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Sail into Summer!

2016 Summer Learning Packets for students

entering Kindergarten

Name:________________________________________________________

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Kindergarten Summer Math Ideas

Primary Number Cards:

o After you print and cut them out, place them in a stack so that you and your child

cannot see the number.

o Take turns flipping over one card each.

o Whoever has the largest number, say “Me”

o Repeat until the deck is finished

o For extension – Each person flip over 2 cards, add them together and whoever has

the most, say “Me”

Cube Strips:

o After you print and cut them out you can:

Have your child create a pattern

Have your child color a specific number of cube squares on 2 strips and ask

him/her which strip has more, which has less

Throughout the summer please have your child practice:

o Counting to 30

o Counting backward from 20

o Writing the numbers 0 – 10

o Counting a collection of objects (for example – 6 spoons, 10 toy cars, 3 pillows)

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Kindergarten Math Literature:

Aber, Linda Williams. Grandma's Button Box. (Math Matters Series.)

Angelou, Maya. My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me. Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno’s Counting Book. Baer, Edith. This is the Way We Eat Our Lunch. Bang, Molly. Ten, Nine, Eight. Burns, Marilyn. The Greedy Triangle. Chocolate, Debbi. Kente Colors. Crews, Donald. Ten Black Dots. (Available in Spanish)

Dale, Penny. Ten in Bed. Deitz Shea, Pegi, Cynthia Weill and Pahm Viet-Dinh. Ten Mice for Tet! Dodds, Dayle Ann. The Shape of Things. Dunbar, Joyce. Ten Little Mice. Ehlert, Lois. Color Zoo. Ehlert, Louise. Fish Eyes. Emberley, Rebecca. My Numbers/Mis Numeros. Falwell, Cathryn. Feast for 10. Falwell, Cathryn. Shape Space. Grossman, Virginia. Ten Little Rabbits. Harris, Trudy. Pattern Bugs. Harris, Trudy. Pattern Fish. Hoban, Tana. Count and See. Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes. Keenan, Sheila. More or Less a Mess. Krebs, Laurie. We All Went On Safari: A Counting Journey Through Tanzania. Lionni, Leo. A Busy Year. Lionni, Leo. Inch by Inch. Martin, Bill. Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3. Martin, Jr. Bill, and John Archambault. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Museum 123. Mora, Pat. Uno, Dos, Tres, One, Two, Three. Moss, Lloyd. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin. Murphy, Stuart J. Animals on Board. Murphy, Stuart. The Best Vacation Ever. Murphy, Stuart J. Monster Musical Chairs. Peek, Merle. Roll Over! A Counting Song. Pluckrose, Henry Arthur. Math Counts: Sorting. Reid, Margarette S. The Button Box. Rogers, Paul. The Shapes Game. Roth, Susan L. My Love for You All Year Round. Russo, Marasabina. The Line Up Book. Sloat, Teri. From One to One Hundred. Swinburne, Stephen R. Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes: Patterns in Nature. Turpin, Lorna. The Sultan’s Snakes. Walsh, Ellen Stoll. Mouse Count. Walton, Rick. How Many, How Many, How Many. Wormell, Christopher. Teeth, Tails & Tentacles: An Animal Counting Book.

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◄ June ~ July 2016 ~ August ►

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Notes: Try exploring these websites! http://www.coolmath4kids.com

http://www.funbrain.com

http://fun.Familyeducation.com/sculpting/recipes/37040.htm * Playdoh

Set the goal of completing at least three activities each week! Make a star or

put a sticker on it to keep track

1 Use household

objects to create

patterns – coins,

forks, spoons,

rocks, beans,

buttons, leaves,

sticks, keys,

noodles, etc.

2 Sing nursery rhymes

or children’s songs

Old MacDonald

Eeensy Weensy Spider

Mary Had a Little

Lamb

The Alphabet Song

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little

Star

3 Take a walk and count

cars!

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4th of July

Independence

Day

Play

flashlight tag!

5 Play a game of

Chutes an

Latters or

Candy land!

6 Swim, bike,

run, jump rope,

swing, gallop,

do jumping

jacks or

something

active today!

7 Name five

active things

you did today

that exercised

your muscles?

8 Take a nature walk

and make a

“treasure”

collection of found

items

9 Make a sand castle, dig

in the dirt, or make

mud today.

Practice pouring or

measuring liquids in a

bubble bath

afterwards!

10 Make a paper plate

clock to practice

telling time to the

hour.

