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Getting Started With Morning Work
Materials Used In Activities
I always encourage teachers to use what they have or use what’s cheap. However, there are always teachers who would like to locate specific items that I may have used in activities. So I created a list below to help. Just click on any highlighted text to see where I secured various items.
The following is a list of items used for November’s Morning Work Stations.
1. Trace and Cut Lines
- Child-size scissors
- Crayons or highlighters
- Tracing and cutting sheets -available in the packet.
2. Dry Erase Tracer Pages
- Laminated tracing cards
- Dry erase markers
- Magic eraser (optional)
3. Linking Leafy Words
- Plastic links
- Editable leafy word cards (in the pack)
- Thematic letter cards (in the pack)
- Hole punch
4. Linking Acorn Numbers and Quantities
- Plastic links
- Acorn number cards and quantity cards provided in the pack
- Sensory bin with thematic/seasonal items
- artificial leaves
- acorns
- acrylic leaves and fall items
- dried beans
5. Feathery Sight Words In Sand
- Quills or turkey feathers (I got mine in the woods of Northern Michigan but you can order them off from Amazon or use any feather really)
- Colored craft sand
- Sight Word Feather Cards available in the packet
6. Feathery Sight Words Now and Then
- Editable feathery sight word cards available in the packet
- Feathery sight word response sheet available in the packet
- Quill or turkey feather
- Diluted black paint to use as ‘ink’
7. Playdoh Acorn Counting Math Mats
- Playdoh or homemade dough
- Laminated number mats available in the packet
8. Playdoh Acorn Counting Making Ten
- Playdoh or homemade dough
- Laminated number mats
- Dry erase markers
- Mr. Clean Magic Erasers (optional)
9. Playdoh Turkey and Fill Your Plate Mats
- Playdoh or homemade dough
- Plastic extruders
- Child size play doh scissors
- Build a Turkey and Fill Your Plate mats available in the packet
10. Fall Q-tip Pictures
- Qtip picture sheets printed on white paper
- Qtips
- Washable tempera paint
11. Autumn Leaves Finger Painting
- Autumn leaves picture printed on white cardstock
- Various washable tempera paint in leaf colors
- Baby wipes for clean up
12. Hidden Acorns
- Therapy putty
- Small acrylic acorns (I got mine at Hobby Lobby), pony beads or buttons in fall colors from your local craft store
13. Hidden Acorns Find and Sort
- Therapy Putty
- Small acrylic acorns in green, brown and orange (I got mine at Hobby Lobby). You can also use pony beads or buttons in these colors.
- Laminated sorting mat found in this packet
14. Hidden Acorns Find, Sort and Count
- Therapy Putty
- Small acrylic acorns in green, brown and orange. (I got mine at Hobby Lobby.) You can also use pony beads or buttons in these colors
- Laminated sorting and counting mat found in this packet
15. Feed the Bird
- I dice (use different types to differentiate this activity)
- Dry kernels of corn or you may substitute pompoms or pony beads from your local craft store
- 2 tongs
- 2 turkey containers
- small planter with googly eyes and a beak that I made
16. Leafy Ten Frame Self-correcting Cards
- Leafy Ten Frame Mats included in the packet
- Small acrylic leaves or foam leaves or even pompoms would work
- Self-correcting cards printed on cardstock and laminated
- Clothes Pins
- Tongs
17. Leafy Ten Frame Self-correcting Cards Counting Before and After
- Leafy Ten Frame Mats included in the packet
- Small acrylic leaves or foam leaves or even pompoms would work
- Self-correcting cards printed on cardstock and laminated
- Clothes Pins
- Tongs
- Dry erase marker
- Mr. Clean Magic Eraser
18. Acorn Grab, Spin, and Win
- Real or Artifical Acorns with numbers written on them using a paint pen or sharpie
- Tongs
- Spinner Card (include in this set)
- Transparent spinner
19. Self-Correcting Sunflower Seed Count
- Sunflower self-correcting cards printed on cardstock and included in this packet
- Sunflower playing mat included in this packet
- Tongs
- Sunflower seeds (in a shell)
- Clothespins
20. Self-correcting Acorn Count (0-20)
- Acorn self-correcting cards printed on cardstock
- Clothespins
- Acorn playing mat included in this set
- Tongs
- Real or artificial acorns or brown pompoms or buttons
21. Acorn Sticker Count
- Sticker recording sheet printed on paper
- Various thematic small stickers
22. Gel Bead Sort
- Gel beads in various fall colors
- Thematic cookie cutters
- Light table (optional)
23. Gel Bead Roll and Win
- Gel beads in various fall colors
- Thematic cookie cutters
- Light table (optional)
- Dice (use a variety to differentiate this activity)
24. Thankful for Legos: Pilgrim Hat, Fall Tree, Turkey
- Small lego bases
- Lego Creation Cards included in this set
- Legos in various colors
25. Constructing Letters and Words
- Transparent Fall Scatter (pumpkins, leaves, whatever you can find)
- Fall Harvest Sight Words (or letters)
- Light Table (optional)
26. Turkey Containers Count and Record
- Small Dollar Tree containers
- Paint pens to make turkey
- Small thematic manipulatives (Acorns or Foam, Wooden or Acrylic Leaves-You could use pony beads, buttons or pompoms as well.)
27. Fall Tree Containers Adding Up
- Small Dollar Tree Containers
- Paint Pens for making fall trees
- Small wooden, acrylic or foam leaves in red and yellow (You could also use yellow and red buttons, pony beads or pompoms as well.)
28. Leafy Lowercase/Capital Matching Puzzles
- Small sensory bin with fun fall thematic filler (birdseed, fall table scatter or dried beans)
- Capital/Lowercase letter puzzles included in this set
- Astobrights colored cardstock
29. Leafy Letter Sounds Matching Puzzles
- Small sensory bin with fun fall thematic filler (birdseed, fall table scatter or dried beans)
- Letter/sound letter puzzles included in this set
- Astrobrights colored cardstock
30. Leafy Simple CVC Words Matching Puzzles
- Small sensory bin with fun fall thematic filler (birdseed, fall table scatter or dried beans)
- CVC/picture letter puzzles included in this set
- Astrobrights colored cardstock
31. Fall Color Patterns
- Colored acrylic, foam or wooden fall leaves (You could also use pony beads, pompoms or buttons if you needed.)
- Playing mat included in this packet printed on cardstock and laminated
- Self-correcting cards included in this packet
- Clothespins
- Tongs or tweezers
32. Shucking Corn
- Dry corn on the cob
33. I Spy a Leaf Letter Match Up
- Plastic or foam leaves with letters of your choice
- Editable playing mat included in this packet
- Tongs
- Paint pen for writing letters on leaves
- Sensory bin with seasonal filler (optional)
34. I Spy a Leaf Sight Word Match Up
- Plastic or foam leaves with sight words of your choice
- Editable playing mat included in this packet
- Tongs
- Paint pen for writing words on leaves
- Sensory bin with seasonal filler (optional)
35. Story of Thanksgiving Bracelet (and Easy Reader)
- Various pony beads (see chart in the packet for specific colors
- Pipe cleaners cut down to bracelet size
- Thanksgiving Storybook Easy Reader included in this set.