Mess free toddler activities to do at home indoors with 2, 3 & 4 year olds. Easy, fun minimal prep toddler learning activities for maximum engagement
Inside: What are some creative ways to learn about Famous Artists? This post shares one simple art activity to teach your kids about Michelanglo. Art Appreciation with kids doesn't have to be complicated or boring.
My PreK students were learning about the different types of shapes. To introduce circles, we read The Dot by Peter Reynolds. Students then used their cutting skills to trim multi-colored squares in…
Crafts for kids can be fun AND educational. Here are some tips for creating art based on famous artists and ideas for inspiration!
Have fun exploring star patterns with this fun, Constellations Printable Wheel. This hands on constellations activity is great for kids of all ages!
Have you made bubble foam yet? Turning it into bubble foam trucks is even better! This easy sensory bin from Busy Toddler is a must try.
Fall is here, and it’s the best time to get a little messy with some vibrant colors and cool craft projects like Leaf-Printed Squirrel Craft!
This blog explores ‘All About Me’ activities that early years practitioners can do with children of all ages in their early years settings!
25+ Awesome art projects for toddlers and preschoolers. Your kids have never made art like THIS before! Creative, fun,and gorgeous art techniques for kids.
This spider web suncatcher craft is a fun craft for kids for Halloween. Make a colourful spider web this Halloween with your kids!
Spend quality time with kids getting creative during this pandemic crisis! Experiment and explore your inner artist with children.
How can I prepare my child for kindergarten? These listening games are a fun way to start working on kindergarten readiness!
What dollar store activity supplies are a must buy? Check out these 10 supplies and the 15+ activities you can make with them. Kids love these activities!
Y’all science is my jam. I absolutely love it! It’s my favorite part about writing these lessons and doing activities with Rea because I know that she is going to get so excited seeing all the different experiments and watching all the different reactions take place. This experiment is one that I know will not disappoi
Looking for fun Color Worksheets for preschool? You've found them and a bunch of fun, hands-on, play-based learning centers as well. Recognition, sorting and more.
Watercolors & salt apple painting is a beautiful craft for kids! It creates a stunning picture you'll want to put on your fridge this Fall!
We have gathered the best rock games, rock activities, and rock crafts. These rock games, crafts, and activities are great for kids of all ages like:
Step by step directions for making tear free bubble foam using household items. A fun toddler sensory activity that's squeaky clean and easy to set up.
7 days of exploring volcanos with toddlers and preschoolers - activities for each day of the week, including printable planner
Preschool weekly themes: A list of over 100 ideas for weekly preschool theme ideas, plus a free printable planning page
A few weeks ago I had a meeting with a group of kindergarten teachers in my district. We were talking about days of the week not beginning written into the common core standards. We laughed at the thought of not addressing this! How would first grade teachers feel about that?!! Of course, we would be teaching them!! One of my favorite books that addresses this concept is Cookie's Week. Unfortunately, there was not a lot out there, so I came up with some of my own activities. One of our activities was making a Cookie's Week retelling puppet. Students used the picture clues and the days of the week listed on the body to retell the story. This is a different way to make the puppet using black construction paper and a craft stick for a handle. My students retold the story to the class during a short day when there was not time to start something new. Cookie's Week Retelling Puppet *************************************************************************** We also worked on a interactively written Thinking Map. Students had to describe Cookie for this bubble map. I modified the interactively written part based on students selected. Sometimes, I had them only write the first or last letter they heard in the word while I wrote the middle. The most able students wrote the entire word or most of the word. I followed up this activity with a writing assignment. Since this was the first time students have written a sentence, I gave them a lot of support. They only had to write the last word on their own. I also modified this by allowing more able students to choose the word from the map that they wanted. The others had to copy my example. Then for fun and to practice following directions, I gave them a directed drawing lesson for Cookie. Cookie Writing Page ************************************ We also used coloring pages from Making Learning Fun to make a book. She has other Cookie books available on her site, but I found that they were too difficult for the beginning of kindergarten. This student is very enthusiastically pointing to and reading the sight words he knows!! Link to the Cookie book at Making Learning Fun ************************************************** We did our Cookie paper plate project again this year. This time I used my circle punch to cut out Cookie's green eyes and I used my heart punch to cut out his nose. This was a huge time saver!! The ears were cut by hand. Students drew the mouth and whiskers with a marker. Have fun with Cookie!!
Practice color and number recognition while working on his fine-motor skills with this worksheet, which challenges him to match colors with numbers.
