Monday Monster Printable Madness #16 – Gingerbread Tot Mega Activity Pack

Posted on 16/12/2024 by Momma Jo

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The Gingerbread Tot Mega Activity Pack is an exciting and comprehensive resource designed for early learners, featuring 29 engaging pages filled with diverse activities that promote essential skills in a fun and interactive way. This pack is perfect for parents and educators looking to enrich their children’s learning experiences during the festive season.

Overview of Activities
* Colouring in Booklet: Children can unleash their creativity while developing fine motor skills through coloring various gingerbread-themed images.
* Number Recognition Booklet: This booklet helps young learners identify and understand numbers, laying a solid foundation for future math skills.
* Shapes Booklet: Through engaging activities, children will learn to recognize and name different shapes, enhancing their geometric understanding.
* Colour by Number: This fun activity combines art with number recognition, encouraging kids to follow instructions while expressing creativity.
* Do-a-Dot Letter Pages: These pages provide a hands-on approach to letter recognition using dot markers, making learning both tactile and visual.

Additional Activities
* Matching Activity Page: Enhances cognitive skills by encouraging children to match items based on various attributes.
* Counting Posters (1-10, 1-20): Visual aids that reinforce counting skills and number recognition.
* Roll a Scene (Including DIY dice): A creative storytelling activity that allows children to build their own scenes using rolled dice.
* Concertina Name Book: A personalized book where children can practice writing their names, fostering literacy skills.
Puzzles and Games

The pack also includes several puzzles and games such as size sequencing activities, shadow matching cards, and jigsaw puzzles of varying difficulty (9, 6, & 4 pieces). These activities not only entertain but also promote critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

In summary, the Gingerbread Tot Mega Activity Pack is an invaluable tool for early childhood education. It combines fun with learning across multiple domains—art, math, literacy, and cognitive development—making it an ideal choice for holiday-themed educational activities. Whether at home or in the classroom, this pack is sure to delight young learners while enhancing their foundational skills.

Thank you for popping by and don’t miss next week’s introduction of our New Years Activity Packs for Kindergarten, Preschool and Tots!

If you have any suggestions on printables you’d like to see, please leave a comment below.

Monday Monster Printable Madness #15 – Christmas Nativity Preschool Mega Activity Pack

Posted on 09/12/2024 by Momma Jo

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The Christmas Nativity Preschool Mega Activity Pack is a delightful resource designed to engage young learners during the holiday season. With 35 pages of activities, this pack offers a variety of fun and educational experiences that help preschoolers develop essential skills while celebrating the Christmas story.

Engaging Activities
This activity pack includes:
* Number Puzzles: Two engaging puzzles that help children recognize and understand numbers in a playful way.
* Colouring in Booklet: A booklet filled with festive images for children to color, enhancing their creativity and fine motor skills.
* Number Recognition Booklet: This resource aids in teaching children to identify numbers, laying a strong foundation for their mathematical journey.
* Shapes Booklet: Kids will learn about different shapes through engaging activities that promote geometric understanding.

Fun Learning Tools
The pack also features:
* Colour by Number: An enjoyable way for children to practice number recognition while creating colorful artwork.
* Do-a-Dot Letter Pages: These pages encourage letter recognition using dot markers, making learning interactive and fun.
* Counting Posters (1-10, 1-20, 1-50, 1-100): Visual aids that reinforce counting skills across various ranges.

Creative and Cognitive Development
In addition to these activities, the pack includes:
* Roll a Scene (including DIY dice): A creative storytelling activity where children can build their own nativity scenes.
Concertina Name Book: A personalized book for practicing name writing, fostering literacy skills.
* Matching Cards and Shadow Matching Cards: These activities enhance cognitive abilities through matching exercises.

Puzzles and Problem Solving
The pack also contains:
* Jigsaw Puzzles (9 & 16 Piece): Fun puzzles that promote problem-solving skills.
* Line Maze and Maze (with solutions): Engaging mazes that challenge young minds while providing solutions for guidance.

Thank you for popping by and don’t miss next week’s introduction of our Gingerbread Tot Mega Activity Pack!

If you have any suggestions on printables you’d like to see, please leave a comment below.

