Kindergarten Morning Tubs – April

Do you need April Morning Tubs to use with your kindergarten class? Morning tubs are often used as students are coming in and settling in for the day. Furthermore, they engage kids while attendance is being taken, homework folders are being opened and checked, and those types of daily tasks. Morning tubs 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: Morning tubs 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. Additionally, morning tubs 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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• Playdough
• Pom Poms
• Lakeshore Playdough Stamps
• Carrots
• Colored Dice

• Magnet Numbers
• Snap Cubes
• Dominoes
• Flat Marble Beads
• Bug Erasers
• Clothespins

Letter Sound Leaves

Study the pictures on each leave and say the word for each picture. What begininning sound do you here? Use playdough and a letter stamp to stamp the beginning letter sound or use a magnet letter.

Domino Train Counting

How many different ways can you show the focus number? Find dominoes with the correct number of dots and place them in the train cars.

Egg Carton Addition

Use an empty egg carton container and plastic eggs to solve each addition problem. Place a magnet number at the end to show your answer.

Scissor Practice Eggs

Use scissors to practice cutting on the different pattern lines on the eggs.

Frog Jump Measurement

Place flat marbles or pom poms for each jump the frog makes. Next, count the total number of jumps and use a magnet number to show the answer or write it with a dry erase marker.

Hungry Bug 10 Frame

Determine the target number. Place bug erasers, pom poms or playdough to fill the 10 frame to match the target number.

Pulling Carrots Subtraction

Place orange pipe cleaners or carrot manipulatives in playdough to help solve the subtraction problem. Write the answer with a dry erase marker or use a magnet number for the answer.

Rainboot Color Patterns

Use colored clothespins for fine practice. Work on making and matching the rainboot pattern, Also, you can use clothespins with pom poms glued to the top.

Roll & Cover Numbers

Roll a dice, count the number of dots. Find the dice on your card that has the same number you rolled. Use a snap cube or other small manipulative to cover the dice that match what you rolled.

Sight Word Eggs

In addition to tracing the word with your finger, you can shape playdough over the letters to form the words and read.