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Three Little Frogs Part 4 - Google Slides

This post shows you how to put together a 3 Little Frogs drag and drop activity in Google Slides. It is a continuation from Part 1, which is the preparation part.

To create this activity in TpT Easel, check out Part 2.

To create this activity in Boom Cards, check out Part 3.

Note that this activity is only self-checking in TpT Easel and Boom Cards. The Google Slides version is not.

Creating the activity in Google Slides

1. Start a new presentation

In Google Slides, under ‘Start a new presentation’, click on ‘Blank’.

2. Change the slide size.

The default slide size is Widescreen (16:9). I’m going to change it to 4:3 since we’ve already created the flat backgrounds in 4:3. You can go with 16:9 if you created the flat backgrounds in 16:9.

Go to File > Page setup, and choose Standard 4:3 from the dropdown menu.

3. Add backgrounds

Delete all the default text boxes that are on the slide (I forgot to do that before I took the screenshot).

Click on ‘Background’. It’s on the sub toolbar on the top.

Click Image > Choose Image, then select the first flat background created in Part 1.

4. Add in all 5 flat backgrounds created in Part 1

After adding in the first background image, insert a new slide.

On that new slide, add background again (repeat step 3). Do this until all 5 flat backgrounds created in Part 1 are added.

5. Add 1 movable frog

Go to Insert > Image, then choose 1 of the movable frog images created in Part 1 then insert it into the slide.

6. Resize and duplicate to get 3 frogs

Resize the first frog to your desired size, then copy and paste so that you have 3 frogs altogether.

Arrange them in the holding area, i.e. the white translucent box.

7. Align and distribute the frogs

To make the frogs look neater, go to Arrange > Align > Middle and then Arrange > Distribute > Horizontally.

8. Copy and paste the 3 frogs onto every slide

With the frog laid out nicely, copy and paste them into every slide. We have to change the frog numbers in the next step, but just lay them out as placeholders for now.

9. Use ‘Replace image’ to substitute in the frogs with the correct numbers

With all the placeholder frogs in place, use ‘Replace image’ (in the sub toolbars) to put in the frogs with the correct numbers that you planned for in each slide.

10. Test out the activity to make sure there are no errors.

The activity part is complete. Play through all the slides to make sure all the numbers are right and correct errors, if any.

11. Rename the Google Slides

Once you have checked through the activity, rename the slides.

Next Steps

Now that the slides are complete, go on to Part 5!

Part 1 – Preparation
Part 2 – TpT Easel / Part 3 – Boom Cards / Part 4 – Google Slides
Part 5 – Instruction Card
Part 6 – Cover Image
Part 7 – Product Preview
Part 8 – Final PDF

How to create Digital Activities: Drag and Drop Matching (Part 3 – Boom Cards)

Although this is Part 3, it actually continues directly from Part 1, which is the preparation part.

If you have never created your own Boom Cards, you’ll be happy to know that you can get started for free! There is a limit on the number of decks you can create on the free membership, but it’s perfect for getting started. (This is my referral link if you are completely new to Boom Cards).

To sell your Boom Cards however, you’ll need to have the Publisher membership. It’s the most expensive membership they offer, but it’s still affordable.

Creating the activity in Boom Cards

1. Add a new deck

On to the Boom Learning website,

Go to Studio Tab at the top bar
Click on Make Decks (a square at the bottom of the Studio page), which brings you to the Deck Manager (the page in the image below)
Then click the New Deck blue button

2. Add new cards from images

In the left most column where all the card thumbnails are, look for the ‘New cards from images’ button and click it.

3. Add all the flat backgrounds

Add in the 5 flat backgrounds that we created in Part 1.

4. Add 1 movable frog clipart

On the left column toolbar (dark blue boxes), drag the ‘IMAGE’ box onto the deck area.

Import and select any frog created in Part 1. The movable frog will serve as a placeholder for now.

5. Resize and duplicate the frogs

Now, resize that placeholder frog to fit nicely. Then duplicate it, so that we end up with 3 little frogs.

Arrange the frogs in holding area we created in Part 1. This is how the starting position will look like.

