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I’m Ilinca, a mom, kindergarten teacher, class teacher, English teacher, and entrepreneur. I have been working as a kindergarten teacher and primary school teacher in Finland and Romania for over fifteen years.
I live in Finland and I’m the mom of the cutest dumpling.
Teaching is my passion and I hope to make your teaching experience easy and fun with the resources that I create!
I blog about teaching and parenting at: www.grumpydumpling.com. There you'll find lots of freebies and resources.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears FREE Printables
Goldilocks and the Three Bears FREE Printables
This resource contains two "Color by Number" pages, one worksheet to practice sizes, and C and B&W flash cards. I hope you'll like it!
For more teaching ideas related to Goldilocks and the Three Bears check my blog.
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Free Story Character Flashcards and Teaching Ideas
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PreK - 1st
Art, Drama, English Language Arts
Winter Clothes Sorting Worksheet {FREEBIE}
Winter Clothes Sorting Worksheet FREEBIE
Here's a winter freebie - a worksheet that you can easily print and use with your kindergarteners.
I hope you like it!
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Winter Mega Pack No Prep Literacy Activities - Arctic Animals and Winter Clothes
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K - 1st
English Language Arts, Other (Math)
Number Flashcards with Dots (1-10) {FREEBIE}
Check my blog (link in the product description) for games that you and your kids can play with these :)
PreK - K
Math
Tracing and Cutting Worksheets - Food Vocabulary {FREEBIE}
Tracing and Cutting Worksheets - Food Vocabulary
Here's a small tracing/ cutting freebie. I made it for my 3-4 y.o., to practice basic food vocabulary (carrot, cake, apple, pumpkin) and fine motor skills. I hope you'll find it useful.
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Fruit Activity Pack (196 pages)
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PreK - K
English Language Arts
Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down - Song and Coloring Pages
Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down - Song and Coloring Pages {Freebie}
This activity is perfect for very young learners who still need to work on color recognition and fine motor skills (coloring and tracing).
The lyrics of the song are very easy to learn, so it is a suitable activity for speakers of other languages who are learning English.
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Tracing Letters - B&W
PreK - K
Art, English Language Arts, Other (Performing Arts)
{Freebie}Emotions-Games and Activities for ESL/EFL Learners and Emergent Readers
Who Is Happy - Games and Activities for ESL/EFL Learners and Emergent Readers
You can use this resource:
- as a musical game – please read the instructions in the preview;
- as a matching game: match the labels with the images;
- as a tracing game: trace the words with a dry-erase marker, then match them with the images;
- as a song for ESL/EFL learners;
- as flash cards for different activities;
- to practice reading – for emergent readers (uppercase or lowercase letters included).
Vocabulary
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Reading
The Cutting Song {Scissors Grip}
The Cutting Song {Scissors Grip}
We all know how important scissors skills are for kids - they get to build their hand muscles (which will also help them brush their teeth, write, color, comb their hair...do anything that requires fine motor skills) and improve their hand-eye coordination. Some kids might get frustrated when it comes to cutting, because they might find it difficult to hold the scissors properly. This song is a fun way to practice the correct grip without having to constantly cor
PreK - 1st
For All Subjects
Bunny Hop - 2 CVC Word Games {Freebie}
Bunny Hop - 2 CVC Word Games {Flash Freebie}
I hope you'll enjoy this Easter freebie. :)
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Easter Egg Activities and Flashcards
Spring Emergent Reader {FLASH FREEBIE}
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K - 1st
English Language Arts
Tulip Patterns - Spring Activities {FREEBIE}
Tulip Patterns - A Spring Activity
Here are two cute and easy activities for kindergarteners. There is a cut and glue worksheet and a game with flashcards.
I hope your kids will enjoy them!
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Pin the Tail on the Bunny - Easter Game
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PreK - K
10 Little Airplanes and Cars (A Song for ELL/ESOL) {FREEBIE}
10 Little Airplanes and Cars (A Song for ELL/ESOL) {FREEBIE}
This is a very easy song for English learners. Target vocabulary: car, airplane, numbers 1-10. The song can be used to practice number recognition, counting to 10 and backwards.
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The Farmer - A Song About Farm Animals (for ESOL)
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PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Math
Spring Birds - Matching Shadows and Odd One Out
Spring Birds - Matching Shadows and Odd One Out This product includes two worksheets and a printable game for 3-6 y.o. I hope you'll like it! ***************************************************************************** A useful tip:You can get TPT credit to use on your future purchases if you leave feedback for the products that you bought or purchased. For this, you need to go to your My Purchases page and find the Provide Feedback button next to each document. The feedback (be it positive
PreK - K
Tracing Shapes Freebie - A House {FREEBIE}
Tracing Shapes Freebie - A House
Hi! Here's another free printable to teach kids shapes and to practise their fine motor skills.