11 Count the

change in

Mom’s purse

or Dad’s

pocket on

Mondays.

12 Use a piggy

bank or cup of

change to

practice

naming coins

and their

value.

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Roll two dice.

Use the

numbers

shown to

practice

adding and

subtracting.

14 Take a walk

and see how

many animals,

birds, or

insects you

see. Count and

compare

numbers of

each.

15 Use Skittles,

M&Ms or Reese’s

candy to make

different

patterns.

16 Create story

problems

Draw a picture & solve

it. (Mom bought 5

apples. Joey ate 2. How

many apples are left?

17 Estimate and then

count the number of

spoons in the house.

18 Count the

change in

Mom’s purse

or Dad’s

pocket on

Mondays.

19 Estimate and

then count the

number of

rectangles,

circles,

squares, etc.

in your room.

20 Count cars,

trucks,

campers, etc.

on the

highway, etc.

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Play with

Dominos ~

Identify

number of

dots, make

patterns,

practice

adding and

subtracting

22 Count steps and

windows at home

and wherever

staying on

vacations.

23 Make Playdoh*

Materials: Bowl, 1 cup

cold water, 1 cup salt,

2 teaspoons vegetable

oil Tempera paint or

food coloring, 3 cups

flour 2 tablespoons

cornstarch

24 Take a walk or drive

and play “I

Spy”….something

yellow, something tall,

something shiny, etc.

25 Count by 1’s

5’s and/or

10’s while

skipping,

jumping,

jumping rope,

snapping, etc.

26 Help in

the kitchen:

Measure, mix,

pour, cook

Help clean up

or put away

dishes

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Go on an

insect walk

around your

yard or

neighborhood.

How many can

you find?

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Count the steps

needed to walk

from outside to

your bed.

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Help set the

table – focus on

left, right,

middle positions.

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write down how many

jumps you can do on

your left foot, your

right foot, and with

both feet together

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◄ July ~ August 2016 ~ September ►

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Read a bed time

story

Count pages

Notice shapes

Try to predict

what might

happen next in

the story

3 Practice making

letters or

numbers in

shaving cream or

soap

4 Fill the sink or a

tub full of water,

decide if objects

sink or float

5 Practice tying

the laces on your

shoes!

6 Play a game of

Chutes an

Latters or

Candy land!

7 Help in the

kitchen:

Measure, mix,

pour, cook

Help clean up or

put away dishes

8 Estimate and

then count the

number of

rectangles,

circles, squares,

etc. in your home.

9 Count by 1’s 5’s

and/or 10’s while

skipping, jumping,

jumping rope,

snapping, etc.

10 Using a model

Practice writing

letters or

numbers

Practice writing

your name

11 Take a walk

or drive and play

“I spy”…

something yellow,

something tall,

something shiny,

etc.

12 Roll two dice.

Use the numbers

shown to practice

adding and

subtracting.

13 Play with

Dominos ~

Identify number

of dots, make

patterns,

practice adding

and subtracting

14 Swim, bike,

run, jump rope,

swing, gallop, do

jumping jacks or

something active

today

15 Sing nursery

rhymes or

children’s songs

Old MacDonald

Eeensy Spider

16 Name five active

things you did

today that

exercised your

muscles?

17 Play outside, find

small sticks, and

make a fairy

house

18 Read a bed time

story

Count pages

Notice shapes

Predict the story

19 Make a sand

castle, dig in the

dirt, or make mud

today.

Practice pouring

or measuring

liquids in a bubble

bath afterwards!

20 Make a paper

plate clock to

practice telling

time to the hour. Use clock flash

cards if you have

them

21 Draw, color, or

paint and make a

pattern

Identify colors

that you used

22 Use a piggy

bank or cup of

change to

practice naming

coins and their

value.

23 Practice using

positional words:

Above, under,

over, around-

focus on one

position word for

each day

24 Help in the

kitchen:

Measure, mix,

pour, cook

Help clean up or

put away dishes

25 Make

something into a

musical

instrument:

example

Shoebox drum

Paper plate

tambourine

26 Swim, bike,

run, jump rope,

swing, gallop, do

jumping jacks or

something active

today

27 Name five active

things you did

today that

exercised your

muscles?

28 Play a pretend

game

29 Practice tying

the laces on your

shoes!

30 Read a bed time

story

Count pages

Notice shapes

Try to predict

what might

happen next in

the story

31 Make a story

book of memories

from your

summer

Notes: Set the goal of completing at least three activities

each week! Make a star or put a sticker on it to

keep track

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More fun ideas!!!!!!

