Super simple learning ideas for kids!
Come have some fun down on the farm with our colorful pig bottoms! I loved how simple this activity was to put together. My preschoolers loved how silly it was! Somehow pigs were rolling around in the mud and their tails fell off. Completely unbelievable, but to my 3 year-olds, they giggled and then got right to work putting the tails back on the colorful
The delicious smell of apple pie is one of my favorite things about fall! We won’t be making apple pie in preschool this year, but our spin art apple pies still smell just as yummy! In just a few simple steps and with little assistance, preschoolers can create their own apple scented craft. Spin art is always a huge hit with my preschoolers! Affiliate links
Spiders are such a fun theme to learn about and fit into our fall farm and even Halloween themes coming up! I’m all in as long as the spiders aren’t real! Our cute little clothespin spider is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers to practice counting from 1 to 8, practice 1:1 correspondence, and strengthen their fine motor skills. That’s a lot of skills jam-packed into
Letter practice could not be more fun (or cuter!) with our Apple Stem Letter activity. Preschoolers can match letters in their names while practicing recognition. Older kids can practice sight words and spelling words! My preschool class will be practicing recognizing the letters in the word apple during our apple theme along with counting apple seeds and sorting colored apples! Apples are one of my
Simple learning with stickers! Simple is what I am all about. I have always been one to wait until the last minute to get things done. I do some of my best preschool planning while drying my hair and brushing my teeth! The activities that we do in preschool (and at home!) are super simple but still super fun. This includes our latest activity that
Practicing number identification and counting with one-to-one correspondence is so much fun with this set of Apple Seed Counting Cards! Apple Seed Counting Cards Apple seeds are so tiny that they can help develop and strengthen those fine motor muscles in preschoolers each time they are pinched and picked up. Using apple seeds is a way to add a fun and even real dimension
During the first week of preschool, I set up activities for quick {yet still fun} assessments to see what skills my preschoolers already knew at the beginning of the school year. Sorting by category, size, and color is taught and used throughout the school year with 3 year-olds. Our Shape Sort Sticky Wall introduced sorting by shape and tied in shape recognition too! I am
Recently, I was asked to share fun learning ideas with a local moms’ group. I shared lots of simple activities that could be put together with supplies from around the house (or that could be found at the dollar store). One of the activities was our Number Matching Sun that strengthens fine motor skills and works on number and counting skills. It’s also super easy
Playing with marshmallows can be a fun way for preschoolers to practice size discrimination and strengthen fine motor skills at the same time! After seeing what a hit our other fine motor jar was, I came up with another way to utilize our jars by just changing out the lid. I created our Marshmallow Sort Jar for my preschoolers to be able to sort by
This set of shape match clip cards is a definite must-try activity for all toddlers and preschoolers! Practicing shape identification and matching is so much fun with this set of Smiley Shape Match Clip Cards! This activity is set up for young children to succeed at matching shapes while gaining confidence and strengthening fine motor skills. Children can use simple visual discrimination to match the smiley
