Kindergarten Halloween Centers

So I have a love/hate relationship with Halloween.  I love that I get to dress up and how excited my kids are to see my costume, but I hate that the weeks before Halloween are crazy.  I love pumpkins and candy corn and cute fall decorations, but I hate anything scary.  Honestly in years passed I ignored  Halloween until the day of.  But this year I found and made some cute centers that I love and I've been excited to use.

In Math I have a roll to 20 game the kids love playing.  It allows them to practice 1 to 1 counting and it is a game so they don't even realize they are doing math.  Each player rolls the dice and adds the correct number of candy to the board.  I use the candy erasers from Target but you can also use candy corn or pom poms or anything.

You can find it here in my Teacher's Pay Teacher store.  It comes with Candy ten frames and a roll to 20, 50 or 100 game.  It also come in color and black and white.

Another math center I love is my One More and One Less Frankenstein Center.  I just love these little Frankensteins.   Students must write the numbers that are one more and one less of the number given. This math center covers numbers 1-20. A number line is provided for additional support. 18 cards are provided. Simply print, laminate and cut out the cards. Place in a bin with an expo number and optional number line. It can be used as morning work or as a math center.

I also have a Frankenstein Missing Letter Center if you are looking for an activity to practice ABC order.

What do you do in your classroom for Halloween?

Addition Center

This week we started our addition unit in math.  I love this unit because it still allows my students to practice counting, without them realizing that they are still counting.  It also allows me to change up my centers!  I love easy, low prep centers that don't require a lot of explaining.  One of my favorite is my add and clip center.

This center can be found here in my TPT store.   Simple print out the cards, laminate, cut them apart and put them in a tub with clothes pins.  The students then add the dots on the dice, and place their clothes pins on the correct sum.  

Easter Freebie

So I'm giving away a freebie in my TPT store. This Easter Egg Find and Graph comes in color or blackline and is a great activity for practicing making a bar graph.

Mini Eraser Addict

Hello my name is April and I have a problem.  I am a mini eraser addict.  I already can't leave Target without buying 7 more things than were on my list and now I can't leave Target without checking out their Dollar Spot and searching for the mini erasers.  I even have my mom who lives in Wisconsin checking her Target for different erasers and I had my dad who went down to Florida go to Target to pick up the Pineapple mini erasers I saw people posting on Instagram.
   This last time I went to 4 different Targets before I found the adorable bunny and egg erasers.  So I created this How many more to 10 Math Center which is aligned to the common core standard:  CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.4
For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation.

So check out this activity in my TPT store.

New Math Centers

So one of the struggles I have as a first year kindergarten teacher is finding materials.  My big struggle is in math.  I wish I had math stations for my kids to rotate through so that I could work in small groups with my kids but that is just not a reality this year.  Instead I have fast finisher activities for my kids that quickly get concepts to do so that I can work with my kiddos who need a little more attention.  However, the plan is that next year I'll have enough centers that I can do small group math instruction.

So over winter break I came up with 12 winter center activities and I am pretty excited about them.

You can find them here at my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.

Winter Math Centers

I'm so excited to get back to my classroom, print and laminate them and get my kids using them.  Now to come up with spring ones. 💭