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1st grade science task cards for Montessori
Cup Stacking Challenge Cards
Grab these Cup Stacking Challenge Cards for endless classroom fun and engagement.Indoor Recess? perfect!Relay Race in P.E.? you bet!S.T.E.M. Activity? for sure!Need to boost student problem solving? you know it!What's Included:• 50 Illustrated Challenge Cards• Interactive PDF Full Page CardsEXTRA: Valentine Heart Cup Stacking ChallengesHow To Use:These challenge cards can be used several different ways. Ultimately, use these cards in a way that works best in your classroom and for your students.
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K - 3rd
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LEGO Challenge Task Cards {Great for STEM or fun building!}
I am really excited to show you some cute, older-kid friendly LEGO Challenge Task Cards! These are bright, colorful, and can appeal to older students without looking too primary. Don’t’ have LEGOs? That’s okay! These can be used for any building materials you may have—unifix cubes, plastic Flake Discs (Amazon), Bunchems (Amazon or Target), Wiki Stix, pipe cleaners, play-dough, etc. Get those kids engineering and manipulating. They work great as an independent station for special education, a STE
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PreK - 8th
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STEM Starters Task Cards Building Activities Morning Bins or Early Finishers
Bring the excitement of STEM to your classroom! These STEM Starter task cards are perfect for 1st grade, kindergarten, preschool, and 2nd grade classrooms. Students will be encouraged to think critically and creatively as they work hard to create the object from the "I can" statement included on each card. With the help of these STEM Starter cards, your students will be motivated to explore the world of STEM and have fun while doing it!These task cards are the simplest way to add more STEM activ
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K - 2nd
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2D Shapes Sorting Activity Math Center - Montessori Shapes in Nature
A meaningful 2D shape sorting activity young learners will love! This geometry activity with real life pictures includes everything you need to help your preschool, prek, or kindergarten student sort shapes. Bring nature into learning with these Montessori cards and help students notice that shapes are everywhere. Your students will enjoy distinguishing and identifying the basic two dimensional shapes: circle, triangle, square, oval, pentagon, hexagon, and crescent. 7 shapes included!Play is ess
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PreK - 2nd
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Science Task Boxes - Set one
Science Task BoxesDownload Preview FilePlease make sure to download the preview file to ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing.Description:Are you tired of boring worksheets! Looking for something new? Here are 16 Primary task boxes that are all related to some science standards, that can be used in small groups, independent centers, one on one instruction and take-home boxes for homework for that extra needed practice!! These tasks boxes, or task cards, help prom
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Academic Task Box Bundle
Holiday Hashtag Blocks Challenge Cards / Christmas & Winter STEM / Student Gifts
The following holiday challenge cards and gift tags are perfect for student gifts and are designed to accompany “Hashtag” building blocks, found seasonally in Target Dollar Spot.Students may complete the challenge cards independently or with partners, or you may choose to make copies and give them as holiday gifts to your students.Includes smaller cards for individual student use and larger cards for classroom use.To complete the Hashtag Block challenge cards, students will only need about 30 bl
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PreK - 6th
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DINOSAUR Play Dough Mats | 22 Picture Mats and 10 Counting Mats 1-10
This fun set of Play Dough Mats (DINOSAUR edition) features Brachiosaurus, T-Rex, Iguanodon, Stegosaurus and MORE! It's a perfect addition to your Dinosaur unit! You'll find 11 half-page picture mats with a colorized picture for your kiddos to recreate. You'll also find 11 full-page play dough mats with a large B/W picture so that students can create their dinosaurs ANY COLOR they like, PLUS 10 dinosaur nest play dough mats for counting dino eggs from 1-10. So fun! For a better look, just click
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PreK - 1st
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Maker Bins STEM Labels and 250 Task Cards for Morning Bins
These Maker Bins are just what you need to engage your students in STEM learning. You can use these fun Maker Bins for centers, morning bins / morning work, Fun Friday, indoor recess, early finisher activities, challenge activities, and more. Your students will love creating, designing, engineering, and practicing their fine motor skills using these Maker Bins! This resource includes Maker Bin material labels and over 250 "I can build..." everyday and seasonal task cards that students will enjo
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Maker Bins Building Activities Centers Bundle Morning Bins Bundle
