If you've ever read this blog before you know I LOVE Tara West! And her products have so many uses in speech.
I bought these learning mats and I am going to send them home with my caseload. They have a tone of ideas for parents on how to target reading and language at home! The best part is they are editable- so you can target just language and reading if you want ;)
In Canada, the preschool pack is equivalent to our kindergarten, so I send them to that age group and I can edit whatever I like :)
This is what Tara says:
" What are the Homework Learning Mats?
Thanks so much for viewing my Homework Learning Mats: Preschool Edition. This packet is designed to offer a fun and engaging way to practice learning skills throughout the school year at home. The packet includes 40 weeks of learning mats and a parent note. The learning mat gives the students 5 days of math and ELA practice each week. The students will also be able to practice additional skills via the Three-In-A-Row game board. Along with practicing skills, the students will have a built-in incentive right on the mats. Each day the students complete a task, they will add a picture to the image in the lower left corner.
**VIEW A DETAILED VIDEO ABOUT THIS PACKET HERE**
What is included?
- 40 weeks of Homework Learning Mats (4 weeks per month September-June)
- Parent Note
- Editable Homework Learning Mats (Math Skills, ELA Skills, Three-In-A-Row board)
- Editable Parent Note
- SPANISH version **INCLUDED**
Tell me more about the Homework Learning Mats!
The Homework Learning Mats give students five days of practice for ELA and math. The five days breakdown like this:
- Move-Your-Fingers Monday
- Tap-It-Out Tuesday
- Whip-Up-A- Web Wednesday
- Think-It-Out Thursday
- Fast-N-Fluent Friday
What skills are covered?
September Math:
- Oral Counting
- Colors
- Sorting
- 2D Shapes
- Numbers to 5
September ELA:
- Writing First Name
- Letters within their Name
- Alphabet
- Rhyming
- Syllables
October Math:
- Oral Counting
- 2D Shapes
- Patterning
- Numbers to 5
- Counting
October ELA:
- Writing First Name
- Letters within their Name
- Rhyming
- Drawing/Telling a story
November Math:
- Oral Counting
- Positional Words
- Numbers to 10
November ELA:
- Writing Letters in Alphabet
- Beginning Sounds
- Rhyming
- Fluency for letters & sounds
- Drawing/Telling a story
December Math:
- Oral Counting
- Numbers to 10
- Measurement
- Comparing to 10
December ELA:
- Counting Syllables
- Fluency for letters & sounds
- Drawing/Telling a story
January Math:
- Oral Counting
- Patterning
- 3D Shapes
- Comparing to 10
January ELA:
- Beginning Sounds
- Word Families
- Fluency for letters & sounds
- Drawing/Telling a story
February Math:
- Oral Counting
- 3D Shapes
- Counting
- Writing #’s to 10
February ELA:
- Rhyming
- Word Families
- Fluency letters & sounds
- Drawing/Telling a story
March Math:
- Oral Counting
- Comparing #’s to 10
- Sorting
- Writing #’s to 10
March ELA:
- Responds to text
- Word Families
- Letters in Last Name
- Drawing/Telling a story
April Math:
- Oral Counting
- Estimation
- Writing #’s to 10
- What Comes Next
April ELA:
- Asks/Answers questions
- Drawing/Telling a story
- Environmental Print
May Math:
- Oral Counting
- Subtraction/Addition
- Comparing by Size Combos to 5
May ELA:
- Beginning Sounds
- Asks/Answers questions
- Drawing/Telling a story
June Math:
- Oral Counting Numbers to 10
- Write Numbers to 10
- Combos to 5
June ELA:
- Counting Syllables
- Asks/Answers questions
- Drawing/Telling a story"
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