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Summer Q-Tip Painting Printables

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summer q-tip printables

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit here. Are you looking for ways to keep your kids entertained this summer while they are at home? These summer Q-tip painting printables are not only fun, but great for fine motor practice! Q-Tip Printables Materials: To color these printables, all you'll need is washable paint and Q-tips! Have your little one fill in each summer picture with their choice of paint using the cotton swabs as a paint brush! Here … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Printables, Summer Activities Tagged With: fine motor, q-tips, summer activities

Fizzy Ice Stars

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

fizzy ice stars STEAM activity

We LOVE the 4th of July and we also love fizzy experiments! This fizzy ice stars experiment is fun for kids of all ages and is great for a hot summer day! You'll love how easy it is to do this activity and your kids will think you are the best for setting this activity up for them! Fizzy Ice Stars Materials This activity is very simple and is a great science activity for children! Here’s what you need: star ice cube tray (found at The Dollar Store or on Amazon here) 1 cup water … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Science, STEM Activities, Summer Activities Tagged With: 4th of July, baking soda, experiment, vinegar

End of the Year Countdown for Preschool

by Angela Thayer 4 Comments

end of the year preschool countdown

Are you a preschool teacher looking for a FUN way to end the school year?! This End of the Year Countdown for Preschool is a blast and your students will love it! Celebrate the end of the year with countdown to summer! For the last 10 days of the school year, each day will have a theme with exciting activities. I love to create rhymes, so I came up with 10 rhymes for each day. These can be read to the students and hung in the classroom to show the countdown numbers from 10 all the way … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Printables, Tips for Teachers

CVC I Spy Pages

by Angela Thayer 2 Comments

Help students learn CVC words and develop visual discrimination skills with these CVC I Spy Pages! These short vowel CVC word I Spy pages are perfect for pre-k and kindergarten students who are learning to read! Each page has a list of CVC words for students to read and then find the matching picture. Once they find the picture, students can color it and check the box. In this printable, there are 5 pages...one for each vowel! What are CVC Words? Learning to read CVC words is a major … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beginning Readers, Phonics, Printables

Cinco de Mayo I Spy Printable

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Here is a no-prep printable you can use for Cinco de Mayo! Students will have fun finding using their visual discrimination skills to find all the pictures. The printable has 2 pages and is in color and black and white. Each page is filled with pictures to find and count. After the pictures are counted, students can write the number in the boxes at the bottom of the page. In the end, you can see which picture had the most and the least! Ways to Use This Printable: Pass the I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Printables Tagged With: i-spy

End of the Year Alphabet Countdown Calendar

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

The end of the school year is the perfect time to celebrate all your students' hard work! I love using this End of the Year Alphabet Countdown Calendar as a fun way to finish the year! Wrap up the last 26 days of school with a fun activity for each day! The calendar I'm sharing has a theme for each day that starts with the alphabet letter.  It starts with A and ends with Z! I also have an editable calendar, where you can use my template to create your own ABC countdown calendar! You'll … [Read more...]

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Spring Songs for Preschoolers

by Angela Thayer 8 Comments

I love using songs and chants with preschoolers! These are great for transition times, grabbing their attention, and adding brain breaks and movement into the day! There are some super fun spring songs for preschoolers that are great for the classroom or for homeschooling. Check out the songs below and download the PDF with the lyrics at the bottom of this blog post. Spring Songs & Chants: Spring Song - This song is sung to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell. The three verses in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music, Spring Activities Tagged With: chants, songs, spring

April Preschool Themes and Activities

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April preschool themes and activities

April is a month full of fun learning and exciting themes for young learners! If you're on the hunt for April preschool themes and activities, you'll find all of that and more on this blog post. When the warmer weather hits and spring season is in full swing, I find more inspiration for nature-themed activities. I think April is such a fun month to plan preschool activities! From spring weather, to Easter, to Earth Day...there are plenty of fun activities that promote learning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preschool Themes Tagged With: preschool themes

CVC Flip Books

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

cvc flip books

Learning to read CVC words is a major milestone for a beginning reader! CVC words are words that have the pattern consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC, like the words hat and pop. The vowel in CVC words makes the short sound because it is a closed syllable. To practice reading CVC words, I created printable flip books. These interactive flip books help students develop important decoding skills and make reading more fun! I love this hands-on activity because it is so much more fun than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beginning Readers, Printables, Reading Tagged With: cvc words, flip books

Pattern Block Printables for Ocean Animals

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. See this disclosure page for details. Do your kids love ocean animals? These pattern block printables for ocean animals will be a hit in your classroom! I love pattern block activities because they encourage students to look for patterns, work with shapes, and use fine motor skills to make the picture with blocks. Pattern blocks can be purchased on Amazon or an education store like Lakeshore Learning. Pattern blocks teach children … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Math, Printables

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