Life-Size Human Body Anatomy Paper Models: 6 Body Systems
The printable life-size organs give the students opportunities to build models of how their own bodies look inside. The students can handle the printed organs, move them around and even try them on!This set includes the following life-size systems: respiratory, digestive, circulatory, urinary, nervous, and skeletal. If you are interested in the muscular, endocrine, immune, and reproductive systems, check the life-size model addon here.The printable organs are scaled so that their size would be r
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PreK - 4th
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Also included in: Human Body Anatomy for Kids: Basic Bundle
Measurement Ruler Length Centers Autism Work Math Task Cards Special Education
In your special education classroom, are you working on measurement units, long and short and using a ruler? Task cards are a great way for your students to work on their standard measuring skills!These 70+ Math task cards work on measuring length using a 12 inch ruler. There are 2 differentiated levels in this measurement task box set! Mix them up or work on questions leveled separately!These task cards can be used during direct instruction, individual work, and in task boxes. Appropriate for e
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K - 2nd
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Science Task Boxes - BUNDLE (set 1 & 2)
Science Task Boxes (set 1 & 2):Are you tired of boring worksheets! Looking for something new? Here are 32 Science task boxes that can be used in small groups, independent centers, one on one instruction, and take-home boxes for homework for that extra needed practice!! These tasks boxes, or task cards, help promote independent learning skills for early learners, gifted Pre-K, Kindergartners, ELL students, and Special needs or SPED teachers. This resource can be used all school year. I
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PreK - 1st
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Year of STEM Challenges
"This is BY FAR the most comprehensive, FUN low prep STEM bundle I’ve ever bought. Love it, and so do the kids!" - Nikki M.Looking for easy prep, fun to solve STEM challenges for kids?! This epic bundle combines ALL of my STEM challenges into one easy purchase - my best selling landmark cards, toothpick and playdough STEM structures, weight and length challenges... they're all here! And that means you'll get an entire year of STEM challenges in one easy download.Each activity pack includes easy
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PreK - 3rd
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Dinosaur Fossil Matching: for Montessori or Science Centers
These cards are a fun way to familiarize children with different dinosaurs. This is a unique activity that shows children what different dinosaur bones look like! You can use them to create many different kinds of activities. You can use these cards for your science centers, dinosaur unit study, or Montessori 3-6 classroom! DINOSAUR FOSSIL MATCHING INCLUDES: ★ instructions for use★ 9 dinosaur fossil cards★ 9 dinosaur cards★ 9 control cardsThis set includes: Anatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Parasauro
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: Dinosaur Bundle for Hands-on Activities
Maker Bins Building Activities Centers Bundle Morning Bins Bundle
These Maker Bins are just what you need to engage your students in creative building activities! You can use these fun Maker Bins for STEM centers, morning bins / morning work, Fun Friday, indoor recess, early finisher activities, challenge activities, and more. Your students will love creating with these Maker Bins. Each of the Build It and Write Maker Bins includes a bin label, direction card, and building pieces (paper pieces) that will allow your students to design creatively in their own un
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K - 2nd
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Nonstandard Measurement BOOM CARDS™ LENGTH Digital Learning Game
This set of Boom Cards™ features 53 different digital task cards over the concept of NONSTANDARD MEASUREMENT (Length). These would be great for your students to do when learning about measurement in kindergarten or first grade! These slides are all very student friendly, and your class will love them!This is a fun review over nonstandard measurement. With this set of fun and colorful digital slides, students will measure items with cubes, links, paperclips, bears, and pennies. They will move
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K - 1st
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Measuring with a Ruler in INCHES BOOM CARDS™ Length Digital Learning Game
This is a fun 31 slide review over measuring with a ruler. With this set of fun and colorful digital cards, students will measure items with a movable ruler or look at the item and type how long it is. Students will also compare the length of objects to see which one is shorter or longer. This is great for practicing standard units of measure in inches! This is a fun and interactive activity to do at a math station or to review measurement. Each slide also includes a sound file that the s
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1st - 2nd
