Play and Learn with this amazing Ocean Themed Preschool Unit. Children will get to learn math, literacy, colors, patterns, counting and more.
Preschool Activities for the Beginning of the Year Camping Theme Preschool Pages! Looking for a packet start the year off or to send home with your preschoolers? This 65 page packet is full of engaging activities that cover: ~Pencil Practice ~Line Use ~Scissor Skills ~Shapes (Circle, Square, and Triangle) ~Patterns ~Numbers (1-5) ~Counting ~Letters (A-D)- AND so Much More! Check out the Preview for a closer look at these fun activities! You May Also Like: Beginning of the Year Kindergarten Packet Back to School All About Me Activities Pajama Day Activities Please visit my store to find many more resources and FOLLOW ME for more deals to come!!
Transform your preschool day with effective transitions. Explore how music, chants, and stories can engage and guide children through different activities.
It's that time of year where you're getting your classroom ready for a new school year! You fill the walls with posters, label everything in sight, and organize your supplies. Something you might consider is adding posters like these real-life shape posters to your decor! Why Use Real Life Images? Sure, we can slap a
This bundle of Montessori based New born visual stimulation cards contain 35 different patterns . Infant visual stimulation cards helps in stimulating baby's vision. This is instant PDF download. Please use the below link to download Montessori baby visual sensory and stimulation cards. How to use: 1. Take a printout and cut them into individual pieces. PDF files size - 8.5x11 inches (US Letter Paper Size) PDF files size - A4 Paper Size 2. Paste or hang them near the infants, where they look very often. Use cardboard to paste the printout 3. As infants can see only these bright colors (Red, black and white) , pasting these cards help them to stimulate their vision. Note to buyers: 1. Most of the images looks same as created. But there may be little chance for variations due to printer , ink etc. 2. No refunds or returns as this is a digital bundle
Writing- it is such a big part of life. Nowadays students work on their writing skills in most subjects not just writing anymore. This blank …
Free printable shapes worksheets for preschool and kindergarten students. We've created free shapes charts, shape tracing, shapes worksheets, shape games, and tons of free shapes preschool printables. These free shapes activities will help your students
Free Preschool Worksheets: Prewriting Practice Solid & Dashed Printable Worksheets
This fun sunglasses craft is perfect for the end of the school year or the beginning of the year! The sunglasses template paired with all of these wri
What a CRAZY week and weekend!!! We are finished with our state testing and school fair. Yahoo!!! This past week consisted of finishing up state testing, teaching students a dance for the fair performance, painting a picture for the fair silent auction, (see picture below), making over 50 candy apples for the sweets booth, and practicing for the teacher fair performance! Yes, I am one of 11 teachers who actually dances in front of the parents and students at the fair!!! I think the best part of dancing would be attending all practices after school!!! enjoying the fair candy apples for the sweet booth silent auction: each student painted a different picture on the canvas End-of-the-Year Linky Party With state testing & the fair behind me, I can start preparing for the end of the year. I am linking up with Clutter-Free Classroom and sharing my end-of-the-year ideas. I can't believe May is right around the corner!! Where did the school year go? I still need to put together portfolios and make a power point presentation. I love making a power point from all of the pictures I take during the school year. I must admit that it takes over a week to construct because I always find a way to mess up something! It never fails that every year I make some kind of mistake!!! For the portfolios, I save the students' work all year and use sheet protectors in binders. I like to put the work in order from the first to last day for the parents. I put all work in sheet protectors. The parents appreciate the organization of the work so much because it saves them the time of doing it over the summer. Also, students complete a summer writing activity. This writing activity is my favorite one of the year. The creativity that flows from the students' brains is amazing! Students are asked to write about a summer trip they have taken already or plan on taking. After editing the rough draft, students write the final copy of the essay on sunglasses. Students glue glasses on large white construction paper and draw a picture around the glasses. I was amazed the first time I did this with my class. I did not instruct them to draw a person. The end results were more than I imagined! summer writing summer writing end-of-the-year presentation set up Click (HERE) to grab your sunglasses template. What a post! Please check out Clutter-Free Classroom Project and join the End-of-the-Year Linky Party! With much appreciation,
These no-prep Back to School Puzzle Worksheets will help students work on problem solving, following directions, fine motor skills, and more!
