Four seasons preschool math and literacy activities for a hands-on seasons unit! This Four Seasons Theme pack gives preschool and pre-K learners fun, engaging practice with counting, shapes, letters, beginning sounds and rhyming, with differentiated activities for young learners and special education.

Children count, sort, graph, match, trace and build patterns with pictures from fall, winter, spring and summer. BINGO, ten-frame cards, clip cards, puzzles and "What does not belong?" cards keep practice fresh while you talk about how the seasons change. A ten-frame is a simple grid of ten boxes that helps children see and count numbers.

With this four seasons math and literacy pack, you get

• Counting and number practice with number mats, ten-frames, puzzles and Roll and Count mats
• Sorting, graphing, shape and AB pattern activities
• Beginning sounds, rhyming and uppercase and lowercase letter practice
• Tracing cards and shape play dough mats for fine motor practice
• Whole-group games like a class set of BINGO

Make planning your four seasons unit a breeze. Print, prep once and your centers are ready for small groups, independent centers or homeschool learning.

What's Included

• Class set of BINGO
• 4 graphing dice games
• 4 spinner graphing games
• 4 Roll and Count mats
• 4 sets of tracing cards (uppercase, lowercase, number and shape)
• 2 sets of sorting activities (shapes and numbers 1-10)
• 2 sets of number mats (empty ten-frame and filled ten-frame)
• Beginning sound match-up
• Pretend play set
• 5 sets of clip cards (color, matching, array, ten-frame and shape). An array is a group of objects set out in rows.
• Size clip cards (large and small)
• 3 sets of counting to 10 puzzles (array, ten-frame and matching)
• 6 matching games (picture, ten-frame, alphabet, rhyme and shape)
• 3 Spin & Cover games (1-5, shape and picture)
• Line-up puzzles for counting to 3, 5 and 10
• Missing number cards
• Tic-tac-toe
• Trace, Write & Draw the Room
• 3 levels of AB patterns
• Line tracing cards
• Shape play dough mats
• Visual discernment clip cards ("What does not belong?")
• Ten-frame cards

Why Teachers Love It

• Math and literacy in one pack: Counting, sorting, graphing and patterns sit right alongside letters, beginning sounds and rhyming.
• One pack for the whole year: Pictures from all four seasons fit a seasons unit or any time you talk about the weather and the calendar.
• Simple to differentiate: Empty and filled ten-frames, line-up puzzles for counting to 3, 5 or 10 and three levels of AB patterns meet children where they are.
• Room to grow: Rhyming and graphing activities give ready learners a challenge.
• Kids get moving: Trace, Write & Draw the Room gets children up and searching around the classroom.
• Whole-group fun: The class set of BINGO and the Spin & Cover games bring everyone together.

Skills Students Practice

Primary Academic Skills

• Math foundations: Counting to 3, 5 and 10, number identification, writing numbers, missing numbers, ten-frames, arrays, graphing and AB patterns.
• Literacy development: Uppercase and lowercase letter recognition, beginning sound identification, rhyming and pre-writing skills.
• Early geometry: Identifying, matching and sorting 2D shapes with clip cards, sorting activities and play dough mats.
• Color identification and matching: Color clip cards and matching games build careful looking.
• Critical thinking: "What does not belong?" cards ask children to notice what is different.
• Fine motor skills: Tracing, clipping and play dough work strengthen little hands.

Secondary Life & Learning Skills

• Taking turns
• Waiting during group play
• Following directions
• Communicating choices
• Working independently
• Building confidence during group participation

How to Use It

Step 1: Choose the seasons centers you want for the week and print them. Laminate the pieces you want to reuse.

Step 2: Introduce each activity in a small group, then move it into your math or literacy centers for independent or partner practice.

Step 3: Rotate in new centers through your seasons unit and bring out BINGO or tic-tac-toe for whole-group and partner games.

Easy Differentiation

Preschoolers come to centers with a wide range of skills. These activities are easy to adjust for each child.

