Why You’ll Love It

• No prep – just print and go!
• Perfect for morning work, centers, small groups, early finishers, sub plans, homework, or word work
• Builds mastery with long vowel CVCe words in an engaging, independent way
• Differentiation made simple with multiple vowel-focused and mixed practice pages

What’s Included:

• 5 unique spring-themed pictures to color
• 5 practice pages each for long vowel sounds: a, i, o, u
• 5 mixed CVCe word pages for review
• A total of 25 no-prep pages ready to go!

How It Works:
Students read the CVCe words, match them to the correct color code, and watch the mystery spring picture appear! It’s a great way to keep students engaged while reinforcing long vowel patterns.

Prep is Simple:
Just print the pages, pass them out, and let the coloring (and learning) begin.

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Perfect for those days when you need something engaging but low-effort, this resource keeps students involved while sneaking in listening and vocabulary practice.

Whether you’re planning a class celebration or just need a quick filler, this frog-themed bingo is ready to hop right in!

Ways to Use This Resource:

• Class parties
• Fun Fridays
• Indoor recess
• Sub plans
• Whole-class rewards
• Family literacy nights

It’s also a great way to reinforce vocabulary and build listening skills in a relaxed, game-based format.

What’s Included:

• 30 different full-color Frog Bingo cards
• Complete set of teacher calling cards

Prep (Super Quick!):

• Print the bingo cards
• Print & cut the calling cards
• Optional: laminate for durability

That’s it, you’re ready to play!

Why Teachers Love It:

• No prep (seriously!)
• Keeps students engaged
• Easy to reuse all spring long
• Works for a variety of grade levels
• Great mix of fun + learning

Bring a little frog-filled fun into your classroom routine with this easy, engaging bingo game!

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This quick-prep snowball count the room center is a perfect way to incorporate movement in your math center rotation. This is a great way to allow your students to get up and move about the classroom while being on task.

Simply tape the 20 snowball-themed cards around the room. The student will then find each of the cards, count the number of snowballs on the sled, and write the number in the snowball on the included recording sheets.

What’s included:

20 numbered count the room cards that are snowball-themed.

2 recording sheets – one with numbers 1-10 and one with numbers 1-20 so the activity can be differentiated.

The snowball cards come in both color and black and white printing options

Laminating is suggested for longer use if you use it as a center.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the snowball cards and place them around the room and you’re set for a fun winter-themed center for the week, month or all season long!

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These no-prep winter addition mystery puzzles are a fun, hands-on way to practice addition and build number sense.

These puzzles are a fun, engaging addition to your math center rotation, can be used in small groups, or can be sent home to practice with family members.

The students will match the number puzzle piece to the matching addition problem to solve the mystery picture.

Here’s what’s included: 

Included are 10 mystery puzzles.

All pages are addition to 20.

Each of the puzzles is winter-themed.

The puzzles come in both color and black-and-white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the puzzles, and you’re ready for a fun winter addition activity!

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This no-prep Winter Fun Pack is a great way to keep your kids engaged and busy the last few days before winter break. They are also a fun addition to your winter class party, as a Fun Friday activity to use on a sub day. This pack is filled with games, puzzles, mazes, and more!

All of the activities are winter-themed.

What’s included:

15 pages of activities plus a cover page for the packet.

• Dots and Boxes game
• Word scramble -winter words
• Maze
• Winter word search
• Follow the Directions
• Maze and writing prompt
• Count and graph
• Tic tac toe and maze
• Crack the Code addition
• Counting match and drawing
• Numbers to 30 board game
• Winter This or That
• Color By Numbers
• Spot the Difference
• Crossword Puzzle winter words

There is also an answer key for the word search and the crack the code included.

There are a couple of pages in the pack that can be played with a friend or you can choose to leave those out if you need to. Each student will need a paperclip to play the board game that is included.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the Winter Fun Pack, and you’re ready for fun activities to keep your students engaged and having fun!

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These no-prep fall beginning sounds letter bingo cards can be used as a whole-class bingo game in small groups or as a center for the students to review their beginning sounds on their own.