25 Ways to Use Magnetic Letters at Home 1. Letter Play Encourage children to play with the magnetic letters on the refrigerator or on a table.

Playing with letters allows children to learn more about how they look.

2. Making Names A child’s name is the most important word. Have children make their names

several times, mixing up the letters, making their names and checking them with their names written on a

card.

3. Letter Match Invite children to find other letters that look exactly the same as the letter in

their name. (ie. place a m on the refrigerator and have the child find all the ones that look like it). They

don’t need to know the letter name.

4. Name Game Have children make names of friends and family. Have them make the name, mix the

letters, and make the names several times.

5. Making Words Make a simple word like mom or dad or sun and have your child make the same

word by matching each letter below the model.

6. Alphabet Train Have your child put the lower case magnetic letters in the order of the

alphabet. Then they can point to them and sing the alphabet song. Have them repeat the process with

capital letters.

7. Consonant/Vowel Sort Have children sort the consonant letters and the vowel letters.

8. Feature Sort Have children sort letters in a variety of ways-i.e. letters with long sticks and

letters with short sticks, letters with circles and letters with no circles, letters with tunnels and letters

with dots, letters with slanted sticks and letters with straight sticks.

9. Color Sort Have children sort all the red, blue, yellow letters.

10. Uppercase/Lower Case Match Have children match the uppercase letters with the

lowercase letter.

11. Writing Letters Have children select ten different letters and write each letter on a paper.

They can use the magnetic letter as a model.

12. Writing Words Have children make five simple words (such as dog, fun, big, hat, like, sit) and

then write them on paper.

13. Making Food Words Make some words that identify food-ie. bun, corn, rice. Have children

draw pictures of each, mix the letters, and make the words again.

14. Making Color Words Give children a list of color words with and item made in that color as a

picture support (ie. a red ball). Have children make the color word with magnetic letters using the model,

mix the letters, and make it again several times.

15. Making Number Words Give children a list of numbers with the number word next to each.

Have children make the word and mix the letters two or three times.

16. Letter Names Specify a color and have the children take one colored letter at a time and say

the letter name.

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17. Magazine Match Look through a magazine or newspaper with children, cutting out some large

print simple words (such as box, man, boy). Glue them on a sheet of paper with plenty of space below

each. Have children make each word below the printed one.

18. Find The Letter Make a set of alphabet letters, upper and lower case, on a set of index cards.

Shuffle the deck and take turns drawing a card and finding the magnetic letter that corresponds to it.

19. Letter in the Circle Draw two circles and place an h in one and an o in the other. Have

children put letters in the h circle and say how they are like the h. Do the same with the o. This activity

will help children learn to look at features of letters. Vary the letters in the circles; accept their

explanations about what they are noticing.

20. Change the Word Build several simple words and show the children how to change, add or take

away a letter to form new words. (i.e. me, he, we; me, my; at, hat). After the demonstration put the

needed letters in a special place in an empty container for them to practice.

21. Alphabet Sequence Place the letter a on the table and have the child find the next letter (b)

and put it next to it. Place the letter c next to the b and have the child look for the next letter (d).

Continue through the alphabet with lowercase letters. Repeat with upper case letters.

22. Letter Sort Place a pile of magnetic letters on the table for the child to spread out. Have the

child put all letters that are the same together in a pile. Then if appropriate, have the child give lithe

letter name for each pile.

23. Letter Chains Make a five letter chain (i.e. pfmno). Have children find the same letters and

make the same chain below your model. Then have the children make a chain that you copy.

24. Letter Bingo Make two cards with a grid of three boxes across and three down. Trace one

lowercase letter in each box. Put a pile of magnetic letter that are representing the letters on the cards

and some that are not in a plastic bowl. Play a letter bingo game. Take turns taking a letter saying its

name, and then placing the letter in the box if there is a match. If there is no match put the letter back

in the bowl. The first to fill three bows across, down, or diagonally says, Bingo and wins the game. Play

the same game with upper case letters.

25. Rhyming Pairs Use a magnetic cookie sheet. Make a simple three letter word such as dog, bug,

cat, fan, can, hot, man, net pan, rat, sit. Say the word and then say a second word that rhymes (dog-log,

bug-mug, cat-fat). Ask the child to make the rhyming word below each.

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Summer 2016 Reading Log Student Name: __________________

Date Book Title pages/minutes read

Parent/Guardian initials