Polar Animals Centers for Preschool | Morning Tubs / Bins
The Polar Animals Preschool Centers contains 19 printable games and activities intended for use in centers and small groups with children in Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten (Prep).
Polar Animals Preschool Centers: Fine Motor & Literacy
1. Fish in bucket name building
Children will spell their names by placing the fish in correct order.
Please note: an editable version of this activity is included in the file FISH.2. Polar animals play dough mats (5 mats)
Materials needed: play dough in various colors
Children will roll out the play dough and use it to shape the outline of the picture.3. Penguin pre-writing practice
Materials needed: erasable markers
Children will trace the different pre-writing lines.4. Upper and lower case letter tracing cards
Materials needed: erasable markers
Children will trace the upper and lower case letters.5. Upper-lower case letter matching
Children will match the lower case letters to the correct upper case letters.
6. Beginning sounds matching
Children will match the seal to the correct igloo.
7. Polar animals syllables matching
Materials needed: clothes pegs/pins
Children will identify the number of syllables in each word and show their answer by clipping a peg on the corresponding number.8. Penguin mother and baby rhyming words matching
Children will match the baby penguin to the mother with which it rhymes.
9. Penguin and ice word family sort
Children will sort the penguins to the correct word family.
10. Fishing for sight words
Children will pick a fish and place it inside the bucket. They will then spell the sight word using the ice cubes.
Polar Animals Preschool Centers: Math
11. Penguin prepositions
Materials needed: clothes pegs/pins
Children will identify the position of the penguin in relation to the igloo and show their answer by clipping a peg on the corresponding preposition.12. Polar animals shadow matching
Children will match the pictures to their shadows.
13. Which picture is different? cards
Children will identify the picture that is different.
14. What Doesn’t Belong? cards
Children will identify the picture that doesn’t belong.
15. Polar animals sorting (in the water/on the ice)
Children will sort the different polar animals to show where they live: in the water or on the ice.
16. Baby penguin hatching 4-part sequencing cards
Children will order the cards correctly to show the process of a hatching penguin.
17. Polar bear hat color matching
Children will match the colored hats to the polar bear with the scarf.
18. Polar animals patterns (AB)
Children will identify the pattern on the cards and to place the correct picture in the empty box to complete the pattern.
19. Number tracing
Materials needed: erasable markers
Children will trace the numbers.20. Polar animals number sense (1-10)
Children will sort the different number representations on the seal, penguin, polar bear and caribou to the correct igloo.
21. Penguin counting
Children will select a number card and place it on the square. They will then count out the correct amount of penguins and place them on the iceberg.
22. Polar animals sorting by size (small, medium, large)
Children will sort the different polar animals to the correct mat.
23. Feed the penguins shapes
Materials needed: die with plastic pockets OR paper clip, paper fastener, if using spinner
Children will roll the die or spin the spinner. They will then find a fish with the matching shape and feed it to the penguin.
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