What’s Included:

Included are 30 different bingo cards and teacher-calling cards.

All of the teacher calling cards – letter sounds, are fall-themed items. I’ve also included two sets of calling cards. One set with just the pictures, and the other set is the picture and the word.

Laminating the bingo cards and calling cards is suggested.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the bingo cards, print and cut the calling cards and you’re ready for a fun fall review game all season long!

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This engaging snowman number sense sort is a fun hands-on way to reinforce number sense. This center is easy for the students to use and will help them build their number recognition and number sense. They work great for early finishers, are a great addition to math centers or can be used in small groups.

The student will set out each number snowman. They will then sort the snowballs showing the numbers in different ways, tally marks, domino, fingers and ten frame, to the correct snowman.

Here’s what’s included:

Snowmen in numbers 1-10

4 snowballs displaying each number to 10 4 different ways.

The center comes in both color and black and white printing options.

Prep is easy… Just print, cu tand you’re ready for a fun winter number sense activity!

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This engaging snowman middle sound sort is a fun hands-on way to reinforce CVC words This center is easy for the students to use and will help them build their fluency of middle sounds and CVC words. They work great for early finishers, are a great addition to literacy centers or can be used in small groups.

The student will set out each snowman. They will then sort the CVC word scarves onto the correct snowman.

Here’s what’s included:

30 snowmen with middle sounds a, e, i, o and u

30 matching scarves to match with the pictures on the snowmen.

The center comes in both color and black and white printing options.

Prep is easy… Just print, cut and you’re ready for a fun winter middle sound activity!

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This engaging snowman beginning sounds sort is a fun hands-on way to reinforce beginning sounds and initial sounds. This center is easy for the students to use and will help them build their beginning sound recognition. They work great for early finishers, are a great addition to math centers or can be used in small groups.

The student will set out each snowman. They will then sort the letter hats onto the correct beginning sounds picture snowman.

Here’s what’s included:

Snowmen for each letter of the alphabet showing a picture

A hat with each letter that the students will match to the correct snowman.

The center comes in both color and black and white printing options.

Prep is easy… Just print, cut and you’re ready for a fun winter beginning sounds activity!

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This engaging snowman addition sort is a fun hands-on way to reinforce addition to ten. This center is easy for the students to use and will help them practice their addition to ten and number sense. They work great for early finishers, are a great addition to math centers or can be used in small groups.

The student will set out each number snowman. They will choose a snowball solve the addition problem on it and give it to the correct number snowman.

Here’s what’s included:

Snowmen in numbers 1-10

52 snowballs with addition problems to make 10

The center comes in both color and black and white printing options.

Prep is easy… Just print, cut and you’re ready for a fun winter addition activity!

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This quick-prep Spring A to Z write the room center is a perfect way to incorporate movement in your reading / ELA center rotation. This is a great way to allow your students to get up and move about the classroom while being on task. They are a great way to introduce students to new vocabulary too!

Simply tape the 26 spring-themed cards around the room. The student will then find each of the cards and write the corresponding words to the matching letter on the included recording sheets.

What’s included:

26 numbered write the room cards that are spring-themed.

2 recording sheets – one lined, one handwriting lines.

The winter cards come in both color and black and white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the Spring A-Z cards and place them around the room and you’re set for a fun spring-themed center for the week or all season long!

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These no-prep Winter CVCe words board games are a fun, hands-on way to practice CVCe words, magic e, silent e words, and build sound recognition.

These board games are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation, used in small groups, or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiatethe game too!

They can be played with 1-4 players and you can play using a die or using the spinners that are included. All of the game boards are Winter-themed.

What’s included:

10 board games

1 board game of cvce a words

1 board game cvce i words

1 board game cvce o words

1 board game cvce u words

6 board games of mixed CVCe words

4 spinners

12 kid game pieces

Comes in both color and black and white printing options

If you use as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the game boards and you’re ready for a fun Winter CVCe words activity!

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Prep is simple and quick for all of these winter week center rotations. To make it even more fun, use these centers with your buddy class!

