The Possibilities Are Endless...

I love having friends who are also teachers.  This summer I have spent a lot of time with a couple of kindergarten superstar teachers, Hope & Cris.  Both of these ladies are INCREDIBLE teachers who are always sharing their fantastic ideas with me.

On a daily recent shopping trip to the Dollar Tree, we came away with a bunch of these packs of 25 die-cut shapes.

So, Cris and Hope got right to work in creating a bunch of games that their little kindergarteners could enjoy.  The gist of their games is to sort or match a particular skill that they have written on cards.  Since I teach 2nd grade, I had to take their ideas and tweak them a bit.  Here is what I've come up with so far...

Synonym Match

Kids will turn all 24 cards face down.  They will then turn 2 over at a time trying to make a match of synonyms.  (The only reason I put a sticker on the back of each card is in the event I use this particular die-cut shape for another game and I needed something to show that these cards go together because they all have smiley face stickers on them.)  They will use this recording sheet.

Similarly, I made an Antonym Match game.

And finally, a compound word game was in order.  (These have self-checking stickers on the back because the cards will all start face up.)

If you'd like an editable version, just email me (belinda.kinney@gmail.com).  The title font is LD Cute Curls and can be found here.

Here are a couple of resources you might find helpful:

• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Compound Words