2D Shapes Flip Book

I love flip books because  they make learning fun! My students enjoy creating them, but also love to read them over and over again. The best of all, there is no use of costly colored ink. Just print the black&white pages and you are ready to go! Kiddos begin by the cutting out the pages...anything that involves cutting is fun, isn't it?  Color, read, trace and write each shape... Cut out the letters... Paste the correct letter into each box... And voila students are ready to staple their flip books. Included in this resource: triangle, rectangle, square, circle, star, heart, crescent, oval, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, rhombus, trapezoid. Need other flip books? Check out my Flip Books Post.
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I Spy Shapes...

Games like I spy... keep our mind young and active. This game is great for working on visual discrimination, counting and expanding vocabulary. Note: Recently, I decided to create an I Spy Shapes game to add to my collection of shape printables.   Scroll to the bottom of this post to see all of my Shape packets. I have also decided to create a FREE I Spy Game collection. Already have a Free Printable I spy School Supplies Packet. Pin this page or follow my blog and check back often to find out  what I've added. With my I Spy packets you can easily tailor the activity to your child's interests, level and ages. This printable pack includes 4 different I Spy Shapes pages where kids have to find, name and/or count funny colorful shapes and write down the number of objects they find.  Here are a few of the pages from the I Spy Shapes packet in action: If you don't know how to play I Spy...game and/or you are like me an I spy...game fan, you ca
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ESL Grammar with Fruits

Making kids love grammar is a challenge to most teachers.  I love when we can work on needed vocabulary but incorporate a bit of grammar twist to them. I was having trouble finding worksheets for revising I like/I don't like expressions with my students. So, I created a packet loaded with resources that make grammar fun. These pages involves reading, writing, making flip books, cutting and coloring. Learning outcomes, that I had in my mind creating these worksheets are: - identify food items; - produce questions and statements about food preferences and - read and understand short story texts. Grammar Practice: I like - I don't like - packet includes the following: About Me - Students write about their preferences... ...then about David and Emma Flip Books - The kids are learning to use the expressions I like/ I don't like, practicing fruit vocabulary but they're also cutting, coloring, and having fun! The flip books included here
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Subitizing and Addition with Dominoes

I am always searching for new and inexpensive ways to make a hands on activity for my students and my kiddos. I am really excited when I succeed in making an activity which is appropriate both for my ESL classroom and homeschooling. Browsing Pinterest the other day, I came across this great idea, a really fun way to practice number recognition, subitizing and basic addition facts. This is exactly what I need in my ESL classroom and at home, a resource that is simple to use, easy and makes math fun. The Domino Girl game is suppose to help kiddos practice subitizing in a fun and engaging way. What is subitizing? Subitizing is an ability to recognize that the six dots on a die is six, without counting the dots. Why is subitizing important? Children who can successfully subitize also can easily compose and decompose numbers. With the Domino Girl Game, kids will shortly be able to look at a group of something and tell how many there are without counting each indiv
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