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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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Kindergarten Morning Tub Activities – April

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.

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.

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