

Take turns describing one of the images, then having the other person guess it and finding each of them.Have multiple children take turns picking an image and circling as many as they can find.Point to or name one of the images, and have your child count how many they can find.… and that is it! If you don’t have a printer, no problem! Just pull the PDF up on a tablet or laptop for the activity. Print the activity page here: New Years I-Spy.Please keep it up.Are you looking for a low-prep activity to do with your kids before they are back at school soon? We have created a New Years themed Find & Count Activity Page, which is perfect for kids of all ages! Materials Needed The fact that so much stuff is free is fantastic. I say all of this to say: Thank you, you are reaching teachers far away and helping.

Next year, I will be leaving the classroom again to be the only reading specialist here and I know I will be on your blog nonstop. These kids could really use some vocab building. I said I wasn’t buying anything else this year for teaching, so I will try the freebie out first to help build vocabulary but something tells me, I’ll be breaking down again and purchasing these soon. But your products have helped me become better. I have definitely learned to be more patient. I’ve been here for 3 years now teaching grade 1 and let me tell you, there is nothing like teaching English as a second language. Just when I thought I knew everything I moved overseas to teach in Qatar. I taught K, 1st and 5th grades in America for 4 years after being a Director at an early learning center for 4 years and then taught Junior college (prospective early years teachers trying to get a degree) for 1 year and coached teachers for grades K-3 for 1 year. Finding your blog and all these amazing freebies is a God’s sent. Iol!! This will be awesome for my ESL students. He was adamant about a “cow gives us milk” he couldn’t get over that. My Three’s favorite way to play is to simply take turns naming the objects and covering them. (Example: Which vegetable is the seed of a plant?) Level 4 – Give clues that relate to the plants themselves. (Example: I spy a vegetable that we can make into a pie.) Level 3 – Give clues that relate to how we eat the vegetables. Level 2 – Have your learner cover vegetables as you name them. Level 1 – Have your learner cover vegetables by their color. Each level gets progressively harder.įor example, on the I Spy Vegetables mat, the levels look like this: I list four levels of play at the bottom of each mat. You can use the I SPY mats however you’d like. He actually asks for these … and his vocabulary is already growing! To play, I simply name the objects on the page (or give a clue to help my preschooler find them), and my little guy covers the objects with poker chips. Zip to the end of the blog post to download the freebie! Watch the video below to see what I created. I need to be more proactive with my youngest. The trip to the museum was a bit of wake up call.

I love my little boy to pieces, but these days there’s less of me to go around.

I read to them more, played with them more, and generally paid them more attention. The truth is that my older kids had stronger vocabulary at this age. My husband looked at me and noted, “I think we need to work on his vocabulary.” Later, when looking at a display of pumpkin seeds, a zucchini, and pumpkin pie, my husband asked him what was behind the glass. On a recent trip to the field museum, my three-year-old looked through the glass at a rhinoceros. Looking for a fun vocabulary builder for young learners? Try these I SPY picture mats!
