Fun Craft Activity for New Year's Eve

 Fun New Year Activities for Kids

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Are you looking for some fun activities to do with the kids for New Year's Eve?

Make a New Year's Eve Clock Craft Activity

One of the symbols always associated with New Year's Eve is a CLOCK.

New Year Paper Plate Clock

In this activity students can make a paper plate clock to use on New Year's Eve.

~ Make a New Year's Eve Clock!

Fun Paper Plate Clock

Material

• paper plate
• number stickers or crayons/markers
• paper fastener
• piece of foam or heavy paper to make clock hands.
• scissors 

Paper Plate Clock Supplies

Assist younger students in making their paper plate clocks. Older students may need more of a challenge. Perhaps they could make the numbers on their clocks with Roman Numerals.

Roman Numeral Clock

Save the paper clocks to use with math measurement lessons in the new year!    

Paper Plate Clock Craft Activity

For more examples of paper plate clocks, directions, and some cool telling time resources for kids, click on the link below:

~ http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2012/02/paper-plate-clocks-round-up-and-telling.html


Happy New Year!

  

Make a Fun Christmas Paper Plate Clock!

 

Here is a fun idea that combines math and a holiday!  Make a fun paper plate clock with your students! This is an easy and fun craft to make in math class!

This paper plate Christmas clock has a gnome theme which seems to be a popular theme this year. I am seeing adorable gnomes in almost every store I visit!

Christmas Paper Plate Clock

At this time of year the children are so focused on the holidays! Use that interest to try some activities that have a holiday theme and are also educational.

A fun paper plate Holiday Clock can be made with the students then used to teach or review Telling Time or Elapsed Time.

You can make lots of clocks with a simple paper plate. Use a white paper plate and paint it a fun color, or use any of the fun colors found at dollar stores (usually 20 plates for $1.25), or a seasonal decorated paper plate found at supermarkets, craft stores, etc.

Paper Plates to use for Craft Activities

Supplies Needed

• paper plates
• sticky foam numbers (or a marker to write the numbers)
• heavy paper or foam to make the clock hands
• scissors
• paper fastener (1 per plate)
• Construction Paper or Christmas stickers (optional)
• Paint + paint brush, Markers, Crayons (optional)
• Glue (optional) 

Christmas Paper Plate Clock

The Christmas clock pictured directly above was made with a plain red paper plate. The tree in the middle of the  plate is a paper gift tag that can be glued or fastened to the center of the plate to give the clock a festive look. Children can also design or color their own trees with drawing or construction paper and crayons. The clock hands are made from foam sheets purchased at a Dollar store. The foam clock numbers were also purchased at a Dollar Store (200 numbers in a package)! A package of paper fasteners was purchased at Staples.

Have fun at Christmas Time learning about Time!

For more examples of paper plate clocks and some cool telling time resources for kids, click on the link below:

~ http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2012/02/paper-plate-clocks-round-up-and-telling.html

 

8 Free Fun Number Counting Puzzles for Kids

Do your students love puzzles?

Here's a fun way to help young kids reinforce their basic counting skills of numbers 1-100 while working with number puzzles. 

Free Number Puzzles for Kids

By using these fun number puzzles the children will be using their fine motor skills to make cute pictures with a woodlands animal theme while also practicing their math skills of counting and skip counting (number sequence).

Counting is done by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s.

Number Sequences included in the set:

• Counting by 1s - Numbers  1-10 (3 puzzles)
• Counting by 1s - Numbers  11-20
• Counting by 1s - Numbers  21-30
• Counting by 2s - Numbers  2-20
• Counting by 5s - Numbers  5-50
• Counting by10s - Numbers 10-100

Children put the puzzle pieces into the proper number sequence. The puzzles are self-correcting in that the proper number sequence will reveal a picture. For these puzzles, the pictures revealed will be some woodland animals.

There are 8 puzzles in this set with different number sequences so that you can decide which number sequence your students need to work on. Each puzzle has 10 pieces.

Counting by 1s

                                                                   Counting by 5s

Counting by 2s

Counting by 10s

All you need to do is print the puzzles, cut into strips, and laminate if desired. I like to print them on photo paper or cardstock.

You can download these 8 puzzles for free from my TpT Shop.  Just click on the picture above or the link below! 

   Link: Free Number Puzzles

Woodland Animals Counting Puzzles

Have fun with math!

To view more Number Puzzles and Skip Counting Number Puzzles at my TPT store, click on the link below:

Lots more Number Puzzles for Kids!

2 Free Reindeer Printables for Kids

 Happy December!

Here are 2 Free Reindeer printables to use with your young students. The first is a literacy worksheet and the second is a science & literacy worksheet. 

The first is a Reindeer Word Search Puzzle and the second is a Reindeer Diagram Worksheet. 

The Reindeer Word Search contains the names of Santa's 9 reindeer! Included are: 

• Blitzen
• Comet
• Cupid
• Dancer
• Dasher
• Donder
• Prancer
• Rudolph
• Vixon  

The words are listed horizontal and vertical on the worksheet. 

Students can have fun finding the 9 reindeer names and then coloring the worksheet. When using this worksheet, I always emphazize the fact that all proper names start with a capital letter.

Reindeer Word Search Puzzle

On the Reindeer Diagram Worksheet, students need to label:

• the long legs
• the thick fur
• the large antlers
• the wide hooves 

This science and literacy worksheet emphasizes adjectives (long, wide, thick, large) and nouns (legs, fur, hooves, antlers).  

