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Alphabet Sound Popsicle Match
Material: popsicle stick, papers with upper and lower case letters, and a picture of something that starts with those letters, glue

Objective: students will find the matching upper and lower case letters with the picture of the correct object/animal

activity: Students will glue the correct picture, uppercase letter, and lowercase letter onto the popsicle stick. They will do this for the whole alphabet.

Source:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Literacy-Center-Alphabet-Sound-Popsicle-Match-5747320?st=f704b577aba03c82c18224880428a62a

TEKS: PK4.III.C.1 Child recognizes and names at least 20 letters (upper- or lower-case letters).

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This is a simple summer themed matching game for your literacy center. Students will match the parts of the popsicle with the correct uppercase and lowercase letter along with identifying the first sound in the picture.

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Literacy Center: Alphabet Sound Popsicle Match

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This is a simple summer themed matching game for your literacy center. Students will match the parts of the popsicle with the correct uppercase and lowercase letter along with identifying the first sound in the picture. ...

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Counting Center: There will be a blank watermelon paper slip with a number printed on the rind. The students will glue the correct amount of paper seeds onto the watermelon.
Craft Center: students will get the opportunity to create their own sunshine and will write their names as well. They can color and design their sun however they want and incorporate their name.
Sensory Center: students will be playing in a sandbox building sand castles
Dramatic Play Center: Students will be given supplies to act as if they are selling ice cream or lemonade.
Math Center: there will be paper ice cream scoops with numbers 1-10, two scoops with an addition and subtraction sign, and ice cream cones with numbers. Students will make their own math problems to the best of their ability

https://pocketofpreschool.com/summer-activities-centers-for-little-learners/
https://thekindergartenconnection.com/summer-centers-and-activities-for-pre-k-kindergarten/

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Students will draw a hopscotch/obstacle course out of chalk and then they will have to go through the course correctly. The students can draw whatever they want and challenge their classmates to go through their obstacle course.

https://napacenter.org/gross-motor-skills-summer/

PK4.IX.A.2 Child coordinates a sequence of movements to perform tasks.

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NAPA Team

Gross motor skills are skills that involve the large muscles of the arms, legs and trunk such as sitting, walking and running. They also include higher level skills such as climbing, skipping, and throwing and catching a ball.

When a child's gross motor development is delayed, physical therapy is often prescribed to help a child work towards gaining gross motor skills. A physical therapist works on an array of foundational skills to help a child maximize his or her gross motor potential including:

Here are five gross motor activities that will keep your child engaged and progressing toward the goals you and your physical therapist have set.

1. Simon Says

Simon Says is a fun way to help your child improve body awareness and movement planning. Start by having your child point to specific body parts and imitate body poses that you demonstrate. Once your child is able to imitate your modeled direction, increase the challenge by just saying the action you want your child to execute.

2. Playing Catch

Catch is a time-tested tradition and also a great way to work on gross motor skills . Start with larger balls and gradually make them smaller as your child's skill level increases. Use balloons, deflated beach balls, or soft, spongy balls for children who are still mastering catching - they move slower and are more forgiving if a catch is missed. If your child picks up the catching and throwing movements quickly, consider increasing the challenge by having them stand on a squishy surface (pillow, couch cushion) or on one leg while playing.

3. Dancing

Dancing is a way to work on gross motor skills while expressing freedom and creativity and teaching a sense of rhythm at the same time. Choose songs that you know your child will enjoy and that include specific movements, like "I'm a Little Teapot" and the "Hokey Pokey." Dancing will help develop balance, coordination, sensory processing, motor learning and planning and body awareness.

4. Walk Like an Animal or Wheelbarrow Walking

Walk like a bear on all fours to the bathtub. Crabwalk to your bed. Wheelbarrow walk to the car. Animal walks are a great way to develop upper body strength, body awareness and overall coordination.

Cabin fever kicking in? Let's take a visit to the zoo! Animal walks are a great way to spend some time in the backyard, challenging your kiddo's imagination, strength and coordination. Give them a try and don't forget to tag us in your animal parade. 🐻🦆🦀🐛🐸

Posted by NAPA Center on Wednesday, May 20, 2020

5. Homemade Obstacle Course

Whether in the house or outside, setting up a small obstacle course with objects found around the house is a great way to build several gross motor skills into one activity. Pillows make great stepping stones, tunnels can be found rather inexpensively on Amazon, and old pieces of wood make excellent balance beams. You can make the course as basic or as complex as your child can handle, and you always have the option of changing it to add variety and greater challenge.

Looking for more NAPA fun? We have more therapy-approved activities for you!

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Five Activities to Build Gross Motor Skills for Summer

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Gross motor skills are skills that involve the large muscles of the arms, legs and trunk such as sitting, walking and running. They also include higher level skills such as climbing, skipping, and throwing and catching a ball. When a child's gross motor development is delayed, physical therapy is often prescribed to help a child work towards gaining gross motor skills.

