Make math learning fun and festive with the Thanksgiving Math Centers for Kindergarten! 🦃✨
This printable resource includes 14 hands-on activities designed to strengthen number sense, counting, patterns, shapes, and more. Perfect for November math centers, morning tubs, or small-group learning sessions.
🍂 What’s Included
- Thanksgiving Count and Clip Cards: Children count the Thanksgiving-themed pictures and clip the correct number using clothespins.
- Turkey Counting On (1–10): Students practice writing missing numbers and counting forward or backward.
- Which Has More? Clip Cards: Compare two groups and clip the one with more items.
- Which Has Less? Clip Cards: Identify the group with fewer items.
- Count and Graph (1–8): Count, color, and graph Thanksgiving pictures to build data and counting skills.
- Turkey Number Match: Match numerals, tally marks, and ten frames to strengthen number sense.
- Number Puzzles (Skip Counting by 10s): Put the puzzle strips in order to complete the Thanksgiving picture.
- Turkey Addition: Solve simple addition problems and sort them to the correct turkey sum.
- Build a Thanksgiving Pattern: Complete AB, ABB, AAB, and ABC picture patterns.
- Turkey Clip the Shape: Identify and clip the correct shape to practice geometry skills.
- Non-Standard Measurement: Measure Thanksgiving objects using the turkey measuring strip or cubes.
- Which Weighs More? Clip Cards: Decide which picture shows the heavier item.
- Thanksgiving Dinner Clip the Color: Sort foods by color for a fun fine-motor challenge.
- Long Ago and Today Sorting: Sort items from long ago and today to build early social-studies understanding.
✏️ How to Use
- Prep: Print, laminate, and cut out the cards and mats for durability.
- Play: Provide clothespins, cubes, or counters for hands-on engagement.
- Differentiate: Use fewer cards for beginners, or extend learning by having students record answers on the matching recording pages.
🎯 Educational Benefits
- Builds counting and number recognition skills
- Strengthens number sense and one-to-one correspondence
- Encourages fine-motor development through clipping and sorting
- Introduces early graphing, measurement, and comparison concepts
- Promotes independent learning and accountability with recording pages
📄 Recording Pages
Each activity includes a recording page for students to complete. These pages help track progress, assess understanding, and provide a simple way to review each skill.
🎁 Free Sample Pages
Free sample pages from the Thanksgiving Math Centers for Kindergarten are available to download on the blog—try them before you buy!
The Thanksgiving Math Centers for Kindergarten are an easy-prep, hands-on way to make November math lessons interactive and enjoyable. Whether used in math centers, morning tubs, or small-group instruction, these engaging activities will keep your students counting, comparing, and smiling all month long.
Happy Teaching! 😊
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