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Animal Tracks Matching Cards - Animal Photographs & Footprints
Animal Tracks Matching Cards - Match the photographic animal cards to their footprints.This work comes in two formats and includes the following animals: black bear, beaver, dog, coyote, elk, opossum, grey squirrel, bobcat, chipmunk, black-tailed deer, mouse, porcupine, raccoon, striped skunk, grey wolf, duck, raven, quail, blue heron, robin, wild turkey, killdeer, and merganser.Format 1 includes:23 animal tracks with labels23 animal tracks without labels,23 animal track labels23 animal cards
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PreK - 2nd
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Animals in Winter Hibernate, Migrate, Adapt Activity | Montessori
What do animals do in winter? Do they hibernate, migrate, or adapt? How do they survive? Support children's curiosity with this easy-to-use Montessori hands-on sorting activity with real images.Teach new vocabulary, read interesting facts, create mini-books, color, cut paste!These hibernation, migration, and adaptation printables will perfectly fit your Montessori 3-6 classroom winter shelves or your animals in the winter unit. This activity is appropriate for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten clas
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Winter Activities Montessori Bundle
Montessori Great Lessons - Stories & Activities
Montessori Great LessonsThis Montessori Great Lesson bundle includes each of the five Great Lesson stories in a child-friendly format along with accompanying follow-up activities for further exploration into the concepts introduced by each impressionistic lesson. TABLE OF CONTENTS:Overview of Great LessonsGreat Lesson I – The Coming of the Universe StoryReflection & Wonder Prompts & Recording SheetsExperiment Demonstration Extensions (11 total)Saltwater vs. Freshwater Mini-UnitVolcano Mi
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1st - 3rd
Lego STEM Task Cards Mega Bundle - 7 Sets of Task Cards- 208 Task Cards Total!
Total of 180 Task Cards (Buy all 7 sets for the price of 5!)7 PDFS--each is color coded.Bundle includes 7 sets in task card format:First EditionSecond EditionFallWinterSpring/SummerAnimals and HabitatsSchoolFor most challenges, students won't need more than a handful of legos.There are easier challenges, and some challenges that will really push your students to think "outside the box". There are NOT images on the challenge cards as the purpose of the cards is creativity and exploration.I use t
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K - 5th
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Push or Pull BOOM CARDS™ Force and Motion Science Digital Learning Activity
This set of Boom Cards™ features 62 different digital task cards over the concept of push and pull. These would be great for your students to do when learning about force and motion! This would be a perfect activity for first, second, and third grade students. Many of the slides have arrows to help the children. They are all very student friendly, and your class will love them! This deck has 62 different slides. I have set it up for it to shuffle, or randomize, the cards and to only play 2
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K - 3rd
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K-PS2-1
Also included in: 1st and 2nd Grade SCIENCE Boom Cards™ BUNDLE for Distance Learning
Wooden block building challenge cards for Pre-School/Kindergarten Block Center
Ideal block center activity with wooden blocks to improve fine-motor development, problem solving and STEM skills. There are 15 construction task cards included in this set and children will love the challenge of building the various items: towers, bridges, robot, car, train, rocket etc. These cards are to be used alongside standard colored wooden blocks as shown in the pictures. This would make an ideal independent activity station or morning center for a Pre-School or Kindergarten class. The
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PreK - 1st
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, K-PS2-1
Zoo Animal Nonfiction Unit: Close Reading Passages & Activities
This 100 page zoo animal nonfiction unit pack features 12 common zoo animals along with close reading nonfiction passages, close reading task cards, posters, book templates, and more!Featured in this pack, you will learn about:-Tigers-Giraffes-Gorillas-Penguins-Zebras-Red Pandas-Polar Bears-Tortoises-Lions-Flamingos-Crocodiles-Sea LionsEach featured animal comes with a close reading passage, a multiple choice reading check, an open-ended response reading check, an "All About ________" student re
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1st - 4th
Valentine's Day Hashtag Blocks Cards / Valentine STEM Activities
The following Valentine's Day hashtag blocks challenge cards and gift tags are perfect for student gifts and Valentine's Day STEM Activities! They are designed to accompany “Hashtag” building blocks, found seasonally in Target Dollar Spot.Students may complete the 8 challenge cards independently or with partners, or you may choose to make copies and give them as Valentine's Day gifts to your students.Includes smaller cards for individual student use and larger cards for classroom use, as well a
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PreK - 6th
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