Super simple learning ideas for kids!
Preschoolers love to act like big kids and are able to rise up to the challenge when learning activities are created to set them up for success. The watermelon word building mats are a great addition to your literacy centers for the preschoolers who are headed to kindergarten, as well as those preschoolers who can identify their letters and understand that words are built from
Whenever I think of fall, I start singing a song that I would teach my preschoolers each year stuck in my head! My own kids are not always fans of my preschool songs anymore, and it drives them bananas! But singing songs and doing finger play rhymes and chants in the classroom are one of the best ways to help a preschooler learn a new
Let’s go to the farm and practice letters of the alphabet at the same time! The animals that live on the farm are always a topic that is a hit with preschoolers. Farm animal sounds, farm songs, and farm pretend play are so fun to add to a farm theme of learning activities. Our farm alphabet match sensory bin activity will fit into your farm
Car, trucks, trains, boats, and anything that rolls, flies, or moves keep preschoolers engaged and entertained! This is why adding cars to a block area, construction vehicles to a sandbox or table, and playing with boats in water are all great activities to add to a transportation or vehicle theme in preschool. Our transportation emergent reader encourages pre-reading and reading skills that are still developmentally
Summer is a great time for not only fun learning themes, but more independent preschool work! My very favorite summer learning themes are the beach and ocean, lemonade, watermelon, camping, and ice cream! I feel like bubbles probably lands in there too somewhere. All of these things make me think about being a little kid in the summertime! Our new summer color by code printable
Ice cream is the ultimate summer treat! It can be eaten in a cone, a cup, in a sandwich, or even on a popsicle stick. No matter how the ice cream is presented, it’s always a hit with preschoolers! This is why an ice cream theme fits seamlessly into a summer or beach theme. And our ice cream treat alphabet puzzles are the perfect addition
Summer is coming and hopefully that means beach time for everyone! If not, using a beach theme to teach can be just as fun. Whether your preschoolers are digging through a sensory bin of play sand, exploring with seashells, or painting ocean animals on the easel, the beach or ocean theme are fun to focus on with young learners. Our build a sandcastle word mat
Penguins are one of my favorite learning themes! I think between my collection of penguin books, penguin facts, penguin art projects, and penguin writing that we do, I could actually spend a month on penguins with my preschoolers. This year I am adding name building to our penguin theme. Our feed the penguin name mat is a great way for preschoolers to practice first and
Beach and ocean themes are perfect for the end of the school year. We also will add them into the beginning of the yer sometimes because it’s still so warm when we go back to school. And we all know that in your preschool classroom you may find different levels of alphabet awareness and recognition throughout the school year. This is why our crabs at
Reality hits tomorrow. Spring break is officially over for us, so it’s back to making school lunches, homework, and stricter bedtimes in my house. We all know how that feels to have to get back into the daily grind, when all you want to do is stay in your pajamas all day. Teaching preschoolers adds another dimension to coming back after a break. Some are
