This post contains affiliate links Not too long ago we made planet sun catchers, and since then my kids have been slowly but surely becoming more interested in astronomy (at the preschool level of course), we checked out a book about being an astronaut and watched YouTube videos about space. Then, in a completely unrelated activity,…
How does your preschooler’s crayon collection look? Is it a little shabby with nubby, dull crayons floating around the box? I don’t know about your kids, but nothing is more uninspiring to my kiddos than crayons that don’t have a point. They refuse to color with them. It’s a problem. So the other day I…
We’ve been finding new ways to use nature in our preschool activities lately because, really, you can’t beat the beauty of nature and all the sensory benefits it brings! One of our most popular activities has been this Invitation to Draw Spring Plants– check it out really quickly then come back here to read the…
Happy Earth Day! Or if you’re visiting this page any other day of the year, happy fill-in-the-blank day! 😉 Maybe it’s simply a happy Friday for you, or a happy lesson planning day if you’re here as a preschool teacher. But for us today, it’s Earth Day. While today isn’t really a holiday we “celebrate”…
Earth Day is approaching which means teachers will be preparing units on reducing, reusing, and recycling (see our preschool recycling sort here), along with studies in conservation and environment protection. Another popular preschool theme that coincides with Earth Day is a unit on the rainforest. Do you remember reading The Great Kapok Tree when you…
Beep. Boop. Beep. I am a robot… My nearly four year old likes to pretend play he’s a robot. The problem is he has the game all wrong, robots are supposed to take orders from their master (ahem- me). I should be able to push button and have my little robot clean up all his…
Color sorting is a great activity for toddlers and preschoolers to practice. There are so many ways to teach colors, but I have an affinity for the ones that involve other skills (like fine motor practice). This Paint Chip activity and this simple Preschool Color Sort were great places to start, but this Pom Pom…
Who loves themed toddler activities? ME!!!!! 🙂 Last Valentine’s Day we did an Excavating Hearts Activity that made the theme a bit more…boyish 😉 This year we are playing cupid by placing arrows into valentine hearts. There’s also color matching and fine motor skills incorporated into this activity, which makes it a great educational busy…
Christmas vacation is about to begin which means lots of preschoolers will be home from school looking for crafts and activities to keep them busy. My fifth grade niece already asked when she could come over to do Christmas projects with us (we have a fun one in mind for her! Stay tuned next week…
Welcome to day 2 of our “Exploring Numbers Through the Senses” series! Yesterday we posted our first activity based on Sound (Number Sound Boxes), today is all about the sense of SIGHT! We will be exploring what numbers LOOK like (incorporating both the numerical symbol as well as a conceptual understanding of them). As you…
