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Working on emotions are a crucial part of school for all age learners. Playdough mats are a great way to increase fine motor skills, talking points for lessons, and independent activities that can be used over and over again. Playdough mats can be used in small group settings or choice time activities for students. This is a great back to school activity to do with students because emotions are high as students start a new school year. Print the pages you want for your classroom and then lamina

Fine Motor: Tracing SkillsFarm animal tracing will allow your students to build fine motor skills, increase hand-eye coordination, and increase pencil control and grip! With all of the technology use fine motor skills are being forgotten. With these simple, no prep pages students can write on these with a pencil, rainbow write using multiple colors, put the sheets in page protectors for repeated use with dry erase markers, etc. You can also go one step farther and use small manipulatives to plac

Creating a visual schedule for students is a great way for learners to keep track of time during their day. With a neutral theme you can back with colorful paper and hang up for students to see. Pictures can also be formatted to print smaller and made into an individual schedule. Great for a set up for back to school and can be used year after year. Multiple options to fit your schedule needs! Included in the schedule: -Unpack Backpack -Sign in -Breakfast -Morning Meeting -Bathroom -Calendar -Sm

Morning Sign in should not be a time consuming, high prep activity. This template allows you to customize to fit your classroom needs and print out name practice and fine motor practice for the week. As I continue to create these for my classroom this set will be updated. **Price will increase when more templates are added!** Included is a video that will show how to properly print and customize so it is easy to use. Two different fonts are included, blank boxes that allow students to practice

Fine motor activities are so important for students to improve their writing skills, cutting skills, and hand eye coordination and more! In this set there is a beginning of the year packet/book that can be printed and made for students to work on basic skills. Small activities like pom poms and tweezers, making a pattern, coloring, or painting are all activities that can be done. The different line tracers could be printed and laminated for multiple uses or students can trace them in different c

Valentine's Day Bundle has some great resources that I try to keep low prep and easy to use year after year. Options include color print and black and white options. Math and literacy activities are included and activities can be laminated for repeat use. Included is descriptions of how I use the activity in my classroom. Included in this bundle: Geoboard templates Coloring Pages Dot to Dot Letter cards Number cards Number matching Play dough mats Pattern work Candy heart graphing Heart sorting

The All About Me Book is a great resource to start in the beginning of the year that will carry you throughout the year. Students can be assessed on their growth through the year with this low prep activity. Students are excited and engaged in the activity because their work is presented in the classroom. Complete one page per month and place them in a binder to create a monthly class book. At the end of the year take each child's page and create a book for that child to have to show the growt

Fine Motor Morning Work is a low preparation activity for students to work on first thing in the morning. Quickly print the pages and you are ready to go. I set up the pages with pom poms, beads, or mini erasers and then tweezers for students to places the items on the dots/lines or scissors, pencils, crayons, for the dotted lines activity. After students arrive and sign in, they go to their table and they work on the fine motor activity at their table. Each day I move around the activities and

Hands on practice is the best practice! Print then laminate or place in a plastic sleeve for students to use with play dough. In my classroom this is used as a center activity and a small group activity when the words are being introduced. This is also great work for students to work on their fine motor skills. Words included: the and it said up is to you in for look red go little can big my not see where we he down me that was she but at with have on all of so yes from eat are

The Fall Fun Class Book is a great seasonal resource to keep students interested and excited about reading and books. Students are excited and engaged in the activity because their work is presented in the classroom and is a hands on resource they get to use everyday. Complete one page per day/week and place them in a binder to create a class book. This can be combined with other class books and at the end of the year take each child's page and create a book for that child to have to show the g

Valentine's Day Dot to Dot is a quick and easy morning work activity that can be printed, laminated and used year after year or print in black and white and use for your early finishers. It is also a great fine motor activity because students have to show control while completing the picture. Students also can be creative and color the picture once they add the lines. Great for Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st grade and up! Check out other low prep activities: Valentine's Geoboard GuidesValentine's

Fish themed shape tracers are great low prep activities that can be used over and over in the classroom. Options to print in color or black and white. Color printed pages could be laminated or put in page protectors and used over and over. Activity ideas: Small group, morning work, writing center tracers Shapes included: Circle Square Rectangle Diamond Heart Hexagon Oval Triangle Check out other great resources for the classroom! Coconut Tree ActivitiesFine Motor BundleHumpty Dumpty Activities

These Valentine's themed coloring pages are perfect for morning work, choice time, art center, early finishers, and more. Simple black and white printing for low prep classroom work. 7 coloring pages for Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and more! Check other great Holiday items! Valentine's Geoboard GuidesBee Mine Activities