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Students will pull a cone out of the bin with a number on it. Then the students will take the tongs, grab the correct amount of puff balls and stack them up to look like ice cream cones. This will help the students with recognizing a number and counting correctly.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/169166529740263769/

PK4.V.A.2 Child counts up to 10 objects with one-on-one correspondence.

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Summer Math That's Perfect for a Preschool Ice Cream Theme

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May 5, 2016 - Hands on summer math that is just perfect for a kindergarten or preschool ice cream theme. Great for working on fine motor skills and counting with kids.

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7:50-8:30 - arrival and welcome
8:30-9:00 - breakfast/snack time
9:00-9:30 - circle time
9:30-10:00 - centers
10:00-11:00 - outside
11:00-11:30 - bathroom break
11:30-1:00 - nap time
1:00-1:30 - wake up and bathroom break
1:30-2:00 - snack time
2:00-2:30 - centers
2:30-2:45 - read aloud
2:45-3:05 - centers and dismissal

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The type of weather you may feel in summer

The kind of activities you could do in the summertime

What you would wear in the summertime

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obstacle course: a course that a child will go through in a certain order

counting: determining a certain number of objects within a certain area

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I would have a water day with my students. Throughout the entire unit we have been going over the theme of summer and by giving the students an opportunity to have a water day and just relax and have fun will be something that they would love to do. I would carve out two-three hours of the school day towards the end of the day so they aren't going through the rest of the day with wet clothes. I would save this for a day when I know we are getting to the end of the school year when learning starts to slow down and the end-of-the-year parties are starting.

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Summer is an important theme for preschool because every child loves summer. Summer reminds them of no school for two and a half months, hot weather for being outside and playing with their friends, going on a vacation with their family, and going to the pool. This unit is a way to make learning fun.

PK4.I.C.7 Child interacts with peers and has preferred friends

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In my swimming pool

(sung to the tune of: "Row, row, row your boat")

pop, pop, popsicle

a yummy frozen treat

Cherry, lemon, orange, grape

cool and fun to eat

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You are my sunshine

you are my sunshine

my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are gray

You'll never know dear

How much I love you

Please don't take my sunshine away

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Bright sun

(Sung to the tune of: “row, row, row your boat”)

Bright sun shining down (spread fingers and move slowly downwards)

Shining on the ground.

What a lovely face you have (make a large circle in front of you face with arms)

Yellow, big, and round

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Swimming

I can dive (move hands flattened together)

I can swim (swimming motion)

I can float (hands out to the sides with head thrown back)

I can fetch.

But dog paddle (paddle like a dog) is the stroke that I do best.

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In summer, pour on lotion, rub it in, perfect for my summer skin. On my bike, or in the pool, a sip of water keeps me cool. Shades are on, flipflops too, in summer, there’s so much to do.

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summer sun is shining down, shining down, shining down. Summer sun is shining down, down on me.

Time to put the sunscreen on, sunscreen on, sunscreen on, time to put the sunscreen on, all over me.

Now we can play in the pool, in the pool, in the pool. Now we can play in the pool, Splish, splash, splash.

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Summer is the hottest of all seasons, you can have ice cream without any reason. Nights are short and days are long, time to holidays to sing a travel song. The sun shines so bright in the blue sky, keep sipping water as your throat is dry, bathing in the river or the city pool, eat watermelons to keep you cool, summer is the hottest of all seasons, you can have ice cream without any reason.

Summer is the hottest of all seasons, you can have ice cream without any reason. Nights are short and days are long, time to holidays to sing a travel song. The sun shines so bright in the blue sky, keep sipping water as your throat is dry, bathing in the river or the city pool, eat watermelons to keep you cool, summer is the hottest of all seasons, you can have ice cream without any reason.

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Summer Song | Seasons Song | Nursery Rhymes | Bindi's Music & Kids Rhymes

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Hot, hot, hot! Hot, hot, hot! Hot, hot, hot!

I go to the pool, I play in the water, it is very hot, the season is summer.

I go to the beach, I build a sandcastle, it is very hot, the season is summer.

The season is summer and its hot, hot, hot!

The season is summer and its hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!

I ride on a boat, I go swimming, it is very hot, the season is summer

It is Father’s Day, it is childrens day, it is graduation, the season is summer.

The season is summer and its hot, hot, hot!

The season is summer and its hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!

Hot, hot, hot! Hot, hot, hot! Hot, hot, hot! Hot, hot, hot!

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SUMMER ♫| Seasons Song | Wormhole Learning - Songs For Kids

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I love summertime. I love summertime. I love (I love) summertime (summertime). I love (I love) summertime (summertime).

I really like the beach; I really like the ocean. And all the creatures in the sea, I want to see in motion (don’t forget your lotion).

Beach (beach), ocean (ocean), palm trees (palm trees), in the sun (In the sun).

I love summertime. I love summertime. I love (I love) summertime (summertime). I love (I love) summertime (summertime).

I really like the woods. I really like the rivers. The sun is hot in the sky, but the water makes me shiver (don’t fall in the river).

