Kids will go wild for this WILD WEST theme literacy bag. Inside the hand-painted bag, you will find SEVEN ORIGINAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES to enhance children's learning in various areas of the curriculum. Activities are laminated in 3 mil. film for extra durability and everything is already cut out for you!
INCLUDED: 1. Hand-painted western theme bag (can be personalized with your preferred title)
2. Ropin' Rhymes: Students match the cowboy's lasso to the steer with the rhyming word
3. Kickin' Contractions: Students match the cowboy boot contraction word card with its two word partner card
4. Cactus Colors: Students match together the colored cactus with its color word card
5. Countin' Cowboy Style: Students count the stars on each cowboy hat and match it to the correct numbered cowboy hat. (Numbers 1-10) THIS CAN BE CHANGED TO AN ADDITION PROBLEM/SUM MATCHING ACTIVITY
6. Headin' West Syllable Count: Students clap out the syllables for each theme word on the covered wagons
7. Cowboy Hat Glyph: Students follow the instructions for coloring their original cowboy hat based on their own personal information. (reproducible)
8. Visual Discrimination Cards: Students match together the five pairs of cards that have the pictures in the same order. (Pictures on cards may vary from the ones shown in the picture but all are western themed.)
9. Parent Letter explaining how to do each activity
FOR THOSE IN TEXAS, I ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL TEXAS SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES AND A TEXAS FLAG BAG AVAILABLE. (Pictures are included in the link above.) These can be swapped out for other activities or added to the bag for an additional amount. Please email me if interested. (Please let me know what activities you would like to swap out or add.)
1. Texas Sized Cities: Put the Texas cutouts with the population of the 10 largest cities in Texas is size order from largest to smallest
2. Texas Historical Landmarks and History: Match the pictures of the historical landmarks to their descriptions
3. Legend of the Bluebonnet Writing: Follow the directions on the page to complete this creative writing activity
4. Texas Facts question and answer sheet: See how many Texas questions you can answer correctly. Check your answers on the back of the page
5. A Texas ABC writing activity: Write a Texas theme word or draw a picture for each letter of the alphabet