I've always been a fan of using magnetic alphabet letters in the classroom. They're bright, fun, & seem to get kids excited when they see them. But that's not all they're good for, here are my top uses/reasons why magnetic letters are one of my classroom essentials. I've even got a FREEBIE for you. Magnetic Letters Are: Fast and Easy: little hands will have no issue manipulating these tools Engaging: your learner will be an active participant Hands on: promoting a deeper content connection Offer Learner Safety: making an error feels less defeating when using moveable pieces - I've seen kiddos shut down when spelling words at the small group table when needing to erase their response to make a change but magnets offer the feeling of "play" that makes spelling/letter sounds safer and more comfortable (from my experiences) Differentiation: the letters make it easy to switch up activities to meet the needs of different learners Here are a few of my favorite ways to utilize magnetic letters for differentiation in my classroom throughout the entire year Letter Recognition and Matching: Matching uppercase to lowercase and vice versa is a skill that's practiced most of the year in kindergarten. For this reason, I wanted to share an uppercase freebie with you to help support that beginning of the school year practice. Freebie Preview - To download: click the pink "download here" button at the bottom of this page Initial Sounds: For your students who master letter names and can match them with ease - offer differentiated letter content to them like using initial sound cards Initial Sounds + CVC's + Blending Sounds For students who have mastered their sounds, use the knowledge of initial sounds to solve secret CVC cards and blend those sounds to form CVC words All of these magnetic letter activities can be found in bundle via the blue button - to learn more about it, click it and it will direct you to my shop. To grab your freebie: click the pink "free download" button below. Enjoy!
This Textured Tin Foil Art was so much fun to create! We were so thrilled with the vibrant colours and interesting textures that this process created!
Teaching Resource: A getting to know you activity to do at the beginning of a new school year.
Here are some printable center signs for your Pre-K or Preschool classroom. I have a free set of signs available, but the set of center signs in my
Make practicing alphabet letters, literacy activities, counting, addition, and more with these super cute Free Camping Worksheets.
What is subitizing in preschool? How can we support early learners by using subitizing cards to help them develop this skill?
Its never too early to begin planting God's Word into the hearts of children. Even Timothy of the Bible was taught the Scriptures at a very young age. So, no matter how young, God's Word does not return void. It truly is exciting to know that God uses us to teach and train our children in the way they should go. It truly is an honor.
Preschool Fire Safety Booklet Printables for Fire Safety Week or to use with a community helpers theme in preschool. Easy printable pages!
Here are 10 super fun movement songs for kids to get them up and moving! These are great brain breaks as well.
The preschool years are a time of exploration and discovery. They are also filled with learning a lot about what makes us unique individuals. Recently, I started working with my toddler on identifying and naming body parts and reading various All About Me Books. Today we’re sharing a fun all about me preschool science activity...Read More
A sample of our half day preschool schedule, with tips on how to create a schedule that works for your own students in your own classroom.
Wondering how you can keep a calm classroom and create a soothing learning environment? Find out in today's episode.
2D shape activities for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Shape mats (legos, geoboards, etc), play dough mats, posters, sorting mats, worksheets, & MORE.
It's easy to strengthen scissor skills with these summer cutting cards! Simply download the free printable for a nice and calm fine motor activity.
This adorable scribble art project is a perfect way to ease into the year and practice early skills while creating fun, bright works of art.
Each Olympic Games has its own medal design. On one side is a picture of Nike, the goddess of victory, and on the other is a design unique to the Games. Design a medal for the upcoming Games or perhaps design a medal for the Olympic Games if they were to be held in your town.
