June Morning Tubs

Do you need June or Summer Math and Literacy Centers? Morning tubs are often used as students are coming in and settling in for the day. They engage kids while attendance is being taken, homework folders are being opened and checked, and those types of daily tasks. Math and Literacy Centers are great for a couple of reasons.

1. Building Independence: Kids are able to work on their own or in small groups at their table to use their bin(s). It encourages them to self-start and learn/play on their own.
2. Socialization: Math and Literacy Centers give kids a chance to work together in small groups. They get to share pieces, solve problems together, and even just talk, play, and learn for a few minutes with a couple of their tablemates.
3. Creativity and Play: Creativity is something we can build and increase by spending time working on it. Math and Literacy Centers are a perfect way to introduce a little more play and freedom into learning rather than traditional worksheets or morning work that kept kids busy but did not encourage creativity and play.

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• Pom Poms
• Mini Craft Sticks
• Snap Cubes
• Dot Markers
• Rainbow Storage Containers

• Playdough
• Magnet Letters/Numbers
• Shape Buttons

Campfire Letters

Use this activity as a tactile way to learn the alphabet. Kids get to actually “build” the letters using mini craft sticks or you can sub out for playdough.

Campfire Tallies

Try this counting activity using different mediums. One day you can use sticks or pipe cleaners. Then switch it up and add on scissor practice and sensory by cutting playdough to the right length with scissors.

Alphabet Bank

Combine some fine motor fun with alphabet and letter recognition for this tub. We used toy money from Target Dollar Spot, but you can use real coins or other play money to cover the matching letters and then sort those coins into the bank.

Pineapple Emotions

Work on your social emotional learning with these fun emotions playdough mats. The pineapple friends are so fun to work with.

Ice Cream Patterns

Get your patterns practice in while playing with your favorite dot markers or use tongs and pom poms for grip strength work.

Build a Cone Shapes

Use this activity for sorting and shapes. We brought out our favorite shapes buttons for this tub but you could also use foam sticker or paper shapes.

Color Punch

Hole punching is such an exciting, novel way to practice grip strength and get kids ready for scissors and pencil work. They’re sorting and identifying colors at the same time for an amazing combo preschool activity.

Melon Seed Counting

What are you making your seeds out of? We switch it up using things like buttons, playdough, pom poms, and actual, real watermelon seeds.