Joyful Rays Learning Academy

Bring big excitement to your Thanksgiving week with this engaging virtual escape room designed for preschool–2nd grade learners! Students help Gavin sneak past the grown-ups and solve kid-friendly puzzles in each room of the house to finally reach the backyard playground. Perfect for whole-group fun, centers, morning work, or a holiday-themed reward activity. What’s Included:✔️ 3 leveled escape room missions (Easy, Medium, Challenging) delivered via a google form link ✔️ High-quality illustr

Celebrate fall with this Pumpkin Activities Bundle — perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade! This bundle combines math, literacy, science, and fine motor skills into one seasonal pack of engaging pumpkin-themed activities. Students will practice: 🎲 Number identification, addition, subtraction, and ten frames with a fun Pumpkin Roll & Cover Game 🔠 Letter recognition and number practice with Pumpkin Task Cards ✏️ Tracing and fine motor development with Race to the Pumpkin sheets

Celebrate individuality and creativity with these Self-Portrait Play Dough Mats—perfect for your All About Me theme during back-to-school season! ✂️ Students will use play dough (or dry-erase markers if laminated) to add hair, eyes, a mouth, and other facial features to complete their self-portrait. This hands-on activity encourages fine motor skills, social-emotional learning, and self-expression while building classroom community. What’s Included: ✅ 5 skin tone mat variations ✅ Simple, ki

Make Thanksgiving math fun, hands-on, and high-engagement with this adorable Feed the Turkey Math Game! Students will “feed” the turkey using corn pieces that show numbers in three different forms: numerals, ten-frames, and dice. Perfect for centers, small groups, stations, morning tubs, or Thanksgiving week fun! What’s Included: Teacher DirectionsTurkey Template (Print, cut, and turn into a fun pocket for feeding!) Number Cards 1–10 45 Turkey Feeding Cards — Corn pieces (blank, numerals, ten

Bring creativity and laughter into your classroom this Thanksgiving with the Disguise a Turkey! Craft from Joyful Rays Learning Academy. This engaging hands-on activity encourages young learners to use imagination and fine motor skills as they help a turkey stay safe from becoming dinner! Students will design unique disguises using the provided templates, then write about their creations, perfect for literacy centers, holiday parties, or art time. Designed for Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st

Bring storytime to life with this Leaf Man craft and nature activity inspired by the beloved book by Lois Ehlert! 🍁 This printable includes leaf and acorn templates for kids to color, cut, and create their very own Leaf Man using real leaves or paper ones. It’s perfect for fall themes, nature studies, or literacy connections after reading Leaf Man. ✂️ What’s Included: • 1 printable leaves and acorn page • 1 black-and-white printable coloring page with leaves and acorns • Clear dashed cut

Make learning festive and fun this fall with these Pumpkin Alphabet and Number Matching Task Cards! Students will strengthen letter recognition, number identification, and fine motor skills while matching uppercase and lowercase letters to build a pumpkin or pairing numbers 0–9. This resource is perfect for literacy centers, math centers, morning tubs, small group practice, or independent work. What’s Included: 26 pumpkin letter cards (A–Z uppercase & lowercase matching)10 number pumpkin cards (

Add some fall fun to your math centers with this Pumpkin Roll & Cover Game! Students roll the dice, find the matching number, and cover it on their board. This hands-on, low-prep game is perfect for practicing number identification, addition, subtraction, and ten frames during the fall season. What’s Included: 5 playmats! 🎲 Roll & Cover Numbers 1–6 (single die) 🎲 Roll & Cover Numbers 2–12 (two dice, add) 🎲 Roll & Cover Subtraction 0–5 (two dice, subtract) 🎲 Roll & Cover Ten Frames 1–10 🎲

Make fall learning fun! These 24 Fall Playdough Mats combine hands-on play with essential early learning skills. Each mat has a themed prompt (apples, leaves, pumpkins, and more!) plus a guiding question or activity that encourages counting, letters, shapes, patterns, and fine motor practice. Perfect for: Preschool, Pre-K, & Kindergarten Math & Literacy Centers Morning Tubs Small Groups Fall-Themed Units ✨ What’s Included: 12 fall-themed playdough mats with a unique skill-focused prompt6 fill

Snip, snip! ✂️ Your little learners will love practicing their cutting skills with these fun Haircut Scissor Skills Worksheets. Designed to strengthen fine motor development, hand-eye coordination, and confidence with scissors, each page encourages students to "give the character a haircut" by cutting along different types of lines. Perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and occupational therapy activities, this set of 8 worksheets offers a playful way to build essential early learning sk

