CUTE printable Construction Worksheests make practicing counting, matching upper and lowercase alphabet letters, and more FUN!
Construction themed activities and centers inspiration is HERE! Get out your planner, and let’s plan a ton of fun and engaging construction-themed activities your little learners (Preschool, Pre-k, and kindergarten)...
AWESOME {FREE} construction themed preschool printables!! Games, math, language arts, and more! Perfect for preschool and kindergarten!!
Make your preschool transportation theme the best one yet with these adorable transportation worksheets and activities.
Zebra, Hippo and Crocodiles- how many zoo animals can your preschooler name? Try these free zoo animals printable worksheets.
Do you know what you can always count on? Playdough. Kids a little cranky? Playdough. Rain cancelled your plans? Playdough. Friends pop over unexpectedly? Playdough. I tell you playdough activities will never let you down. We love playdough so much, I thought I would share with you some of our favourite playdough activities today. Some
Looking for Superhero Worksheets and Activities for Preschool? Check out these 8 Hands-On Superhero activities for Preschool or Kindergarten.
The boys always love chances to test their gross motor skills, and the Astronaut Training Course we put together is a perfect activity to do just that! Obstacles courses of any kind are a great way to create a little fun in the yard, or if you have enough space - inside on a rainy day. Give the Obstacle Course a theme and a have kids complete something at the end - even better! This obstacle course post includes 2 free printables- a training checklist and an astronaut id card at the end! We first thought of this activity a few years ago when we had Big Brother's Outer Space Birthday Party. Since then a lot of people have asked what we did during the party. For this activity I recreated the Astronaut Checklist. You can print off your own copies of this free printable! In our case, this is how kids acted out the checklist: 1) Tunnel Crawl- The boys used our pop-up tunnel and crawled through as quickly as they could. 2) Gravity Lifts- The boys lifted a giant "moon rock" (or large beach ball) 3 times. 3) Toe Touches - Just like it says, the astronauts in training had to prove they could touch their toes 4 times. 4) Line Hops- We stretched a long jump rope out and the boys hopped side to side over the jump rope or "line." 5) Jumping Jacks - Each kiddo had to complete 10 Jumping Jacks as astronauts need to be able to jump around, of course! 6) Balance Counts- Each kiddo balanced on one leg and slowly counted to 8. Although these were our ideas you could swap this up based on what materials you had on hand. For example, no tunnel? Have kids crawl through a small fort made with chairs and a sheet, or even easier, just act like they are crawling. A gravity lift could be done using a pool noodle or something small and tiny- I just would not use anything actually heavy for safety's sake. The line hops could be done over a taped line or kiddos could start at one line and hop to another line. For a little extra challenge older kiddos could also be timed on the course too. The Astronaut Checklist is meant to be pretty open ended. Once the kids had each completed the course, they then got to color in their Astronaut ID Card. Each sheet comes with 4 cards, so a group of kids can each make one or one kiddo can complete the course a bunch of times and create several. I'm always looking for ways to channel the boys' active energy - and this is definitely a fast easy way to do it! Best of all, as with many of our activities, it can be done with different age levels and different sized groups too! We hope you give it a try! Printables- Click here for the Astronaut Training Checklist Click here for the Astronaut ID Cards
Learning the Days of Creation? This is an activity pack which is available FREE to our subscribers! Grab these creation preschool printables today!
I absolutely love teaching bible class. I took a break for a while due to a crazy schedule, but I'm glad to say that I'm back in it this quarter. Teaching bible class to little ones is a weekly reminder of how much I love teaching. I'm so glad to be a part of sharing
Color by Number Ocean Preschool Worksheets are perfect for having fun while practicing number recognition and early math skills.
Science Lab starts with a week of chemistry activities. Preschoolers can learn about states of matter preschool style! Solid, liquid and gas - so fun!
These printable airplane activities for preschoolers are perfect for your preschool transportation theme! Grab yours today!
Your children will enjoy process art with animal tracks! For one of our last activities we did in our "not-alike" unit, we had fun painting with animal tracks... If your children love process art and pretend play with animals, they are sure to love this! Preparing
Free, printable preschool transportation theme worksheets. Transport theme coloring pages, book for kids to make, size and cutting worksheets
This free alphabet preschool printable workbook has worksheets for every letter. The worksheets can help teach your children to write their letters.
