If you’re looking for an easy and fun holiday craft to do with the kids, this reindeer paper bag project is just the thing! It’s super simple and uses basic supplies like paper bags, googly eyes, clothespins, and a few jingle bells. The best part? The kids will have a blast making their own little…
The vibrant colors of fall always inspire me to create! Aren’t they just so lovely? This fall tree painting activity was inspired by the beauty of autumn leaves and is a must-try for early childhood classrooms! Materials Needed: For this activity, you’ll need the following materials: Before the Activity Before doing the activity, I recommend…
I have been learning a lot about the science of reading and one big takeaway is the importance of phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is about noticing sounds within words and alphabet knowledge is knowing what sounds letters stand for. One way you can practice this skill is with these alphabet wheels for beginning sounds! I…
Make teaching phonics fun with these engaging, hands-on CVC word activities! This bundle includes 24 low-prep activities that are perfect for your students learning to read consonant vowel consonant words.
Students will love how fun these activities are… no more boring worksheets!
This bundle includes 456 pages of low-prep, engaging CVC activities.
February is the shortest month of the year, but it’s also a great one because of all the wonderful themes and lessons you can incorporate into your classroom! In this post, you’ll find hands-on activities, free printables, and fun February activities! Valentine’s Day Kids love to celebrate this holiday in the month of February! It’s the perfect time to make adorable crafts for loved ones. Here are some…
Are you looking for low-prep math activities for preschoolers?
This Preschool Math Activities Pack is here to help you out!
In this download, you’ll receive 10 fun activities for preschool math skills!
Are you teaching students to rhyme? These rhyming wheels are a great way to practice this important skill!
Students will identify the picture in the middle and then find the pictures on the wheel that rhyme. Use a clothespin to identify the rhyming words. For a simpler version, ask students to find one matching rhyming picture. There are 4 rhyming pictures on each wheel.
This product has 24 printable wheels: 12 in color and 12 in black & white.
This is a digital product and no physical copy will be sent in the mail.
Are you teaching students to rhyme? These rhyming wheels are a great way to practice this important skill!
Students will identify the picture in the middle and then find the pictures on the wheel that rhyme. Use a clothespin to identify the rhyming words. For a simpler version, ask students to find one matching rhyming picture. There are 4 rhyming pictures on each wheel.
This product has 24 printable wheels: 12 in color and 12 in black & white.
This is a digital product and no physical copy will be sent in the mail.
Are you looking for low-prep math activities for preschoolers?
This Preschool Math Activities Pack is here to help you out!
In this download, you’ll receive 10 fun activities for preschool math skills!
This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for more details. Fine motor skills are incredibly important to focus on with children. I am constantly adding fine motor activities to our day to help my boys strengthen their hands. Fine motor skills require the use of smaller muscle groups to perform tasks that are precise…
Learning the alphabet is foundational for reading and writing. While some kids learn letters very quickly, others need more repetition and time to learn letters. There are so many hands-on ways to teach the alphabet! During this time of school closure, I wanted to provide an easy activity for your kids to practice identifying beginning…
Bees are so important for our environment! I know that bees can feel like a nuisance, especially during the summer, but these little insects are so powerful and do so much for our world! Did you know that pollinators are responsible for one of every three bites of food we take? Honeybees are pollinators and…
When I first started homeschooling with my oldest, I had so much fun planning themed lessons. I would pride myself on finding free printables that I would laminate and cut out. We would play new games every week! I soon realized after having a 2nd child, I had less time to do this prep work….