(This free worksheet is part of my Caribou/Reindeer Resource on TPT.)

If you would like an Extension Activity for this worksheet, have the students turn the paper over. 

When students have finished the front of the worksheet they can make 2 columns on the back of the paper. They can list the adjectives in column 1 and the nouns in column 2.

Reindeer Diagram

Both of these Free worksheets can be downloaded on my Website. 

Link to website: Learning Workroom   

    

Reindeer Word Search Puzzle

Reindeer Diagram

If you want or need more material for your students on reindeer/ caribou, I recommend my Caribou/Reindeer Literacy, Science, and Crafts Resource at TPT. It has over 100 fun and interesting pages.

Reindeer Science, Literacy. And Crafts

Have fun with the kids learning about reindeer!

TPT Cyber Monday Site-Wide Sale Nov. 28-29

TPT is having their annual Cyber Monday Site-Wide Sale on Monday and Tuesday Nov. 28-29.

TPT Cyber Monday Sale

You can start browsing the site at any time and save possible products to your your WISH LIST.

All of my products including already discounted bundles will be 20% off plus when you use the Code: CYBER22, TPT will be giving you an additional 5% off.  Link to my store: Marcia Murphy

Since it's almost December, I just put a free printable Caribou/Reindeer Diagram on my website that you can download for FREE for your students.

Link to my website: Learning Workroom (Go the the Science page.)

Free Caribou Reindeer Diagram

This printable is also in my Caribou / Reindeer Science & Literacy & Crafts Resource in my TPT store. Check out this fun unit!

Link to Resource: Caribou/Reindeer Resource   

Caribou Reindeer Resource at TPT

Have Fun shopping at the SALE!!!

 

7 Free Thanksgiving Worksheets for Kids

  Happy Thanksgiving! 

Today I have 7 free, fun Thanksgiving turkey-themed printables for you to use with your students? With these easy to use, no prep worksheets the kids can review literacy and math skills in a fun way. The children will need a pencil plus crayons, markers or colored pencils to complete or color in the graphics on each worksheet. Use the following link to obtain your free worksheets FREE TURKEY PRINTABLES

Thanksgiving Printables

The topics for the printables are:

• 120 Chart Fill-in
• Counting with Numbers 1-5
• Counting Syllables
• Identifying Nouns and Verbs
• Reading Color Words
• Identifying Odd and Even Numbers
• Identifying Prime and Composite Numbers

Free Turkey 120 Chart 

                                                  Free Turkey Counting Numbers 1-5

FREE Turkey Counting Syllables Worksheet

FREE Turkey Identifying Nouns & Verbs Worksheet

FREE Turkey Reading Color Words

FREE Turkey Odd and Even Numbers

Free Turkey Prime and Composite Numbers

These 7 free Thanksgiving turkey printables are great for primary and elementary students. The printables are easy to use at home or in the classroom. They are on my website (https://www.LearningWorkroom.com). Just click on any of the links under the pictures to go my website and download your free copies. You may also click here!

Another fun turkey math activity is to make a fun turkey paper plate clock with your kids.This is wonderful for students learning to tell time.

Click HERE for directions!

                                                             Turkey Paper Plate Clock 

Wishing you a happy, healthy, and safe holiday!

 

Free Simple Thanksgiving Turkey Craft for Kids

 Thanksgiving will be here soon!

Thanksgiving Turkey Craft for Kids

I have a quick one page Thanksgiving Turkey Coloring & Craft Activity for you to do with your kids. You will need to download my free worksheet at my website. Click HERE. (Then click Free Worksheets Primary)

This one page craft is so easy to prep and is fun and engaging for your students.

Turkey Craft Activity Printable

The children will need to color the turkey shape and choose one of the 3 choices for the turkey's feet. Then with your help they can cut the shapes. Then using their own creativity students glue or tape the feet of their choice onto the turkey's body. If desired the turkey can be glued onto construction paper. 

Turkey Craft

Turkey Craft

If you don't have time to make the craftivity with the kids, you can still use the Thanksgiving Turkey printable as a coloring page.

Turkey Craft Printable

Click HERE to get your free Thanksgiving Turkey Printable.

Here are some Fun, Free, Turkey Literacy and Math Worksheets to use with the kids: Turkey Worksheets

Also in my store, I have some fun and adorable Thanksgiving Number and Shape Puzzles, plus other Thanksgiving math and literacy resources. Click HERE to go to my store.

Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving!

 

Free Odd & Even Number Charts & Worksheets

Learning about odd and even numbers in math can be a little confusing for kids. Here are 2 posters and 2 worksheets to use with your students that can make this task easier!

You can download and print my posters in color or in grayscale.

You will also receive 2 worksheets for the kids to use. They can color their own charts with crayons, colored pencils, or highlighters.

Free Odd & Even Number Charts

Free Odd & Even Worksheets

Your students will like being able to use crayons, markers, or colored pencils to complete this math assignment!

Odd & Even Worksheets

Your students can use the posters as Answer Keys to correct their own work after they have finished coloring in their worksheets.

My free charts and worksheets are avaible for you at my TPT Store. Just click the following link to retrieve your free copy:  

FREE ODD & EVEN NUMBER CHARTS & WORKSHEETS

Free Odd and Even Number Charts and Worksheets

HAVE FUN with Math!