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This fun Halloween-themed worksheet is a great way to sneak in some practice on number series. Use this to practice for the Number Series section of the CogAT or general number patterns practice. There are 4 patterns: an increasing pattern, two ABAB patterns, and an ABCABC pattern. It's good practice to expose students to a variety of types of patterns so they can learn to recognize them. Practice makes perfect, and the more practice you give your child, the more "second-nature" pattern recogni

This packet contains eight pages of rhyme problems plus answer keys. The student is presented with four pictures and after saying what each picture is aloud, he or she must pick out the one that does not rhyme with the others. The word families covered are: at, ock, un, ap, ed, ing, ig, ab, ub, an, op, ell, in, ot, ake, ail, ish, one, ug, ill, en, ip, ee, ook For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com. Don't forget to leave me

Students will fill in the missing spots on the ladybugs to follow the pattern. This worksheet is good practice for the Number Series section of the CogAT. Skills: pattern recognition, numbers For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

Match pairs of mother and baby animals in this matching worksheet. This worksheet is great for vocabulary building, as it includes the correct terminology. An answer key is included. Use this with an animal theme, a baby theme, or for Mothers' Day. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com. Don't forget to leave me some feedback and a great rating if you're happy with my products!

This Labor Day, teach your young students about all different types of jobs and occupations. Over 20 jobs are included in this packet in 6 different worksheets. Worksheets include a crossword puzzle, drawing activity, matching, reading clues, and more! Answer keys are included. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

A compound word is formed when two or more words are joined to form one word. The meaning of the compound word may be very different from the meanings of the component words. We use compound words all the time, and we don’t even think about it anymore: football, butterfly, fireworks, moonlight, everything, inside, and so many more. For a child who is just learning all sorts of new vocabulary words, compound words can be an interesting and exciting phenomenon. In this set of worksheets from Exp

Start working on time concepts with your students. This packet slowly introduces the concepts of time with four activities. 1. introduction to AM vs PM - listing morning and night-time activities 2. ordering events in your daily schedule 3. comparing pairs of times and determining which comes first 4. counting days on a calendar For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

Use this worksheet to let kids experiment with mixing primary colors together. They will be amazed at the new colors they can make. Print on white cardstock for best results. We use this as a warm-up whenever we paint. I put out only red, yellow, and blue paint (and sometimes black and white), so if anyone wants to use other colors, they have to mix the new colors themselves. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com. Don't f

Practice with the fraction 1/2 (one-half) with this animal-themed worksheet. This worksheet includes 5 fraction model problems plus an answer key. For more worksheets and activities check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

We use this to keep a weather journal. Print out several pages of the chart. Each day, cut out and paste one of the weather icons on the correct day. We keep ours in a binder and pull it out each day to track the weather. After a season, we look back through our notebook and talk about trends/patterns we see.

Subitizing is the ability to see a quantity and instantly know how many without counting. Your students will build on this skill through elementary school, as it is a foundation for modelling addition and multiplication. Encourage your students to do this worksheet without counting the bears. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

Use the letters in the given word or phrase to spell as many words as you can. Themes included are back to school, farms, and Halloween. An answer key is included for each word or phrase. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

Welcome your students back to school with this "All About Me" book. There are seven pages where students get to be creative by drawing and answering questions. Practice recognizing the state in which you live, counting candles on a birthday cake, and helping your student learn their phone number and address. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

In this worksheet, students will read the clues, then unscramble the letters to find the answers. All the terms are farm-animal themed. This is great for an animal theme or a farm theme. An answer key is included. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

This vocabulary worksheet covers forest animals. Students are given clues, and they fill in the crossword using animals listed in the word bank. An answer key is included. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

Read the clues and search for the answers in this jungle animal themed word search worksheet. An answer key is included. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

Here are three worksheets with a transportation theme. In the first two, the student is given a set of vehicles, and they must select the one that doesn't belong. In the last one, the students get to be creative and draw various types of transportation. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

This packet is practice for the Block Patterns section of the Early Childhood Admissions Assessment (ECAA). Print out the worksheets, and cut out the blocks. Have the students arrange the cut-outs to form the pattern shown at the bottom of the page. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

Expanding Minds Learning provides activities, worksheets, and other resources for gifted and talented preschool-aged children. In this worksheet, students get to practice their scissor skills by cutting out pictures of fruit and vegetables. Then they must classify the cut-outs as a fruit or a vegetable and paste (or tape) it under the appropriate heading. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com. Don't forget to leave me some

This scavenger hunt activity from Expanding Minds Learning is a great review game for your preschool students who have already mastered the alphabet or a fun learning game for your students who are still learning their letters. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com. Don't forget to leave me some feedback and a great rating if you're happy with my products!