Super simple learning ideas for kids!
Learning about the people around our community who help us is always fun with preschoolers. But what my preschoolers love the most are the vehicles that the community helpers get to ride around in. I don’t know if it’s the wheels, the sirens that some of them have, or just the fact that cars and trucks are so cool to little kids, but they are always a
Are you ever looking for an activity for that is a good fit for multiple age levels? I was always looking for ideas when my oldest 2 were little. I needed something on the more challenging side for my then 5 year-old, but something that could also be a good fit for my son who was 3. And honestly, who am I kidding? My youngest
We all know how it feels to be frustrated when our own child isn’t catching on to skills that seem simple (well to us anyway!). Activities that are super simple to set up, or just print out, can make these kind of frustrating times a little less stressful. Our Easter Egg Counting Printable Activity covers beginning counting and number skills as well as fine motor
Holidays are a great excuse for extra learning fun, and I am a huge fan of theming out the different learning areas of our classroom when I can! This color sorting hearts busy bag is going to be a huge hit with my preschoolers who will get also work on their fine motor skills while practicing colors and sorting. Affiliate links included in this
Don’t put away all of your Christmas supplies yet! Just as I was finishing packing up the rest of my December materials, I came across our felt trees that my preschoolers decorated with buttons and foam circles. We have been working with dice and numbers, so I already had most of the items out and on hand for this math roll and count activity! This
If you’re anything like me, sometimes you need a quick independent activity (either at home or in the classroom!). In my preschool classroom, I have an assistant teacher with me for half of the morning. That means during the other half of the morning, it’s just me with twelve 3 year-olds. I still like to offer activities, like busy bags, that are super fun and
We don’t see snow where we live, but it’s the time of the year when lots of other colder places are seeing snow! When I was little, playing in the snow was so fun. We lived on a hill that was perfect for sledding across our yard – just like the cute sledding friends on our free printable Snow Day Count & Clip Cards! Preschoolers
Make counting fun! Keeping toddlers and preschoolers engaged while learning is easy to do with activities like our Pumpkin Seed Window Stickers! My preschoolers love to play on vertical surfaces. With reusable stickers, they can play over and over again while working on counting, strengthening fine motor muscles, and practicing 1:1 correspondence. Pumpkin Seed Window Stickers The supplies for this activity are so simple! You
Easy peasy spider activity! A spur of the moment activity turned into a favorite learning center in preschool last week. I don’t know if it was because the activity was so simple or because it included sticky paper, but my preschoolers continued to go back and play again and again! Practice color matching and strengthen fine motor skills with these fun {and reusable!} sticky spiders!
Corn on the farm! Whether you’re walking through a maze at the pumpkin patch, decorating with cornstalks, or painting with it, corn is everywhere at this time of the year! If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a stash of deer corn feed in your fall storage bins waiting to be played with. The bigger corn pieces were perfect for my preschoolers while we worked
