This week was jam packed with Earth Day themed fun We learned about recycling, planting trees, and of course, the planet Earth! Here were our plans for our Earth Day theme: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite books this week were: The Earth Book By Todd Parr Michael Recycle By […]
Looking for fun Pond Theme Preschool Activities for kids? Check out these 16 Hands-On Pond Theme Learning Activities and Crafts for Preschool or Kindergarten.
Zoo Science Explorations for Preschool These science activities are perfect to supplement a zoo unit! These activities included themed vocabulary words, STEM activities, and science explorations! Zoo Science for Preschool Here is a look inside this pack! Animal Cracker Challenge- Can you keep the animal crackers dry in water? Build a Bridge- Can you engineer a bridge that can hold 10 zoo animals? Fizzy Peacock Painting- What happens when you paint with Kool-Aid? Build a Raft - Can you construct a raft to keep the crocodile dry? Zoo Animal Shadows- Explore shadows with this science exploration. Zoo Science for Preschool For a whole year of science fun, check out my Preschool Science Bundle.
Cute Earth Day craft for preschoolers that is both a handprint flower and cut and paste craft with FREE earth day printable.
In preschool we have been studying the five senses and this activity, matching sounds, has turned out to be one of the students' favorites.
Farm Preschool Theme Both of my boys love farms, animals, and of course TRACTORS! This was a fun week of farm themed fun! The printables are from my Farm Pack in my TPT store. You can grab that here Farm Preschool Pack! I try to include a sensory bin each week, and this was an easy one! We used corn kernels in a large tote, and threw in our tractors and farm animal toys. Both boys (generally) do a nice job of keeping in all in the tote, but this is something we constantly practice. Muddy Pigs- We covered our pigs with coffee grounds and uncovered the mystery letters with a paintbrush. (sight word pages are also included) Pig Shapes- Have you ever used Wikki Stix? They are super neat! For this activity, Hayden traced each shape with the Wikki Stix. Manipulating the Wikki Stix is great for fine motor practice. Beginning Sound Barns- Say each animal on the barn. Open up the barn and write the beginning sound. Muddy Pig Painting- We mixed coffee grounds with glue to paint 'mud' on the pig. Celery Science- We placed a celery stalk in different colors of water. After a day, my boys were amazed with the results. Muddy Pig Sensory Play and Wash- Oobleck was a fun and MESSY sensory bin. Place a wash bin near by for an easy clean up. Pig Letter Tracing- Trace each letter with dry erase marker. Sheep Sticky Wall- I wrote sight words on the laminated sheep, then placed contact paper over top (sticky side out). My son read each sight word, and stuck a cotton ball on top! Horse Letter Sort- Sort each letter. Handwriting is not Hayden's favorite activity, so I like to get creative on how we can fit this in. For this writing practice activity he traced each letter on the pigs with 'mud' aka brown paint! I gave him a q-tip to use, and he LOVED this! Magnetic Letter Match- We have a TON of farm animal magnets, so I thought they would be perfect for a learning activity. My little guy matched each farm magnet to its beginning sound. Farm Number Tracing- Play dough counting mats are a fun way to practice counting AND fine motor skills. There is also a tracing number activity at the bottom of each card! Counting Wool- Hayden worked on ordering the sheep by size, and then we estimated how many cotton balls would fit onto each sheep. Then, he filled each sheep with cotton balls, counting the totals. Nest Subitizing- Sort each egg by number. Silo Alphabet Clip- Clip the correct letter on the silo. Roll and Sort- We made colorful fences with colored popsicle sticks. My son rolled the dice and counted farm animals into each fence. Then we counted and compared the amounts. Animal Count and Stamp- I drew a few fences and wrote a number above each fence. Then my son stamped farm animals next to each fence. Count and Trace Sensory Bin- We used corn as the base of the sensory bin. Pick a corn card and count the corn stalks. Trace the correct number on the recording page. Chicken and Egg Name Craft - Write each child's name on the chicken. Practice writing their name on the eggs. Hay Bale Roll and Cover- Roll and cover each hay bale. For these farm printables, so many others, check out my Farm Preschool Pack. Here is a activity to add to your dramatic play area! Rhyming eggs in the chicken coop! Just tape the rhyming pieces to the eggs, and have your farmers match the eggs that rhyme! Pig Color Matching Freebie: Enjoy this freebie! For more preschool themes and activities, be sure to check out my preschool themes MEGA bundle!! This week was a TON of fun! Be sure to follow us on Instagram @michele_dillon for more preschool play based learning ideas!
