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What's
Missing? Children are shown a picture where they focus
on details. The packet is then flipped to the next page where
there are 2 or 3 things missing from the picture and the children
have to recognize what is missing. Activity continues until
they are back to the first page.
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Double
Flip Board Accessories: These
patterns are to be used on the double flip board and both
halves are flipped to create a match whether it be colors,
shapes, numbers, money or shadows. Color the pictures, laminate
them and punch the holes and they are ready for use!
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Dots Activities: Hot Dots is a unique teaching tool that provides instant verbal feedback. The pen has volume options as well as the choice of verbal feedback, red and green light reinforcement or fun sounds. It requires 2 AAA batteries which are not included. I make games that target areas such as beginning letter sounds and am working on expanding skills and levels. Pens and dots can be purchased separately and you can create skills that you are incorporating with your children such as money, shapes, time, rhyming and so on.
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I
Have... Who Has? This activity is to be played as a whole
group where each child (up to 16 kids) are sitting in a circle
holding a card that says, "I Have" (on the left side) and "Who
Has?" (on the right side). Themed cards are velcroed on the
gameboards. The first person begins (usually the teacher) by
saying out loud, "I Have a blue jellybean, Who has a red jellybean?"
The person with the red jellybean on the left side of the card,
says out loud, "I have a red jellybean, who has a green jellybean?"
The game continues until it circles back to the teacher. It
is a "circular" type game and can go around and around. Kids
can then exchange the cards so everyone gets a turn and once
again can be played over and over.
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Triple
Board Accessories: These patterns are to be used on the
triple board. The board can be used either vertically or horizontally,
depending on the patterns. Children flip the pages to create
whole pictures, matches by colors, shapes, numbers, money, time
and opposites to name a few. Color the pictures, laminate, punch
holes and assemble on board.
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Pocket Activities: These are games that I have designed to go on posters. These usually include alphabet activities because that involves 26 pictures which takes up a lot of space. Directions are included how to make the game.
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Can Games: As of Spring 2009, I now sell Can Games separately. They used to only be found in pattern books but since I no longer carry pattern books, they are available individually. I find popcorn tins at rummage sales or around the holiday time and make games to wrap around the tin. If you use scrap booking paper, you will need three 12x12 sheets that will need to be trimmed a little. You can also use wrapping paper or two of the large 11x18 sheets of construction paper. Once the game is wrapped around the can and attached with velcro, magnets are taped to the back of the pieces and children match the pieces to the game. You can also put each can game on a "lazy susan" and children can spin the can as they complete the task.
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Hands
On Learning Centers: These teaching tools are activities created to enhance a curriculum as well as provide for open-ended experiences that can be changed to fit any theme. Many have songs included or lists of ideas that are versatile and can be adjusted for almost any age. They are assembled and created for durability.
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Paddleboard
Accessories: These materials made for the paddleboard
have pictures on one side and the words needed for the song
or rhyme are printed on the back. All activities except for
one story are copied on white card stock paper.
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Mini
Chart Stand Stories: Along with holding the What's Missings?,
this piece of wood works real well for holding stories. You
can read the stories and flip the pages, then put it out on
a table or bookshelf for children to recite the story either
from memory or create new ones using their imagination!
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Slot Box Accessories: Most of the slot box activities I leave black and white except for the Title pages (which are velcroed and attached to front of board). If you color the cards, many times you are making the game much easier and actually inhibiting the thought process of the children. Let them look for the detail when sorting instead of the colors. As a bonus, you can create a game much quicker if you don't color it!
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Five Wide Board Accessories: By children being able to flip
five separate cards, they are able to sequence, search for
color matches, number matches, sort by categories and listen
to stories.
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Peek
N Seek Board Games: You have the option to purchase
laminated sticker games to go on the peek-n-seek board. Two
games are on a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Each laminated sheet
has themed stickers where the children play memory using the
board.
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Criss
Cross Board Games: You have the option to purchase
laminated sticker games to go on the criss-cross board. Two
games are on a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 index paper. Each laminated
sheet has themed stickers where the children have to match
stickers on the left side of the board to stickers on the
right side of the board by using nylon craft loops.
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Poster Activities: Many times poster activities can also be used on a tin can or in a file folder. I chose to make them into posters because I love hanging posters on the wall and with using velcro, children have a different angle to play a game. It gets them up and out of their chair also!
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Story
Wheel Accessories: Story
wheel activities include stories, songs and learning centers
designed to fit the wheel and work with one of two pie piece
wheels as it spins around.
Large Chart Stand Accessories: All patterns are copied on large 11 x 17 paper and can be either colored or left black and white. Laminate the pages and put them on the large stand.
Laminated
Key Chains: These ready made keychains are laminated and
bound together by themed keychains. They have multiple uses
including introducing themes; put into centers for word work
by using abc tiles,magnets, beads and wipe off boards; alphabetizing,
rhyming, sorting, blends & endings just to name a few.
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