6. Make all 3 frogs draggable

With all 3 frogs selected, click on the ‘Draggable’ button. It’s on the right toolbar column under ‘Drag/Drop Options’.

After clicking on ‘Draggable’, you’ll see a pointer finger icon on the top left corner of each movable frog.

7. Add a button

Next, drag the ‘BUTTON’ box into the deck area. It’s in the left column toolbar (dark blue boxes). This button will become the drop zone for the frogs.

8. Format the button so that it’s only a transparent rectangle box

Formatting the button:

Delete the ‘button’ text
Resize the button to about the size of a frog
Set background color to no background color (right column toolbar)
Set border to no border (right column toolbar)

Basically, you want to be left with a box that’s completely transparent with nothing in it.

9. Create the drop zones

Copy and paste to have 3 transparent rectangle box and arrange them above the lily pads.

With all 3 boxes selected, click on ‘Drop Zone’. It’s right beside ‘Draggable’ on the right toolbar column.

You should see a flag icon on the top left corner of each drop zone.

10. Copy and paste all 6 items to every card on the deck

With the setup in place (3 movable frogs + 3 drop zones), duplicate all 6 items onto each card.

11. Put in all the correct frogs.

Almost everything is in place now. Now swap in the frogs with the correct numbers.

Use the ‘Change Image’ function to put in the frogs with the correct numbers for each card in the deck. It is found under ‘Image Tools’ in the right column toolbar.

12. Link all the frogs to the correct drop zone.

Now to link each frog to the correct drop zone, click on that pointer finger and drag only very slightly. The pointer finger is going to move disproportionately more than the distance you are dragging (at least that’s what happens for me).

Move the pointer finger to the flag icon of the correct drop zone. You will see a blue line joining the pointer finger to flag once you’ve connected them.

Repeat this for each movable frog.

13. Preview and play the entire game to make sure there are no errors

Now it’s done! To be sure there are no errors, play through the entire game yourself.

14. Name the activity and fill out all the details for the deck

Name the activity and start adding helpful details.

Next Steps

You can check out creating this activity in Google Slides or TpT Easel if you haven’t already, or you can straight to Part 5 to create the instruction card.

Part 1 – Preparation
Part 2 – TpT Easel / Part 3 – Boom Cards / Part 4 – Google Slides
Part 5 – Instruction Card
Part 6 – Cover Image
Part 7 – Product Preview
Part 8 – Final PDF

How to Create Digital Activities: Drag and Drop Matching (Part 2 – TpT Easel)

Welcome to Part 2! This is a continuation from Part 1 – Preparation.

Part 1 was done on PowerPoint, and Part 2 of this tutorial will be done completely on TpT’s Easel website. Easel is really cool, and it’s constantly evolving to add more self-checking features to save time for teachers.

It’s free to create on it, and there is also a free course to help you become an Easel Certified Seller.

Creating the activity in Easel

1. Create a new activity.

On the Easel website, click on “Create” (blue button) and select Activity for listing.

2. Start with PDF

A pop-up box will ask you to choose from 2 options: (1) Start with a PDF, or (2) Create a Blank Activity.

Choose “Start with a PDF”, and upload the flat backgrounds PDF created in the previous post.

3. Import all pages

At this step, you have an option to import only selected pages from the PDF. In this case, upload all five.

You also have a choice if you’d like to add margins. In this case, no.

4. Add 1 movable frog image

On the toolbar at the top, click on the image button to add image.

Just add 1 movable frog image for now.

5. Resize and duplicate the frogs

Resize the 1st frog. When you are happy with it, duplicate it twice more. They don’t have the right numbers yet, just use them as placeholders for now.

Then arrange the frogs on the holding area. Use the arrange button, select “Align Middle” and “Distribute Horizontally”.

6. Add a rectangle shape

Click on the shape tool in the toolbar. Select the square shape to draw a rectangle. Have it about the size of one frog.

This rectangle will become the drop zone.

7. Remove the border of the rectangle

Click on the rectangle you created, select the border (pencil) tool, and click on the “slash”. That removes the border from the rectangle.

