May Morning Tubs

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Do you need May Morning Tubs for your preschool or kindergarten class?

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.

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. 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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• Rainbox Storage Bins
• Shape Buttons

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May Morning Tubs

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Leaf Munch Counting

Combine all the fun of fine motor with counting in this awesome hands-on activity. Use a hole punch and some storytelling to turn this activity into caterpillar snack time.

Monster Alphabet Find

Give your kids a different kind of monster hunt… the alphabet kind. Use buttons, markers or crackers to cover up the matching letters in this game.

Hive Patterns

Use shapes to build patterns. To practice this early math skill we are building hives for bees using our pattern blocks.

Build It Patterns

Build and continue color patterns with this simple activity. Use snap cubes or other blocks or legos to create the patterns.

Bug Cookie Counting

Join this hungry bug on a counting adventure as he fills his cookie jar. Make your cookies out of playdough, buttons or pom poms, or use the real thing.

Playdough Patterns

Practice pattern copying along with some fine motor and sensory fun for this awesome activity.

Caterpillar Counting

Work on grip strength with this clip and count caterpillar building activity. We used pom poms on our clothespins, but you could alternately use buttons.

Ladybug Number Order

Can you line the ladybugs up in the correct number order? This activity is perfect to work on early math skills while getting some fine motor practice.

Shape Building

Practice symmetry and shapes simultaneously in this fun activity. We used clothespins to attach the missing half of the shape, but you could also use velcro dots or clothespins.

Alphabet Tracing

How many different ways can you make your letters? We did them in buttons, but you could also do playdough, pipe cleaners or a dry erase marker.

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