We are so thrilled to FINALLY have snow! My kids have been playing in it nonstop the past few days. Today I’m sharing some very fun snowman activities for kids. From crafts, to playdough mats, to printables and more! Take a look at these fun activities! Just click on the links to take you to…
Yesterday I shared with you printable posters for community helpers. Today I’m sharing an activity for child to practice knowing what tools community helpers use. This is a fun way to practice identifying community helpers and what their jobs are! Here’s what you need for this activity: clothespins printable (download at the bottom of this…
I found apple clothespins at Target a few weeks ago and I couldn’t wait to use them with the book, 10 Apples Up on Top! This is one of my favorite books to read, especially in the fall with preschoolers. But my boys actually like to read it year-round. It’s such a cute story and…
Election Day and President’s Day is the perfect time to do these fun activities focused on the book, Duck for President! This book is a kid-friendly way to talk about some of the components of running for president. Duck for President Summary I love the author, Doreen Cronin. She has such creative and hilarious books! This…
Is it freezing where you live? We have such cold weather here, but no snow right now! Truthfully, I’d rather have snow if it’s going to be so cold out! We do, however, have icicles. Icicles are so pretty! The icicles inspired me to do some activities with my kids, like create a model of an…
Christmas is around the corner and I have a fun matching activity for your little ones to try! This light bulb matching activity is a fine motor activity, so children are building hand strength which will help them with handwriting skills. Plus this game practices matching colors! This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure…
One of my favorite activities to set up for my children are invitations to create with tinker trays. I can’t tell you the number of times this activity has saved the day! I set out lots of things for my children to create with and they are focused, calm, quiet, and excited about what they…
An important skill to work on with young children, is learning to distinguish the beginning sounds in words. This is a skill that will build the foundation for reading. I have a really fun activity to share with you that will practice beginning sounds of words and practice fine motor skills! This beginning sounds matching activity is…
I was walking through Walmart the other day and I spotted some awesome rainbow clips. Of course, I thought they would be perfect for working on fine motor skills with my preschooler! Today I’m sharing with you how we used those colorful clips with our fine motor color matching wheel. It is so easy to make…
Last week I shared my Christmas Literacy Printables and today I’m excited to share my FREE Christmas math printables with you! This math packet contains printables that work on the following preschool skills: identifying numbers counting numbers 0-9 tracing numbers 0-9 patterns finding differences tracing shapes graphing My favorite activity in the packet is the I-Spy…
My boys are really into building right now. Any chance they get, they are building something! I love it and definitely encourage this activity. I was cleaning out my catch-all drawer, and I came across a bunch of baby food pouch lids that I’ve saved and I decided they would be a great material for my…
Last week, my friend hosted a really fun busy bag exchange! Have you ever gone to one before? It’s really simple to do. There were 8 moms and we each brought a set of busy bags to share. We then left with 8 different busy bags. It was so nice to have these busy bags…
We are learning about teeth this week since February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. Last week I shared 15 hands-on activities all about teeth. Today, I’m sharing beginning reader activities about teeth. Do you have a child that’s in the early stages of learning to read? If you do, you’re probably familiar with beginning readers…
My oldest, who is almost 5, recently started attending a wonderful preschool. At school, he is asked to trace his name as well as other letters they are working on. When I watch him write, he gets upset because he can’t follow the lines perfectly. (I think he got this perfectionist trait from me…sorry!) I also…
Happy Friday! My friend, Sharla, is an awesome blogging friend and is over here guest posting today. I was blessed to get to know Sharla a year and a half ago at a blogging conference. She is an amazing homeschooling mom to 7 children (5 of them are adopted!). She writes about their homeschool adventures, busy bags,…
Today is Eric Carle’s birthday! In case you don’t know who I’m talking about, he is the author of many beloved children’s books. In honor of his birthday (and to provide you with an awesome resource!) I am sharing nearly 100 activities to go along with Eric Carle’s books! There are so many neat ideas here, so…
Are you looking for a few ways to keep kids busy? Try these 5 unique ways to paint with kids! I promise, they will love it!! 1. Apple Stamping One way to paint is with apples! Just cut them into shapes, put a toothpick in them and dip them into the paint. You can see…
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for more information. Busy bags are an awesome way to keep toddlers and preschooler quietly occupied. Today I’m sharing all about busy bags, as well as some examples of how to put them together. What is a Busy Bag? Busy bags are simple activities stored in…
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. See my disclosure policy for details. Math is so fun to teach to preschoolers because there are a lot of daily activities that incorporate math. Preschoolers don’t need worksheets for math…they should learn through play and hands-on activities. 1. Patterns with Bears Counting Bears are a great…
Goodnight Moon is a favorite story for many toddlers. We love the book so much, that we decided to make a sensory bin to go along with it! We are going through the letter ‘M’ with my preschooler, and one of our activities is to read Goodnight Moon and also explore a sensory bin. As I was…
Scissor practice is SO important for preschoolers. Did you know that scissor practice is actually a pre-writing skill? It’s true! When children use scissors, they have lots of practice moving their fingers and are also gaining strength in their hands. Using scissors takes a lot of coordination! I recently read this article that shares the…
I can’t believe it is already August! That means summer is almost over and school is just around the corner! I went to Target the other day and as I walked by the school supply section, I noticed all the excited and noisy kids hustling and bustling around to find their school supplies. I also…
As we continue to learn about the desert, I made some printables to use with this unit. I will be sharing 3 printables with you today. 1. Desert Animals Matching Game For this game, just print the printable, cut out the cards, and the turn them face-down. Next, take turns flipping two cards over to…
The letter we are studying right now is the letter S! Since it’s spring and soon to be summer, I thought it would appropriate to study S and do some FUN activities around this letter. First of all, we did 3 crafts with the letter S. Our first one was creating a snake out of…
Another one of our favorite Eric Carle books is The Very Clumsy Click Beetle. If you haven’t read this book, you should!! It’s so cute. It starts out with a young beetle who tries to climb up a tree, but got tired, fell to the ground, and landed on its back. He couldn’t figure out…
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My oldest is great at identifying his uppercase letters, but we haven’t spent very much time learning lowercase letters. To help him with this, I came up with a game to match uppercase letters with lowercase letters. The added bonus is that it’s fun (according to my 3 year old)! Here’s what you need: *plastic…