It’s week 4 peeps! That’s a whole month down 🙂 I’m pretty proud of myself for sticking with it even with all of our travels and sleepy time battles over the past month. I have loved the routine of it which has made our crazy afternoons more enjoyable. I hope to keep this up when […]

Get these FREE editable name cards for preschool and kindergarten. Use the easy-to-customize cards for fun and engaging name practice activities with your kids. Perfect for enhancing early literacy

Make nature paint brushes and have fun indulging in a little nature art painting for kids. This is such a fun process art ideas for kids who love bein

I went on a late-night acorn hunt for these little brown-capped nuts. Walking in the dark on a drizzly, wet October evening with a friend...

I first came across these brightly colored handprints on Instagram. @summitartists posted her results and they were just so eye-catching, I had to try them! My first graders loved the little video …

Earth Week continued today with our lesson on saving the planet. We each thought about parts of nature and the earth that we love the most. We talked about the things we could do to protect the earth and the parts of it we love. It's a lot of work protecting the planet but we can all do our part! Later we worked on a fun project to help display the parts of the planet we love. We started by taking a photo of ourselves pretending to hold up the whole world! We then added our hand print to make our world more personal! Then we attached our answers to our feet, and our hands to our world!

It's Super Organizing Saturday once again! I have come to love these mornings this Spring...not too hot outside, a little chilly....not miss...

Practice recognizing the Square geometric shape by completing the maze in this printable worksheet.

One thing we often associate with the Fall is the fruit known as the Pumpkin! It is great fun during Halloween where we cut them up into Jack O Lanterns and they make delicious pies during Thanksgi

I’m back with another list of 25 more of my favorite art books! Be forewarned, this is a long post. I have given you extra details about the books and some ideas to spark your lesson planning. It is no secret that I love children’s books. Previously, I wrote a list of 25 amazing art books which I like to use in my art classroom. This has been one of my most viewed posts. Since then, I have discovered some … Read more... →

I LOVE fall and all of the fun events that come with it. Wait it is fall right? I mean it is still in the high 70s here which is crazy for the beginning of October in Wisconsin, but I will take it while I can because winter will be here before we know it. […]

Practice recognizing shapes and colors with this fun printable worksheet. In this activity, your child will practice recognizing the circle, oval, star and heart shapes along with the colors orange, red, yellow and pink.

A fun activity printable that encourages your child to explore the outdoors with this fall senses scavenger hunt printable.

10 Montessori prewriting activities that will help to develop hand-eye coordination and pincer hand muscles for future writing tasks.

These name practice sheets for preschoolers teach chlidren how to recognize their own name but to also spell their names.

Pentagon worksheets like this one are perfect for toddler age, preschool, and kindergarten. Not only will this pentagon Q-tip painting printable help with shape recognition, but it's also great for fine motor skill development.

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for a Black History Art Project and Coloring Page. Stop by and download yours for free.

Letter D Mini Book is the perfect activity for practicing identifying the letter D beginning sound and tracing the lowercase letter shape.

