As the weather cools and November rolls in, it can be tricky to keep your little learners focused, especially with all the excitement around Thanksgiving and the upcoming holidays. That’s why I’ve created these November Centers for Kindergarten to keep your students engaged, learning, and having fun all month long! With 20 hands-on, fall-themed activities, your kinders will be highly engaged as they practice essential math and literacy skills. Whether you use them for centers, morning work, or early finishers, these activities are low-prep and full of seasonal fun!

Math November Centers for Kindergarten

These ten math November centers for kindergarten include kid-friendly “I Can” visual direction cards, making it easy for students to complete each activity independently. Each center also comes with printable response sheets to use as a follow-up activity, helping reinforce important math skills in a meaningful and engaging way.

Here is a quick look at all ten math centers for kindergarten!

Scarecrow Tracing

At this center, the students will trace numbers 11-20. First, students will roll a die to determine which number they need to trace. Then, they will trace the corresponding number on the mat.

Squirrelly Tally Marks

Students will practice tally marks 1-10 at this math center. First, they will count the number of tally marks on the acorn and match the correct acorn to the numbered squirrel.

Order the Cookies

For this center, the students will place the cookies in numerical order from 0-20.

Fall Bakery Counting

At this center, the students will count on from a given number. First, they will say the beginning number on the bakery card before counting on and placing the correct missing numbers on the muffin.

Sunflower to Twenty

For this center, students will model numbers 11-20 on double ten frames. To model each number, they can use any small manipulative, such as sunflower seeds, pom-poms, linking cubes, mini erasers, etc.

Subitizing Squash

Students will build each squash by matching the number, ten frame, and tally marks for the numbers 1-10.

Count the Leaves

At this center, students will practice 1:1 counting for numbers 1–10 by modeling each number with the printable leaves, or small manipulatives like pom-poms, math cubes, mini erasers, or artificial leaves.

Shake the Leaves

For this center, the students will shake and spill a cup of 10 double-sided counters. Then, they will move the counters to the ten frame to make ten.

Measuring Leaves

To work on nonstandard measurement, the students will measure the leaves on each card using linking cubes.

Graphing Leaves

For this last math center, the students will spin the spinner to determine which leaf shape to color on the graph.

Literacy November Centers for Kindergarten

In addition to the ten math centers, there are also ten engaging literacy centers included in this November centers for kindergarten set. One of the standout features of these twenty center activities is the “Additional Options” section provided for each one. This makes it simple to differentiate and adapt the centers to meet the diverse needs of your learners, whether they need extra support or an added challenge.

Take a look at all ten literacy November centers for Kindergarten!

Haystack Letters

For this first literacy center, the students will spin a spinner and trace the corresponding letter on the haystack using a dry erase marker.

Leafy CVC Words

This short e CVC word center includes two different versions. The students will identify either the missing beginning sound or missing ending sound.

Rhyming Leaves

Students will build each leaf by matching two of the twenty-four rhyming picture pairs.

Stack the Syllables

At this center, students will stack math cubes to show the number of syllables in each word.

Squirrelly Sight Words

For this center, the students will practice identifying sight words by unscrambling the letters on the acorn buckets.

CVC Haybales

Students will identify each CVC word by clipping a clothespin to the correct word on the side of the card.

Vowel Owls

To work on short vowel sounds, the students will sort CVC words based on the middle sound.

Sunflower Letters

Students will order the alphabet by placing the missing sunflowers on the mat.

Leafy Decoding

Students will begin by reading twelve decodable sentences. Then, they will match each one to the corresponding picture to strengthen their comprehension skills.

Hayride Word Families

For this last literacy center, student will sort CVC words by word family.

November Centers for Kindergarten

Grab all 20 November centers for kindergarten, including 10 literacy and 10 math centers here!

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