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 St. Patrick’s Day-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 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 St. Patrick’s Day beginning sounds activity!

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These no-prep St. Patrick’s Day 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 and can be used in small groups or 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, shuffle up, 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 St. Patrick’s Day-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 itas 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 St. Patrick’s Day CVC words activity!

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This quick-prep pot of gold 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 pot of gold-themed cards around the room. The student will then find each of the cards, count the number of coins on the pot/s, and write the number in the pots on the included recording sheets.

What’s included:

20 numbered count the room cards that are St. Patrick’s Day Pot of Gold-themed.

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

The pot of gold 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 pot of gold cards and place them around the room and you’re set for a fun St. Patrick’s Day -themed center for the week or month!

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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 St. Patrick’s Day-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.

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Laminating is recommended to help them last. You can attach them to the floor using painters tape or duct tape.

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These no prep St. Patrick’s Day bingo cards are perfect for class parties, as a whole class reward on sub days, or for Fun Fridays! They are also a great way to review St. Patrick’s Day vocabulary!

Included are 30 different bingo cards and a set of teacher calling cards.

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 party game!

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

Claudia R. says, “Great bingo game for St. Patrick’s day. I printed the sheets two per page to save on paper and ink, and it worked out perfectly. My students loved playing bingo. Thank you!”

Kari N. says, “I love all of the Primary Playground BINGO games…I keep coming back for more! They are very cute and the kids enjoy them.”

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Get this as part of my March Craft Bundle and save big.

This leprechaun craft is perfect to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! They look adorable hanging on the bulletin board or in the hallway!

What’s Included:

There are two different ways to make the leprechaun craftivity.

-Print a black and white page that has all of the pieces to make the leprechaun on it for each student and have them color and assemble the leprechaun.

-Print each of the parts pages on the corresponding color paper accounting for how many students you have, and hand out the parts to the students to cut and assemble.

After the craft is assembled, the students will need a long piece of construction paper to glue on their leprechaun and writing page of your choice. They look adorable displayed in the classroom!

There are 3 writing prompt pages included along with both a writing paper option along with regular a regular lined version.

I’ve also included an additional blank sheet in case the students need to staple an additional page for writing

• -If I were a leprechaun
• -Leprechauns
• -Leprechaun Facts

Prep is quick and easy…. and they look adorable displayed in the classroom or hallway!

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Get this as part of my Counting Mats Bundle and save big.

These counting mats are a fun, hands-on way to practice numbers. The students will help gather the correct number of gold coins. They can then practice writing the number. Laminate the pages so they can be reused over and over with a dry erase marker.

These work great for math centers and during small groups.

You can use gold coins, play dough mini erasers, or small puff balls from the craft section. I have also included a page of coin pieces both in color and black and white in case you’d like to use those.

Here’s what’s included:

Number 1-20 in full page size mats

Numbers 1-20 half page mats

Numbers 1-20 quarter page mats

Printable acorn pieces

All come in both color and black and white.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

Vanessa M. says, “I used this resource with play coins, as it shows in the previews. My students really enjoyed counting the coins. I love the colourful graphics and how easy this resource was to prepare and implement!”

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Save big and buy this as part of my Ten Frame Task Cards Making Ten With Friends Bundle

These task cards are easy for the students to use and will help them with number recognition, basic addition and counting on. Using the ten frames will reinforce the students’ understanding of these concepts. They work great for early finishers and are a great addition to math centers. The included recording sheet will keep the students accountable for their center time.

Included are 15 task cards, recording sheet, and printable manipulative.These cards work wonderfully with the small seasonal mini erasers available in the Target dollar section as well.

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