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Getting Started Here......

If you're new to our site, you might want to take a second to familiarize yourself with all the fun features that we provide. We've written a few short tutorials to help you along the way.

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yesterday
Kathy Mansano updated their profile
on Sunday
Shannon replied to the discussion 'RECYCLE and EDUCATE'
Milk jug caps - come in different colors and work well as game/bingo markers, counters, patterning, and other math manipulatives. Make sure to wash and dry thoroughly before storing in a container or they will mold - yuck! Lids from cans of frozen…
on Sunday
I love the applesauce cups. I use them all the time for glue and then can just toss them after we use them. Also great for putting different cookie toppings in like M&Ms, sprinkles, etc for a cookie decorating party. Recently used them with my child…
on Sunday
angela added a discussion
Hi, I'm a homeschooling mom of 4 kids. Ages 13,12,9,and 6.I just found this website while searching for filefolder ideas for my 6 year old. I LOVE it! Looking forward to gaining inspiration from you seasoned File folder people. :)  Also looking forw…
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We have been working on this for several months and we are about done! :) Enjoy Many books at the library to choose from+ website here is a few: http://americanhistory.pppst.com/civilwar.html Lapbooks: http://dynamic2moms.webs.com/warbetweenthestat
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Featured Members

This is a special section in our site where we'll display the work of our featured memebers!  These members have been given special permission to have their own little web space in our social network, a place where they can share their ideas, creativity and resources for teaching with file folder games!  If you'd like to learn more about becoming a Featured Member, just drop me a message from my profile page!



Faith's Plaground was started up by our Moderator, Faith! It's her little spot on our site to share her ideas and fun creations with you! You'll also be able to check up on what's new in her Preschool File Folder Group too. If you want to learn more about Faith, click here to check out her Member Profile.

  Faith's Playground



Free File Folder Games

All of our Free File Folder Games can be found on our main site www.FileFolderFun.com

Here is a Quicklink directory to make it easier to find just what you're looking for!
Animal File Folder Games
Apple File Folder Games
Bug File Folder Games
Cake File Folder Games
Circus File Folder Games
Cupcake File Folder Games
Leaf File Folder Games
Thanksgiving File Folder Games


Additionally, you can also search our site by grade level. Currently we've got Preschool File Folder Games, and Kindergarten File Folder Games, all separated by game type (matching, math ect....). In the coming weeks we'll be adding resources for First Grade File Folder Games, and Second Grade File Folder Games, so stay tuned for those!

Click Here to search by Grade Level


If you'd like to suggest a particular game to go on our "TO DO" list, please visit this post in our Forum. We can't promise anything, but it's nice to hear what kinds of resources are needed, and we'll try to fill that need.



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Welcome to our Member Forums! This is a social netowork with the purpose of sharing ideas and resources for teaching children with File Folder Games. We have a ton of great features on our site, including the ability to upload Photos, Videos, and even Files that you've created to share!

I hope that this place becomes an inspiration to you as you search for inexpensive and creative ways to teach your children.

All of our printable File Folder Games are on our Main site www.FileFolderFun.com

Member Created Games are in our Forum Area in our File Folder Share Group!

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Dianne Rodilosso

RECYCLE and EDUCATE 9 Replies

RECYCLE and use it to teach with!  This is not a FFG, but ideas of things you can use along with your FFGs to teach the children!  Here’s some ideas I came up with to save money on educational materi…

Started by Dianne Rodilosso in File Folder Share. Last reply by Shannon Feb 7.

angela

new here

Hi, I'm a homeschooling mom of 4 kids. Ages 13,12,9,and 6.I just found this website while searching for filefolder ideas for my 6 year old. I LOVE it! Looking forward to gaining inspiration from you…

Started by angela in Welcome! Please Introduce Yourself Here! Feb 7.

Rachel Whitworth

New to FFF 1 Reply

I live in Perth, Australia and have 5 little people. I am really enjoying adapting these file games for our learning and fun. I don't know if there are any other Aussies here but I will definitely be…

Started by Rachel Whitworth in Welcome! Please Introduce Yourself Here!. Last reply by Dianne Rodilosso Feb 6.

Valerie

What Games would you like to see? 88 Replies

What sorts of games are you interested in seeing made available on our site? This could be a certain theme (like Fall Leaves, or Christmas) or a certain type (like Phonics, or Simple Math) I hope to…

Started by Valerie in Welcome! Please Introduce Yourself Here!. Last reply by Amanda Feb 5.

Di Penzien

Toddler Games 11 Replies

Does anyone have any Toddler level games I can use for January?

Started by Di Penzien in File Folder Share. Last reply by April Feb 4.

