Super simple learning ideas for kids!
We are currently obsessed with all things SPIDER in my preschool classroom! My preschoolers can just about recite Eric Carle’s, The Very Busy Spider from memory because we have read it so many times. They love helping me read it, and act exhausted as they help me read that the spider was “very busy spinning her web” throughout the story. To go along with the
Messy play is always so much fun with preschoolers! I find that when our sensory play is a little out of the box and intriguing, more of my preschoolers who may normally shy away from getting messy, join in. Our pigs in the mud sensory bin was super messy, but so easy to set up! It also allowed my preschoolers to help, which they loved.
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
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 best part of an apple theme in preschool is baking with apples! And when it comes to baking, my preschoolers are all in! The apple sauce muffins that we made were super kid-friendly and easy enough for my 3 year-olds to help during each step of the recipe. The muffins were delicious too! Affiliate links provided for your convenience. After a quick search on
Sensory bottles can be used in so many different ways with toddlers and preschoolers! In my classroom, sensory bottles are used for calming down, exploring, science, literacy, math, and as an extension to what we are learning about! Our 5 Little Pumpkins sensory bottle goes perfectly with the fall theme and the classic children’s poem that we learn each year. This sensory bottle is super
Practicing letter matching will be so fun with this set of free printable pumpkin puzzles! Preschoolers and kindergarteners can sharpen their upper and lower case recognition skills while putting together broken pumpkins. Busy bags at home (or table top learning centers at school) can be used while older siblings are doing homework or during a quiet time during the day. The great thing about printable
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