8. Set the rectangle as a drop zone

Click on that rectangle, then select the 1st tool from the mini toolbar above it. Then select “Drop Zone” from the menu that drops.

9. Copy and paste to make 2 other drop zones

Copy and paste the 1st drop zone. The copies of the zone will automatically rename itself. Arrange the drop zones above each lily pad.

10. Copy and paste the setup to every slide

Select all 3 drop zones and 3 movable frogs, then copy and paste them to every page on your deck.

[Caution!] Error messages may start popping up because nothing has been assigned to the drop zones yet. You can randomly assign the frogs for now to remove the errors messages, or simply ignore the error messages temporarily.

11. Replace the placeholder frogs

Select 1 frog image at a time to “Replace Image”. This is the time to swap in the frogs with the correct numbers for each page by choosing the correct movable frog that we exported in the previous post.

12. Assign each frog to the correct drop zone

After you put in the frogs with the correct numbers on each page, now assign each one to the correct drop zone. Click on the frog, and then the 1st button on the mini toolbar, then select the drop zone according to which lily pad it is on.

13. View as student

The main activity is done! Now click “View as Student” at the top bar and test out every page to make sure that everything runs smoothly.

14. Name the activity

Once you’re done testing, name the activity!

Next Steps

Either go on to Part 3 or 4 to create this activity on another platform, or go to Part 5 to create the supporting sections for your digital activity.

Part 1 – Preparation
Part 2 – TpT Easel / Part 3 – Boom Cards / Part 4 – Google Slides
Part 5 – Instruction Card
Part 6 – Cover Image
Part 7 – Product Preview
Part 8 – Final PDF

How to Create Digital Activities: Drag and Drop Matching (Part 1 – Preparations)

Three Little Frogs Part 1 - Preparations

Digital learning resources have become a very important part of our lives and they are here to stay. So I’m gonna make a very long series of tutorials to give you ideas and steps on how you can create different types of digital resources.

Each digital activity explored in my blog will get 4 posts: (1) Preparation (2) TpT Easel (3) Boom Cards (4) Google Slides.

This being the very 1st activity it’s gonna get 4 additional posts: (5) Instruction Card (6) Cover Images (7) Product Preview (8) Final PDF.

Planning the Activity

A little planning goes a long way to saving time and energy!

1. Determine Grade Level and Target Skill(s)

Grade Level: 1

Target Skill: Addition to 20

Activity Type: Drag and Drop + Matching

No. of Task Cards: 5, since it’s only for demonstration purposes (Typical decks have between 20-30 cards. This particular deck though, there are 3 questions per slide, so you may not need that many cards.)

2. Exact Details/Rigor

Next, plan down to the exact letters/numbers/words you want to have on each card/slide. In that way, when you go into creation mode, you don’t have to start and stop to think of what numbers to put next.

A table can be great for this. Add as many rows as you need so that each task card gets its own row.

Card no.	Matching 1	Matching 2	Matching 3
1	6+7 = 13	7+8 = 15	8+9 = 17
2	4+8 = 12	5+9 = 14	6+10 = 16
3	5+6 = 11	9+9 = 18	7+9 = 16
4	6+6 = 12	8+6 = 14	9+4 = 13
5	7+5 = 12	9+6 = 15	7+4 = 11

Work on the Design

1. Slide Size

Start a new PowerPoint presentation and set up the slide size. Name the file something like “3 Little Frogs – prep”.

I’m using 4:3, but there are 3 main sizes you can choose from:

10 in x 7.5 in (that’s 4:3 i.e. Standard Size)
16:9 (Standard Size)
7 in x 5 in (recommended Boom Card size)

For more notes on this, check out my PowerPoint Notes on Working with Slides.

2. Main Clipart + Text Boxes

Clipart

Since we are making a matching activity, look out for Matching Things clipart.

In this case, we are using Frogs + Lily Pads.

Size them up roughly, depending on how many items you are planning to fit in a slide.

Text Boxes

In this example, we are using Happy Covers (from my Fonts and Clipart Starter Pack) at font size 80, white fill color, with text outline.

