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Alphabet Mazes

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If you haven’t already noticed, I love mazes!  I loved them even more a child, and now that I’m all grown up I think they are a fantastic learning tool when paired up with educational content.  This basic idea is the concept behind our newest website: BrainyMaze.com

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On Brainy Maze, you’ll find Hundreds of Free Mazes for Kids, all of which have been created with education in mind.  With our newest Letter Maze Set, Children can work their way through the alphabet, while learning beginning letter sounds and practicing key handwriting skills.  This set features the entire lowercase alphabet and would compliment our letter of the week Alphabet Curriculum Notebook quite well!

These would make great review worksheets for young children entering Kindergarten or First Grade.

Print Free From BrainyMaze.com.

Find More Free Mazes Here.

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Uppercase Alphabet Letter Mazes

Number Mazes

Skip Counting Mazes

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Lowercase Alphabet Mazes

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LowercaseLetterMazesYoung children love to do mazes, and these Animal Alphabet Mazes are just right for building key motor control skills while having fun learning about animals.  This set is available free on BrainyMaze.com and features:

  • Letter Formation
  • Short Reading Practice
  • Tracing Animal with Beginning Letter
  • Lowercase Letter Maze
  • Lowercase Handwriting Practice

 

Tracing is a a great way to build those small muscle movements as children move their pencil along each animal outline.  There are many fun Rainforest animals and Australian Animals included in this set so children are sure to be engaged when learning the names of new creatures.  Text for each page is written in an, “A is for….” format using an EZ Read Dyslexia font.  Children then solve the lowercase letter maze and practice their handwriting skills with letter tracing at the bottom.

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These would make great review worksheets for young children entering Kindergarten or First Grade.

Print Free From BrainyMaze.com.

Find More Free Mazes Here.

 

 

 

Beginning Sound Clip Cards

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I don’t know about you, buy my children love hands on activities 10x more than just printable worksheets.  It’s one of the reasons I was inspired to create FileFolderFun.com, and our newest site: BrainyMaze.com.

The main purpose of Brainy Maze is to combine the FUN of mazes with BRAIN building opportunities so children don’t even know they are learning.  Mazes build attention span, logical thinking and problem solving skills.  When paired with fun age appropriate activities it’s a win-win for kids and teachers alike!

You can find over 100 printable mazes on BrainyMaze.com.  Take the Mega Maze challenge as you work your way through six levels of play.  Choose from a variety of thematic mazes to incorporate into your classroom units.

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ABCClipCardsYou can even print mazes for your Tots and Preschoolers like this new set of ABC Maze and Clip Cards.

These are specially designed for little hands to try the maze then find the beginning letter sound.  Clipping with a clothespin or paperclip provides even more small motor control and builds those important muscles children will need as they grow.  Laminate this set and use with a dry erase marker for hours of learning!

Print ABC Maze and Clip Cards Free from BrainyMaze.com

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Have a Serious Maze Enthusiast at home?

Take the Mega Maze Challenge.

 

 

ASL Worksheets & Mazes

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A collection of Alphabet mazes featuring ASL hand signs along with uppercase and lowercase letter practice. These mazes are great for children learning basic hand signs, and provide opportunity to practice small motor control and dexterity.  Handwriting practice for both uppercase and lowercase letters is provided below.

Print ASL Mazes free from Brainy Maze

If you are looking for premium ASL teaching resources, we have a 104pg ASL Activity Pack you can use with your students.

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ASL Alphabet Activity Pack

Our ASL ABC eBook is filled with printable resources you can use to create hands on learning games, charts and follow up worksheets for children. Featuring high-quality photographs this set is print ready for use in your homeschool or standard size classroom.  Recommended for grades K-3.

 

 

Free Alphabet Maze Printables

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If you have a little one learning their ABC’s I’ve got a fantastic resources for you today!

As a special thank you to our newsletter subscribers I’ve put together this amazing pack of Alphabet worksheets.

Each worksheet includes the upper and lowercase letter to trace as well as a beginning sound letter maze.

The possibilities are vast for these resources;

  • Laminate and use as playdough mats
  • Place in a pocket protector and reuse with Dry Erase Markers
  • Hang in the classroom for children to trace with their fingers.