What’s Included:

There are 7 center rotations included. Table tents for each activity are also included.

1. Winter A-Z Scavenger Hunt Write the Room – Tape the picture cards around the room. The students will find them all and write each word.

2. Winter Mystery Puzzles – The students choose between 3 different mystery puzzles to solve using CVC words.

3. Make A Snack – The students will have a hot chocolate snack. They will also learn how to make hot chocolate using the sequencing activities

4. Winter Measurement – The students will use marshmallows to measure the different items using non-standard measurement.

5. 2D Snowman Shape Sort – The students will sort real word items to the correct 2D shape snowman.

6. Winter Dough Mats – The students will create winter shapes using playdoh to help build fine motor skills..

7. Make A Snowman Hat – The students will create a fun snowman hat to wear.

Extra supplies that you will need.

Playdoh, marshmallows, hot chocolate.

These Winter week centers will be such a fun addition to your week before winter break or winter party this year!

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These no-prep winter letters and numbers mystery puzzles are a fun, hands-on way to practice letters and numbers and build number sense.

These puzzles are a fun, engaging addition to your literacy and math center rotation, can be used in small groups, or can be sent home to practice with family members.

The students will match the puzzle piece’s uppercase letters to the matching lowercase letters to solve the mystery picture. And on the number puzzles, they will match the number on the puzzle piece to the matching number to solve the mystery picture.

Included are 10 mystery puzzles.

3 pages of uppercase letters matching uppercase letters.

2 pages of lowercase letters matching uppercase letters.

1 page of matching numbers to numbers 1-20

1 page of matching numbers to numbers 12-30

3 pages of matching numbers sense, ex. tally marks, ten frames, etc to the number.

4 of the number puzzles include numbers 1-20 and one is numbers 12-30. Each of the puzzles is winter-themed.

The puzzles come in both color and black-and-white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

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This quick-prep Winter A to Z write the room center is a perfect way to incorporate movement in your reading / ELA center rotation. This is a great way to allow your students to get up and move about the classroom while being on task. They are a great way to introduce students to new vocabulary too!

Simply tape the 26 winter-themed cards around the room. The student will then find each of the cards and write the corresponding words to the matching letter on the included recording sheets.

What’s included:

26 numbered write the room cards that are winter-themed.

2 recording sheets – one lined, one handwriting lines.

The winter cards come in both color and black and white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the Winter A-Z cards and place them around the room and you’re set for a fun winter-themed center for the week or all season long!

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These no-prep summer beginning sounds mystery puzzles are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These mystery puzzles are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation, can be used in small groups, or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the puzzles too!

The students will match the puzzle piece letters to the matching beginning sound to solve the mystery picture. A black and white copy can also be given to each student to color, and then cut and glue onto the matching beginning sound picture to create the puzzle picture.

What’s included:

10 mystery puzzles All of the mystery puzzles are general summer-themed.

Comes in both color and black-and-white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the mystery puzzles and you’re ready for a fun summer beginning sounds activity!

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This no-prep color-by-code beginning sounds pages are a fun and engaging way to practice beginning sounds-initial sounds. They work great as morning work, in small groups, individual work, sub days, centers, word work, and homework.

What’s Included:

Included are 5 different spring-themed mystery pictures for the students to color in by beginning sounds. There are 4 pages of each of the 5 pictures with a total of 20 pages included. The student will look at the picture, determine the beginning sound, and find the corresponding beginning sound letter to color in. You can easily differentiate the pages for the students.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the pages and you’re ready for a fun beginning sounds review activity.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID….

Victoria L. says, “Amazing resource! My kids LOVED this! We will use it for years to come! “

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These no-prep spring CVC words mystery puzzles are a fun, hands-on way to practice middle sounds and practice word work.

These mystery puzzles are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation, can be used in small groups, or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the puzzles too!

The students will match the puzzle piece CVC words to the matching CVC word picture to solve the mystery picture. A black and white copy can also be given to each student to color, and then cut and glue onto the matching CVC word picture to create the puzzle picture.

What’s included:

10 mystery puzzles All of the mystery puzzles are spring-themed.