For Children Who Need More Support

• Start with the filled ten-frame number mats and the counting to 3 line-up puzzles
• Count together while touching each picture on the ten-frame
• Begin with the first level of the AB patterns
• Use the line tracing cards before moving to letters and numbers

For On-Level Practice

• Use the empty ten-frame number mats and the counting to 5 and 10 line-up puzzles
• Copy and continue AB patterns at the middle level
• Play the graphing games and Spin & Cover games with a partner
• Match uppercase and lowercase letters in the alphabet matching game

For an Extra Challenge

• Work on the top level of the AB patterns
• Fill in the missing number cards without a model
• Tell which group on the graph has more and which has fewer
• Write words around the room with Trace, Write & Draw the Room

For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support

• Name each seasonal picture together to build vocabulary
• Practice target sounds with the beginning sound match-up and rhyme matching game
• Use the tracing cards, play dough mats and clip cards for fine motor work
• Use the "What does not belong?" cards to practice describing words
• Give extra processing time and offer one center at a time

Perfect For

• Preschool and pre-K classrooms
• Four seasons units
• Small groups
• Independent centers
• Partner games
• Whole-group BINGO
• Special education classrooms
• Homeschool

Standards

These four seasons centers support the 2022 Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines and Virginia's Early Learning and Development Standards (2021), and they build toward kindergarten skills in Common Core, the TEKS and the Virginia SOL (Math 2023, English 2024):

Common Core State Standards

• CCSS K.CC.B.4.a: Say number names in order while pairing each object with one number.
• CCSS K.CC.A.3: Represent a number of objects with a written numeral on the Roll and Count mats.
• CCSS K.MD.B.3: Classify objects into categories and count how many are in each, as in the sorting and graphing activities.
• CCSS RF.K.1.d: Recognize and name uppercase and lowercase letters.
• CCSS RF.K.2.a: Recognize and produce rhyming words.

Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines

• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.A.2: Count up to 10 objects, touching one object for each number, while filling ten-frames and number mats.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.A.5: Recognize numerals 0-10 on number puzzles, line-up puzzles and missing number cards.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.C.1: Name and describe common 2D shapes with the shape clip cards, sorting activities and play dough mats.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.E.1: Sort objects that are the same and different, such as shapes and numbers.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.E.2: Collect data and organize it in a graph with the dice and spinner graphing games.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.E.3: Recognize, copy, extend and create patterns with the AB pattern activities.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.III.B.6: Identify rhyming words with the rhyme matching game.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.III.C.1: Recognize and name letters while matching and tracing uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.III.C.2: Recognize letter-sound correspondences with the beginning sound match-up.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.IX.B.2: Show growing control in tasks that need eye-hand coordination, such as following line tracing paths.

Texas TEKS

• TEKS Math K.8.B: Use data to create real-object and picture graphs.
• TEKS ELAR K.2.A.i: Identify and produce rhyming words.

Virginia Early Learning and Development Standards

• Virginia ELDS CD3.1: Compare numbers, count and recognize quantities with number mats, ten-frame cards and line-up puzzles.
• Virginia ELDS CD3.3: Build geometric thinking by matching, sorting and tracing shapes.
• Virginia ELDS CD3.4: Sort, classify and pattern with the sorting and pattern activities.
• Virginia ELDS CLLD2.3: Notice that spoken words are made of smaller sounds, including beginning sounds and rhyming parts.
• Virginia ELDS CLLD2.4: Learn how letters work by matching uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Virginia ELDS CLLD3.3: Handle writing tools while tracing lines, letters, numbers and shapes.

Virginia SOL

• VA SOL Math K.NS.2.a: Read, write and identify numerals on the number mats and ten-frame cards.
• VA SOL Math K.PS.1.a: Sort and classify objects by one attribute, such as color or shape.
• VA SOL Math K.PFA.1.b: Extend a repeating pattern by adding at least two more repetitions of the core.
• VA SOL English K.FFR.3.A: Identify capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

Add the Four Seasons Theme Preschool/Pre-K Math and Literacy pack to your cart and have ENGAGING seasons centers ready all year. Print, prep once and let your little learners explore fall, winter, spring and summer through math and literacy!

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