Puzzles, Puzzles and More Puzzles

Puzzles are such a fun way to introduce, practice and evaluate learning skills! I have many available for different learning concepts, but the most popular one is

Antonym Puzzle Match-30 Opposite Matches.

 

 They can easily be adapted for a variety of ages. Start the littlest learner by only using concepts introduced and starting with very simple examples!

The instruction page has several games to play using these pieces. For example, give each child a puzzle piece, making sure that another child has the matching piece. The students then scramble to find their match.

 

Print, laminate, cut apart, and use year after year!

Don’t have time to cut puzzles? You may have a valuable, untapped resource, in your student’s parents! Many parents work and are unable to help with activities or projects in the classroom. This is their time to shine! Simply send home the puzzles after laminating, with directions about how you want them to be cut. The puzzles come back with both the student and parents proud to be involved in helping the teacher!

 

Most of my puzzle activities have curved corners to keep children from being poked. I know it takes longer to cut them out this way, so if you are in a hurry simply cut them straight across for square edges!

I have a free product that give you a chance to use some of the different puzzle activities I have available.

 

FREE! Puzzle Match Sample Pack

This free product has 42 puzzles that include the concepts of solid shapes (cone, cube, sphere, and cylinder), hour time (12:00-5:00), antonyms or opposites, rhyming, homonyms/homophones, time sequence, size sequence, and things that go together. 

Enjoy!

I have many other types of activities like this, just look under
Puzzles and Games.

Winter Snowman Roll and Graph Using Cube Kleenex Box or Dice Template!

Horizontal and vertical graphing can sometimes be very confusing for little learners, so I have created an updated version of this winter snowman product to include large and small pieces for a better visual understanding of the concept. Learning to do graphing should be a fun unforgettable activity!

Winter Snowman Roll and Graph Using Cube Kleenex Box or Dice Template

 This is a creative winter snowman horizontal and vertical graphing activity using a Kleenex Tissue box or a cube template to make dice for graphing snowmen. It is a favorite with children!

 The product has pieces to do a large floor size graphing activity and a regular sized activity! It works best to print the activity out first, to help you decide, what size you want to make the large graphing grid. (Large graphing grid not included.)

For the large activity, you will need to create your own large graphing grid, preferably one that can be reused again and again! It can be any size you wish! Plus you will need colored paper to fill the grid squares, unless coloring them in with a onetime use.

You can use any size large piece of paper, heavy vinyl picnic table cover or plastic like a shower curtain and create a large visual floor graph to use with the pieces.

You can also create a large graphing grid on a chalkboard, whiteboard or paper, then carefully taping the pieces on, creating a large wall hands on activity.

There is a page to make your own dice using the snowmen dice template, which is tricky for many children! An easier version is to create a large dice using the six larger snowmen and a square Kleenex box (Not included.) or cut the small snowmen and glue them to small wooden cubes to create dice. 

Just add the snowmen and colored pieces of paper to fill in the boxes as each man progresses in the graph. They can be taped on, but I like to use binder clips to have the snowmen standing up!

Decide which activity you are going to do and if using the color or the grayshade activity. This activity includes 2 different dice pages, 4 different graph pages with two types of graphs, large and small movable snowmen pieces and the ending question sheet.

There are two different versions of the horizontal and vertical included graphs; one in each has more boxes to color in when doing the activity with older children. 

It is important to notice that the snowmen look very similar, so the children need to look very carefully before coloring the box. The children roll their dice and color in the correct box on the graph showing the same snowman.

This is a wonderful way to have hands on learning activity, especially for little learners being introduced to graphing.

The snowman pictures can be cut apart and put in blinder clips to move with the activity. Children love picking out their favorite snowman to race and quietly cheering them to the finish.

See which snowman is the winner!

You may want to start by introducing the large graphing activity using only two or three snowmen and gradually add all six. The included paper grids can be trimmed so that only a 2 or 3 grid is used!

This product makes a good visual discrimination practice and evaluation activity, as well as graphing. This activity can be used with individual students, small groups, the whole class and also in a center or pocket chart.

 Another activity that can be played by printing out extra snowmen is Concentration.

I also have a similar product called

Thanksgiving Turkey Roll and Graph Using A Cube Kleenex Box or Dice Template

Plus I plan on making several other activities with the same concept including the large pieces, as children love them and with practice they can do them without adult help!

See my other Snowmen activities to:
Snowman ABC Letter and Sound Match
Winter Geometric Snowman Face
10 Little Snowmen Song and Number/Number Word Flashcards
Snowman's Face Words Cut and Paste
Mr. Snowman
Winter Geometric Snowman
Snowman Do Together Parent/Child Homework Activity
10 Little Snowmen Class Book and Student Book for Winter
Snowman's Face Words Cut and Paste
Snowman Color Word Puzzles
Winter Snowman Song And Posters S-N-O-W-Y Was His Name-O
Free! Snowman Bookmarks "Reading is SNOW much fun!"
Winter Build A Name or Word Snowman
Winter Geometric Snowman Face

 

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Winter Scarf Projects

This is a favorite keepsake project for big and little people! 

It makes a great Christmas present and while Christmas is passed, now is the time to find the material on sale for next year!  

I traced my father's hands for a soft warm scarf that feels like a big hug. I truly wish I had done one with my mother's hands before she passed away....

It only requires paper and pencil for tracing hands, pins for holding the pattern in place on the material, sharp scissors and fabric.

I like to work with fleece fabric. It comes in so many wonderful colors and patterns. There is no sewing involved, just cut and use.

Another version of this scarf is the hands traced with the thumbs making a heart in the middle!

Then pin the pattern to the fabric and cut on the lines. The fingers act as fringe.

Then do the same on the other side.

This project would also be great for students to give to their parents. Depending on the age of the children, the pattern may need to be cut by an adult. 

 

This is when I like to ask high school students to be involved in the classroom after their school day is done for tracing hands and cutting them out. Grandmas like to come in to be classroom helpers. Mothers and fathers like to be involved too, but if the gift was for them, it won't be a secret.

 

It makes a one of a kind loving gift for someone special!!