Back to School Literacy Centers for Kindergarten | Morning Tubs / Bins

Hey all! I wanted to swing past today to give you a sneak peak at what’s included in my Back to School Literacy Centers for Kindergarten to help you start off the school year!

PLEASE NOTE: This blog post contains sample pages from my Back to School Literacy Centers for Kindergarten packet. You can download the free sample pages by clicking on the photos. To purchase the complete Back to School Literacy Centers for Kindergarten packet, click here.

What’s included in the Back to School Literacy Centers for Kindergarten

My kindergarten packets include an “I can” instructions page for children and a label that you can put on the front of whatever storage device you use to store all the bits and pieces.

1. Alphabet Tracing Cards

I’m a firm believer that there is no such thing as too much handwriting practice, and so, first up in this Back to School packet is an Alphabet Write and Wipe center. Prep is really easy: just print, laminate and cut the cards along the dashed lines using a paper guillotine. Give your kiddos some wipeable markers or crayons with a cloth and it’s ready to go!

2. Apple Sorting: Upper and Lower Case Letters and Numbers

Next, I included a whole set of upper and lower case apple letters and apples numbered 1-10. You can used the apple cards for activities such as:

• alphabet/number order
• upper – lower case letter matching
• missing letter/number
• mats for beginning sounds or counting objects

And you can use them as I originally intended as a sorting activity. You can focus on sorting upper and lower case letters, or include sorting numbers too. Once completed, kiddos record their work on the recording page included.

3. Letter Match

The next activity is another super easy one to prep – just print, laminate and cut in half! This activity is a simple letter matching one. Supply your kiddos with small letter tiles or magnetic letters and they are ready to get matching. I have included a recording page for this activity too. Now, if your kiddos are struggling to write their letters so early in the year, give them some letter stickers or alphabet stamps for them to use on their recording page.

4. Alphabet Tree Upper and Lower Case Clip It!

It’s also important for kiddos to learn upper and lower case matches early on, so I have included an apple upper and lower case letter match. Once again, print, laminate and cut and you’re ready to go. For this particular activity, you will need to provide children with some pegs so that they can select their answer. To make this a self-checking activity, place a small dot on the reverse side of the correct apple. Or course, once done, they show their work by completing the recording page included.

5. Beginning Sounds Match

Next is an activity for those kiddos who already know their ABCs and are ready for the next challenge of determining beginning sounds. Prep is easy for this activity too – just print, laminate and cut in half. You will need to supply children with small letter tiles for this activity. I have included recording pages with pictures for this activity and so it can also be used as a standalone worksheet, if you prefer.

6. Back to School Beginning Sounds Clip It!

For children who are not quite so confident with beginning sounds, I have included 20 cards that display a picture and three answer options.

7. Back to School Write the Room

Next up is a Write the Room activity. Once you have printed, laminated and cut the picture cards, you put them up around your room for your kiddos to find. Provide each child with a recording page (or use both if you wish) inside a clipboard and a pencil. Children walk around the room, looking for the school themed vocabulary cards. Once they find one, they locate the matching picture on their recording page and write the word on the writing line next to it.

8. School Bus Word Family Sort

I like word families as an initial way to introduce children to rhyming. They are also easy words that children can sound out and read as soon as they know their letter sounds. So, the next activity is a word family sorting activity. Children read each word and place the kids on the correct bus. Once done, they record their answers.

9. Back to School Syllables Clip It!

Then there is a syllables activity. The focus in this packet is on only one, two and three syllable words.

10. Colored Pencils Pre-Primer & Primer Sight Word Sorting

Last, I included a sight word sorting activity. My Kindergarten packets focus on the pre-primer and primer sight words. Of course, you can also use plastic cups instead of the printable ones I have included!

Recording pages are included for all activities.

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