Forest (forest), River (river), Mountains (mountains), in the sun (in the sun).

I love summertime. I love summertime. I love (I love) summertime (summertime). I love (I love) summertime (summertime).

I really like the city. I really like the streets. Everyone’s out day and night, eating lots of treats (don’t eat too many sweets).

Streets (streets). Parties (parties). Ice cream (ice cream). In the sun (in the sun).

I love summertime. I love summertime. I love (I love) summertime (summertime). I love (I love) summertime (summertime).

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The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids

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Summer Songs for Kids | I Love Summertime | The Singing Walrus

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What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer. What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer.

I like to swim. I like to bike. I like to surf. I like to hike.

What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer. What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer.

I like to read. I like to camp. I like to play. I like to dance.

What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer. What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer.

Swim. Bike. Surf. Hike. Read. Camp. Play. Dance.

What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer. What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer.

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The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids

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Summer Song for Kids | The Singing Walrus

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Rey, H. A. (2014). Curious george goes to the beach. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publ.

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Smith, S. (2016). What can you see in summer? Raintree.

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The night before summer vacation. (2012). Paw Prints.

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Peto, V. (2018). Is it warm enough for ice cream? DK Publishing.

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Wing, N., Pierce, M., & Moore, C. C. (2007). The night before summer camp. Scholastic.

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Pfeffer, R., & Austin, M. (2018). Summer supper. Random House.

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Crews, N. (2022). One hot Summer Day. Greenwillow Books.

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Rockwell, A. F., & Rockwell, H. (2016). At the beach. Aladdin.

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Ransom, C. (2020). Beach day! Random House Books for Young Readers.

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IWAMURA, K. (2023). Hooray for Summer! NORTH-SOUTH BOOKS.

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Lonning, K. C., & Look, L. (2019). The wonders of summer.

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Yee, W. H. (2014). Summer Days and nights. Scholastic Inc.

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Murray, D., & Persico, Z. (2019). Summer color! Scholastic.

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Sís, P. (2015). Ice cream summer. Scholastic Press.

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Brenner, T., & Kim, J. (2021). And then comes summer. Candlewick Press.

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Alphabet Ice Cream

Material: Ice cream cones and scoops with letters on them and Velcro

Objective: Students will be able to match the uppercase letter with its correct lowercase letter.

Activity: Students will have a mix of uppercase letters on ice cream scoops with velcro on the back and then a mix of lowercase letters on ice cream cones with velcro on the back. The students will pair up the upper and lowercase letters on a mat with velcro.

Source: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Letter-Matching-Activity-for-Uppercase-and-Lowercase-Letters-Alphabet-Ice-Cream-5649428?st=f704b577aba03c82c18224880428a62a

TEKS: PK4.III.C.1 Child recognizes and names at least 20 letters (upper- or lower-case letters).

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Kids love ice cream and they will love practicing matching uppercase and lowercase letters with these free printable Alphabet Ice Creams. They are great for pre-K and kindergarten-aged kiddos and also perfect for ESL newcomers and beginners. Use as an uppercase and lowercase letter matching activity, as a letter matching game or as a bright and colorful summer-themed wall display.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
You will receive one downloadable PDF file which includes the following:

26 printable alphabet ice creams (four per A4 page). Each ice cream has the uppercase letter printed on the scoop and the lowercase letter printed on the cone.

Teachers' Notes- including instructions for preparing and using the activity

IDEAS FOR USING ALPHABET ICE CREAMS

Use the ice creams when introducing a new letter or sound.

Jumble all the ice cream cones and scoops on the table or the floor. Have your students match the correct uppercase and lowercase letters.

Create a colorful alphabet wall display using the alphabet ice creams.

Play a game of concentration. Place all the ice cream cones and scoops face down on the table or floor. Players take turns turning over one ice cream cone and one ice cream scoop. If the uppercase letter and the lowercase letter match, they keep the letters and have another turn. If they don't match, the next player has their turn. When all ice creams have been matched, the winner is the player who has the most ice creams.

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Letter Matching Activity for Uppercase and Lowercase Letters- Alphabet Ice Cream

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Kids love ice cream and they will love practicing matching uppercase and lowercase letters with these free printable Alphabet Ice Creams. They are great for pre-K and kindergarten-aged kiddos and also perfect for ESL newcomers and beginners. Use as an uppercase and lowercase letter matching activity...

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Ice Cream Stack

Materials: Ice cream cones with numbers on them, ice cream scoops with different representations of numbers

objective: students will recognize the number and what representation of the number pairs with it.

Activity: The students will start out with a number on the cone. Then they will find the corresponding ice cream scoops that belong with the number. Once they have one number finished, they will move onto a different number and continue that same process.

Source: https://turnertots.com/2022/06/02/summer-math-activities-for-preschoolers/

TEKS: PK4.V.A.7 Child begins to understand that numbers 0-10 can be composed and decomposed in various ways to represent a quantity.

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