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
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Pig Tails Color Sorting
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
Pumpkin Alphabet Puzzles
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
Fine Motor Counting Spider Activity
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
Shape Sort Sticky Wall
During the first week of preschool, I set up activities for quick {yet still fun} assessments to see what skills my preschoolers already knew at the beginning of the school year. Sorting by category, size, and color is taught and used throughout the school year with 3 year-olds. Our Shape Sort Sticky Wall introduced sorting by shape and tied in shape recognition too! I am
Alphabet Letter Stones
Creating easy to use materials for my classroom is so fun! I have used my summer break to stock up on fun printables (the smiley shapes are my favorite!), simple busy bags or independent table centers, and super fun manipulatives (homemade and from the dollar store!). One of coolest things I made for my preschoolers are these Alphabet Letter Stones! Aren’t they beautiful? They were
Queen Elsa’s Frozen Snow World
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
Frog Splashing Pond Small World
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
Muffin Tin CVC Spelling Activity
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
Marshmallow Sort Fine Motor Jar
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