1 short a puzzle

1 short e puzzle

1 short i puzzle

1 short o puzzle

1 short u puzzle

5 mixed puzzles

Comes in both color and black and white printing options

If you use as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the mystery puzzles and you’re ready for a fun spring CVC words activity!

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID….

Elizabeth says, “These are always so fun for my students and a wonderful way for them to independently work and apply their skills.”

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These no-prep spring beginning sounds mystery puzzles are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These mystery puzzles are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation, can be used in small groups, or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the puzzles too!

The students will match the puzzle piece letters to the matching beginning sound to solve the mystery picture. A black and white copy can also be given to each student to color, and then cut and glue onto the matching beginning sound picture to create the puzzle picture.

What’s included:

10 mystery puzzles All of the mystery puzzles are general spring-themed.

Comes in both color and black and white printing options

If you use as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the mystery puzzles and you’re ready for a fun spring beginning sounds activity!

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…..

Christina F. says, “Great literacy center activity or an activity for a parent volunteer to use with a child.”

Kylee D. says, “Students loved this. Very engaging! Students worked very hard. “

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These no-prep spring beginning sounds board games are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These board games are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation, used in small groups, or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the game too!

They can be played with 1-4 players and you can play using a die or using the spinners that are included. All of the game boards are general spring-themed.

What’s included:

10 board games

5 boards with pictures of items to identify the beginning, initial sound

5 boards with letters, which the student will think of a word that has that beginning
sound.

4 spinners

12 kid game pieces

Comes in both color and black and white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the game boards and you’re ready for a fun spring beginning sounds activity!

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These no-prep winter beginning sounds mystery puzzles are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These mystery puzzles are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation can be used in small groups or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the puzzles too!

The students will match the puzzle piece letters to the matching beginning sound to solve the mystery picture. A black and white copy can also be given to each student to color, and then cut and glue onto the matching beginning sound picture to create the puzzle picture.

What’s included:

10 mystery puzzles All of the mystery puzzles are winter-themed.

Comes in both color and black and white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the mystery puzzles and you’re ready for a fun winter beginning sounds activity!

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These no-prep winter beginning sounds board games are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These board games are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation, used in small groups, or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the game too!

They can be played with 1-4 players and you can play using a die or using the spinners that are included. All of the game boards are winter-themed.

What’s included:

10 board games

5 boards with pictures of items to identify the beginning, initial sound

5 boards with letters in which the student will think of a word that has that beginning
sound.

4 spinners

12 kid game pieces

Comes in both color and black and white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the game boards and you’re ready for a fun winter beginning sounds activity!

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These no prep color by code beginning sounds pages are a fun and engaging way to practice beginning sounds-initial sounds. They work great as morning work, in small groups, individual work, sub days, centers, word work, and homework.

What’s Included:

Included are 5 different fall-themed mystery pictures for the students to color in by beginning sounds. There are 4 pages of each of the 5 pictures with a total of 20 pages included. The student will look at the picture, determine the beginning sound, and find the corresponding beginning sound letter to color in. You can easily differentiate the pages for the students.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the pages and you’re ready for a fun beginning sounds review activity.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

Malinda J. says,  “Good and fun practice pages for beginning of year Kindergarten and independent work.”

Nicole N. says, “My students love this and are very engaged while doing this activity “

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These no-prep fall beginning sounds board games are a fun, hands-on way to practice initial sounds and build letter and sound recognition.

These board games are a fun and engaging addition to your literacy center rotation, used in small groups, or can be sent home to play with family members. You can easily differentiate the game too!

They can be played with 1-4 players and you can play using a die or using the spinners that are included. All of the game boards are fall-themed.

What’s included:

10 board games

5 boards with pictures of items to identify the beginning, initial sound

5 boards with letters in which the student will think of a word that has that beginning
sound.

4 spinners

12 kid game pieces

Comes in both color and black and white printing options

If you use it as a center, laminating is suggested for longer use.

Prep is quick and easy… Just print the game boards and you’re ready for a fun fall beginning sounds activity!

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