I even made a set for older children:

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This is a great way to sneak in a little extra handwriting practice!

Check out these free printable worksheets from BrainyMaze.com

Hands on Alphabet Printables

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If you’re looking for a fun way for your little one’s to learn the basic shapes of the the uppercase letters, I’ve got a great free printable set for you.

I’ve just added these to our Alphabet Printables at File Folder Fun and you can print a set in color or black and white.  You could even print them on colored paper if you want colored versions without paying for all the ink.

 

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If you have a laminator, definitely use it on these before cutting the shapes out, as these will get lots of use.

Children can use these shapes to make the entire uppercase alphabet, making this set extra useful.  My children started making pictures with them, so I’m sure they will inspire a little creativity in your kids as well.

Print your own Hands on Alphabet Here

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Looking for more Alphabet Activities?  Check out our Letter of the Week Preschool Curriculum!

 

 

Letter of the Day Worksheets

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Preschool and Kindergarten children who are learning their alphabet will love these Free Letter of the Day worksheets from PreschoolMom.com

Each worksheet is filled with different activities and skills children can build upon on a daily basis.

-Read & Identify the letter
-Say the Sound
-Trace Uppercase
-Trace Lowercase
-Write Uppercase & Lowercase
-Color Beginning letter animal
-Seek and Find letter
-Draw (items that begin with your letter)
-ABC Order

Print the entire set of worksheets free from Preschool Mom

Find More Alphabet Preschool Printables Here

Find Bible ABC Printables Here.

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Preschool Printables

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I have recently updated our Free Preschool Printables section of PreschoolMom.com!

We have over 30 themes with numerous printables and activities you can use in your homeschool or classroom.

Here’s a sneak peek…..Click Here for links to all these units!

Be sure to check out more resources at KindergartenMom.com

BTW- We have a separate newsletter for our Preschool Mom website! 

Many of these sets include handwriting practice, alphabet themes, printable charts, file folder games, wordwall cards, crafts, science activities and more!

Alphabet Printables

American Sign Language Printables

Australia Printables

Butterfly Printables

Colors Printables

Community Helper Printables

Days of the Week Printables

Dinosaur Printables

Click Here for Full List

 

 

Making a Classroom Quilt: Printables!

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Yup, just for you!

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We’ve got ABC’s, 123’s, and everything in between!

You can print it all FREE!

Wondering how to use the printables?

It couldn’t be eaiser!

 


Print up a set of Classroom Quilt Printables. You can use regular paper, if children are coloring with markers or watercoloring you might use cardstock instead.


Print up a set of Classroom Quilt Printables. You can use regular paper, if children are coloring with markers or watercoloring you might use cardstock instead.

NOTE: Some of our Classroom Quilt printables even come with optional handwriting practice on the side. You can instruct children to cut this part off first, write their name on it and turn it in.


NOTE: Some of our Classroom Quilt printables even come with optional handwriting practice on the side. You can instruct children to cut this part off first, write their name on it and turn it in.

Have each child color in their own quilt square. Have them write their names on the back.


Have each child color in their own quilt square. Have them write their names on the back.

Have each child cut out their own quilt square. There are easy cut dotted lines around the square.


Have each child cut out their own quilt square. There are easy cut dotted lines around the square.

Show children how to slide their square into the correct pocket.


Show children how to slide their square into the correct pocket.


This is the Quilt Pocket Chart we use, however any bulletin board or blank wall space works too!

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Stand back and enjoy your classroom quilt! These look amazing when they are filled up with children's artwork!


Stand back and enjoy your classroom quilt!
These look amazing when they are filled up with children’s artwork!

 

Like our Classroom Quilt Pocket Chart?
Here’s where we got it!

Ready to make your own?

Click Here for ALL of our Classroom Quilt Printables

ABC Quilt

123 Quilt

Alphabet Animals Quilt

Butterfly Quilt

Christmas Quilt

Community Helpers Quilt

Earth Day

Easter Quilt

Farm Animal Quilt

Seasons Quilt

 

Want to suggest a theme?

Have an idea for using these in the classroom?

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