Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs / Bins

We are getting back into school work and I thought it would be nice to show you some of the activities included in the Back to School Preschool Centers | Morning Tubs unit I recently made!

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

We took a long break from blogging. O.K; we took a very l-o-o-ng break! I knew it would be impossible to keep doing “school work” with Filip, blog about it AND create new resources, so I decided to focus on work for a while.

We started with a line tracing activity. This actually proved to be a difficult task for Filip as he struggled to make a straight line down. He insisted on resting his has on the table as he traced down the lines, creating all kinds of funky little zig-zags. (Click the photo to get it!)

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

On the last try, he decided to take my advice and he lifted his hand off the table as he traced down. See? Perfect line!

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

Next, he helped get the lost Nursery Rhyme characters back into their storybooks by tracing the curved lines, left to right. (Click the photo to get it!)

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

Then, we worked on some fine motor skills with an alphabet sorting center. (Click the photo to get letters A-D.)

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

Seeing as my lil’ man’s name starts with F, we decided to practice tracing F with this page. As with our play dough mats, Filip started by finger-tracing the letter. (Click the photo to get upper and lower case letters A-D.)

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

Personally, I like these tracing mats more than the play dough mats we have been using for our Preschool Letter of the Week series. I just love the fact that the directions are inside the letter and show the exact beginning point for each stroke. Of course, the dotted tracing line is also perfect for young kiddos learning to write!

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

We then did some number sorting by placing the crayons into the correct packets. (Click the photo to get numbers 1-3).

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

Filip sorted the crayons by putting them inside each packet…

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

But you could also sort them by placing the crayons under each corresponding number packet.

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

While  we were absent from blogging, Filip turned 5. Yep. My baby is a big boy now, so he tells me. For this reason, we decided to use the number 5 tracing mat. (Click the photo to get numbers 1-3).

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

And then we used some dice, 5 side up, to represent the number on the 10 frame.

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

We also sorted some objects by color. Of course, the jars can also be used for sorting objects from your home or classroom – not just the pictures included in the packet! (Click the photo to get the colors below.)

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

Then we sorted square and circle pictures to the correct mats. (Click the photo to get the shapes below.)

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

And we finished off with a super-fun fine motor activity. We used some small blue gems, but you could use absolutely any small object to place inside each circle. (Click the photo to get it!)

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

And there you have it; a sneak peek at what’s included in our Back to School Preschool Centers. I warn you; there is quite a bit of laminating and cutting involved, but it that’s the sacrifice required to make learning fun, then I think it’s totally worth it!

Click here or on n the picture below to purchase the Back to School Preschool Centers | Morning Tubs.

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

If you would like something with less prep for your preschoolers, you may like the Back to School No Prep Worksheets and Activities unit.

Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs

See you soon with more from our Preschool Letter of the Week series!

Happy Teaching 🙂

49 thoughts on “Back to School Preschool Centers Morning Tubs / Bins”

  1. Hi. I love the crayon box numbers activity. Would you be willing to sell those on their own? Thank you so much! I simply love your materials!
    I am also wondering if you have the Creation materials for days 5-7? Thank you! God Bless!

    1. Hi Meaghan,
      Thank you so much for stopping by 🙂 The crayon box is only available as part of this unit. My intention is to to have Day 5 of Creation up on the blog by the weekend or Monday.
      Lavinia

  2. I haven’t seen such a perfect Back to School centers before! It is on my wishlist 🙂 Thank you for the prewiew freebies.

  3. I love the color palates with the letters! Those are awesome! When will you be coming out with other letters of the alphabet?

  4. THANK YOU so much for sharing!=) I have a 3 & 2 yo that I’m homeschooling this year & these activities look so much fun.

  5. Love this unit for my little girls! I am wondering how you store the pieces? I am an organization junkie and would love to know!

    1. Ashli,
      I store all the flat resources (plain paper ones that have been laminated) in expandable plastic pockets. The bulky resources (the activities with pegs), are stored in shoe boxes or plastic file boxes. I hope that helps 🙂

  6. I just love these ideas for learning. I’m hoping that they help with my son. He has asheberghers Syndrome. If you have some ideas I am open to them. He is in preschool preparing him for kindergarten next year.

  7. These are GREAT! Thanks for sharing. Does it come in a black and white version? I like to color and am cheap. Lol.

  8. Oh my goodness! This is absolutely amazing. I’m so impressed and love it so much. It will work great with in my special education classroom. Thank you for allowing it to be a free download =) so convenient.

  9. homeschoolingmommie

    Awesome! Will the letter and tracing mats be sold together as a bundle or separately? My special needs some still needs work with writing and You are the only one that has what I’ve been looking for to help him master the formation of writing his numbers and letters correctly.

    1. Hello! I’m so glad that you were able to find what you were looking for! I will not be selling these separately, just included in this back to school unit.
      Lavinia

  10. Carmen compean

    I love your theme!! That’s our theme his year (“art” ) and I love your paint pallete!!! How can I purchase it?

  11. Hi! I just love this color sorting. Is there any way just to get that printable I don’t want all the other right now???

  12. Hi dear! you are so good to everyone, I love your art, you’re so kind and sweet, thank you very much!

  13. I saw this, wanted it, had to have it and now it’s MINE MINE MINE! Thanks for sharing, my kiddos will love it.

  14. Oh my God, your page is so cool, and the activities are so USEFUL!!! I got quite a few for tomorrow’s class! My students are gonna love the crayon numbers one

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