Number Puzzles FREEBIES for Preschool and Kindergarten

I simply MUST blog about the wonderful discovery I made this week! My youngest son is working on rote counting and number identification. I found this great TEACHER FREEBIE on Teacher's Notebook that is not only academically helpful, but fun, too! 

This set of NUMBER PUZZLES comes from Ms. Denise at PlayLearnTeach. The set includes 4 different puzzles: 2 puzzles for numbers 1-10 and 2 puzzles for numbers 11-20. The puzzles have an Earth Day theme, but the beach and playground scenes make it possible to extend their use into the summer. 

My little guy had such a fun time putting the puzzles together! He couldn't wait to do them again to show Daddy! 

HOW WE ARE USING THE PUZZLES

1. After laminating and cutting them apart, I place the scrambled pieces in front of my son.

2. I ask, "What number comes first?" When he finds the number one, I sometimes have to remind him to put it on the left, as he is still working on left to right progression.

3. I keep asking him to find the next number. Sometimes, we have to count from the beginning again so he can recall which number is next in the sequence. (This is especially true of the 11-20 set.) 

4. After one of the 1-10 sets has been completed, we count from 1-10 as we point to each number. Then, we move it to the middle of the table. 

5. We finish the 11-20 puzzle in the same manner. After both puzzles are finished, we point to each number and count from 1-20. 

Isn't the beach scene very eye-catching? My little guy loves this one! As he completes  these puzzles, my son is working on number recognition, one-to-one correspondence, and rote counting. Click on the picture below to grab your own set for FREE! 

And, I just found ANOTHER FREE SET today! This set has a summer theme. It covers numbers 1-10, 11-20, counting to 20 by 2s, and counting to 100 by 10s. Click on the picture to download it, too! 

As always, thank you for reading! 

Summer Review Packs for Kindergarten and First Grade

It's that time of year again! Some schools have less than a month left and everyone is looking forward to some summer fun. It's the perfect time to get SUMMER SKILLS REVIEW PACKS ready to send home with your students! 

These booklets contain BRIEF YET MEANINGFUL math and literacy practice for kindergarten and first grade. Each booklet contains only 33 or 34 pages of material--small enough for you to easily copy. All of them are in blackline. They can be copied back to back to save paper.

A BOARD GAME is included with each set. This gives students a fun way to practice basic math facts and reading over the summer. The kindergarten set has game cards for addition, subtraction, sight words, CVC words, and sight word sentences. The first grade set has cards for addition, subtraction, sight words, blends/digraphs/long vowels, and sight word sentences. Parents can cut out the board and cards. Students can color the game board and play over and over again throughout the summer! 

Each summer review workbook has ONE MATH OR LITERACY activity every weekday for 10 weeks. They contain brief reviews of several CCSS for each grade. For example, in the picture above, my son finished a few subtraction problems. Then, he colored a summer-themed picture filled with kindergarten sight words. 

Click on the pictures below to see each pack in my Teacher's Notebook shop.

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Thanks for reading! Don't miss all of the FREEBIES in my shops, too. I have over 50!