Are you on the search for Nocturnal Animals or not scary Halloween activities that help introduce or reinforce letter and number recognition? I have created a few resources that you will find helpful. If you are looking for an alphabet match/ letters take a look at this Alphabet Bats by Playfully Educated 1 | TPT (teacherspayteachers.com) These adorable bats are hanging upside down holding upper- and lower-case letters. All you need to do is download print and cut. Some examples of using them are letter reviews and introductions, which you can pull out as many or as few as you want for that lesson. They can also be used as a memory match game, one of my favorite ways to play in my class is to “hide” or place one set of letters spread out on tables in the room and then give a letter from the other set to each student and have them go on a hunt to find its match.

Need something for math, I’ve got you covered with this Owl Math Match by Playfully Educated 1 | TPT (teacherspayteachers.com). In the owl Match game, it has Numerals 0-20 on the owls, and those numbers are represented in ten frames on the nests. Once again this can be differentiated based on the children you will be working with.

I have used both in my class this year for small groups and the kids are always excited for the day’s “activity (as they like to call small groups)” and it has kept them engaged throughout the lesson and game.

Let me know if you try these out and if you have any other ideas you use for Nocturnal animals or Halloween!