Super simple learning ideas for kids!
One of the first themes that we explore in preschool is apples! Apples usually mean that fall is just around the corner – one of my favorite times of the year! My preschoolers learn with apples in different ways, but in my classroom I always try to keep the activities simple. The Apple Color Sorting Tree is a super simple math activity to set up
Queen Elsa is well loved by my preschoolers at school and by my own preschooler at home! If one child starts singing, “Let It Go” or “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” they all start singing along. Frozen is acted out on the playground and talked about during snack time. The love {and obsession} with the movie isn’t going anywhere which is why creating
Sorting is a skill that preschoolers develop as they are exposed to different activities that work with visual discrimination over and over again. The great thing about sorting games and activities is that there are so many different options that little learners will never get bored with all the practice they are doing. The dinosaur sticker sort is meant for an independent center in the
Ribbit! Splash! Frogs seem to be everywhere this summer! We see them in the grass hopping all over and have saved too many to count from our pool. My kids are slightly obsessed with the super cute baby frogs that have recently made an appearance, so it was so much fun creating a Frog Splashing Pond Small World for them to play with! Affiliate links
Recently, I was asked to share fun learning ideas with a local moms’ group. I shared lots of simple activities that could be put together with supplies from around the house (or that could be found at the dollar store). One of the activities was our Number Matching Sun that strengthens fine motor skills and works on number and counting skills. It’s also super easy
Light play! Discovery bottles can be soothing, educational, or just plain fun. For some reason, no matter what their purpose is, they are quite mesmerizing (even to me)! Our Rainbow Bubble Beads Discovery Bottle takes just minutes to put together and includes very simple materials that can most likely be found around your house. My own children can be found blowing bubbles just about every
Spelling activities are a great way to help build confidence and practice letter sounds! Simple games like our Muffin Tin Spelling Activity use every day items that can be found at home, take little time to set-up, and can be used in different ways to best suit each individual learner. Using CVC words (like in our printable game) with young children in preschool or kindergarten
Super bouncy balls! They bounce everywhere, get lost, and then are found in very odd places all over my house months later. I always think that super balls would be so fun to experiment with sensory play in my classroom, but realistically, they would drive some of the kids bananas! It dawned on me (while throwing the empty peanut butter container into the recycle bin)
Playing with marshmallows can be a fun way for preschoolers to practice size discrimination and strengthen fine motor skills at the same time! After seeing what a hit our other fine motor jar was, I came up with another way to utilize our jars by just changing out the lid. I created our Marshmallow Sort Jar for my preschoolers to be able to sort by
My husband brings home these extremely bright colored popsicles and all the kids want to do is eat each and every one of them! They smell amazing, but stain everything that they touch…hands, teeth, tongues…so it’s been driving me bananas that they are still around. I figured that there had to be something else we could do with the popsicles. And finally, we came up
