📮 Messages Then & Now 7: Drum Messages

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About this kindergarten & grade 1 worksheet

Free communication long ago and today printable for K & Grade 1 (Drum Messages): make up a drum code with a partner: 1 beat = hello. Skill: Knows ways of communicating from long ago to today (first-grade readiness). Level: Kindergarten & Grade 1 — also great for Reception / EYFS (UK) and Foundation (Australia).

For teachers: skills & standards

• Works as a morning-work page, a centre/station activity, homework or an early-finisher task.

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It is designed for Kindergarten & Grade 1 (ages 5–7), but use it with any child who is ready.

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Knows ways of communicating from long ago to today (first-grade readiness).

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More “Messages Then & Now” printables (knows ways of communicating from long ago to today)

Messages Then & Now 1: Sort Long Ago and Today · Messages Then & Now 2: Write a Pictograph · Messages Then & Now 3: Write a Letter · Messages Then & Now 4: Design a Stamp · Messages Then & Now 5: Can Telephone · Messages Then & Now 6: Fastest Message · Messages Then & Now 8: Then and Now Messages · Messages Then & Now 9: Message Interview · Messages Then & Now 10: Communication Words

All 10 messages then & now sheets → · First-grade readiness: all 84 skills → · Printable readiness checklist

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