Valerie

Rain Shower Blends 4 Replies

I've just put up a new game that is geared toward the first grade level. It's called Rain Showers and It's a consonant blends and digraphs game, where children identify the picture on the raindrop…

Tagged: grade, weather, spring, first, digraphs

Started by Valerie in What's NEW?. Last reply by Christina Binkley Feb 4.

debbi

love this sight i found .....

hi all, im Debbi ,and i love .ffg ...would like too chat to others and like making ffg...i am a teaching assistant in an infant school , i work with some asd children in main stream schools ..they li…

Started by debbi in File Folder Share Feb 2.

Valerie

Owl File Folder Game 15 Replies

"What, Where, When, And Whoooooo File Folder Game" This is an owl themed file folder game with options to customize. There are blank and bw versions as well. Find more photos like this on File…

Started by Valerie in What's NEW?. Last reply by Nic Jan 30.

vicki hart

kindergarden folder games 2 Replies

what are the best games to use for kindergardeners? i have color matching, shape mating, rhyming, big/little letter matching. i don't have any numbers. can i do adding numbers 1-9 and 2-9 or is that…

Started by vicki hart in File Folder FAQ's. Last reply by Dianne Rodilosso Jan 29.

Rana Lamberson

New to File folder games

Hi, My name is Rana. I am married and have 4 boys. 6,8,10 and 12 yrs old. I homeschool the  12 yr old, the rest go to public school. I have really got addictied to  making file folder games. I am not…

Started by Rana Lamberson in Welcome! Please Introduce Yourself Here! Jan 29.

Valerie

Owl File Folder Game: Telling Time 6 Replies

Whoooo Knows What Time it is? The idea for this game was submitted by Diane Rodilosso, who shared many creative thoughts with us last month!  Thanks Diane! This is a file folder game for childre…

Tagged: grade, time, clocks, first, math

Started by Valerie in What's NEW?. Last reply by Debbie Wood Jan 29.

Dianne Rodilosso

File Folder Games for Older Students 2 Replies

I was looking for some more FFGs and came across these. I remembered some of you were looking for FFGs for older students. I never know if you already have this information but, hope these will be he…

Started by Dianne Rodilosso in File Folder Share. Last reply by motherofonesm Jan 26.

Valerie

Weather File Folder Game 8 Replies

Tagged: water, cycle, clouds, fall, summer

Started by Valerie in What's NEW?. Last reply by Christina Binkley Jan 20.

Valerie

Space Rhymes 4 Replies

Space Rhymes This is a rhyming game where children match up the space ships with the correct planet by reading the words and matching up the rhymes! My little Bubba loves this game, it's quite col…

Tagged: planet, stars, shuttle, spaceship, galaxy

Started by Valerie in What's NEW?. Last reply by Christelle Jan 20.

Valerie

Snowman Compound Words 13 Replies

Snowman Compound Words This is a fun game for children who are learning about compound words. Children read the words on the snowmen and match them to words on the gameboard to form a compound wor…

Tagged: christmas, winter, words, compound, snowmen

Started by Valerie in What's NEW?. Last reply by Rebekah Emerson Jan 16.

Sandy

New to File Folder Games 1 Reply

Hi! I'm Sandy and I teach School Readiness in the Public Schools. I have been using file folder games for practicing skills for many years. I came across this site and Love It! I have used many of th…

Started by Sandy in Welcome! Please Introduce Yourself Here!. Last reply by eileen kelly Jan 13.

Nikki

Character Education File Folder Games 2 Replies

I need some ideas for character education file folder games such as friendship, manners, behavior management, feelings, etc. Got any suggestion to help get me started?

Started by Nikki in File Folder Share. Last reply by MaryMom67 Jan 13.

Beth

New here and new to file folders.... 2 Replies

Hi All! My name is Beth and I have 6 kids with #7 due in Feb....we homeschool 5 of our kids (well, technically one is cyber schooled due to special needs), and our oldest attends public school (10th…

Started by Beth in Welcome! Please Introduce Yourself Here!. Last reply by Rachel Whitworth Jan 11.

Rhoda S. Cox

Sentence Highway

Here is another sentence folder game that I came up with. This one deals with ending punctuation. I have attached the files for making the game. (There are more pictures of it under "photos".) I col…

Started by Rhoda S. Cox in File Folder Share Jan 3.

Rhoda S. Cox

Sentence Contruction 6 Replies

I needed a game to help reinforce the skills needed to put together a sentence. Here is my idea if anyone else could benefit from it.

Started by Rhoda S. Cox in File Folder Share. Last reply by Rhoda S. Cox Jan 3.

