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
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Scissor Skills Practice with Play Dough
I don’t remember the first time my older 2 kids used scissors, but I know that my youngest has been cutting since she was one year-old. Yes, one. And not just snipping the very ends of paper, but actually using scissors to cut paper up into pieces. So most parents are not handing their one year-old scissors and walking away to make dinner.
Rainbow Alphabet Sensory Bottle
Sensory bottles can be used in so many different ways! One of my favorite ways to use sensory bottles in my preschool classroom is for discovery (like our 5 Little Pumpkins bottle) which leads to learning. Making this rainbow alphabet sensory bottle took no time, and can be used in to fit the needs of your child or classroom. Check out my tips below which
Surprise Kindness Bubbles for Kids!
When my oldest was a preschooler, we would bring bubbles when we would meet friends at the park. They were always a hit with all the kids! The kids loved sliding through bubbles, swinging into the bubbles, and blowing bubbles from way up high to watch them float through the air. The great thing about bubbles is that everyone around gets to enjoy them, not
Color Sorting Hearts Busy Bag
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
Letter Matching Snowball Fight! {name recognition practice}
We’ve reached the second half of the school year now, and my preschoolers can all recognize their names. Each morning, they find their name tags, hang them up, and sign in on our dry erase board. Now that they’ve mastered recognizing their names in print (and even spelling them verbally!), we’ll be working on recognizing the individual letters in their names. I’m not a fan
Snowball Fine Motor Busy Bag
I have a thing for simple activities. My favorites involve very few materials with very few directions (and are usually spur of the moment ideas!). This snowball drop fine motor activity is a great example of a simple activity that my preschoolers are going to LOVE. It’s full of super simple materials that you probably have laying around the house or classroom, and can be
Baby Jesus Ornament Inspired by Silent Night
In my preschool classroom, we have our favorite Christmas books that we have been reading over and over again. Some are based on the traditional meaning of Christmas and some are just for modern day fun. All are well loved. And I just love watching my preschoolers read their own versions of the stories to each other! Our plastic egg baby Jesus ornament was inspired
Pumpkin Seed {reusable} Window Stickers
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
Color Matching Sticky Spiders
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!