For more notes, see my PowerPoints Notes on Working with Texts.

Don’t spend too much time here. You can always make adjustments to this at a later step.

3. Add Background/Border/Design

In this example, let’s use a Pond Background. Other design options include: doodle borders, background colors (two-tones maybe), textures, or even just leave it empty.

4. Create what ‘finished’ looks like

You only need to make one slide first.

Play around with the layout. Think of how many frogs you want on each slide. Figure out the exact size and arrangement of all the clipart pieces and text boxes on the slide. How is the slide supposed to look after the students have completed the card?

5. Arrange all the elements to what ‘start’ looks like

Finally, move things around to what the beginning will look like. That is what the students will see before they start working on it.

New element 1: A long rectangular box (white fill, no border, 40% transparency, 8.26 in x 2.3 in) to be the holding area for the movable frogs.

New element 2: Text box for directions. If you don’t have space for directions, you can just add an instruction card to the front of the deck.

6. Name the Activity

3 Little Frogs (Addition to 20)

Create the Parts (Mise en Place)

Now to start creating all the pieces we’ll be using in the actual activity.

1. Movable Frogs

Movable Pieces are the clipart that students drag around to complete their tasks. In this activity, we’ll need Frogs 11-19.

Earlier, we created frogs with text overlay. Group them together.

Add a new blank slide and lay the frogs out (copy and paste) like they are on a cookie tray. Change the numbers in the text box so that they go from 11 to 19.

2. Flat Backgrounds that hold all the non-movable parts.

Everything else on the ‘start’ slide that isn’t movable will go into the flat background.

Create these on a separate PowerPoint file to make them easier to export. Name the file something like “3 Little Frogs – flat backgrounds”. It will look something like this:

Each digital task card in this activity will get its own flat background. Duplicate the slides for the number of task cards you need, then change the numbers on the lily pad according to what you have planned for each task card.

Add your copyright line to the bottom corner of every slide.

Export the Parts

1. Export the Movable Frogs

Group each frog if you haven’t already.

For each frog, right click > Save as Picture. Make sure to select the entire group, not select within the group.

Save it as PNG format. That means you will not have white background around your movable clipart. If you save the frogs as JPEG, you will see a white rectangular background around the frog when you add them to your backgrounds.

For more notes on how to save export the movable clipart, see my PowerPoint Notes on Working with Clipart (point 12).

2. Export the flat backgrounds

Export as PDF

To create for TpT Easel, export the backgrounds as PDF (File > Export)

Export as PNG

To create for Boom Cards, Google Slide, etc, export the backgrounds as JPEG/PNG, and save every slide. Set the export width to at least 1600px.

Next Steps

Now you have all the pieces you need. Go to the next part for steps to put the activity together.

Part 1 – Preparation
Part 2 – TpT Easel / Part 3 – Boom Cards / Part 4 – Google Slides
Part 5 – Instruction Card
Part 6 – Cover Image
Part 7 – Product Preview
Part 8 – Final PDF

How to use Clipart: Counting Clipart (Chapter 14)

How to Use Clipart Chapter 14 - Counting Clipart

There’s quite a long list of skills/activities you can create with Counting Clipart. They are very versatile and most of my sets are designed so that you can use them in lots of ways. This is the last chapter in this series, at least for now! More how-to guides coming soon.

The Ideas

Idea #1: Fried Chicken Addition

Clipart: Counting Fried Chicken
Skill: Addition
Notes: Want to make addition fun? Use chicken buckets.

Idea #2: Pancakes Counting Clip Cards

Clipart: Counting Pancakes
Skill: Clip Cards
Notes: Other than clip cards, you can also create Matching Puzzles

Idea #3: Comparing Numbers Bookshelves

Clipart: Counting Books
Skill: Comparing Numbers
Notes: Want to do comparing numbers without the numbers? Use Counting Clipart!

Idea #4: Sandcastle Number Words

Clipart: Counting Sandcastle
Skill: Number Words
Notes: The Handwriting Lines was created from one of my Letter Formation Fonts. There is also a personal use version here.

