April 16, 2026
Bubble Pop Activities for the classroom are a great way to engage and excite learning in a hands-on way! Your students love bubble pops, so use them as a learning tool to support literacy and math instruction! Learn 5 new ways to use bubble pops in the classroom with these teacher tips and lesson plan ideas here! Grab a free printable bubble pop activity too!
There are so many ways to use bubble pops in the classroom to increase engagement and learning! Keep reading for ideas and a free printable!
These activities go well with these resources:
Are you thinking of using Bubble Pops in the classroom to support instruction? There are so many fun ways to use these fidget toys in an educational and purposeful way!
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We previously shared some Bubble Pop activities and teacher tips! Including how to cut them into rows! Read more here!
But there are so many more ideas that have been popping up in the Simply Kinder Teachers Facebook Group! So we compiled 5 fun ideas and games to support your classroom instruction!
Use an alphabet one (either pre-written or write your own with a permanent marker) and have students pop out sight words!
TEACHER TIP: Use a spray of varnish like this one to help the permanent marker stay in place and not rub off on hands.
Beginning or Ending Sound Hunt
Use the same alphabet ones to identify the beginning or ending sound in words or objects around the room!
Differentiation options: ending sounds, spell the word, pop the syllables..and so many more!
Or use printed pictures of your own or grab these:
Using the same printed picture as above have students pop out the sounds and then write them into sound boxes. Grab a free printable soundbox template here!
This keyboard Bubble Pop is also fantastic for practicing sounds, letters, spelling, and sight words!
-Pair students up! Roll a die and pop that many. Whoever pops all of theirs first is the winner.
-Or pair students up and have them roll two dice. Then add to two numbers on a hundred chart Bubble Pop like this one. Or even subtract if you’re students are ready!
-Identify even/odd numbers! Call out a number and have students pop that many (two at a time is great for students to practice) and then identify if a number is even or odd!
A super fun game to challenge students is to use the alphabet bubble pop to play unscramble the word!
-Pair students up
-Based on needs either provide pictures of CVC/CVCe words, written CVC/CVCe words, or even sight words
-Students pop the letter without showing their partner
-The partner has to unscramble the letters and guess the word
Providing a whiteboard is great to help students during this activity
Make sure to check out this video of the Simply Kinder Bubble Pop Activities Bundle:
Grab it here on Simply Kinder or here on TpT
Get a free printable sample from the best-selling Bubble Pop bundle to try with your students! This includes a variety of Phoneme Segmentation cards for 1-5 sounds based on your student’s needs! Use them in small groups, centers, write the room, and more!
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How are you using Bubble Pops in the classroom? Share your ideas inside the Simply Kinder Teachers Facebook Group or tag #SimplyKinder on Instagram!
This post was written by Kate. Kate is a certified teacher with several years of teaching experience and a great love for all things Kindergarten and First Grade.
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