Blog Posts

Sarah Brezina

Winter Lapbook

We have completed our winter lapbook...WOW we learned alot...I never knew so much about snow. We got these from Homeschool Share...Enjoy



Continue

Posted by Sarah Brezina on January 30, 2010 at 12:07pm

Ann Burke

addition facts -- are there any?

I am wanting to make a game to help my daughter memorize addition facts. Does anyone have any ideas on how to make it fun and whimsical? thanks!!!

Posted by Ann Burke on January 22, 2010 at 12:31pm — 11 Comments

Peekershaz

Snowman compound words FF

We made the snowman compound words FF to match the Sonlight Language Arts we were working on this week. More about this on my blog http://learningtogetherdailyjournal.blogspot.com/2010/01/compound-word-file-folder-game.html

Posted by Peekershaz on January 21, 2010 at 11:21pm

Cathy S

Swedish file folder/Parenting tips blog

I'm a grandmother with children and grandchildren scattered all around the US. I am proud of my Swedish heritage and am creating a lesson to share family stories and traditions of Sweden with my grandchildren. I made some file folder games to teach my grandchildren to count in Swedish and to match simple Swedish phrases.

I am also a music teacher and have a blog where I share parenting tips and music tips weekly. Come visit me at
http://musicfortots.bContinue

Posted by Cathy S on January 12, 2010 at 7:59pm

Kimberly Pinckney

Staples supplies

Wow...I will have to check it out !! Thanks for letting me know!!

Posted by Kimberly Pinckney on January 12, 2010 at 7:55pm

EstherRuth

Free manila file folders @ Staples!

Sale alert: Sale @ Staples! Use your rewards card to get manila file folders with 100% rewards -- basically you pay only tax! Bank boxes same sale!

HP ink is buy one, get one half price.

Is this appropriate to post here? I thought it would be relevant to anyone making file folder stuff! :-)

me

Posted by EstherRuth on January 11, 2010 at 9:18am — 16 Comments

Robin Sampson

Printable ABC Verses

These are not file folders but I thought you would find them useful. copywork Bible pages for children memorizing the ABC verses. The print is dotted and lined for tracing. Print in color or black and while. There are 5 PDF pages.


Continue

Posted by Robin Sampson on January 6, 2010 at 7:14am — 19 Comments

Gina Yengel

I am looking for toddler farm animal ideas

I am looking for unique ideas for a file folder game for my two year old..I am currently working on the farm animal theme..I am new at this so it takes me hours to find any good information..Does anybody know of any good sites that I can use?? Thank you!!

Posted by Gina Yengel on January 5, 2010 at 6:37pm — 15 Comments

 
 

What's New

Owl File Folder Game: Telling Time



Whoooo Knows What Time it is?

The idea for this game was submitted by Diane Rodilosso, who shared many creative thoughts with us last m

Owl File Folder Game


"What, Where, When, And Whoooooo File Folder Game"

This is an owl themed file folder game with options to customize. There are blank and bw versions as well.


Find more ph

New Years Countdown Game


New Years Countdown Game


This is a counting game for children who are
working on backwards counting. Children count
backwards from 10, down to 1 by placing the
correct party hat on the children.

I made this for my son to practice counting backward…

Multiple Blessings: Multiplication File Folder Game


Multiple Blessings File Folder Game


This is a Multiplication File Folder game for children who are ready to begin basic multiplication facts.

This is great for Second Grade, and Third Grade review, and there are blank versions of the…

Passport to America: National Landmark File Folder Game

At our house we're learning all about the America, so I decided to make up a quick file folder game to expand identification and memorization of key U.S. Landmarks.





CLICK HERE FOR Passport to America File Folder Game





Snowman Compound Words


Snowman Compound Words

This is a fun game for children who are learning about compound words. Children read the words on the snowmen and match them to words on the gameboard to form a compound word.

Here are some photos of how to put i

Christmas File Folder Games



Christmas Tree Math Game

This is a Christmas Tree Math game for children who are working on early addition and subtraction skills. Children solve the problems on the ornaments and hang them on the correct tree.

If you'd like to s

Pumpkin Patch Phonics

Here is a new pumpkin file folder game for children who are working on early phonics skills. Children sound out the word combinations on each pumpkin and decide which patch to place it, in the Words or the Non words!

There are also blank pumpkins so you can add in your own words to expand the game.…

Monster Manners


Monster Manners!


Thanks to Dianne Rodilosso for the creative Monster Manners idea!

Don't forget if you have an idea for a game you can…

Martian Multiplication


Martian Multiplication

This is a second grade math game, working on the numbers 1-10 and their multiples of 2. Children match up the aliens with their correct space ships.

There is a blank version up as well, so you can customize this game to…
 

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