Monday Monster Printable Madness #14 – Nativity Kindergarten Activity Pack

Posted on 02/12/2024 by Momma Jo

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The Christmas Nativity Kindergarten Activity Pack is an exciting resource designed to engage young learners with the story of Christmas. Perfect for use in classrooms or at home, this 21-page pack is filled with a variety of activities that not only entertain but also promote essential skills for kindergarten-aged children.

The pack features a range of activities tailored to enhance learning while celebrating the Nativity story. One of the highlights is the Complete the Pattern activity, which encourages children to think critically as they identify and finish sequences. This foundational skill is crucial for early mathematics.

Additionally, there are seven Do-a-Dot pages that allow children to use dot markers to create vibrant images related to the Nativity. This activity is excellent for developing fine motor skills and creativity.

The Number Recognition Peg Activity offers a hands-on approach to learning numbers, helping children match numbers with corresponding pegs—a fun way to reinforce counting skills.

Children can also create their own Concertina Name Book, where they write their names and decorate it with festive illustrations, fostering literacy and self-expression.

The Roll a Nativity Scene game promotes imaginative play, allowing kids to build their own Nativity scenes by rolling dice, which encourages storytelling and creativity.

To enhance artistic skills, the pack includes a Colouring Page and a Colour by Number Page, both of which are perfect for reinforcing colour recognition and following instructions.

Lastly, the Shadow Matching activity challenges children to match characters from the Nativity story with their shadows, enhancing visual discrimination skills.

The Christmas Nativity Kindergarten Activity Pack is a fantastic way to make learning festive and enjoyable. By integrating these activities into your holiday curriculum, you can create a joyful atmosphere that celebrates the true meaning of Christmas while supporting essential developmental skills in young children. Perfect for parents and educators alike, this pack promises to enrich the holiday season with fun and learning!

Thank you for popping by and don’t miss next week’s introduction of our Christmas Nativity Preschool Mega Activity Pack!

If you have any suggestions on printables you’d like to see, please leave a comment below.

Freebie Friday ~ Kindergarten Nativity Pack Limited offer

Posted on 16/12/2022 by Momma Jo

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Last week I shared 4 new Monsters Ed Christmas Preschool Mini Packs. Today’s freebie, the Kindergarten Nativity Pack**, focuses on the Christmas Story, using characters from the birth of Jesus.

I have always pulled my Packs into lapbook style booklets to make it easier for the children to manage the activities and keeps everything centralised in one easy to store place. This also makes it easier to store in plastic sleeves for filing, or envelopes. I’ve included a video below of the lapbook I created for our little friend, Rori.

This 21 page Kindergarten Nativity pack contains the following activities:
– Complete the Pattern
– 7 Do-a-Dot Pages
– Number recognition peg activity
– Concertina Name Book
– Roll a Nativity Scene
– Colouring Page
– Colour by Number Page
– Shadow Matching

**Please note that this Nativity Pack will be free for a limited time**

To download the file, please click on the image below.

Freebie Friday ~ 4 NEW Monsters Ed Christmas FREEBIES

Posted on 09/12/2022 by Momma Jo

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Christmas is fast approaching! I can hardly believe that we are already at the end of 2022. What a roller coaster ride the last few years have been. To celebrate the festive season, I’ve created these FREE early education mini packs. These will remain free on Monsters Ed forever!

Each mini pack includes the following festive activities:
Complete the pattern

Do-a-Dot letter activity (can be completed with either do-a-dot markers, pompoms or stickers)

Number recognition peg activity

Name recognition concertina book

Colour matching cards

I like to make up the mini packs in a file folder. This keeps the activities together and the file folder fits into a large envelope, which is easy to store.

Click on the image below to download the Mini Packs!

Freebie Friday ~ Christmas Activities

Posted on 04/12/2020 by Momma Jo

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Christmas Resources

21 Days to Christmas! We’ve had quite a crazy year, haven’t we? Here are some fun free Christmas Activities to tide you over the next few weeks. Enjoy!

Christmas Preschool Printables from Confessions of a Homeschooler
Christmas Resources
What’s Included in the Download?

Large Floor Numbers
Coloring Pages
Lacing Card
Do-A-Dot Marker Pages
Pre-Writing Activities
Pattern Activity
Roll-A-Tree Game
Color Matching Puzzles
Candy Cane Counting
Size Sorting
Christmas Puzzle
Scavenger Hunt
Letter C Magnet Page
Star Counting
and More!