Idea #5: Valentine Chocolates 10 Frames

Clipart: Counting Valentine Chocolates
Skill: 10 Frames or 20 Frames
Notes: The 20 Frames in this example was built with PowerPoint tables.

Idea #6: Roses Count and Write

Clipart: Counting Roses
Skill: Counting
Notes: For this particular one, preferably choose a Counting Clipart that has some space for writing.

Idea #7: Counting On French Fries

Clipart: Counting French Fries
Skill: Counting On
Notes: Any Counting Clipart would work here!

Idea #8: Watermelon Cut and Paste

Clipart: Counting Watermelon Seeds
Skill: Addition/Cut and Paste
Notes: On top of Clip Cards and Matching Puzzles, here’s another activity format to work with.

Idea #9: Adding Up Doubles

Clipart: Any combination of Counting Clipart
Skill: Adding Doubles
Notes: Use counting clipart of the exact same number for each task card. Feel free to use a medley of them for any activity.

Idea #10: Equal Groups Multiplication

Clipart: Any combination of Counting Clipart
Skill: Multiplication (Equal Groups)
Notes: This is just a great way to make multiplication fun!

Idea #11: Make 10 Christmas Ornaments

Clipart: Counting Christmas Ornaments
Skill: Make 10
Notes: Admittedly not all Counting Clipart is suitable for drawing activities, but this one is! Students can draw extra ornaments (circles) to make the number.

Idea #12: Firefly Counting Flip and Cover

Clipart: Counting Fireflies
Skill: Counting
Notes: Many of my Counting Clipart sets comes with extra matching clipart like the jars below to help you create a fuller picture and more engaging activity!

Idea #13: Meatballs Subtraction

Clipart: Counting Meatballs
Skill: Subtraction
Notes: Just make sure you pick a set that’s easy to cross things off from.

Idea #14: Color the Number

Clipart: Counting Cloud Hearts
Skill: Color the number
Notes: All the numbers are given, so students color the given number.

Idea #15: 1 More 1 Less Pencil Pots

Clipart: Counting Pencils
Skill: One more, one less
Notes: This is a similar idea to the Counting On example.

Idea #16: Place Value Burger Patties

Clipart: Counting Burger Patties
Skill: Place Values
Notes: The only tricky part is fitting all the necessary clipart into 1 row.

Idea #17: Gingerbread Story Problems

Clipart: Counting Gingerbread
Skill: Story Problems
Notes: So this can be a story about Gingerbread that’s on the tray and Gingerbread that’s broken. That’s what the extras included in many of the sets are for!

Idea #18: Pepperoni Pizza Tallies

Clipart: Counting Pizza Slices
Skill: Tally
Notes: Given that we’ve had 10 Frames and Number Words, let’s not forget Tallies! Must as well also create subitizing activity while we are at it.

Idea #19: Color by Code

Clipart: Counting Christmas Lights
Skill: Sight Words
Notes: So you can use Counting Clipart for literacy activities as well!

Idea #20: Color the Rhymes

Clipart: Counting Valentine Balloons
Skill: Rhymes
Notes: Here’s another one. You just have to pick those that have enough space for words.

How to Use Clipart

I have been thinking about how teachers use clipart for a long time now, so that my clipart can be really useful. And these chapters are the result of all that figuring out. Each chapter introduces a way of thinking about clipart to help you make the most of your purchases and grow your TpT store.

How to use Clipart: Build A Craft (Chapter 13)

How to Use Clipart Chapter 13 - Build a Craft

Here’s the next chapter for even more ideas. Most of these Build-a parts are from my Counting Clipart sets. Experiment with creating both printable and digital versions of craftivity!

The Ideas

Idea #1: Burger Stack Facts Craft

Clipart: Counting Burger Patties
Skill: Addition Facts
Notes: Check out #3 in my PowerPoint Notes for an easy way to resize all the pieces proportionately.

Idea #2: Sight Word French Fries Craft

Clipart: Counting French Fries
Skill: Sight Words
Notes: Check out the top left corner of each idea for reference on how to lay the parts out on a page.

