Pond Life is perfect for young learners that love learning about animal life.
Teach little kids about pond life and explore dramatic play with this Preschool Pond Theme Blocks Activity! It's quick & easy using supplies that you probably already have around the house. Check it out!
Have you ever wondered how ducks stay warm while swimming in cold water? The answer is that their feathers are covered in a waxy oil that repels water, and keeps … Continue reading "Hands-On Wednesday: Duck Feather Science"
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.
Explore and investigate all about the pond ecosystem and the animals that live there! Check out my pond activities designed for preschool, pre-k, & kinder.
A fun frog pond play dough activity for preschool and pre-k. Your kids will love learning about frogs and pond life with this pond theme invitation to play!
The iconic children’s classic, Make Way for Ducklings, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. It has inspired a love of ducks in generations of children. And the desire to interact with ducks in public parks everywhere. How many of you went to feed the ducks as a child, and have…
Tons and tons and tons of fun ideas for kids using construction paper!
Spring craft for kids! Make an adorable paper plate duck pond! Kids can make the ducks swim by moving a magnet wand under the plate.
As I gear up to teach life cycles again, I wanted to gather all of our fun frog life cycle resources into one place to share with you. We've covered life cycles more times than
We have have been having fun learning about frogs and the frog life cycle. On a recent day I decided to extend the frog learning with a measurement and gross motor activity...Frog Jump! To play
This free Frog Life Cycle Printable Emergent Reader is perfect for learning about life cycles with your early readers!
These free turtle cutting strips are perfect for a turtle unit, pond unit, or ocean unit; great for fine-motor coordination at home or in the classroom.
Ecosystem Scavenger Hunt for the backyard or schoolyard where students take photographs on their devices as they explore!
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
A swimmer doesn’t splash and wave for help. Here’s how to know when someone is in trouble, and how to respond.
5 green and speckled frogs counting printable for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten kids. A fun printable to help your kids learn how to count.
Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.
Build counting skills with a fun frog art activity! After painting the pieces, place the frogs on a timeline to count and then glue onto the log. Free printables included!
LIFE CYCLE OF A FROG VIRTUAL TRIP! Animal Studies Science. Learn about frog life cycle, adaptations, habitats, amphibians, how frogs survive winter, camouflage and diet. Pond Life and toads covered too! See frogspawn, tadpoles, froglets and many types of frogs (red-eyed tree frogs, etc.) Many easy t...
Are you ready for our last new tot school theme for the year? We are loving our spring themes so I added this frog theme to our calendar this year. Check out this week full of all kinds of frog themed learning and fun! And here are the details of each activity: Here are the […]
These FREE frog cutting strips use Montessori principles for a fun, themed way to improve preschoolers' scissor cutting skills at home or in the classroom.
The Frogs in the Pond Addition and Subtraction Match is a playful way to practice math fact fluency!
Five little ducks went out one day...
“Over and Under the Pond” by Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal These books are SO good! We loved “Over and Under the Snow” and “Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt” so much that I knew I just and to check out this latest edition. I was thrilled to find that it is...Read More »
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.
Free, fun and useful Kindergarten - 1st Grade, Common Core aligned lesson plans, math games, calendars, behavior charts, materials and more!
With its ducky theme and cut and paste activity, this worksheet is a fun way to get your child practicing counting while easing them into beginning addition.
Toddler and Preschool age kids will love practicing sorting, counting, and sequencing...
Five Speckled Frogs pritnable and nursery rhyme. Not only are counting songs fun to sing with the little ones, these songs help teach basic counting
Are you ready for our last new tot school theme for the year? We are loving our spring themes so I added this frog theme to our calendar this year. Check out this week full of all kinds of frog themed learning and fun! And here are the details of each activity: Here are the […]
Annabelle has been working on number recognition for numbers 1-20 (well, really just numbers 12-20). I was trying to think of a fun way to i...
This Fly Swatter Alphabet Game is a fun way for pre-readers to practice letter recognition and test their letter knowledge.
Our toddler daughter loves it when we turn letters into animals, and this Letter D duck craft has been her favorite one so far. She thought it was especially funny that our duck said "d-d-d-d-d" (the letter d sound) instead of quack! This alphabet craft is a great way to introduce children to the letters of the alphabet and to the sounds the letters make. In addition, this letter D duck craft is adorable and simple to make.
With spring approaching I wanted to make some fun spring worksheets and coloring pages. Today I have some dragonfly coloring pages for you. Before...
“5 little speckled frogs, sitting on a speckled log. Eating some most delicious bugs. (Yum, yum, yum!) One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool. Now there are 4 green speckled frogs. (Ribbet, ribbet!)" This Print and Play Felt Figure set has everything they need to act out the famous song! Plus, it’s a great way to teach counting forwards, backwards, and early subtraction. This set includes: 5 frogs, 1 log, 3 bugs, and 1 pond. Each figure is drawn by hand, and then digitally colored for vibrant colors. Just print the figures out onto iron-on transfer paper, iron onto felt, and cut out. It’s so easy, you might just decide to make a set for every kid you know! Plus, you’ll receive a FREE pattern for our super quick and easy storage bags to keep everything organized! Finished measurements: Felt Figures - range in size from 7”x10” to 1”x1” (not intended for children under 3) Storage bag – 8”x10” Please check out our other great felt figure patterns, and travel and full size felt board patterns: http://www.etsy.com/shop/copycrafts?section_id=6905271 *This ePattern includes 8 pages of detailed instructions, a cover page, color photographs, table of contents, supply list, 2 pages of felt figures, and full pattern for storage bags with diagrams. *We put forth every effort to make our patterns user-friendly and are more than happy to provide any additional assistance needed through Etsy conversations or email. *We stand behind our patterns and your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed! “5 Speckled Frogs” is protected by copyright laws. It is illegal to copy, duplicate, distribute, or share this pattern in any way without the written consent of CopyCrafts. This pattern can be made for personal use. It may also be made for profit under the following conditions: 1) the item is made completely and personally by the pattern purchaser; 2) the phrase “a CopyCrafts design” must be included in the item listing (for internet sales), or with the item for other sales. Please contact CopyCrafts if you have any questions regarding our copyright policies.