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Rhymes about Shapes
For more freebies, discounts, giveways, and teaching ideas, be sure to follow my FB page and my website.
Thank you for downloading,
Ilinca
Grumpy Dumpling
PreK - K
Math
Shapes - Board Game
Shapes - Board Game
This is an easier variant of the board game with shapes that I posted before: Shapes Board Game. Have fun playing the game!
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Rhymes about Shapes - Circle, Triangle, Square
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PreK - K
Math
Colour by number - Stay Healthy
These are a couple of colouring pages with children doing sports. I hope your kids will enjoy them!
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PreK - 1st
Art
Shape Recognition 2 Piece Puzzles {FREEBIE}
Shape Recognition 2 Piece Puzzles {FREEBIE}
There are two games in this file: one where players have to match the number of vertices with the shape, the other one where players have to match the shapes with their names.
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Rhymes About Shapes
Shapes - Board Game
Shapes Pack - Tracing Worksheets, Colouring Pages, Board Games, and Rhymes
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PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Math
Counting Syllables - Spring Vocabulary {FREEBIE}
Counting Syllables - Spring Vocabulary
This is a very easy game to practice counting syllables. Print the pages, laminate them (optional), then cut each rectangle separately. Use a clothes peg to indicate how many syllables there are in each word.
This is a very useful game to teach basic vocabulary related to spring.
I hope your kids will like it!
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Where's t
Kindergarten
English Language Arts
Science Center Sign {American Spelling}
Science Center Sign {American Spelling}
Use these colorful science center signs to help kids visualize the predefined science area in your classroom. In addition, these signs are a perfect way to introduce them to new centers that you have in your classroom.
Choose one of the three variants included in the file. They all have text and illustrations, so they are great for kindergarten.
If you are interested in other sizes, feel free to leave me a comment and I'll answer asap.
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PreK - K
Science
Vegetables and Fruit Worksheets and Colouring Pages
Vegetables and Fruit Worksheets and Colouring Pages
This pdf file contains 7 worksheets and colouring pages for very young kids: 3-5 y.o. They are useful for teaching English vocabulary, fine motor skills and number recognition.
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Sorting Game - Fruit and Vegetables
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Kindergarten
Math
Free Tracing and Cutting Activities for Kindergarten
Tracing and Cutting Activities for Kindergarten
Here are a couple of cutting and tracing activities for your kindergartners. I hope they'll like them! :)
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Compound Words - Games, Flash Cards, Tracing Books, and Flip Books
Tracing Letters Bundle (Uppercase and Lowercase LEtters, C and B&W)
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K - 1st
Visual Arts, Vocabulary
Freebie - Transitions and Attention Grabbers {Kindergarten}
Freebie - Transitions and Attention Grabbers {Kindergarten}
If you’ve ever worked in a kindergarten, then you know that transitions and attention grabbers are life-savers! When kids go wild (and they will, no matter what you do, because let’s face it, they’re kids!), you need to have a trick up your sleeve – or more, because most of the time the first one won’t work. :)
When finishing an activity and going to the next one, when play time is over and kids need to clean up, or when you need to get
PreK - 1st
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Experience
I’m Ilinca, a mom, kindergarten teacher, class teacher, English teacher, and entrepreneur. I have been working as a kindergarten teacher and primary school teacher in Finland and Romania for over fifteen years.
I live in Finland and I’m the mom of the cutest dumpling.
Teaching is my passion and I hope to make your teaching experience easy and fun with the resources that I create!
I blog about teaching and parenting at: www.grumpydumpling.com. There you'll find lots of freebies and resources.
Thank you for stopping by!
Teaching style
I prefer the child-centered approach to teaching: children learn better if they actively participate in the learning process, not just by observing what the teacher is doing.
Awards & shining teacher moments
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My own education history
I have been a kindergarten teacher for fifteen years and I have worked as an English and class teacher too. I have a bachelor in English and Finnish Philology, a master in British Cultural Studies, and a bachelor in Preschool and Primary School Pedagogy.
Additional biographical information
From time to time, I will also post resources for toddlers and babies, because I create them for my daughter. If they're a hit, then I will post them here. :)
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