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Capybara Preschool Centers: Positional Words, Math 0–20, SEL & Fine Motor

Capybara preschool centers for positional words, number sense 0–20, feelings and fine motor skills, with posters, clip cards, playdough mats and a morning tub.

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Preschool
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Learning goals

  • Use positional words such as in, on, under, beside and between, and answer WHERE questions
  • Recognize numerals and count 0–20 with one-to-one correspondence
  • Match numerals, quantities and ten frames
  • Name and recognize feelings
  • Build fine motor skills with playdough, clip cards, tracing and cutting

What’s included

  • Positional words anchor chart, posters, WHERE-question activities, clip cards and assessment
  • Numbers 0–10 and 11–20 posters and number cards 0–20
  • Count How Many, numeral-to-quantity matching, number puzzles and Ten Frame Match
  • Reusable Build It mat, Count & Clip 0–10 and 11–20, Which Has More? and Number Neighbors
  • Numbers 0–20 assessment
  • My Feelings anchor chart and six feelings playdough mats
  • How Do I Feel Today?, Match the Feeling and How Might I Feel? scenario cards
  • Trace, Draw & Play activity and reusable center activities
  • Capybara Morning Tub and mixed-skills learning check
  • 50 pages (US Letter landscape)

Materials and preparation

  • Playdough
  • Clothespins
  • Counters
  • Mini erasers
  • Linking cubes
  • Dry-erase markers
  • Crayons and pencils
  • Scissors

Print, laminate and reuse your favorite pages all year. Print at 100% / actual size on US Letter paper in landscape.

How to use it

  1. Introduce the capybara mascot and the positional words anchor chart with a real toy and a box.
  2. Set up centers: positional word clip cards, Count & Clip, Ten Frame Match and the feelings playdough mats.
  3. Use the How Do I Feel Today? page during morning meeting.
  4. Fill a morning tub with the Capybara Morning Tub activities.
  5. Check progress with the positional words and numbers 0–20 assessments.

Classroom idea

Hide a stuffed animal somewhere in the classroom each morning and ask children to describe where it is using the positional words.

Adaptations

  • Speech therapy and early intervention: use the WHERE questions and posters for language practice.
  • Kindergarten review: use the Count & Clip 11–20 and Number Neighbors pages.
  • Occupational therapy support: focus on the playdough mats and tracing.

Questions

How many pages are included?

50 printable pages.

What page size is it?

US Letter landscape (11 × 8.5 inches). Print at 100% / actual size for best results.

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