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Spring Q-Tip Painting Printables

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

spring q-tip printables - fine motor practice

Spring is around the corner and I have a great fine motor activity for your students! These Spring-themed Q-tip painting printables are great for whole class activities, fine motor stations, or independent practice for early finishers. Check them out below! Here’s What You Need: Handful of Q-tips Washable paint Spring Q-tip Printable (at the bottom of this post) Directions: Before you begin, print the pages onto card stock paper. Using card stock paper prevents the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Printables, Spring Activities Tagged With: fine motor, q-tips, spring activities

Spring Pattern Block Printables

by Angela Thayer 2 Comments

Disclosure: This post contains links to Amazon. See this page for more details. Do you have pattern blocks? Chances are if you work with preschoolers or kindergartners in any capacity, you do! Pattern blocks are commonly used for math activities and are great manipulatives. They are perfect for making your learning activities more hands-on. Today I'm sharing a spring-themed pattern block printable that is great for math centers and independent work. I love pattern blocks because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fine Motor Skills, Math, Spring Activities Tagged With: pattern blocks

Spring Lacing Cards

by Angela Thayer 5 Comments

Spring is here! Before April ends, I wanted to share my new spring lacing cards with you! These spring-themed cards are designed for kids to practice lacing and fine motor skills! Why is Lacing Important? Lacing activities help children develop fine motor skills. It is also helpful for developing visual perceptual skills, bilateral coordination, and motor planning. Lacing cards are great for preparing children for skills like tying shoes and sewing. For this activity, children will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fine Motor Skills, Spring Activities Tagged With: fine motor skills

Spring Scavenger Hunt

by Angela Thayer 20 Comments

Spring is here and we're so happy about this! We're just starting to notice signs of spring popping up...the grass is getting greener, the buds are forming on trees, and plants starting to pop up. Last fall and winter, I created nature scavenger hunts for kids and I've had requests to create one for spring! So today I'm sharing the free printable for a spring scavenger hunt. This activity is quite simple, but let me break it down for you... Just print out the printable, add it to a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Printables, Spring Activities Tagged With: scavenger hunt

Kindergarten At Home Math Packet

by Angela Thayer 36 Comments

kindergarten at home math packet

Last week I sent out my kindergarten at home literacy packet. It makes me so happy to see so many people using it! I wanted to follow up with a math packet to keep your little ones busy. Here are the skills covered in this packet: Identifying numbers 0-20 Writing numbers 0-20 Counting One-to-one correspondence Ten frames Ten frames with teen numbers Ten frame addition equations Comparing numbers Skip counting for 2, 5, and 10 Measurement Shapes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kindergarten, Math, Spring Activities Tagged With: numbers, spring

15 Activities About Bees

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

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 according to the U.S. Agriculture Department the bee population has been in serious decline for the last three decades. While this information is alarming, we can also use this to help … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spring Activities Tagged With: bees, bugs and insect theme

16 Spring Crafts for Kids

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

Spring is here and we are so excited about it! This is the perfect time to do some spring crafts with kids. There are so many cute ideas, but today I'm sharing 16 spring crafts for kids. Spring is the perfect time for a craft for insects, birds, raindrops, life cycles, rainbows, and more! Check out the fabulous ideas by clicking the links below. Ladybug Craft from Teaching Mama Spring Mural from No Time For Flash Cards Fingerprint Flower Magnets from Rhythms of Play Flower Suncatcher from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Spring Activities Tagged With: crafts, spring

17 Garden Activities for Kids

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

letter sound game

Do you have a garden? We've had a small garden in the past but now we just have flowers around our house. I'd love to have a garden to grow our own fruit and vegetables...maybe in the future! Inviting the kids to help with the garden is an awesome way to teach life skills and spend time bonding with them. Today I'm sharing 17 garden activities for kids. Some of these take place in the garden and other sare garden-themed. The activities are labeled below. Activities for the Garden: CD … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spring Activities Tagged With: garden

14 Homemade Bird Feeders

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

14 homemade bird feeders

I love that spring has arrived and we are starting to see more birds around our yard. Something I like to do in the spring is to create a homemade bird feeder. The kids love to hang it up and watch for birds to eat the food. Today I'm sharing with you 14 bird feeder ideas for kids. One way we like to do this is with a piece of bread. It's so easy! I shared how we did this on this post. Here are some other great ways to make a bird feeder. Click on the links below to read the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spring Activities, Summer Activities Tagged With: bird feeder

Rainy Day Umbrella Craft

by Angela Thayer 9 Comments

umbrella craft using shaving cream with colors

April showers bring May flowers! It's been a rainy week around here, which inspired me to create this umbrella craft with my little ones. I love using shaving cream in kid activities, so we decided to use it to make this umbrella swirled with colors! Using shaving cream for crafts is fun because you can also use it for a sensory activity after you are done with the craft. Here's what you need: shaving cream food coloring baking sheet knife card stock paper scissors … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Preschool, Spring Activities Tagged With: rainy day, umbrella

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