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How many words puzzles can be used in many ways, as a competion, as a timed challenge or just for fun, they can be used in groups, in pairs or by individuals. Hop Straight To... Christmas How Many Words Puzzles Halloween How Many Words Puzzles Thanksgiving How Many Words Puzzles NEW!

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Fun for older kids, fill in the letters and solve the code to complete the phrase.

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Boggler puzzles for kids are fun word puzzles for all ages, a mixture of anagrams, word searches and hidden words! They are new for 2011, and unique to Activity Village!

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Wyzwania typu 'znajdź słowa w zakresie danego tematu zaczynające się literę alfabetu...'

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Wyzwania typu 'znajdź słowa w zakresie danego tematu zaczynające się literę alfabetu...'

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Our Christmas Alphabet Challenge is very versatile. It works equally well as a puzzle or a game, for an individual or a whole class. Scroll down for our printable score sheet.

As a puzzle just for one:

Challenge yourself to find a Christmas word for each letter

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These fun new puzzles are based on the word game "Categories". Children need to come up with an A-Z based on the theme, and it is often very tricky indeed!

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Japanese-type Puzzles
See all of the Japanese-type puzzles, such as Sudoku, Skyscrapers, Nonogrids, etc (lower down this page).

View All Puzzles
View all of the 800+ brain teasers, riddles, and other classic puzzles.

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Brain teasers, mazes, and Japanese-type puzzles.

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gotowe do pobrania: puzzle-układanki: do wycięcia i układania

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Here's some puzzling fun for the kids from ancient China! Tangrams, "seven pieces of cleverness", are an ancient Chinese puzzle which is still mind-bending and intriguing today! We've developed some fun printable tangram puzzles which are perfect for kids - they help with logic and thinking skills, dexterity ..

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Ciekawe sposoby na 'sprzedanie' uczniom wypełniaczy zajęć

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Ciekawe sposoby na 'sprzedanie' uczniom wypełniaczy zajęć

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As much as I would love to have a collection of perfectly timed activities in which all of my students completed their tasks as THE. EXACT. MOMENT... that is not reality. Many of my station activities are never ending, meaning they are never done. However, a few of the activities I have do have a beginning, middle, and end.
Let me show you what I have been doing... and I sort of love it!

Dessert Tubs (Early finisher tubs)

I started out by making 5 "Dessert Tubs." I got the term "dessert" from my clever friend, Cara Carroll. That is what she called them and... well... I DO love dessert!

Each tub has a number (1-5) this is the order in which each tub needs to be returned to the shelf. Each tub also has a dessert label with a shape on it.

You may recall that I give each table (group of students) a shape. I refer to them as the "Square table... Hexagon table..."

You might also recall that they use this shape to help organize their station work. When they finish their station work, they place the paper in this magazine holders until we check our station work. You can read about how this works by clicking HERE.

When my students have finished an activity, they simply go and grab their "dessert tub." This has cut down on the visiting and gypsy-like movements in the classroom. My students ALWAYS have the option to read a book at their desk instead.

What goes in the tub?

* I wanted them to be self-explanatory and something they were already familiar with.

* I wanted them to be "paperless" meaning... no paper product. Students may only be at these task for a few minutes. I don't want MORE paper in my life... save the TREES!

* I wanted them to be meaningful practice.

Here are a few things we are using right now.

1. Number and letter formation. I placed our instructional cards in the bin with the necessary supplies. You can find the letter cards HERE and the numeral cards HERE.

I may have a million of these little ABC games. They are quick and fun to play. They can be played with a partner or they can pretend to play with "Dexter" (my dog... who is not in the classroom). This always makes them giggle. You can find these ABC games HERE.

I also add the Math Work Station cards to the bin. They can sort the cards or play a game with them. You can find the Math Work Station cards HERE.

As the year progresses I will add CVC and CVCe word cards to this bin. You can find those games HERE and HERE.

Time Me! is a fun activity. We start the year with alphabet cards then move onto sight words. You can create several sets of cards and therefore differentiate this activity. SIMPLE! (There is a free sample at the end of this post).

You can find the Dolch Sight Word Game: Time Me! sets HERE.

These are editable, so you can add your own sight words.

These binder rings are nice for keeping cards from getting mixed up.

Sequence is a fun game that my students seem to never grow weary of. Students will spin a spinner then look for a picture that starts the same. The example below offers blends. BUT (once again) I have bunch of versions... from letter ID to more complex phonics.

Roll, Say, Keep is a fun game. You can find those (ABC and sight word versions) HERE.

They are also editable, so you can add your own words. Big foam dice are available HERE.

Bump is a fun game. They are included in most of my Math Work Station units.

We also have math fluency games in the tubs!

At the end of the day, I pull the "dessert" label off and move it on down the line. Each day the students will have another variety of meaningful tasks they can work on.

You can download your own "dessert" image by clicking HERE. This will be a PNG picture image that you can use to create bins that match your classroom needs... for FREE!

FREE File

You can download my free Time Me Center by adding your information to the box below.

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"I'm Done!" and early finishers can be a challenge. Don't worry, I have an EASY plan!

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As much as I would love to have a collection of perfectly timed activities in which all of my students completed their tasks as THE. EXACT. MOMENT... that is not reality. Many of my station activities are never ending, meaning they are never done.

