterfly Tangram Mats

I Spy Bee Feelings Pages

Seed Packet Shape Building Mats

May 16, 2023 By Deirdre

This seed packet shape mat building set was created to be part of a gardening unit. Please take a moment to check on the other activities in the Garden Week series. There are also several other shape building mats available. Some of them are shared at the end of this post.

Getting the Seed Packet Shape Building Mats

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.

Seed Packet Shape Building Mats Download

Great Manipulatives To Use With the Set

Buttons
Unifix Cubes
Glass Pebbles
Counting Bears
Craft Sticks
Beans
Plastic Soda Caps
Wooden Cubes
Q-Tips
Bread Tags

Getting Ready to Use the Seed Packet Shape Building Mats

If you plan on using the mats over and over again, you will want to laminate or place them in a plastic sleeve. Below you will find some wonderful lamination tools.

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Exploring the Shapes Mats

There are a number of ways to explore the set of mats.

They can be used in a center or with a whole group.
Next, they can be used in a free exploration or to do non-standard measurements.
The mats can be filled with objects that are that shape or be taken a shape scavenger hunt.
Finally, can fill the shape or cover the outline.

More Shape Mats

Exploring Shapes on Bee Shape Mats

STEM Challenge- Build an Earth Shape

Farm STEM Challenge- Building Shape Fences

Rabbit and Carrot Counting Algorithm Boards

May 15, 2023 By Deirdre

Whether your children explore this set of rabbit and carrot counting algorithm boards during gardening week, Easter or any time of year they will have fun sequencing numbers of objects. Children will connect the carrot or groups of carrots in number order. First, they will connect the Start box to the box with one carrot. Then they will continue connecting the carrots in number order. Finally, they will connect the box with ten carrots to the End box.

Sequencing and following steps in order is important. Children learn that directions work and sequences are complete when they are done in order. Creating computer code requires order to. Before using text or coding blocks to create an algorithm, they need to practice sequencing. This set of rabbit and carrot counting boards provides that opportunity.

Getting the Rabbit and Carrot Counting Game Boards Pages

First, you will need to download the set.

Rabbit and Carrot Counting Game Boards Download

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

Getting Ready to Use the Rabbit and Carrot Counting Algorithm Game Boards

Making the Game Boards Reusable

If you plan on using the game boards over and over 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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Scotch Brand PRO Thermal Laminator, Never Jam…$54.68~~$128.93~~ (11154)

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

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

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Exploring the Rabbit and Carrot Counting Game Boards

You will find that pages can only be completed one way. Once your children start connecting the numbers, they will probably pick up on the number sequence.

Here is how you could introduce your children to the game boards.

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 they draw or the printed arrows should point in the direction they will need to go to connect to the next step. 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 in the squares.

More Algorithm Game Boards

Woodland Animal Algorithm Game Boards

Offline Coding Academy Muffin Tin Algorithm Activity

Garden-Themed Worksheets and Activities

May 13, 2023 By Deirdre

Garden-themed worksheets and activities are fun to explore all year long. However, spring tends to be the most popular time of year to explore this theme. The concepts that will be explored in this series include coding, shape-building, following an algorithm, and building a greenhouse.

The blog 3 Dinosaurs and I will both share five learning sets as a part of the garden-theme worksheets and activities series. Please take a moment to explore each of the sets. They will also be linked below.

Garden-Themed Worksheets and Activities

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Below you will find some garden-themed objects that your children will love. The first is my favorite garden-themed children’s book. Next, you will find child-sized garden tools. (My son loved taking his set out into the yard to garden.) Finally, there is a gardening kit. It includes everything you will need to plant and grow a small garden.

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Planting a Rainbow$8.99

JustForKids Kids Garden Tool Set Toy, Rake, Spade, Hoe and Leaf Rake, r…$19.77~~$21.77~~ (14884)

Painting Plant Flower Growing Kit

More Gardening Activities

A paper plate greenhouse is fun for your children to create. Once your children have put it together, they will enjoy watching the seeds they place in it grow.