Calendar Binders

Make a calendar binder for your child to learn about the calendar. Use the routine here, or one of your own to go along with the binder.

Items to put in binder:

1. Monthly Calendar. Print out a calendar page for each month. Have your child write the correct number each day. Practice counting the days of the month each day.

Blank 2008 - 2009 Calendars (for those children who can write their numbers)

Dotted 2008 - 2009 Calendars (for those who are practicing writing numbers)

2. Place Value Chart. Add a 9-pocket sports card (or business card) insert from Wal-Mart or office supply store. They can be found in the 3-ring binder supply section. (see picture above for example) Use 3X5 index cards cut in half to write ones, tens, and hundreds and place in top row. The second row is where your child counts the number of days as they pass. One sticker is added to the “ones” card for each day. Once a card has 10 stickers, it is moved to the “tens” column. On the 100th day, the 10 cards in the tens column packet get bundled together with a paper clip and are moved to the “hundreds” column. The Third row is where the child places the number cards for each day. (Your child will need three #1 cards, and two cards for the numbers 0,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9.

3. Monthly tally sheets. Place a blank sheet of paper for each month in the binder for a monthly tally mark page. Your child will add a tally mark for each day of the month. Circle groups of five. Practice counting by fives.

4. Monthly weather graph page. Print out one weather graph page per month. Your child will determine what the weather is for the day and graph it. Ask math-related questions about the graph such as "Which one has the most?" - "Which one has the least?" - "How many more ___ than ___?"

Weather Graph Page

5. Tooth Loss Tally Chart. Print out one tooth chart page for the entire year. Your child will keep track of lost teeth by keeping a tally.

Tooth chart

Dr. Seuss Printables

If you are doing a unit on Dr. Seuss, you will love these worksheets:

Word Search (positional words, here, there, etc.) (K-3)

Dr. Seuss Addition

(one digit, use colored gold fish crackers or multi-colored Swedish fish candy for this activity for yummy hands on fun!) (K-1)

Dr. Seuss Subtraction (one digit) (1-2)

Greater or Less Then (1-3)

Sam I am Fill in the blank #1

Sam I am Fill in the blank #2

(Read the sentences, and use one of the words to fill in the blanks) (K-3)

Cat in the Hat ABCs

Print these out to make a fun file folder game, or play concentration and match-up the upper and lower case letters (K-1)

Cat in the hat wordsearch (1-3)

Kindergarten Assessments

If you need to see where your child's strengths or weaknesses are, here are a few assessments you can use. These would also be great for your child' portfolio to highlight their accomplishments!

Kindergarten Portfolio (cover sheet along with some sample pages - name,birthday, age, family members, etc.)

Letter sound and formation

(Child looks at pictures,identifies beginning sound and writes upper and lower case letters)

Kindergarten Letter Recognition

Concepts of Print

Writes first name assessment

Number formation

(Call out random numbers for your child to write down)

Number Identification

Positional Word Assessment

(test your child's knowledge of positional words such as on, up, under, etc.)

Kindergarten High Frequency Words

Scrabble Spelling

Looking for a fun way for your child to practice their spelling words? Have your child use the scrabble pieces here to spell the words on their spelling list. See how many points they can get.

Five-Word-Rule

Wondering if a book is right for your child? Have him open it to any page. If there are five words he doesn't know, it's too difficult.

Science Up Close

Science learners will love the interactive Science lessons found on Harcourt's Science Up Close site. The site has interactive explanations and demonstrations covering a variety of topics in Science for grades 1 through 6. The graphics are amazing and the explanations are very clear and easy to follow.

The site is organized by grade level and contains multiple topics for each grade. For example, Grade 3 contains 16 interactive resources covering a wide-variety of topics including photosynthesis, fossils, water cycle, lunar eclipse and even how a door knob works.

Number Matching Game

Here's a fun game to work on number recognition with your child. This can also be made into a file folder game.

Number matching game
Print on cardstock and cut out to create the puzzle.