How do preschool teachers do it? How do they keep a group of 2-4 year olds listening at circle time? As a teacher for over 9 years, here are some of the tricks I use for keeping preschoolers engaged.
Set up an easy seed jar science experiment to watch check out how plants grow with your kids! A seed jar science activity is an amazing spring STEM project to try indoors this season. Learn about seed science, plant science, and simple science experiments with an easy to spring science activity all kids will love!
Collaborative practice in the classroom can facilitate acceptance, cooperation and teamwork. These unique pages offer an incredible variety of collaborative projects that are no-prep, low maintenance, and literally full proof for student success. The concept is simple – the results are awesome! Using common materials such as colored pencils, markers, crayons, paints - each student works independently on his/her “tile.” Once completed, 4 students join their tiles together to form a whole. Simply trim away the excess paper and tape the squares together on the back. Easier still, tape them in place on a large sheet of colored paper. The completed piece is accomplished by turning each square 90 degrees clockwise and measures app.15½ x 15½ inches. You’ll receive 20 boldly designed “tiles,” developed with a broad age level in mind, loosely based on the months of the year. These seasonal images make it easy to incorporate a project into your curriculum anytime you need/want to. You’ll also find Op Art and non-holiday related subjects. Please check out the Preview to see all the images you don’t see here. Classroom Teachers It’s no secret that integrating art into your subject matter can be highly effective. After all, this product was created based on radial symmetry and fractions! As a math resource, these pages are perfect. Also consider a display of “Locked Hands” for Black History Month. Assemble a class quilt using the “Quilt Block” square. Follow the lines of a “Celtic Knot” for a fresh twist on St. Patrick’s Day. Art Teachers This is a must-have for your sub folder - a no-fuss, engaging project for a wide range of grade levels. Better yet, customize the pages to complement your own curriculum. Based on your specific directives, this product can be adapted to fit your units on color, line, shape, symmetry, asymmetry, pattern, texture, shading, contrast and more. This is a resource that not only delivers on a number of learning levels - it brings the “fun factor!” Your kids will love the ease of the process, the opportunity to create their own page and finally the “wow” moment of contributing to the cool, collaborative artwork. You also might like: Radial Symmetry (2) COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages Radial Symmetry (3) COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages Radial Symmetry (4) COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages" "Count on US to Be KIND" COLLABORATIVE Door Design Spring Bird COLLABORATIVE Door Design "Thank You!" COLLABORATIVE Door Design Holiday Ornament COLLABORATIVE Door Design" "The Scream" COLLABORATIVE Door Design "Together We SHINE" COLLABORATIVE Door Design "TOGETHER WE'RE BETTER" COLLABORATIVE Door Design "Best Class EVER" COLLABORATIVE Door Design Flower Power COLLABORATIVE Door Design COLLABORATIVE Flower Mural COLLABORATIVE Flower (2) Mural COLLABORATIVE Flower (3) Mural 3 COLLABORATIVE Flower Murals Earth Day COLLABORATIVE Door Design Valentine COLLABORATIVE Door Design Still Life with Fruit Dish" by Cezanne COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Page "The Starry Night" by Van Gogh COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "Dance" by Keith Haring COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "The Water Lily Pond" by Monet COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "Goldfish" by Matisse COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "Sunflowers" by Van Gogh COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "The Great Wave" by Hokusai COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "The Three Musicians" by Picasso COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "Effort and Heart Make Great Art" COLLABORATIVE Mural Visit me on PINTEREST Mary Straw Activity Coloring Pages INSTAGRAM @marystrawactivities This item is protected by copyright. It is unlawful to copy or distribute it without my permission. How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: Feedback = TPT Credit. On your My Purchases page – beside each purchase – you’ll see a Provide Feedback button. Click the button and you’ll be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. How to learn about sales, freebies and shiny, new products? Follow this store! Stay posted (via email) to all things new and upcoming by clicking the little green star near the top of this page. Thanks again! Mary
Item description September is all about apple-themed learning fun!!! This packet gives you a great variety of math and literacy worksheets with an apple theme. Includes: •Color by number •Count and Trace •Count and Circle •Ten Frame Counting •Numbers 1-10 •Number Sense •Patterns •Handwriting Practice •Roll and Trace the Letter •Letters A-H •Uppercase/Lowercase Matching and Sorting •Beginning Sounds •Sight Words •Apple sequencing •Johnny Appleseed mini book •Life Cycle of an Apple Tree Pocket Chart Pieces •Life Cycle of an Apple Tree worksheet •Writing Prompts ** This packet can be used for distance learning purposes with your classroom. *** This packet has been updated to include more content and two printing options! Choose between full-page or 2 per page for every worksheet included in this packet. Choosing the 2 per page option will save you ink and paper! I hope that you find this packet to be useful in your classroom!
**UPDATE** I guess I had second grade on the original questionnaire, so I made this a little more generic for multiple grade levels. Instead of using a grade, I just said ‘this school year.’ I hope this helps you out! I love to have parents fill out this questionnaire because it not only helps me ... Read More about A ‘Getting to Know Your Child’ Questionnaire
How can you redirect children in your preschool classroom? And why does it matter anyway? Find out in today's episode!
