Super simple learning ideas for kids!
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
Our absolute favorite set of clip cards to use independently with young preschoolers (and even toddlers!) includes simple shape matching. The simplicity of the activity allows the clip cards to be a learning center in my classroom or a quiet activity at home. Our Heart Number Match Clip Cards is a similar activity that focuses on exact matching of numbers instead of counting. The set works on number
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
Every year I wish that Valentine’s Day was at the end of February instead of right smack in the middle. I love all things Valentine’s Day and could plan new activities all about hearts and love for an entire month in my preschool classroom! One of my favorite part of Valentine’s Day in preschool is when the kids hand out Valentines to each other. We
My preschoolers love all kinds of sensory play! We have used sensory bottles throughout the year, and up until now I think that my favorite would have been our 5 Little Pumpkins sensory bottle. We must have recited that poem 18 bazillion times, and it never got old! But now, between the super colorful hearts, and the surprises inside, I think I can predict that
Each year, we pack into the car to go pick out a Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. We always seem to pick the first one we see. The tree trimming guys clean it up, give it a fresh cut, and load it on to the top of our car. The best part about the whole experience for me is loading up on the free
My preschoolers are obsessed with all of my trinkets. I can’t actually call them manipulatives because of all the different random items we use in my classroom as learning materials. I’m not sure if it’s the small size of these items that we use to count, build letters, pick up with squeezers, fill a sensory bin with, just play with, or if it’s the amount
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
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
Practicing number recognition and counting will be so much fun for preschoolers with this set of free printable Christmas Tree Counting Number Cards! My preschoolers are becoming rockstars with counting. But what is more impressive is that many are also able to point and count accurately demonstrating 1:1 correspondence. I think that all of our table top tray activities {busy bags!} in