Idea #3: Spaghetti Meatballs Build-A-Word

Clipart: Counting Meatballs
Skill: Sight Words/Build-a-Word
Notes: You can have as many meatballs in each craft as you like.

Idea #4: Pepperoni Pizza Rhymes Craft

Clipart: Counting Pizza
Skill: CVC/Rhymes
Notes: This makes a great fine motor craft for cutting circles.

Idea #5: Pizza Box Skip Counting Craft

Clipart: Counting Pizza
Skill: Skip Counting
Notes: You can work in any skill that fits onto the slices.

Idea #6: Compound Words Roses Craft

Clipart: Counting Roses
Skill: Compound Words
Notes: Laminate for durability.

Idea #7: Odd and Even Lemonade Pitchers Craft

Clipart: Counting Lemonade
Skill: Odd and Even Numbers
Notes: You can create your own squares or substitute other shapes!

Idea #8: Watermelon Name Craft

Clipart: Counting Watermelon
Skill: Name/Spelling
Notes: The seeds are smaller so it’s harder to add words or images. But they can still be great for letters, numbers and counting.

Idea #9: Nouns and Verbs Sun Rays Craft

Clipart: Counting Sun
Skill: Grammar/Nouns/Verbs
Notes: This requires a little bit of spacial awareness to arrange the rays.

Idea #10: Valentine Chocolate Box Craft

Clipart: Counting Valentine Chocolates
Skill: Writing
Notes: Get the kids to write on pieces before cutting them out.

Idea #11: Subitizing Christmas Tree Craft

Clipart: Christmas Tree Stacks
Skill: Subitizing/Counting Fingers
Notes: The star is slightly more challenging for younger kids, but can be great for slightly older ones.

Idea #12: Snowman Facts Stack Craft

Clipart: Well.. it’s not in the store yet. Will probably be in before Winter!
Skill: Math Facts
Notes: This is a craft using clipart stacks. See other examples of stacks.

How to Use Clipart

How to use Clipart: Spinners (Chapter 12)

How to Use Clipart Chapter 12 - Spinners

Spinners can make huge contributions to your both your thematic worksheets and thematic centers. All the spinners in my store are either available as bundle bonus or freebies! Download the freebies and try adapting some of these ideas to suit your classroom right now.

The Ideas

Idea #1: Sharks Spin and Add

Clipart: Summer Shark Spinners (bundle bonus!)
Skill: Addition
Notes: Experiment with having different number of spinners (1, 2 or 3) for your addition activities.

Idea #2: Christmas Spin and Bump

Clipart: Santa Spinners (bundle bonus!)
Skill: Beginning Digraphs
Notes: The presents, ornaments and Christmas sock are all within the same bundle!

Idea #3: Five in a Row/Bingo

Clipart: Magician Kid Spinners (freebie!)
Skill: Alphabet
Notes:

Idea #4: Unicorn Multiplication Spin and Color

Clipart: Unicorn Spinners (freebie!)
Skill: Multiplication
Notes: You can create spin and color/cover activities for many different skills!

Idea #5: Detective Kids Spinner Clocks

Clipart: Detective Kids Spinners (bundle bonus!)
Skill: Time
Notes: The empty spinner circles are great for fitting in the analog clocks.

Idea #6: Secret Agents Spin and Write

Clipart: Secret Agent Kids Spinners (freebie!)
Skill: Vowel Teams
Notes: Create Spin and Write activities for any phonics sounds or sight words.

Idea #7: Rainy Day Kids Spin and Match

Clipart: Rainy Day Kids Spinners (bundle bonus!)
Skill: Sight Word
Notes: Spin and Match/Flip is a 2-player game. If students flip a card that matches the word they spin, they keep it.

Idea #8: Teddy Bear Spinner Fractions

Clipart: Teddy Bear Spinners (bundle bonus!)
Skill: Fractions
Notes: Spinners are also great for coloring circle fractions.

Idea #9: Ice Cream Kids Spin and Graph

Clipart: Ice Cream Truck Kids Spinners (bundle bonus!)
Skill: Spin and Graph
Notes: You can create spin and graph activities both as worksheets or center activities.