Easy marshmallow science experiments and ideas for playful learning and fun with marshmallows in preschool and kindergarten.
Create this stand-up grasshopper to display on a desk top or be used as a name place card.
Teaching about weather is always one of my favorite science topics because there are so many great experiments to try. I wasn’t sure how I was going to teach about weather in a toddler friendly way without true science experiments, but I am really excited about all the fun activities we tried this week! Here […]
This fun ladybug craft is easy for preschoolers to make, and is a fun suncatcher for the window. Perfect for the bug-themed art table!
Decorate your classroom or home without the mess of carving pumpkins using these fun jack-o-lantern printables. Your students can draw, color, paint, cut, and more! No two jack-o-lanterns will look the same!
Great ideas for encouraging excellent pencil grip plus videos of pencil grip songs you can use and a free song poster!
Logic worksheets are a valuable tool for preschoolers to develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Designed to engage young minds, these exercises focus on the concepts of entity and subject. By presenting children with various scenarios and questions, logic worksheets encourage them to think logically and make connections between different objects or ideas. Whether used in the classroom or at home, preschool logic worksheets provide an interactive and fun way for children to cultivate their cognitive abilities.
Preschoolers LOVE songs and I believe it is very important to bring music into the preschool classroom or home preschool. I have shared these 10 preschool transitions, but today I am getting more specific and sharing 10
Dinosaur sensory bin activity for your little paleontologists in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Perfect for a dramatic play dinosaur dig theme!
Teach your children what sound waves are and how they work using items you have at home. 4 simple sound science activities for kids.
These simple cut and paste logic puzzles will challenge your kids' fine motor skills and logical reasoning skills at the same time! Perfect for ages 3-5!
Poor little hexagon! It's so misunderstood and so commonly confused with the octagon. I'm pretty sure it suffers from major hurt feelings be...
Hi lovely Blog Hoppers! It's Mel with you today - I blog over at Frog Spot Blog. This time last year I wrote my very first Blog Hoppin' post! What a fantastic year it has been - these ladies are so
Collaborative practice in the classroom can facilitate acceptance, cooperation and teamwork. These unique pages offer an incredible variety of collaborative projects that are no-prep, low maintenance, and literally full proof for student success. The concept is simple – the results are awesome! Using common materials such as colored pencils, markers, crayons, paints - each student works independently on his/her “tile.” Once completed, 4 students join their tiles together to form a whole. Simply trim away the excess paper and tape the squares together on the back. Easier still, tape them in place on a large sheet of colored paper. The completed piece is accomplished by turning each square 90 degrees clockwise and measures app.15½ x 15½ inches. You’ll receive 20 boldly designed “tiles,” developed with a broad age level in mind, loosely based on the months of the year. These seasonal images make it easy to incorporate a project into your curriculum anytime you need/want to. You’ll also find Op Art and non-holiday related subjects. Please check out the Preview to see all the images you don’t see here. Classroom Teachers It’s no secret that integrating art into your subject matter can be highly effective. After all, this product was created based on radial symmetry and fractions! As a math resource, these pages are perfect. Also consider a display of “Locked Hands” for Black History Month. Assemble a class quilt using the “Quilt Block” square. Follow the lines of a “Celtic Knot” for a fresh twist on St. Patrick’s Day. Art Teachers This is a must-have for your sub folder - a no-fuss, engaging project for a wide range of grade levels. Better yet, customize the pages to complement your own curriculum. Based on your specific directives, this product can be adapted to fit your units on color, line, shape, symmetry, asymmetry, pattern, texture, shading, contrast and more. This is a resource that not only delivers on a number of learning levels - it brings the “fun factor!” Your kids will love the ease of the process, the opportunity to create their own page and finally the “wow” moment of contributing to the cool, collaborative artwork. You also might like: Radial Symmetry (2) COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages Radial Symmetry (3) COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages Radial Symmetry (4) COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages" "Count on US to Be KIND" COLLABORATIVE Door Design Spring Bird COLLABORATIVE Door Design "Thank You!" COLLABORATIVE Door Design Holiday Ornament COLLABORATIVE Door Design" "The Scream" COLLABORATIVE Door Design "Together We SHINE" COLLABORATIVE Door Design "TOGETHER WE'RE BETTER" COLLABORATIVE Door Design "Best Class EVER" COLLABORATIVE Door Design Flower Power COLLABORATIVE Door Design COLLABORATIVE Flower Mural COLLABORATIVE Flower (2) Mural COLLABORATIVE Flower (3) Mural 3 COLLABORATIVE Flower Murals Earth Day COLLABORATIVE Door Design Valentine COLLABORATIVE Door Design Still Life with Fruit Dish" by Cezanne COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Page "The Starry Night" by Van Gogh COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "Dance" by Keith Haring COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "The Water Lily Pond" by Monet COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "Goldfish" by