Free Pond Preschool Printables

Here’s our new and expanded PONDS & RIVERS PRESCHOOL UNIT!!  We’ve added a few new printables which are all available in one easy download.

Just click the image above to download a single zip file of all the printables. (Can’t unzip it. Try Hamster Free Zip Archiver approved by Amber’s husband. Remember to download carefully.)

You will need to be able to view pop-ups to download the unit, as it will appear in a pop up window from our site! Last year’s printables are also included in this download.
Here are some of the printables that MAY BE included in this unit:

• Parts of a Duck
• Patterns (ABAB and AABB)
• Spin & Graph
• Letter Sort
• Writing Maze
• Beginning Writing/Cutting Practice
• Size Sort
• Number Order Puzzle (1-10 and 11-20)
• Spelling Puzzle
• Count & Clip
   

Products We Use with Our Units

Tot Pack
Looking for some ideas for a younger tot? Check out the Pond Life Tot Pack from 1+1+1=1.   

Looking for more ideas?

• Devotional & Memory Verse Helps
• Pond & River Center Ideas
• Pond Counting Activities
• Field Trip to a Pond

There are also more ideas, units, printables and crafts available on our Pinterest Board!
We hope you enjoy these printables and please let us know if you have any issues with downloading or using the items provided. 

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Pond & River Center Ideas

This week, as you know, we are expanding our Pond & River Theme printables.  I’ve found some fabulous ideas that can be used for independent centers.

Pattern Blocks

PreKinders has quite the assortment of FREE pattern block designs.  She offers them in color and black and white.  There are several that fit perfectly with our pond unit.  Look for the duck, turtle, dragonfly and fish.

Please note that not all pattern blocks are the same size, therefore not all might fit perfectly with the template provided above.

Use these templates to create your own pattern blocks.  You can also purchase them through Amazon or other various educational websites.

Pretend Play

We are loving our miniatures that we found at Hobby Lobby.  Make sure and use the 40% off of one item coupon that they usually send twice a month to their email subscribers.  You can also purchase them through Amazon.

Safari LTD River Toob.

You can use them in a variety of ways, such as in a sensory bin or even as a counting manipulative.  My son just loves to play with them and if I only pull them out at a specific time it keeps him well entertained.

Stamping

Work on letter recognition with our Stamping Strips.  To do this activity you will need uppercase or lowercase stamps and an ink pad.

Stamping Strips: Ponds & Rivers

Hope you have fun exploring ponds & rivers.

Ponds!

This week we’ve been learning all about PONDS!  We have been having a little bit of a crazy week, so our lesson plan and a couple of other activities will be posted a little later.  Until then, we hope by providing these materials to you free of charge, it will make your life easier!  Let us know what you think! 

Memory Verse: This memory card is for daily use during our calendar time.  You can learn more about calendar time at 1+1+1=1 or Homeschool Creations.  Our weekly devotional is an object lesson that will help your child apply the meaning of the verse to them.

Day 1:
Duck to the Pond Maze- Helps your child with beginning writing concepts. 



Pond Patterns-Helps your child with critical thinking skills and they observe and re-create patterns. 

Day 2: 
Pond Animal Letter Sounds- Helps your child learn and identify beginning letter sounds. 



Feed the Otter Fish!- Work on recognizing numbers and counting proficiency.

Pond Animal/Plant Sort-Reinforces critical thinking skills in identifying and sorting based on characteristics. 

Day 3: 
Pond Spelling Book- This activity will help your child begin to recognize that when letters are combined they form words.



Pond Roll and Graph Animals-Helps your child with counting and data collection for graphing purposes.  

We hope you enjoy these lesson plans and please let us know if you have any issues with downloading or using the items provided.  

Still Waters

This week our theme is Ponds!  Our verse comes from Psalms 23.

“He leads me beside still waters, He refreshes my soul.”

Materials:

• A bathtub or something with water in it that is still

Directions:

• Fill your bathtub with some water.
• Say the verse above with your tot.  We suggest that you print the verse off and use it every morning with your calendar time.  If you don’t do calendar time still say the verse each morning with your tot before you begin tot school.
• Follow the cues given in this devotional. 

Talk with your child about the following:
This week we’ve been learning all about ponds and the animals that live in them. Ponds have water in them and animals that live in them. Can you think of some of the animals that live in ponds? Yes, we’ve talked about some of those this week, haven’t we?

I have put some water in the bathtub and we’re going to look at it for a little while. You see, ponds are bodies of water that are a lot like big bathtubs. They are full of water, but the water doesn’t really go anywhere. It stays put, just like the water in this bathtub. Now if we touch the water, or run our hands through it, or throw something in it, the water moves, doesn’t it? But, if we just sit here and look at it, nothing happens to it, does it?

Our verse today talks to us about “still waters”, like the water in this tub, or the water in a pond. You see, still water is something we call peaceful. We’ve talked about peace before. Do you remember what peaceful is? When something is peaceful it means there isn’t anything causing trouble. Everything is safe, and good, and quiet. Our verse reminds us that God can make everything for us peaceful, like the water. When we trust God He can make things safe, good, and quiet. Sometimes things will happen, and we will feel scared, or sad, or angry, but our verse reminds us that just like ponds are still and peaceful, God can make our hearts peaceful too. Let’s pray,

Dear God, we know that you can make all things peaceful. Sometimes we don’t feel at peace, but we know that you are a God who leads us to still waters, and calms our hearts when we’re scared. Help us find your peace today, and give us peace when we need it most. In your name we pray, Amen.

Questions to ask:

• You might want to review last weeks questions with your tot.
• Who gives us peace? God

There is a Mommy Devotional for this also. 

Field Trip to a Pond

As I’m sure you can guess from the title, this week we are learning all about the pond- animals that we might see there and even the plants.  This week’s unit offers the best kind of field trip- a no think or plan field trip!

Since my mom is in town, we took a little trip to a large pond in the area and did some fishing. 

The boy was actually the only one to get any nibbles.  Unfortunately, it freak him out just a little bit.  You see, he was just holding his little Mickey Mouse fishing pole, minding his own business and winding up his reel, when a little fish happen to be enticed by the little plastic grub attached.  All of sudden we heard a little whimper and saw two little feet begin to stamper with fear.  Quicker than Daddy could get there to help, that little fish got away. However,shortly after his little Mickey Mouse pole caught another one…this time Daddy was able to reel it in.  The boy was pretty much done with catching fish after the first incident.

After we posed for pictures, we returned this little fish back to his watery home.

We were so glad to get outside and soak up some vitamin D after all the rain we’ve had here.