Last week, I posted about line drawings that my kindergarten students made with oil pastels and watercolor paints. To finish these off, my students glued paper strip lines (folded to make zig zags, curled and pleated) to the bottom of the page. The students reinforced their learning of types of lines and were introduced to paper manipulation techniques. Then, we rolled and stapled them at the top and bottom to create a hanging windsock. A little bit of double stick … Read more... →
It’s time for The Kids Craft Stars monthly craft challenge! Every month we have a challenge between a few blogger friends and I, to in-cooperate a different craft medium or technique into a simple kid craft. This month’s
Your child will be entertained for hours with these free pretend play printables.
Help your kids learn the ten commandments with this fun, and easy to use printable memory game. So cute and educational!
Use music and playful activities for Teaching Children about South America. So many great ideas for toddler, preschool, and elementary age kids.
The Letter B Do-A-Dot Worksheet is perfect for a hands-on activity to practice recognizing the letters of the alphabet and differentiating between uppercase and lowercase letters.
YEEHAW! Nothing says FUN more than cowboys & cowgirls and these free printable western themed preschool & kindergarten worksheets include a basic writing prompt, tracing pages, shapes, and simple addition! PRINT HERE ==> Western Printable Preschool
Last week, my kiddos and I used the book Lentil for our literature-based study. What fun! I'll have a post up in future weeks detailing all of the fun activities and printables we used during our Lentil week. But the Build Your Own Town printables? Oh I just couldn't keep it to myself any longer! Lentil - Small Town Life This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for more information. The setting of Lentil is a small town, including many of the regular features of small town life: a library, the school, a church, Main Street, a
These ocean animals mazes for kids are perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners to work on problem solving and strategy planning - and fun!
Do you need a hands-on, sensory lesson to teach about kind words? You will love this! Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and even older kids! Also part of the Virtual Book Club for Kids!
*Mini class video is coming at the end of this post.* Teaching and promoting diversity in early childhood is very important. I looked through some […]
Teachers friends, As you know, the end of the year is slowly but surely approaching. You and your students couldn’t be MORE READY! Real learning has pretty much gone out the window, but what is a classroom to do in the meantime? Learning doesn’t have to be completely over, you just have
I have been dying to link up with my sweet friend Kacey over at Doodle Bugs for her Five for Friday post. Well, I have come to this realization...that is never gonna happen! :) By the time Friday night hits...this teacher is so doneeee! So...pretend today is Friday! Here is how my week went down! 1: SLEEP You know you are exhausted when you fall alseep in your school clothes and don't wake up until 6:30 a.m. True story. On Monday night, I told myself that I would lay down for just a second, and before I knew it, it was 6:30 the next morning. I was still asleep...fully clothed...jewelry and all! My husband even tried to wake me up and then he gave up! {Not sure if I believe that story!} :) ...seriously though, I need summer to get here ASAP so I can be awesome every single day! Ha! 2: Summer Writing Fun After a week of state testing, we are back to a normal routine. This week, we spent a lot of time writing our way through my End of Year Writing Bundle. The kids loved thinking about and planning their futures. After that, we also planned our summer with our Dive into Summer Writing. Love how these turned out, but I love these sweet babies even more! Going to miss them so, SO much! {But we won't talk about that right now!} 3: Do the Harlem Shake A few days ago, I posted about my end of the year behavior management system. If you missed that, we are using balloons! :) So...what was day three you ask? Make a Harlem Shake Video. The kids brought props and were counting down the seconds until go time! Here is our Harlem Shake... 4: Science Experiment Fun I love living so close to a local university. They are always so wonderful about bringing experiences directly into the classroom. On Friday, our kids were instructed by the 5th and 6th graders {they were trained earlier in the week}. During this time, they completed 12 hands-on science experiments! Such a great way to give ownership to our older kids and build school community throughout our grade levels. Also a great way to keep our kiddos engaged during these last few weeks! 5: End of year mayhem! Oh my...I can feel it inching closer. Today, I will be working on my classroom awards and finishing up my end of year gifts. Here is a little peek... I will be posting more about this tomorrow! Be sure and link up with Doodle Bugs to show us your week! Have a great weekend!
Teaching kindergarten from home is easier (and more fun) than you think. Homeschooling younger kids doesn't mean boring curriculum or worksheets! This kindergarten at home learning guide provides you with low maintenance tips, tricks, and fun ideas to teach kinder and preschool home school.
