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January 11, 2018 By Nicole Franklin · 4 Comments

Name Recognition Alphabet Hearts

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

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January 5, 2018 By Nicole Franklin · 2 Comments

Box of Valentine Chocolates Alphabet Match

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

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November 27, 2017 By Nicole Franklin · Leave a Comment

Santa’s Sleigh Alphabet Play Dough Mats for Preschoolers

Christmas is such a magical time of year for little kids! I’m not going to lie, it’s pretty magical still for me too.  Between the cookies, the presents, the carols, Christmas lights, and telling Santa all of your Christmas wishes, the excitement can overtake the normal day to day learning activities.  This is why it’s important to keep the learning going during the Christmas season

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November 25, 2017 By Nicole Franklin · 2 Comments

Christmas Tree Alphabet Writing Tray for Preschool

Keeping preschoolers engaged and on task can be tricky during the holiday season. There is so much excitement in the air and it seems to be contagious in the classroom with 4 and 5 year-olds!  This is the reason that I try to incorporate hands-on learning activities like our Christmas tree alphabet writing tray in my pre-k classroom. Christmas Tree Writing Tray The free printable

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November 16, 2017 By Nicole Franklin · 7 Comments

Monster Alphabet Play Dough Mats

My preschoolers are all about the play dough mats lately!  It has worked to my advantage because of all of the play dough mat choices and skills focused on in our printable centers and busy bins.  Play dough is so inviting for little learners and encourages fine motor practice.  Our monster alphabet play dough alphabet mats is the perfect learning center to practice uppercase and

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October 19, 2017 By Nicole Franklin · 8 Comments

Cookie Alphabet Pre-Writing Cards

FREE printable cookie alphabet pre-writing cards to practice uppercase & lowercase letter formation and fine motor skills in preschool, pre-k, kindergarten.

I try my best to keep all learning activities in my classroom hands-on and engaging.  Little kids have plenty of worksheets to look forward to in elementary school, so I try to come up with other ways to learn uppercase and lowercase letters.  It may take a little more time, but my pre-k kids appreciate lots of new activities and themes!  Our cookie alphabet pre-writing

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September 21, 2017 By Nicole Franklin · 6 Comments

Counting Bears Alphabet Match

Use your bear counters with this FREE printable uppercase letter counting bear alphabet match. Perfect beginning letter recognition activity for pre-k!

Using fun manipulatives like mini erasers, themed and holiday trinkets, and more traditional classroom items like counting bears makes learning so much more fun for little learners!  Everyone has counting bears. They come in different sizes and colors and can be used in so many different ways.  In my classroom we mostly pattern, sort, and count with these colorful counting bears.  To mix it up

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September 18, 2017 By Nicole Franklin · Leave a Comment

Pumpkin Pre-writing Activity

Who else has an obsession with mini erasers?  It cannot just be me.  Every time I’m in the dollar store or the Dollar Spot, I love looking through them all.  There were a ton of options out for the fall season too!  There are a million different learning ideas that they can be used for.  A pumpkin pre-writing activity was perfect for all of the

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August 18, 2017 By Nicole Franklin · 16 Comments

Tracing Letters Printable Apples

Working towards correctly forming letters takes practice and patience.  It’s not a skill that’s learned overnight, so making it fun is important.  Instead of just using worksheets to practice writing letters over and over again, writing activities like our tracing letters printable apple cards can help keep young learners engaged.  These writing practice cards fit perfectly into any apple theme! Tracing Letters Printable Apple Cards

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July 29, 2017 By Nicole Franklin · Leave a Comment

Alphabet Cow Clip Cards

Farm animal sounds are one of the first ways that little kids learn about animals. Maybe that is why every year when we get to the farm theme, that my preschoolers cannot get enough of our learning activities all about farm animals. Our alphabet cow clip cards easily fit in with a farm theme and offer uppercase and lowercase letter recognition and matching, as well

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