Make fine motor practice fun with these fall-themed tracing worksheets! Students will strengthen their pencil control, pre-writing, and hand-eye coordination as they trace along the paths to race toward the pumpkin, leaves, and apples. These worksheets are simple, engaging, and low-prep — just print and go! Perfect for morning work, fine motor centers, early finishers, or seasonal activities in preschool and kindergarten. What’s Included: Race to the Pumpkin tracing sheet 🎃 Race to the Leav

Start the year strong with these engaging, easy-to-use Back to School writing prompts! This resource includes 5 age-appropriate writing pages, perfect for the first week of school. With two title variations (“Back to School 2025” and “First Day of School 2025”) and three fun banner themes. Each page includes space for writing and drawing, helping young learners express themselves and practice early writing skills. What’s Included: 5 writing prompts: On the first day of school... This yea

Your little learners will love this hands-on fall activity! This Build a Scarecrow Craft helps students connect literacy and creativity by sequencing the parts of The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything and assembling their own scarecrow. What’s Included: ✅ Individual cut pieces (boots, pants, shirt, gloves, hat, pumpkin head) ✅ Dashed cutting lines and labels for each item ✅ Coloring version + optional pre-colored version ✅ Simple teacher directions Skills Covered: ✂️ Fine motor

Make learning letters fun this fall!This engaging uppercase and lowercase alphabet matching activity is perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students. Children will match the lowercase letters to the uppercase letters on the picture pieces. As they complete the activity, a hidden fall picture will be revealed—making learning both exciting and rewarding! ✅ Self-Checking! Students can easily see if their matches are correct, because the final picture won’t come together unless the let

Camping Themed Sorting Mats | Sorting by Category & Size | Color + B&WMake learning hands-on and fun with these Camping-Themed Sorting Mats—perfect for preschool and kindergarten students! This resource includes: ✔️ 2 engaging sorting mats – Sort by Category: Clothes, Supplies, and Nature – Sort by Size: Big vs Small Camping Items ✔️ Full-color AND black & white versions for easy printing and coloring fun! These mats are great for: Building early classification skills Encouraging vo

Add style and sophistication to your classroom with these Alphabet Posters A–Z in a dark blue and gold theme! Perfect for any early elementary grades, these posters help students learn letter recognition, beginning sounds, and letter formation while doubling as beautiful classroom décor. Each poster includes: ✔ Uppercase letter (A–Z) ✔ Lowercase letter (a–z) ✔ Clean and modern dark blue background with gold accents These posters are ideal for: ✨ Alphabet wall displays ✨ Literacy centers

Bring fall science to life with this Lifecycle of a Pumpkin Worksheet! Students will learn the stages of a pumpkin’s growth — from seed to sprout to pumpkin — while practicing sequencing and building science vocabulary. This resource is easy to use for science centers, whole group lessons, small groups, or independent work. The color version is great for teaching and displays, while the black-and-white version is perfect for student practice, coloring, or saving ink. What’s Included: 1 color

Beach Busy Bin & Centers Activity Set | 6 Academic Activities for Preschool & Kindergarten Take your sensory play to the next level with this Beach Busy Bin Activity Set! This ready-to-go printable pack includes 6 engaging academic activities that pair perfectly with your beach-themed busy bin or printed as beach themed activities all on their own. Designed for preschool and kindergarten learners, these hands-on activities make learning fun while supporting early academic skills. What’s Inc

Bring fall storytime to life with this engaging Build a Pumpkin Craft from Joyful Rays Learning Academy! Perfect to pair with Five Little Pumpkins or any pumpkin-themed story, this printable encourages creativity, sequencing, and fine-motor practice — all while celebrating the season. What’s Included: ✅ Pumpkin base and cut-out pieces (eyes, nose, mouth, stem) ✅ Dashed cut lines and labels for easy cutting ✅ Coloring version + pre-colored option (if included) ✅ Simple teacher directions S

Bring elegance and style to your classroom with these Number Posters 1–10 in a dark blue and gold theme! Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary classrooms, these posters make it easy for students to recognize, count, and connect numbers with visuals. Each poster includes: ✔ Large bold number (1–10) ✔ Matching set of ten-frame dots for visual learning ✔ Clean and modern dark blue background with gold accents These posters are ideal for: ✨ Classroom number wall displays ✨