This never gets old. NEVER. My big kids at home are as intrigued as my preschoolers when it comes to this simple science activity. We have done different versions of this baking soda reaction experiment, but creating lava during our dinosaur theme may be the most creative to date. And my preschoolers went crazy for the imaginative play aspect that was involved! Affiliate links
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Egg Cracking Counting Activity
Are you ever looking for an activity for that is a good fit for multiple age levels? I was always looking for ideas when my oldest 2 were little. I needed something on the more challenging side for my then 5 year-old, but something that could also be a good fit for my son who was 3. And honestly, who am I kidding? My youngest
Easter Egg Counting Printable Activity
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
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.
Identify & Stamp – Beginning Sounds Activity
As young children begin to identify letters, practice making letter sounds, and using those sounds to come up with initial letters in words, they are building many pre-reading skills. Simple ideas, like this identify and stamp activity, can help strengthen these skills in a fun way! Affiliate links included in this post. Getting Ready to Stamp Beginning Sounds Prepping this activity take just minutes!
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
Dinosaur Letter Tracing for Preschoolers
I am huge fan of learning without worksheets. There are so many ways that young children, especially preschoolers, can learn essential skills without worksheets and flash cards. Our Dinosaur Letter Tracing for preschoolers busy bag is a great example of this! Practice letter formation, letter recognition, and even letter sounds without lifting a pencil. Young children will stay engaged during this playful activity and you may
Five Little Pumpkins Sensory Bottle
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
Apple Stem Letter Matching
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