Summer Literacy Centers for Kindergarten | Morning Tubs / Bins

1. Summer write & wipe alphabet

   To prepare the cards for use in a write and wipe center, print, laminate them, and then cut them apart. The intention of this activity is for children to practice correct letter formation with a dry-erase marker. The cards can be kept in a book-like format by making a hole in the top left corner and securing together with a key ring or a pipe-cleaner.

2. Summer clip the syllables

   To prepare this activity for use, print the cards, laminate them and then cut them apart. Household pegs, or other small clipping items such as unused hair clips or paper clips, can be used for this activity. The aim is for children to identify the number of syllables in each word and clip the circle with the correct answer.

3. Flip flops upper and lower case letter match

   To prepare this activity for use, print the cards, laminate them and then cut them apart. The aim is for children to find the two flip flops that make an upper and lower case letter match

4. Sunglasses beginning sounds sort

   To prepare this activity for use, print the cards, laminate them and then cut them apart. The aim is for children to find the two sunglasses halves that make a letter and beginning sound match.

5. Summer clip the beginning digraph

   Print, laminate and cut out the picture cards. The aim of this activity is for children to correctly identify the beginning digraph for each picture and to clip a clothes peg to show their answer. Alternatively, children can use dry-erase markers to color the correct beginning digraph.

6. Missing middle sounds (CVC words)

   You will need to supply children will Scrabble letter tiles or other small letters for this activity. To prepare the cards for use, print, laminate and then cut them apart. Children are required to identify the missing middle letter of the word and place the correct letter tile in the square to show their answer.

7. Bucket and shovel build the CCVC word

   To prepare the cards for use, print, laminate and then cut them apart. Children are required to build the CCVC word to match the picture.

8. Summer shells word family sort

   To prepare this activity, print, laminate and cut out all the pieces. The aim is for children to identify the ending for each word and sort it to the correct word family bucket.

9. Clip the correct word (CVC and CVCe words)

   To prepare the cards for use, print, laminate and then cut them apart. Children are required to clip a peg on the word that matches the picture on the card.

10. Summer spin and rhyme

    You will need to supply children with a paper clip and a pencil to make a spinner. Children being by laying out in a row the orange header cards. They spin the paper clip and pencil spinner on the spinning card and read the word where it stops. Children then find a matching rhyming picture and place it under the orange card it rhymes with.

11.  Ice cream sundae sight word unscramble (Pre-Primer and Primer words)

    To prepare this activity for use, print and cut out all the cards. The aim of this activity is for children to unscramble the sight word on the dish and build it correctly.

12. Summer missing sight words

    Print the orange and red strips. The numbered orange strips each contain a sentence with a missing sight word, while the red strips contain the words that are missing. The aim is for children to read the sentence, identify the missing word and write it on their recording page.

13. Summer write the room

    To prepare this activity, print, laminate and cut out all the vocabulary cards. Place the cards randomly around the room. Provide your children with a clip board with the recording page/s. The aim is for children to find the picture cards and write the word next to the matching picture on their recording page.

Happy Teaching 🙂