Are you struggling to find engaging brain break activities and smooth transition activities that prevent student behavior problems, occupy students with excess energy, and improve student listening skills? These Thanksgiving movement cards will have your students attentive and engaged, all while learning Thanksgiving vocabulary and burning some energy, so they can stay focused for the rest of the school day!  This movement card set includes: Thanksgiving dinner foods such as turkey, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, stuffing, dinner roll, corn, and more! Use these cards for: Circle time or morning meeting Themed gross motor activity Transition activity Brain break Indoor recess Classroom reward Substitute teacher plans “This thing doesn’t start for 10 minutes and my kids are already antsy!”  Multiple format options to use them: Downloads as a PDF format that includes full page and four on one page versions Print cards out in either size, laminate, hole punch and keep on a metal ring Cut out and tape to sides of large dice Open full page version on an iPad or Smart Board to use digitally!  Lots of ways to differentiate for various skill levels:  Demonstrate movements for younger students and build their vocabulary For older students, read the card without demonstrating the movement to encourage creativity Read the verb and demonstrate the movement and have students guess what object/animal performs that movement  Show animal/object without reading the card and have students come up with descriptive words for movements of that animal or object  Grab these sets for all your lesson themes! Fall Movement Cards Winter Movement Cards Spring Movement Cards Summer Movement Cards Halloween Movement Cards Thanksgiving Movement Cards Christmas Movement Cards Valentine’s Day Movement Cards Saint Patrick’s Day Movement Cards Baby Animals Movement Cards Community Helpers Movement Cards Farm Animal Movement Cards Bug and Insect Movement Cards Ocean Movement Cards Zoo Animal Movement Cards Rainforest Animal Movement Cards Woodland Forest Animal Movement Cards Pet Shop Movement Cards Winter Arctic Animal Movement Cards Dinosaur Movement Cards Pond Animal Movement Cards Desert Animal Movement Cards Transportation Movement Cards Weather Movement Cards Fairy Tale Movement Cards Space Movement Cards Circus Movement Cards Australia Desert Animal Movement Cards Nursery Rhyme Movement Cards Save money and grab them in a bundle!  Circus Space Nursery Rhyme Community Helper Movement Cards Brain Break BUNDLE Pond Desert Australian Baby Animals Movement Cards and Brain Break BUNDLE Dinosaur Fairy Tale Transportation Weather Movement Cards Brain Break BUNDLE Pet Woodland Rain Forest Arctic Animal Movement Cards for Preschool BUNDLE Farm Bug Ocean Zoo Animals Movement Cards Brain Break Transition Activity BUNDLE Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas Valentine St Patrick's Movement Cards BUNDLE Fall Winter Spring Summer Movement Cards Brain Break Transition Activity BUNDLE Want them all? Save more money and get the complete MEGA BUNDLE!

Teach your toddler mindfulness with these simple and easy to practice games. Mindfulness can be easy for kids from a young age with games!

The BEST fall activities for preschool, pre-k, & kindergarten. Includes literacy, math, fine motor, gross motor, art, sensory, & more!

Here are some fun songs to use while teaching a Pond Life unit! These songs are great for Pre-K, Preschool, and Kindergarten. This is a curated list of

We spend a lot of time at the beach each week collecting rocks. Even as an adult I love the excitement of filling our buckets with these perfect treasures of all shapes, sizes, textures and

Our first week of Tot School for this school year was amazing! The theme was a favorite, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! *I love these new to...

A few Easter Songs and Fingerplays that we like:

This emergent reader little book is a great way to begin reading with young students. This story uses a predictable pattern to support emerging readers. On each page, a different color of Christmas lights is featured; the book follows the pattern, "Look at the _____ lights." This story reviews the sight words look, at, and the; the following color words are also practiced: red, blue, yellow, green, yellow, orange, and purple. This book includes the same text on both the top and bottom of each sheet of paper to make copying, sorting, stapling, and cutting easy to create a class set of little books!! **Click here for the matching Shared Reading PowerPoint** If you like this emergent reader with a Christmas theme, you might like some of my other little books that would be great to use in your kindergarten classroom in the month of December. **What Color is Rudolph’s Nose?** **Who Lives at the North Pole?** **Getting Ready for Christmas Eve** **Santa, Santa, What Do You See?** Thanks for looking and happy teaching!!! Melissa Williams

Discover 15 different activities that to use when discussing Black History Month for kids. The activities are for preschool to 5th grade.

Here are the perfect summertime activities for preschoolers! These sunflower activities will give children the opportunity to work on hand-eye

Getting active with your kids is not only a great way to work on their developing gross motor skills, it can also be a lot of fun for the whole family!

Stand Up! - A Poem for Black History Month is about Martin Luther King, Jr. It gets students talking and thinking about standing up for themselves.

Add a classic children's book to your STEM lessons with the Rainbow Fish STEM Activity! Children will love this colorful STEM learning experience.

These fine motor skills activities for 2-3 year olds are a great way to keep kids entertained while building hand strength and coordination!

I know this is a last minute post but hopefully you can use some ideas for your own fun! This year I decided to do a count down calendar ...

These Spring fine motor activities are powerful to help kids build fine motor strength and dexterity, great for OT activities.