It's time for a Nursery Rhyme theme! Let's pack your lesson plans full of fun, hands-on nursery rhyme activities, and centers that your little learners will love and learn a ton from, too. Learning IS fun when you plan it out (and aren't stressed out!), and I'm here to help. In this post, you will find three activities for each nursery rhyme plus ideas for the writing center, blocks/STEM center, and science center. And yes, I have nursery rhyme activities FREEBIES for you too!
This week my pre-k classroom was learning about the letter T. We spent an entire morning learning about Thunderstorms. We don’t get to see rain or thunderstorms in Arizona too often outside of our monsoon season. Our surprise rain Friday morning went perfectly with my lesson plan! Earlier in the week we read a book ... Read more
Preschool penguin crafts are always a hit! Make handprint penguins and footprint penguins, cotton ball penguins, and more for a winter theme!
A dinosaur theme is a sure fire way to capture little one’s interest and curiosity. Just talking about dinosaurs with toddlers is so much fun! Our week was filled with names to learn, questions to answer and hands on activities to try. Here were our plans for Dinosaur Week: And here are the details of […]
Kids will have fun making cute fall hats with our free printable craft templates for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners!
This musical scale activity is easy to provide with mason jars. The activity will engage listening skills and sensory play while introducing a musical scale to early learners..
Free Jungle Animals Preschool Pack (35 Pages!)
I've said it before and I'll say it again . . . "I LOVE THE USA!" What an amazing week we had talking about our wonderful country and some of the people who made it great! We started out with one of my all time favorite ideas. Each child was assigned a specific person who helped shaped our country. I went to the library and found historical books about each person. My class loves when I show them "grown-up" books. I know, most of the information in these books was too advanced for my class, but we loved the pictures and there were a lot of exciting details that our normal books lacked. I also gave them little details all week about their specific person and by the end of the week everyone was referring to each other by their character's name! My favorite moment came when I overheard Abraham Lincoln say, "Hey George (Washington), do you want to play with me on the playground?". SUCCESS! We started our week by talking about George Washington. Talking about President Washington was fun and exciting for my class, especially when they saw his hair and clothes. We spent the day chopping down the cherry tree and working on this amazing craft. This was so simple but so much fun! At the same time we were talking about George Washington we started discussing Betsy Ross. Well, sweet Kloe (a.k.a. Betsy Ross) said she wanted to make Betsy Ross instead of George Washington. Uhhhh . . . . okay, here is Kloe's version of Betsy Ross! The bonnet was ALL Kloe's idea! She saw it in one of our books and nothing would do until we figured out how to put a bonnet on Betsy, I LOVE IT!! Wednesday was spent talking about our flag. We talked about the 13 stripes and counted ALL the stars (over and over and over again!). We looked at pictures of older flags and flags from other countries. We also made our very own American flags! The only part of the flag that had any assistant from me was the blue square. I drew it and the children did the rest. The children used their fingers to make the stars. We had a wrench thrown into our plans on Thursday but since it was such an opportunity, we did not mind. One of our local TV meteorologist came to visit us. James Spann came to talk to us about the weather. ' Since we were talking about our flag, we made Mr. Spann a very special flag! I think he really like it! We even made it onto the local news on Friday night! After Mr. Spann left we spent the remainder of our day talking about Abraham Lincoln. Since everyone was amazed to learn that he lived in a log cabin, we made one for very own. Look closely and you can see the numbers written down the side. I took ten strips of paper and wrote 1 through 10 on them. The children had to put them in order to form the log cabin. Of course the rest of the art project was a good way to review our shapes. Good 'old Abe had a circle for his head and 2 rectangles made his hat. And the log cabin had a rectangle door, a square window and a triangle roof. We used the child's fingers to make his beard. Finally our Fabulous Fun Friday arrived! Our letter of the week was "U" so we declared Friday "Unusual Day"! Our day begin by our class coming in to see all our new unusual classroom. We removed the "regular" blocks and replaced them with . . . well, I'm not real sure what these are but I found them in our supply closet. I think they are some type of cardboard supports. We used them along with some cardboard boxes my friend Laura gave us for some really cool buildings. We actually called them "logs" and used them for our log cabins. I also added a new fine motor skill game. It was so simple, I glued little cups to a large rectangle box and added a golf ball. It was a big hit! We had so much fun trying to move the ball through out simple maze. I will admit the most fun activity we did this past week was very unusual! We drew pictures under the table! We used markers and colored pencils to make some amazing art work (which of course I didn't get any pictures). But, it was so much fun! As our week came to an end we headed to the kitchen to make some (very) ugly cookies! We added several different colors of food coloring to our vanilla icing to make the "ugliest" color. We spread it on some graham crackers and YUM, they were so good! Because of President's Day on Monday, our week was a little short, but we managed to squeeze in a lot of fun. I hope you find some of these ideas helpful for your classroom and hope you stop back by again!
