Preschool & Kindergarten Morning Tubs / Bins

I love the idea of Morning Tubs / Bins for Preschool and Kindergarten students! It’s a great way to get their mind off whatever happened the day before or that morning so that they can focus on the learning that lies ahead.

It makes perfect sense that children in these grades should start the day with play-based learning. That activities included in Morning Tubs for Preschool and Kindergarten students are all play-based and age-appropriate so that children can complete them independently. In this post, I will share with you some fun and engaging Morning Tub activities that you can use to start the day with your Preschool or Kindergarten students!

Fine Motor Morning Tubs for Preschool

We all understand how important it is to develop the small muscles in hands, fingers and arms. By strengthening these small muscles, children are able to complete many tasks and daily physical self-care requirements such as doing up a button for themselves, tying a shoelace, zipping up a jacket, writing with a pencil, etc. The seasonal Fine Motor Morning Tubs are the perfect solution! Children will develop their fine motor skills as they cut, glue, sort, paint, build, thread, draw and much more!

Each of the 12 Fine Motor Morning Tubs include 16 activities. Despite the theme change with each packet, the skills and concepts remain the same. This saves a lot of heartache for you as well as your students as you don’t have to explain each month how to do the 16 activities!

Let’s take a closer look at the September Fine Motor Morning Tubs!

Fine Motor Morning Tub 1: Punch Cards

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Cutting Cards

Fine Motor Morning Tub 2: Cutting Strips

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Hole Punch Cards

Fine Motor Morning Tub 3: Mystery Picture using Dot Paints

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Dot Marker Pictures

Fine Motor Morning Tub 4: Cotton Swab Picture Painting

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Cotton Swab Painting

Fine Motor Morning Tub 5: Pokey Pin

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Pokey Pin Activity

Fine Motor Morning Tub 6: Trace, Cut, Glue Sequencing Pictures

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Sequencing

Fine Motor Morning Tub 7: Lacing Cards

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Lacing Cards

Fine Motor Morning Tub 8: Pattern Building Task Cards

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Patterns with Beads

Fine Motor Morning Tub 9: Mazes

Fine Motor Morning Tub 10: Add the Missing Color Bead Activity

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Missing Colors Beads

Fine Motor Morning Tub 11: Play Dough Task Cards

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Play Dough

Fine Motor Morning Tub 12: Building Bricks (Lego) Task Cards

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Lego Task Cards

Fine Motor Morning Tub 13: Counting Cube Picture Task Cards

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Counting Cubes Task Cards

Fine Motor Morning Tub 14: Pattern Block Task Cards

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Pattern Block Task Cards

Fine Motor Morning Tub 15: Pom-Pom / Buttons Picture Task Cards

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Task Cards

Fine Motor Morning Tub 16: Geoboard Task Cards

September Fine Motor Morning Tubs Geoboard Task Cards

Math & Literacy Morning Tubs for Kindergarten

The Kindergarten Morning Tubs include 18-22 activities for each month. The skills and concepts target remain the same throughout each packet, although they due increase in difficulty. Some of the skills covered in these packets include: visual discrimination, printing letters and numbers, letter and number order, letter and number identification, rhyming segmenting and blending, counting, adding and subtracting, patterns, colors, shapes, measurement. Even though the activities change monthly, I have included photos of each activity that your children can use a visual instructions card.