Polar Animals No Prep Phonics Center Mats Kindergarten Winter Literacy Centers

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Cut the prep time and still engage your students with the Polar Animals Phonics Literacy Center Mats! This set of 10 differentiated Kindergarten literacy centers is perfect for hands-on activities in January, February, or anytime you need winter literacy centers.

What’s included in the Polar Animals Phonics Literacy Centers:

• 8 no prep literacy centers
• 2 low prep literacy centers
• Recording sheets
• Color and black and white versions

Many of these no prep centers are similar to my Partner Games so you can keep things consistent all year long.

Aligned with the Science of Reading! These centers give your students the opportunity to practice phonics skills they currently need to review.

Every phonics center includes practice with multiple Kindergarten phonics skills to help you easily differentiate.

Cover by Code: Students will cover each spot according to the code.

• Skills: alphabet, CVC words

Race to Fill: For these phonics partner games, students will take turns spinning and covering a match on their side. The first player to fill their side wins.

• Skills: alphabet, beginning sounds, CVC words

Spin and Color: Students will spin the spinner and color a matching picture on their recording sheet.

• Skills: beginning sounds, ending sounds, vowel sounds

Roll and Color Pocket Dice Center: Students will roll a sound or a word and color the matching picture on their recording sheet.

• Skills: beginning sounds, CVC words

Race Up the Polar Bear: For these phonics games, students will spin a letter or picture and then move their game piece up the polar bear to that letter or word. The first side to reach the top wins.

• Skills: letter confusion, CVC words

Spin and Map: Students will spin a letter or word, map it, and write it.

• Skills: letter formation, writing CVC words

Roll and Cover: Can be played as partner games or independently. Students will roll a die and cover the matching word on their mat.

• Skills: beginning sounds, CVC word

Spin and Cover: Can be played as partner games or independently. Students will spin a sound and cover the matching picture.

• Skills: ending sounds, vowel sounds, digraphs

Race to Subtract: For these phonics partner games, students will start with all of their spots covered. They will roll a die and remove a counter from a corresponding spot. The first player to subtract all of their counters wins.

• Skills: beginning sounds, CVC words

Spin It: Students will spin a sound or picture and cover a match.

• Skills: alphabet, CVC words