Matisse COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "Sunflowers" by Van Gogh COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "The Great Wave" by Hokusai COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "The Three Musicians" by Picasso COLLABORATIVE Activity Coloring Pages "Effort and Heart Make Great Art" COLLABORATIVE Mural Visit me on PINTEREST Mary Straw Activity Coloring Pages INSTAGRAM @marystrawactivities This item is protected by copyright. It is unlawful to copy or distribute it without my permission. How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: Feedback = TPT Credit. On your My Purchases page – beside each purchase – you’ll see a Provide Feedback button. Click the button and you’ll be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. How to learn about sales, freebies and shiny, new products? Follow this store! Stay posted (via email) to all things new and upcoming by clicking the little green star near the top of this page. Thanks again! Mary
The Princess and the Tot
Item description This Back to School Math and Literacy Packet is perfect for the beginning months of August and September. The worksheets are themed with apples and back-to-school graphics while providing an introduction to basic skills covered in the first two months of school. The worksheets in this packet come in two forms: full page or 2 per page. The option to print 2 per page saves ink and paper! Included in this packet: ✻ Counting worksheets- dab or color, matching, cut and paste, and tracing the answers. ✻ Number sense ✻ Number sequence ✻ Color by number ✻ Patterns ✻ Roll and Trace A-F: uppercase and lowercase ✻ Trace A-Z: uppercase and lowercase. (Use sheet protectors and let students trace with dry erase markers for extended use!) ✻ Color by letter ✻ Concepts of Print Cards- Used in teaching- Laminate or print on cardstock for durability. ✻ Sort letter/number (concepts of print review) ✻ Rhyme ✻ Letter match: uppercase and lowercase ✻ Letter Sounds A-Z ✻ Name writing practice worksheets ✻ Daily sign-in strips: Cut out strips to let students sign their name daily and place in attendance box or board. ✻ All About Me worksheet ✻ My phone number practice ✻ First Day Self Portrait ✻ All About Me mini-book
Create a collection of cherished memories with these editable memory book pages and 2 fun projects. Print the PDF file as is or customize the editable PowerPoint. (Please note the PDF is not editable, but the PowerPoint file is.) Pick and choose the pages that work best for your class. Add photos or students' art to the pages. This file includes the following: Memory Book Covers for Preschool, Pre-K, TK, KinderBridge, and Kindergarten Editable Memory Book Covers (Editable Years) Monthly Self-Portraits Seasonal Self-Portraits (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer) Beginning and End of Year Self-Portraits Editable Self-Portrait Page The Kissing Hand First Day Feelings Look How I've Grown All About Me My Handprint My Favorite Things My Favorite Book My Favorite Animal When I Grow Up Our Field Trip Our Class Pet Our Class Mascot My Adventures School is Cool It's My Birthday Star Student Star of the Week My Class My Friends My Teacher(s) My School My Family Editable Family Page My Buddy More Fun Memories S.T.E.A.M. Project Directions (Sailboat Regatta) Sailboat Regatta Picture Page Pumpkin Book Character Project Directions Pumpkin Book Character Project Recording Page Pumpkin Book Character Project Picture Page Fall Party Happy Thanksgiving Winter Party 100th Day Valentine's Day Friendship Day Q and U Wedding Stuffed Animal Day Teddy Bear Day Parents' Day Donuts with Grownups Water Day Meet the Teacher First Day of School Chicka Chicka Boom Boom The Very Hungry Caterpillar Dinosaur Snacks Digging for Dinosaurs Color Fun Run Patriot Day Space Robots J is for Jellybeans Awesome Award Volcano Eruptions Chinese New Year Welcome to the Zoo Dr. Seuss Week Astronaut Training Day I is for Ice Cream W is for Worms End of Year Party Celebrate Good Times My Interview A Note From My Teacher(s) Autographs Editable Page to Customize As You Wish If you enjoy this resource, please leave feedback. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me. Thanks!
Air fryer chicken quesadillas need only four essential ingredients and cook in just minutes. They are a perfect lunch, dinner or snack.
Graphs and Charts in Early Childhood: Preschool and Kindergarten. Graph RoundUP at RainbowsWithinReach
We are always inspired to do fun crafts and learning activities whenever we read some of our favorite children’s books! Here is a list of activities we’ve come up with inspired by popular children’s books (alphabetized by title). (Book titles are affiliate links.) Be sure to follow our Children’s Book Activities Pinterest board! …
Tot school this week is all about butterflies. It’s been a rainy few days over here, so I am thankful we had a week full of fun exploration to keep us busy indoors. Here were our plans for our butterfly theme: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite butterfly books for […]
Here are two fun ways to make a toilet paper roll spider! It's a great halloween craft for kids to make.
Fall is almost here, which is a perfect time to teach your students and children about apples! In addition to teaching children about the "life cycle of an apple", this fun, worksheet will also help with fine motor skills, ordering, number recognition, scissor skills, and more!
Are you looking for some "go-to" poems and song for your shared reading time? I have compiled some poems and songs that are great for shared reading. There are 15 poems and songs included in this packet that are easy to print and share with your students. Enjoy! ...
10 Classic Rhymes for toddlers and preschoolers that have actions. Ideal for getting kids moving and using up some of that excess energy.
