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867 hands-on activities to cut, match, sort and build, covering sorting, vocabulary, seasons, plus more. How teachers use these

Activities

867 hands-on activities to cut, match, sort and build, covering sorting, vocabulary, seasons, plus more. How teachers use these

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ActivityPreschoolAlphabet Uppercase Letter Matching Activity

This alphabet uppercase letter matching activity has preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade children match 26 letter cards to a game board. A practice page and answer key are included for easy letter recognition fun.

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Activity2nd GradePrintable Base 10 Blocks

This Printable Base 10 Blocks worksheet gives 2nd graders cut-out hundreds, tens, and ones blocks to build numbers by hand — a no-prep, hands-on way to make place value, counting, and addition click.

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Activity3rd GradeUS States and Capitals Flash Cards

These US states and capitals flash cards help 3rd to 5th grade students learn all 50 capitals, with a locator map on every card. Answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeFinding 10 More 10 Less Activity

This finding 10 more 10 less activity helps 1st and 2nd grade children use a hundred chart to find 10 more and 10 less. Practice page and answer key included.

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ActivityKindergartenCircle Cut Outs

These Circle Cut Outs will quickly give you templates for classroom decoration or student activities.

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ActivityPreschoolStar Cut Outs

This star cut outs activity lets PreK to 1st grade children count star points and sort star cards, then color and cut big stars. A practice page and answer key included.

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ActivityPreschool9 Pieces Blank Puzzle

This 9 pieces blank puzzle activity lets preschool through 3rd grade children draw a picture, cut out nine easy pieces, and build a puzzle to keep or give as a gift.

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Activity4th GradeLight Bulb Cut Outs

This light bulb cut outs worksheet gives 4th grade students four bulbs to fill with electricity facts, color and cut out, making a bright science bulletin board that celebrates what the whole class has learned.

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ActivityPreschoolRhyming Words Matching Activity

This rhyming words matching activity lets PreK to 1st grade children match picture cards that rhyme, like cat and hat. A practice page and answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeMagnets Lesson Plan

Materials available in this Magnets Lesson Plan include two Magnet Activities and four Magnet Worksheets.Our Magnet Lesson Plan provides you with

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Activity3rd GradeLet's Compare Fractions Activity

This let's compare fractions activity is a card game for 3rd to 5th grade where students compare fractions with bar models and record each match. Answer key included.

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ActivityPreschoolSports Flash Cards

These sports flash cards help PreK to 3rd Grade students name 18 sports from pictures of their gear, with an answer key included, to grow everyday vocabulary.

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ActivityPreschoolDonut Cut Outs

These Donut Cut Outs quickly give you templates that can be easily cut and applied for classroom decoration or student activities

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Activity3rd GradeDoghouse Division Activity

This doghouse division activity has 3rd to 5th grade students match puppy division cards to doghouse answer cards, then check with multiplication. Answer key included.

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ActivityPreschoolSequence of Events Activity

This sequence of events activity helps preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade children put picture cards in order and retell stories with first, next, then, and last. An answer key is included.

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ActivityPreschoolNumber Matching Puzzle Activity

This number matching puzzle activity has preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade children count ten-frame pictures and match them to numbers 1 to 10. An answer key is included for quick checking.

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ActivityPreschool42 Pieces Blank Puzzle

Using this42 Pieces Blank Puzzle, students put together puzzle pieces to create a larger picture to build critical thinking and problem solving skills.

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ActivityPreschoolBarn Cut Out

This barn cut out activity lets PreK to 3rd grade children color, cut, fold and glue a 3-D paper barn, roof and silo, then stand six farm animals beside it.

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Activity1st GradeCounting Groups of 10 Activity

Using Counting Groups of 10 Activity, students use the ten frames to count by ten all the way to 120 to build number sense.

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ActivityPreschoolBirthday Flash Cards

These birthday flash cards help preschool to 4th grade students learn 24 party words like cake, candles and presents. Fold-over picture cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.

From our teachers' playbook

Hands busy, brains buzzing

What can kids learn from hands-on activities?

Activities let kids touch, move and talk about what they are learning. Our printable activities include letter and rhyming matching, number puzzles, base 10 blocks, sorting, sequencing, fraction comparing and loads of cut outs for crafts and bulletin boards. Kids build a number with blocks before they write it, or match cat ↔ hat before they ever fill in a rhyme on paper. Moving from the real thing to the written thing is what makes ideas click.

How we use activities to make learning stick

Hands-on time is powerful when it has a clear goal. Here's how we set it up.

Build it before you write it

Print and cut the base 10 blocks, then call out a number like 156. Kids build it on their desk, sketch it, and only then write it. Real objects first, pencil second.

Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.

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Match and say why

With the rhyming words matching activity, kids don't just pair the cards. They say both words out loud and explain how they know they rhyme. Talking it through turns a matching game into real thinking.

Why it works: in a well-known study, a few short sessions of a simple number board game measurably boosted young children's number skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).

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Flash and capture

Use the US states and capitals cards for a partner quiz. One child flashes a state, the other names the capital, and right answers get "captured." Kids are quizzing each other without even noticing.

Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).

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Questions parents and teachers ask about activities

Why are hands-on activities good for kids?

They let kids explore an idea with real objects before working with symbols on paper. That concrete step helps the abstract version make sense later.

How do I use activities in centers?

Set out one activity per center with a clear goal and a quick "show me" job at the end, like recording three answers. Rotate every 10 to 15 minutes so energy stays high.

Do I need special materials for printable activities?

Usually just a printer, scissors and maybe a glue stick. Printing on cardstock and laminating lets you reuse pieces all year.

What ages are these activities for?

We have activities from preschool letter matching up through upper-elementary fractions and division. Filter by grade to find the right fit.