Morning Work Tubs - Christmas and Holiday Fine Motor Bins - December

What's the difference between dreading morning arrival time and loving it? Morning Work Tubs! Engage your kindergarten students with these HOLIDAY Themed, fine motor focused, morning work bins that explore new concepts and offer valuable practice through play for essential skills in both Math and ELA. In this set, you will find everything you need to organize, set up, and get started including 35 activities.

Why Morning Work:
►keeps students engaged in meaningful activities
►provides hands-on practice in essential skills for both ELA and Math concepts
►allows students to work cooperatively with other students
►allows the teacher to complete morning tasks while students work independently
►focuses on essential concepts and standards while incorporating fine motor skills

►builds student confidence as they manage materials and clean-up independently

►are differentiated so all students can feel successful

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Skills Targeted In This Set:
✅ fine motor skills
✅ tracing and cutting

✅ letter formation

✅ alphabetic concept

✅ letter/sound correspondance

✅ sight word work
✅ blending cvc words
✅ number recognition

✅ number formation

✅ counting
✅ number/quantity correspondence
✅ ten frame work
✅ sort and count
✅ greater/less than
✅ addition
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Here's What You'll Find Inside:

►36 Back To School Tub Activity Printables (including some editable ones for sight word work)

►'I Can . . .' cards with picture and activity instructions to build independence for each station
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What teachers are saying:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Oh wow - this was so much fun! Morning work was engaging, fun and a success! Thank you so much for the hands-on learning activities"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My students love these morning tubs...seriously! Even if I don't get around to changing them right away...they never get bored! Thank you for these great, engaging, fine motor skill activities that kids love."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Just like the beginning of the year through December, my students love these resources. They are building fine motor skills while practicing academic skills as well. And...they do it independently."

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Station Activities Included In This Set

Sight Word Paper Punch Garland
String Your CVC Lights
Link Your Lights Sight Words
Linking Gingerbread Numbers and Quantities
Peppermint Sand Sight Words Trays
Playdoh Holiday Counting Math Mats
Playdoh Holiday Counting Making Ten
Playdoh Decorate Your Tree, Gingerbread
Holiday Q-tip Painting
Hidden Christmas Tree Bulbs In Therapy Putty
Hidden Bulbs Find and Sort
Hidden Bulbs Find, Sort, Graph, and Count
Race To Fill Your Bulb
Deck The Halls Ten Frame Self-correcting Cards: Counting Before and After
Deck The Halls Ten Frame Self-correcting Cards: How Many More To Make 10?
Ornaments Grab, Spin, and Win
Fill Your Sleigh Self-Correcting Cards(0-10)
Decorate Your Tree With One More and One Less Self-Correcting Cards
Holiday Sticker Count
Gel Bead Sort
Gel Bead Roll and Win
Jingle All the Way Maze
Holiday Lego Challenge: Tree, Ornament, Stocking
Candy Cane Patterns with Beads
Constructing Letters and Words
Ornament Containers Count and Record
Stocking Stuffer Containers Adding Up
Ornament Lowercase/Capital Matching Puzzles
Ornament Letter Sounds Matching Puzzles
Ornament Simple CVC Words Matching Puzzles
Jingle Bell Patterns Color Patterns
I Spy an Ornament Letter Match Up
I Spy an Ornament Sight Word Match Up
Trim Your Tree With Numbers
Balancing Bulbs
Holiday Straw Necklaces
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►►►If you'd like to see a detailed account of how I implement Morning Work Tubs, what is included in each set, and the materials used, check out my Morning Work Stations page for all the details HERE.

►►►To see these specific activities in action, you can check out my November Morning Work Stations blog post HERE.

Important Teacher Instructions:

Parts of this product may include editable activities. Here's what you need to know in order to make those parts of the packet work for you.

• It is very important that you have the latest version of Adobe Reader loaded on your computer. You must use Adobe Reader to open this file and make it editable.
• If you don't have Adobe Reader, it is a free download you can get just by Googling "Latest Version of Adobe Reader."
• Once you have Adobe Reader downloaded and installed, restart your computer.
• You should now be able to edit any of the blue-shaded areas of this packet and the font will be "primary friendly."

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Other Morning Work Stations Sets You Will Love:

☀️ Morning Work Tubs - Fall Fine Motor Bins for ELA and Math - November

☀️ Morning Work Tubs - Fine Motor Bins for ELA and Math - May

☀️ Morning Work Tubs - Fine Motor for ELA - Math - Year Long Bundle - Kindergarten

☀️ Morning Work Tubs - Halloween Fine Motor Bins for ELA and Math - October

☀️ Morning Work Tubs - Pet Themed Fine Motor Bins

☀️ Morning Work Tubs - Spring Fine Motor Bins for ELA and Math - April

☀️ Morning Work Tubs - St. Patrick's Day Fine Motor Bins for ELA and Math - March

☀️ Morning Work Tubs - Summer Fine Motor Bins for ELA and Math - June

☀️ Morning Work Tubs - Valentine's Fine Motor Bins - ELA & Math - February

☀️ Morning Work Tubs - Winter Fine Motor Bins for ELA and Math - January

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Thank you! Marsha