100+ Free Christmas Printable Worksheets for Kids from iGame Mom
Christmas Resources
Today we are featuring more free Christmas printable worksheets for kids. We are all busy getting ready for the holidays, and have little time in preparing for kids’ activities. The beauty of these printables is you don’t need much prep time. All you need is to print them out, and kids usually know right away what to do.

400+ Free Christmas Learning Printable Activities for Kids from iGame Mom
Christmas Resources
I love printable worksheets, especially now you can have kids work on the printables directly on iPad, it becomes more convenient to use printable worksheets. Today we collected over 400 pages of Free Christmas printable activities for kids, including coloring, game, all incorporated learning, like numbers, alphabet, spelling, math, … Not standard worksheets, but fun activities. They cover different topics, subjects, for kids of different age levels.

Free Christmas Coloring Counting Book from 3Dinosaurs
Christmas Resources
What you will find in these printables:

Numbers 0 1o 10
Sight words: I, see
6 pages of printables
Different Christmas words and themes

Free 12 Days of Christmas Pack from 3Dinosaurs
Christmas Resources
12 Days of Christmas contains over 125 pages:
(part 1) 3 Part Cards, Which One is Different?, What Comes Next?, Prewriting Practice, Matching Cards, 4 Part Puzzles, 10 Part Puzzle, 3 Part Puzzles, 1-12 Writing, 1st – 12th Writing, (part 2) Begging Sound, Wall Cards, Trace Begging Sound, Trace Word, Write Word, Size Sequencing , Write a Sentence, Trace & Color, Color as you read or sing, Photo Dice cards, Roll & Count, Roll & Count Questions, Fill in the Missing Words, (part 3) Color the Pattern, Fill in the Missing Pattern, Words to make Sentences, How Many Syllables, Ways to Add or Subtract to Number

Tot Pack contains 45 pages:
Prewiritng Solid Line, Prewriting Dashed Line, Which one is Different, 2 part Puzzles, Color the Pear Tree, Matching Cards, 9 Piece Puzzles, Matching Pages, Roll & Count, Shape Tracing, Lacing Cards

Free Shelf Elf Pack Update! from 3Dinosaurs
Christmas Resources
Shelf Elf Pack contains 60 pages:
3 Part Cards, Beginning Sounds, Matching Cards, Read Write the Room, Pocket Cards, Which One Is Different, What Comes Next, Pre Writing Practice, Pattern Cards, 10 Piece Puzzles, 4 Piece Puzzles, Size Sorting, Sorting, Coloring Pages, Math Pages, Writing Pages, Graph the Room, Good & Bad Chart, Dot Marker Pages and more.

Tot Pack contains 15 pages:
Basic Prewriting, 2 Piece Puzzles, Matching, Coloring the Elf Hat, 9 Piece Puzzle

Forgetful Santa Easy Reader and Game for Christmas Fun from Royal Baloo
Christmas Resources
What’s in the Forgetful Santa Easy Reader Set?
Santa Easy Reader (two versions)
Roll a Santa Game
3 Part Cards

FREE Christmas PreK/K Pack {Updated and Expanded!} from This Reading Mama
Christmas Resources
THE CHRISTMAS PREK/K PACK INCLUDES:
1 emergent reader
phonological awareness activities, such as rhyming and counting syllables
letter sounds and phonics activities
fine motor activities, such as lacing cards, tracing pages, and poke page
math activities for numbers 1-20, dice games, and introduction to addition

Christmas Around the World Worksheets from 123 Homeschool 4 Me
Christmas Resources
These free printables are a great companion to go along with our entire series! You’ll find a sheet for each country, helpful links to learn more, coloring sheets, and so much more! This eBook will have something for kids from 2-12 years old!

Wombat Divine Christmas Kindergarten Literature Unit from 1+1+1=1
Christmas Resources
For this unit, I selected several Kindergarten Math and Literacy Goals to focus on.

There are over 20 activities to keep your Kindergartener engaged for quite awhile! Many tots, preschoolers and even 1st graders will enjoy this set! The main focus is Kindergarten but that isn’t exclusive! Below you can see a collage of all the printables included! Click each image to enlarge!