March Excitement for Kindergarten Explorers: Grab 25 Free Resources!
As March approaches, kindergarten teachers are eagerly looking forward to a month brimming with exciting activities to captivate their young learners. To simplify your planning, I’ve assembled a charming assortment of hands-on and complimentary March resources, crafted for whole-group lessons, small-group engagements, and independent learning centers. Whether it’s interactive centers embodying the spirit of March, decodable books highlighting seasonal themes, or printables adorned with March allure, and crafts. These resources are bound to inject a wave of enthusiasm into your lesson plans for the month.
Decodable March Books for Early Readers
Start March with a literary boost using these two free and engaging decodable books. Tailored for early readers, they feature phonetically controlled CVC words to enhance reading confidence. Perfect for small-group reading sessions, these March-themed stories offer educational value and build a solid foundation for independent reading success throughout the year.
Access free March themed decodable books. This free download provides you with cvc-based decodable books. You will have fiction and nonfiction decodable books. Students will be able to read from the standard fold and flip decodable books, MINI decodables, and all-in-one passages. Access this free download HERE.
Engaging March Centers for Sharpening Skills
Learning should involve hands-on experiences, and the March-themed interactive centers are designed with that philosophy in mind. These complimentary resources cover a range of skills, including math, literacy, and fine motor development. These interactive centers are flexible, versatile, and guaranteed to engage every young learner in your classroom throughout the month of March.
Access multiple math and phonics centers that are all March themed and hands-on. These centers can last for the entire month of March providing you with engaging learning for weeks.
We will start with a collection of math centers. These centers will build number sense with numbers through 20. Students can clip, build, match, and roll to color. Click on the images to download.
This free download offers math counting sequence puzzlers. These puzzlers are offered for varying number sets. The free download includes puzzlers for numbers 1-10 and numbers 11-20Access the free download HERE.
Coming up next, March offers engaging free downloads designed to target specific skills. First in line is an interactive method for enhancing numbers and number sense. Discover instant sensory bin ideas for March featuring themed cards and recording sheets. Students will also have the opportunity to excel with connecting phonemes to graphemes with word mapping; explore March-themed mapping mats for CVC words, digraphs, blends, and CVCE words. These are also offered in a DIGITAL format.
This free download offers not only one but two St. Patrick’s Day-themed math centers. Students will work on number order and counting out matching sets The free download offers “I can” cards and respond sheets. Access the free download HERE!
Science of Reading Aligned March Phonics Centers
Do you utilize connecting phonemes to graphemes through word mapping in your classroom? These free March-themed all-in-on phonics mats will encourage your students to say, tap, map, and write the phonics skill words.
This free download has multiple uses. First off, it’s completely DIGITAL. You can use these St. Patrick’s Day themed slides to build fluency in skill-based words. You can also print the resource and use it for flashcards. I also include blank versions for generic mapping mats. Access the free resource HERE!
Students will enjoy these engaging March-themed writing strips. You have the option to work on cvc words, digraphs, beginning blends, cvce words, ending blends, r-control words, and vowel variants.
This free download helps students build confidence for reading cvc-based sentences. Students will read the sentences and sort them to the matching CVC picture. 24 included sentences for building CVC fluency. Access the free download HERE.
March Crafts to Inspire Creativity
Fuel creativity with a variety of March-inspired crafts, blending enjoyment and education. From guided drawing activities to coloring sheets, these hands-on crafts seamlessly integrate fun and key educational concepts. Perfect for your March curriculum, with special nods to seasonal themes and an exciting touch featuring Pip the Pup.
A ST. PATRICK’S DAY INSPIRED DIRECTED DRAWING! This free download offers not only a directed drawing but several academic based sheets. You’ll be able to access writing templates, label sheet, and versions with the directed drawing steps directly embedded. Access the free download HERE!
Are your students fans of coloring? If so, the following activities will be quick favorites. Access free and engaging color by code sheets and a Pip-inspired coloring sheet for St. Patrick’s Day.
March Printables for Skill Reinforcement
Navigating a busy classroom can be challenging, and this set of March printables is crafted to ease your workload. Covering various subjects from math to phonics, these worksheets provide a convenient way to reinforce essential skills. Whether used for whole-group instruction, small-group sessions, or independent learning, these versatile and engaging printables enhance your March teaching resources effectively.
This free download offers you with handwriting sheets for letters Aa-Zz and numbers 1-20. Students will have the opportunity to trace and the write independently. These sheets can be placed into a center or used for whole-group instruction. Access the free download HERE!
Access INSTANT printable practice for punctuation work and handwriting practice for both letters and numbers below.
This free resource offers 25 phonics and math INSTANT printables. These sheets can be used for whole-group learning or centers. The sheets cover alphabet and sounds, cvc words, and numbers within 20. ACCESS THE FREE FILE HERE!
BONUS Free Download! March Themed Writing Center
Do you host a thematic writing center in your classroom? If so, be sure to access this March-themed writing center free download. Access the free download HERE.
Thanks so much for downloading the March themed free resources. Reach out with any questions.
Tara West – Little Minds at Work
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