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geometric art printable...let your kids imaginations run wild!

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You can grab these geometric art printable...and let your kids imaginations run wild! A perfect free printable to let the creativity flow.

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This summer, I spent so much time on Pinterest that I thought I had found all of the hidden treasures out there, but a few weeks ago, I found one of the best ideas ever! I found it on Task Card Corner which is part of Teaching With a Mountain View. The post shared how to organize enrichment task cards for early finishers by using flip flop holders. I've always struggled with what to do with my early finishers, and I'm always looking for ways to promote critical and creative thinking, and it was such an original idea!

I immediately became obsessed about using this idea on my own classroom, and was able to have it ready in no time! I have my flipflop holder hanging on a 3M hook on a cabinet door in my classroom. I punched a set of holes in each task cards and hooked then together with a ring. I then placed the rings on the notches on the flip flop holder. There are enough hooks for seven sets of task cards, which is more than enough sets for my students. I already use standard specific task cards in my work station activities, so I wanted all of these to be totally different with a focus on creative and critical thinking. I just love how all of the choices are displayed, and how it allows my students to receive important enrichment opportunities. Other than the monthly themed task cards, I'll change the cards out every nine weeks.

This also gave me an excuse to do one of my favorite things, browse TpT for goodies! I used two of my favorite stores to find some great task cards for my early finishers.

Teaching With A Mountain View

I couldn't resist adding a couple of my own ideas to the mix, so I create a set of math vocabulary task cards. These are brand new, and I just added them to my TpT Store.

There are 12 cards where students have to name a synonym.

12 cards where students complete a math analogy.

12 cards where students identify which word doesn't belong.

12 cards where students represent a term with a picture or symbol.

I'll only introduce cards for the terms we have already studied, and will change the cards about once a 9-weeks to remove old words and add new terms.

My other new idea is one of my crazier ideas, but my students love, love, love it! I wanted to really tap into my students' creative thinking, so I created a set of squiggle pictures. A squiggle pictures is a random line or image that students use to create a picture that tells a complete story. I encourage my students to be as creative as possible and to add lots of interesting details.

I've made two different recording sheets, one with four squares and one with two squares. Students trace one of the images on each of the squares with a black marker, and they complete the rest of the picture with crayons or colored pencils. I've been so happy with what they've created so far!

If you'd like to grab a copy of my squiggle images, you can just click on the picture below!

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Early Finishers Task Cards - Ashleigh's Education Journey

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This summer, I spent so much time on Pinterest that I thought I had found all of the hidden treasures out there, but a few weeks ago, I found one of the best ideas ever! I found it on Task Card Corner which is part of Teaching With a Mountain View.

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Have fun with this easy drawing game, and find tons more in my book, Tangle Art and Drawing Games for Kids - wherever books are sold! More: http://craftwhack.com/synchronized-drawing-game-book/

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My boys are all about the comic books at the moment.

I'm not even sure what started it, the big kids have been reading comics and graphic novels off and on for ages, and the little one loves them for all the cool pictures, but just recently the boys started making their own, and so I made them some printable comic book templates to help them along.

I don't know what started their new found love of creating comics, but you can bet I am going to encourage it!

Comics are such a great way to encourage reading, writing and storytelling, and to work on all the skills needed to be a successful reader and writer. Plus they are loads of fun!

Today I was writing dictated captions to an angry bird comic strip written by Noah (aged four) before I had even had breakfast!

Making comics is perfect for a pre-writer like Noah as he can tell his story in pictures, making him feel confident and capable. He can easily dictate captions for me to write for him, as he learns that words have power and meaning. And he can create images to go along with those words.

Comics are also great for reluctant writers like my seven year old. He can get his story going with pictures before he writes even a single word which helps him sort out how the story will work, and clearly see that it needs a beginning, a middle, and an end. And because there is not much space for words he only needs to write short sentences and one word exclamations, not at all daunting for someone who says he 'hates writing'.

Free Printable Comic Book Templates

Of course if you are keen on making comic books, you need some printable comic book templates.

I've made two sets of comic book templates to share.

The first set has bigger and fewer spaces - good for smaller kids or artists who want to ad LOTS of details. This set has two pages with added speech bubbles and exclamations and two pages which just the spaces.
You can download the larger set of printable comic book templates here.
The second set has smaller and more spaces - good for older kids and those that like to write lots of scenes into their stories. This set has two pages with added speech bubbles and exclamations and two pages which just the spaces.
You can download the smaller set of printable comic book templates here.
We also made some extra pages with more speech bubbles, thought bubbles, exclamations and arrows. One page in black and white, the other with a few coloured pieces. You should have enough pieces to write even the most detailed comic!
You can download the set of comic book extras here. All the printables shared in this post are A4 sized pdf files, if you are printing on US 'letter sized' paper be sure to select 'fit' or 'shrink to fit' from your printer options.
The free printables at picklebums.com are for personal use only, you may not sell, share, or link directly to these files.
I hope this will start a fun comic craze in your house too!

Are you kids into comics?
What are some of their favourites?

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Free Printable Comic Book Templates! - Picklebums

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My boys are all about the comic books at the moment. I'm not even sure what started it, the big kids have been reading comics and graphic novels off and on for ages, and the little one loves them for all the cool pictures, but just recently the boys started making their own, and so I made them some printable comic book templates to help them along.