At the beginning of the school year, it's a great idea to plan a family theme for preschoolers. Today, I’m going to share with you our favorite activities and free printables for this theme. I created a free booklet about families to read with students. It's black and white, so it's also great for coloring. You can download the booklet right here --> Family Booklet A fun sensory and fine motor activity you can do with preschoolers is to use family playdough mats. Just use … [Read more...]
Fire Safety Activities for Kids
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. Fire Safety Week is October 7th-13th this year. I have to be totally honest we’ve never done fire safety week at our house before. Before now I would have not known what to do in an emergency situation. I feel like we should’ve addressed this sooner, especially since the house behind us had a bad fire recently. Since this was a new topic for me I approached it like all themes. I listed out what I wanted the kids to learn and then put … [Read more...]
Community Helpers Clip Cards
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 post) paper laminator (optional) scissors Begin by printing out the printable. Cut apart each row so you have strips. I used a … [Read more...]
Community Helpers Printable Posters
Learning about community helpers is important for little ones. They need to know the types of jobs people do to help the community keep running. I created a set of community helpers printable posters to help teach this. Before teaching about community helpers, make sure you explain what a community is. It can be small with only a few buildings and homes or the opposite, with a large population. The community helpers are people that help each other by offering goods and services. There … [Read more...]
20 Insect Activities for Kids
In real life, bugs and insects make me squirm! But the funny thing is, I love activities and crafts about insects. Since my dad owns a pest control, I've learned a lot about them over the years. It's been fun to pass on that knowledge to my boys. If you're looking for insect activities for kids, you're in the right place! Today I'm sharing 20 of my favorite insect activity ideas. To find more information about the activities, just click the links below! Insect Sensory Bin from Teaching … [Read more...]