This book-inspired Mouse Shape Craft is a fun way for kids to learn about shapes and work on listening comprehension and fine motor skills.
Use this Pumpkin Pie Play Dough Fractions Free Printable for Thanksgiving activities with preschoolers and kindergarteners.
All About Me Number Race for Kids
Really pretty, fun-to-make, EASY apple crafts for kids. Try this fall craft for preschoolers and kindergarten in September.
Looking for some fun winter crafts? Try some of these fun snowman crafts for kids. There are great crafts for preschoolers and toddlers.
A fun weather umbrella craft preschool activity inspired by the book Raindrop Plop! Preschoolers can make an umbrella and count rain drops.
If you’re looking for a quick & easy way to practice number recognition and fine motor skills with your preschoolers and kindergartners, then you’re definitely not going to want to miss these Color by Number
Looking for fun summer kite crafts? This super easy paper plate kite craft is perfect for kids that love to run around in the summer sun!
Your child will love this easy, and fun craft Daisy Head Mayzie craft to go with the Dr. Seuss book: make a Daisy Head Mayzie headband.
Teaching little ones not only about their emotions but also how to handle them is a big job. They don't always understand why they feel the way they do
Do you need some Adorable Fall Coloring Pages for kids? These Do-a-Dot coloring pages are a perfect art activity for kids this fall. Do-a-dot coloring pages are great for kids, because in addition to all of the fun coloring, the kids are also working on fine motor skills. This is helpful for toddlers, preschoolers and […]
Free Thanksgiving Printables. Use it for thanksgiving decorations, thanksgiving coloring pages or thanksgiving cards. Great craft ideas for kids.
Your kids will love painting with this super cool Gingerbread Puffy Paint Recipe for a December kids activities.
15 Christmas activities for preschool to use this holiday. Your students will love making crafts and using these in their centers.
Use stencils to create scented scratch and sniff art for kids. Try it when your learning about the Five Senses or just for fun!
Looking for some ladybug kid crafts? There are lots of cute ladybug crafts to pick from. With warmer weather these will be great crafts.
Get apple stamping this autumn with our easy apple painting craft - plus make it super easy to prepare when you use our free template!
Great Collection of Free Printable Charts. This site has Colors, Shapes, Numbers, Alphabet, Butterfly, Frog Life Cycle, and more!
Do you know when your child should have their first dentist appointment? It may be sooner than you think. Stop by and find fun crafts and ideas for play.
These farm kid crafts are prefect for a farm theme week or any time you want to make cute farm animals. There are pigs, chicks, sheep, and more.
Apple orchard dramatic play theme for your preschool or pre-k classroom. Easily turn your dramatic play center into an apple orchard!
Here is a bunch of halloween crafts for kids to make! You will find pumpkins, ghosts, black cats, and more spooky art projects! These are all easy and cheap to make as well.
These free Earth Day do a dot printables are a fun, no-prep activity for toddlers and preschoolers. Use them for an Earth Day or ecology preschool lesson.
