Kindergarten Morning Tubs / Bins Set 2

Start your mornings with purpose and play! Kindergarten Morning Tubs Set 2 includes 22 hands-on literacy, math, fine motor, and social-emotional activities designed for independent exploration. These low-prep tasks are ideal for morning tubs, early finishers, or quiet centers giving children a meaningful start to their school day.

🛠️ Preparation Instructions

• Laminate each printed page for durability and repeated use.
• Cut along the dotted lines.
• Use the hole-punch mark on each card to create easy-to-store sets on key rings.
• Included photo cards show how to use each activity — you may print and store them with the matching materials as visual instructions.

Kindergarten Monring Tubs Set 2: 🔤 Literacy Activities

• Alphabet Lacing Cards
  Materials: Shoelaces, string, or yarn
  Children thread through the holes to practice letter recognition and fine motor skills.
• Build the Feelings Playdough Mats
  Materials: Playdough
  Children build facial expressions on the mat to explore emotions and strengthen hand muscles.
• Upper Case Letter Building Cards
  Materials: Letter strips
  Children use strips to build uppercase letters on the card.
• Lower Case Letter Building Cards
  Materials: Letter strips
  Children use strips to build lowercase letters on the card.
• Trace the Upper Case Letter Cards
  Materials: Erasable markers
  Children trace uppercase letters to practice handwriting and letter formation.
• Trace the Lower Case Letter Cards
  Materials: Erasable markers
  Children trace lowercase letters to develop pencil control and fluency.
• Alphabet Reading Fluency Strips
  Materials: None
  Children read predictable text such as “A is for apple” to connect letters and sounds.
• Beginning Sounds Match Cards
  Materials: Clothespins
  Children decide if two pictures start with the same sound and clip the correct answer.
• Rhyming Match Cards
  Materials: Clothespins
  Children determine if two pictures rhyme and clip the correct answer.
• Trace the Sight Word Cards
  Materials: Erasable markers
  Children trace high-frequency words to build sight word fluency.
• Visual Discrimination: Which Pose Matches?
  Materials: Clothespins
  Children clip the stick figure that matches the pose shown in the picture.
• Left or Right? Clip Cards
  Materials: Clothespins
  Children identify the direction of the object and clip left or right.

🔢 Kindergarten Morning Tubs Set 2: Math & Number Activities

• Playdough Clothes Color Match (Dress the Boy/Girl)
  Materials: Playdough
  Children choose a card and dress the figure with clothing in the matching color.
• Copy the Pattern with Buttons
  Materials: Buttons or small manipulatives
  Children copy the pattern shown using colored buttons.
• Number Building Cards with Strips
  Materials: Number strips
  Children build numerals by arranging strips to match the card.
• Trace the Number Cards
  Materials: Erasable markers
  Children trace numerals to practice handwriting and number recognition.
• Ten Frame and Number Match Cards
  Materials: Clothespins
  Children compare a numeral and a ten frame to decide if they match.
• Counting Fingers and Number Match Cards
  Materials: Clothespins
  Children match a set of fingers to the correct numeral.
• Number Word and Numeral Match Cards
  Materials: Clothespins
  Children match number words to numerals to reinforce number vocabulary.
• Chef Counting Clip Cards
  Materials: Clothespins
  Children count the food items and clip the correct number for how many the chef needs.
• Shape Match Clip Cards (2D Shape + Real Object)
  Materials: Clothespins
  Children match 2D shapes to their real-world object examples.

🧠 Fine Motor & Independence

• Self-Checking Dots for Clip Cards
  Materials: None
  Add dots to the back of clip cards so children can check their own answers for independent practice.

💡 The activities from the Kindergarten Morning Tubs Set 2 support a wide range of early learning goals, including:

• Letter and number recognition
• Phonics, rhyming, and sight word knowledge
• Counting, matching, and numeral formation
• Visual discrimination and spatial awareness
• Fine motor development and self-checking independence
• Social-emotional learning through feelings exploration

🧠 Tip: These tasks work equally well for morning work, small groups, intervention, or early finishers.

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Happy Teaching! 😊