All About Me Centers For Preschool | Morning Tubs / Bins

Introduce a world of interactive learning with our All About Me Printable Activities collection, designed specifically for Preschool and Kindergarten children. They are ideal for use in math and literacy centers as well as morning tubs or bins. This comprehensive resource offers a variety of engaging activities that help young learners develop essential skills through fun and hands-on practice.

Directions for Use:

Here’s a detailed outline of the activities included in this unit, along with suggestions for preparation and use.

All About Me Centers for Preschool: Literacy Activities

1. Five Senses Fine Motor Practice Mats (5 Mats)

   • Preparation: Print and laminate the mats for durability. Supply children with small objects like pom-poms, gems, buttons, beads, or beans to fit inside the circles.
   • Activity: Children place a small object in each circle to practice fine motor skills.

2. Hair Tracing Practice (4 Cards)

   • Preparation: Print and laminate the tracing cards.
   • Activity: Using a dry-erase marker, children trace the lines on the card to create hair for each person. Other ideas include using play dough, pipe cleaners, or yarn.

3. Play Dough Emotions (3 Skin Tones)

   • Preparation: Print and laminate the mats and cut out the different emotions. Bind them with a key ring or pipe-cleaner for easy handling.
   • Activity: Children use googly eyes and play dough to create different emotions on the mats.

4. Alphabet Tracing Practice – Upper and Lower Case

   • Preparation: Print and laminate the alphabet tracing cards. Bind them with a key ring or pipe-cleaner.
   • Activity: Children first trace the letter with their finger, then use a dry-erase marker to trace the letters following directional arrows. Other ideas include tracing with play dough, pipe cleaners, yarn, or sequins.

5. Hands Upper and Lower Case Alphabet Match

   • Preparation: Print and laminate the pages, then cut out all the pieces.
   • Activity: Children match the two hands with the corresponding letters.

6. Feet Beginning Sounds Match

   • Preparation: Print and laminate the pages, then cut out the feet. Optionally, sort the feet using the hands from the previous activity.
   • Activity: Children identify the beginning sound of each picture and match the feet with the same beginning sound.

7. Cupcake CVC Rhyming Match (15 Rhyming Pairs)

   • Preparation: Print and laminate the pages, then cut out all the pieces.
   • Activity: Children match the cupcake halves that rhyme.

8. Laundry Spell the Sight Word (40 Pre-Primer Sight Words Cards)

   • Preparation: Print, laminate, and cut out the cards.
   • Activity: Children read the word on a t-shirt and spell it using the provided letters. Other ideas include using Scrabble letters, magnetic letters, mini alphabet erasers, or play dough.

All About Me Centers for Preschool: Math Activities

1. Number Tracing Cards 1-10

   • Preparation: Print and laminate the number tracing cards. Bind them with a key ring or pipe-cleaner.
   • Activity: Children first trace the numbers with their finger, then use a dry-erase marker to trace the numbers following directional arrows. Other ideas include tracing with play dough, pipe cleaners, yarn, or sequins. Use the cards as counting cards by threading beads on a pipe cleaner through a hole at the bottom of each card.

2. Children Counting 1-10

   • Preparation: Print and laminate the pages, then cut out all the pieces. Make a hole at the bottom of each photo frame for linking chains.
   • Activity: Children attach the corresponding number of linking chains to each photo frame.

3. Birthday Cake and Candles Number Sense 1-10

   • Preparation: Print and laminate the pages, then cut out all the pieces. Optionally, attach transparent velcro to the candles.
   • Activity: Children match the number representations on the candles to the correct cake. Gradually introduce more numbers as children gain confidence.

4. Clothes Sorting by Size: Small, Medium, Large

   • Preparation: Print and laminate the pages, then cut out all the pieces. Optionally, attach transparent velcro to the objects.
   • Activity: Children sort the items by size onto the corresponding mats.

5. Buttons and Jars Shape Match (9 Shapes)

   • Preparation: Print and laminate the pages, then cut out all the pieces.
   • Activity: Children match the buttons to the correct jars. Optionally, use clothes pegs/pins to make it a fine motor activity.

6. House and People Color Match (10 Colors)

   • Preparation: Print and laminate the pages, then cut out all the pieces.
   • Activity: Children match the people to the corresponding colored house. Extend the activity by sorting objects from the home or classroom.

7. Which Picture is Different? All About Me Theme (4 Cards)

   • Preparation: Print, laminate, and cut apart the cards. Provide clothes pegs or paper clips.
   • Activity: Children clip a peg on the picture that is different.

8. What Doesn’t Belong? All About Me Theme (4 Cards)

   • Preparation: Print, laminate, and cut apart the cards. Provide clothes pegs or paper clips.
   • Activity: Children clip a peg on the picture that doesn’t belong.
9. Sorting Food I Like and Don’t Like
   • Preparation: Print and laminate the pages, then cut out all the pieces. Optionally, attach transparent velcro to the items.
   • Activity: Children sort the items onto the corresponding mats.

10. Getting Ready for School Sequencing Cards (4-Part Sequencing)

    • Preparation: Print, laminate, and cut apart the cards. Optionally, attach velcro to the pictures and boxes.
    • Activity: Children sequence the cards to show the order of events.

11. Body Parts AB Patterns (5 Cards)

    • Preparation: Print, laminate, and cut apart the cards. Optionally, attach pictures to clothes pegs/pins with hot glue for fine motor practice.
    • Activity: Children identify the pattern and clip the correct picture to complete it.

12. Kids Activities Shadow Matching (8 Card Pairs)

    • Preparation: Print and laminate the pages, then cut out all the pieces.
    • Activity: Children match the pictures to their shadows.

The All About Me Centers For Preschool | Morning Tubs / Bins packet offers versatile, engaging resources for preschool and kindergarten classrooms. These activities support essential early learning skills through fine motor practice, tracing, matching, and sequencing. Durable and perfect for both classroom and home use, these interactive centers make learning fun and effective.

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