Super simple learning ideas for kids!
Dinosaurs are a theme that little learners always seem to enjoy and stay engaged in. Right now my preschoolers can’t seem to get enough of dinosaurs! They pretend to be dinosaurs on the playground, create the most imaginative dinosaur environments in the block area, and can name more dinosaurs (and pronounce the names correctly!) than I can. Building off of their interest was easy to
When I was in kindergarten, we sang songs on stage as a grade level. The only memory I really have about that evening, was that we sang a rainbow song. I sing it all the time in my preschool classroom during our rainbow theme. Each time I sing it, my preschool kiddos remind me that pink technically does not belong in the rainbow. I guess
Whether you are getting ready for spring or are all about St. Patricks Day, rainbow activities are the way to go. Besides all of the color sorting activities, huge easel painting rainbows, and color games, our printable rainbow counting beads busy bag activity is a huge hit with my preschoolers! Fine motor skills, number skills, and counting are all included in this math activity. Rainbow
Valentine’s Day is such a happy time of year in my preschool classroom! Maybe it’s the fun colors and the hearts that are everywhere. Or maybe it’s the fact that we play and learn with candy for days! Candy hearts are such a great manipulative to use in the classroom. The sweet hearts in our candy hearts count & clip cards may not be real,
There was a day last week here in the south when there was a chance that we may see some snow flurries in the sky. Instead, it just rained, and rained! My kids were super disappointed, and really wanted to see some snow! Sticking your tongue out to catch snowflakes, making snow angels, building snowmen, and creating snow forts are memories that I have from
Valentine’s Day is one of my very favorite times of year in my preschool classroom! We spend the beginning of February focusing on all things involving hearts, friendship, and kindness. We also sneak in lots and lots of literacy, math, and fine motor practice. Our printable Name Recognition Alphabet Hearts learning activity is the perfect reusable busy bag to practice letters in your preschooler’s name
Our absolute favorite set of clip cards to use independently with young preschoolers (and even toddlers!) includes simple shape matching. The simplicity of the activity allows the clip cards to be a learning center in my classroom or a quiet activity at home. Our Heart Number Match Clip Cards is a similar activity that focuses on exact matching of numbers instead of counting. The set works on number
My kids at home are HUGE box of chocolates fans. If the box is heart shaped, they love the idea even more. Although to be honest, they take a lot of first bites only of these chocolates. So maybe the cute packaging entices them! Either way, boxes of Valentine chocolates is a motivating idea to use with a literacy learning center for February. Our free
Every year I wish that Valentine’s Day was at the end of February instead of right smack in the middle. I love all things Valentine’s Day and could plan new activities all about hearts and love for an entire month in my preschool classroom! One of my favorite part of Valentine’s Day in preschool is when the kids hand out Valentines to each other. We
My preschoolers love all kinds of sensory play! We have used sensory bottles throughout the year, and up until now I think that my favorite would have been our 5 Little Pumpkins sensory bottle. We must have recited that poem 18 bazillion times, and it never got old! But now, between the super colorful hearts, and the surprises inside, I think I can predict that