Last summer I added Mo Willems' The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! to my classroom library. Of course, this addition was a no-brainer. Willems' books are always super popular, especially Pigeon books. Just as predicted, my students loved this book. It is the perfect length for the beginning of the year, when attention spans are extra short and students need a little break from all the procedural training they are receiving. Since I knew this book would be a hit, I decided to make it the centerpiece of back to school. I created some basic "Pigeon themed" math and literacy activities, as well as a simple craft. I used these activities intermittently during the first week and was able to glean some great info about my new students' basic math and literacy skills, as well as their fine motor skills and listening skills. One of the Pigeon themed activities was a number/number word/counting mini book. Students traced and wrote the numbers 1-10, as well as the number words 1-10. Then students illustrated a picture to go with each number. We broke this activity up over a couple of days. Students took part in a listening activity. Students had to complete a picture according to a series of questions/statements that I read aloud. (If you've every made a glyph with your students, this activity feels really similar.) Students also put together their first puzzler for the year. This puzzler focused on number representations. Students cut and glued the puzzler pieces to tell what number is represented in the box. By the end, students have a completed picture that they can color. I use various puzzlers throughout the year. This the Pigeon puzzler is a great introduction to how to complete a puzzler. Students loved making their simple, one-page craft Pigeons. All that was required was the Pigeon pattern (I used white card stock), scissors, and glue. The class Pigeons made a really quick and cute back to school bulletin board. In addition to these activities, students worked on counting/cardinality, geometry, place value, number bonds, handwriting, the alphabet, rhyming words, sight words, and more. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! is a perfect springboard for a variety of skills. For a math freebie (from the printables featured above), click on the picture below. This freebie provides practice with ten frames, counting, and number identification. If you have not added, The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! to your classroom library, I highly recommend it. There are so many directions you can go with this book. More importantly, your students will love it and be totally engaged. What a great way to start the year, by reading a book that students truly enjoy. :) For more details about the all of the Pigeon inspired activities I used with my students, be sure to click on the picture below. Of course (like most), I'm not certain what this year's back to school days will look like. Whatever the setup, I know I'll be using The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! to help me kick off the year. Thanks for stopping by. School Is a Happy Place is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associated Program, an affiliate program that allows this site to earn advertising fees. Please know that all of the recommendations on this site are authentic and come from personal experience.
Games and activities that are great for learning and easy to prepare are the best for a busy mom & teacher! I really prefer activities that can be prepared in 10 minutes or less. This DIY Farm Graph for Preschoolers is so easy to put together and gives lots of great opportunities to learn.
Printable September coloring pages that the kids will love! Grab the 4 easy PDF downloads and print for a fun, free activity for the kids.
Help your little learners write numbers 0 to 9 with these fun and catchy number poems. Each number poem has a poster visual and page in the student activity book! Your classroom will be cute, bright and fun with our happy design style! The rhymes will help students remember the path of motion for writing each numeral and we have provided 3 options for you to display them: All-on-one page poster Individual page sized posters Type-your-own poem posters Included also is a student activity book. Students can read the poem and trace and write the numbers We've written a little rhyme for each number, which your students will love learning and repeating as they do their numbers. But if you have a favorite rhyme alternative, just type it into the editable version before you print! A perfect activity to accompany learning these rhymes is the little activity book we have included with the pack. Students can trace, trace and write each number as they say the poem! Hop over to TpT to find it ! Watch our video to help your little ones learn the poems! Number Crafts Your students will love making some number friends to display around the classroom too! Find them over at TpT!
Color All the Squares Worksheet, Square Shape Activity Sheets Free Printable for Kids.
We have had many of memorable camping trips. My husband and I used to camp literally spring through fall every year in our prekid years.
Preschool weekly themes: A list of over 100 ideas for weekly preschool theme ideas, plus a free printable planning page
Free printable Sermon on the Mount Bible lesson. Learn about the Beatitiudes, light and salt and the golden rule. Includes worksheets, games, coloring, craft and more.