Idea #10: Baby Owl Spin and Race

Clipart: Graduation Owl Spinners
Skill: Counting/Addition
Notes: This is a variation of Roll and Race.

How to Use Clipart

How to use Clipart: Background Scenes (Chapter 11)

How to Use Clipart Chapter 11 - background scenes

Backgrounds make your resources feel more immersive and make students forget that they are doing ‘work’. Once you get used to having them around, it can be hard to go without.

The Ideas

Idea #1: Strip Puzzles

Clipart: Picnic Kids + Parks Background
Skill: Counting/Skip Counting
Notes: This works great for a variety of skills where students have to arrange the numbers/letters/words in order.

Idea #2: Mystery Picture Puzzle

Clipart: Outer Space Background
Skill: Counting
Notes: This can be used for any literacy/math skill like a matching activity.

Idea #3: Hidden Words Activity

Clipart: Jungle Background + Monkeys + Bears + Rhinos
Skill: R-Controlled Sounds
Notes: This is great for skills like sight words, phonics, math facts, sentence scramble etc.

Idea #4: Emergent Reader

Clipart: Ice Cream Truck Kids + Parks Background
Skill: Reading
Notes: Add backgrounds to your reading resources to make it fun and immersive for your students.

Idea #5: Sentence Writing

Clipart: Prehistoric Backgrounds + Dinosaurs
Skill: Writing
Notes: Use backgrounds to create settings for writing activities.

Idea #6: Following Directions

Clipart: Fairytale Backgrounds + Squirrel
Skill: Following Directions
Notes: Having a background clipart sets the scene for a fun and imaginative following directions activity. The directions can interact directly with the background.

Idea #7: Digital Activity

Clipart: Magician Kids Clipart
Skill: Three Letter Blends
Notes: Use backgrounds to set the stage for any thematic Boom Cards or Google Slides activity.

How to Use Clipart

How to use Clipart: Characters (Chapter 10)

How to Use Clipart Chapter 10 - characters

Characters can be kids, animal friends, robots, monsters, bugs, etc. They can stimulate loads more play and imagination in your activities. Use these ideas to get started!

The Ideas

Idea #1: Halloween Kids Possessive Pronouns

Clipart: Halloween Kids + Halloween Things
Skill: Grammar/Possessive Pronouns
Notes: The Kids and Things bundles are great for creating all kinds of sentences, stories and other grammar activities!

Idea #2: Verbs Task Cards

Clipart: Summer Variety Kids
Skill: Verbs
Notes: Verbs can be an important consideration in making clipart purchases.

Idea #3: Laundry Story Problems

Clipart: Laundry Kids
Skill: Story Problems/Addition/Subtraction
Notes: Thematic kid characters inspire great story problems!

Idea #4: Thematic Multiple Choice

Clipart: Magician Kids
Skill: Ending Blends
Notes: The kid character is holding the magician cups, and the activity uses those cups as the theme. Find as many of such combinations you can to create fun thematic activities!

Idea #5: Write the Room

Clipart: Detective Kids
Skill: Place Values
Notes: Characters are great imaginative additions to any worksheet even if they are not absolutely necessary.

Idea #6: Thematic Kids Task Cards

Clipart: Secret Agent Kids + Speech Bubbles
Skill: Place Values
Notes: Add speech bubbles to any character clipart to turn them into fun activities.

Idea #7: Detective Case Files Matching

Clipart: Detective Kids
Skill: Addition/Number Words
Notes: This activity uses the matching items principle, except it uses kid characters and their matching item.

Idea #8: Real or Nonsense Sandwich Color by Code

Clipart: Kid + Sandwich
Skill: Real or Nonsense CVC Words
Notes: Add characters to any color by code worksheet even though you don’t HAVE to.

Idea #9: Before and After Beavers

Clipart: Beaver + Log
Skill: 10 more, 10 less/Before and After
Notes: You can use substitute characters as the matching item for any of the ideas in the Matching Things chapters!

How to Use Clipart

How to use Clipart: Group of Icons (Chapter 9)