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Spring Life Cycle Activities

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Spring Life Cycle

Children are naturally curious. They wonder where things came from, how things happen, and ask lots of questions! One thing I like to teach in the spring is life cycles. There are so many life cycle activities for teaching the different stages of a plant or animal. Today I'm sharing with you the ones for a frog, chicken, ladybug, butterfly, and plants. Spring Life Cycle Activities For each of these five life cycle activities, I'll also share a printable to go along with it. My goal is to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spring Activities Tagged With: life cycle

Chicken Life Cycle Printable

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

Chicken Life Cycle Printable

It's spring, which means it's the perfect time to learn about the life cycle of a chicken. Today I'm sharing a free chicken life cycle printable that will help teach children the different stages of a chicken. Chicken Life Cycle Printable If you're doing a farm theme with your preschoolers or are just teaching about different life cycles, you'll find this printable helpful. I made this a simple printable and is designed for preschoolers and kindergarteners. It shows four stages of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Printables, Science, Spring Activities Tagged With: chicken, life cycles

Rainbow Craft for Toddlers

by Angela Thayer 3 Comments

Spring is just around the corner, which means it's time to bring out all the rainbow activities. Last week, we hosted a rainbow party for some of our friends. It was such a blast! With the toddlers and preschoolers at the party, I decided to keep things simple. We had an easy craft, snack, experiment, and game. It was perfect! The rainbow crafts we did was so fun and perfect toddlers, so I need to share it with you all! This is what you need for this rainbow craft: paper plate (cut in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Spring Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: rainbows

Insect Sensory Bin

by Angela Thayer 6 Comments

insect sensory bin

I'm so excited to share with you our newest sensory bin! I was making some macaroni and cheese for my boys the other day and I realized the pasta shapes would make such a fun sensory bin! Thankfully, I had another box so I was able to quickly put together an insect sensory bin for my children to play with. Here's what you need to make this insect sensory bin: Back to Nature Crazy Bugs Macaroni & Cheese Box dry black beans plastic tub large Ziploc plastic bags about 3 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preschool, Sensory Play, Spring Activities, Summer Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: bugs and insect theme, insects, sensory bin

Thank You for Giving Me Wings Craft

by Angela Thayer 3 Comments

Thank You for Giving Me Wings Craft

I'm a sucker for handprint crafts! I love receiving homemade gifts from my kids with their handprints on them. It's such a cute keepsake! Today I'm sharing with you a butterfly craft using handprints and the phrase "Thank You for Giving Me Wings"! This idea actually came from my 5-year-old. He wanted to make a butterfly using his two handprints. Then he came up with the idea of drawing the butterfly body in black and adding the antennas. I think it is so cute! I added the phrase … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Kindergarten, Preschool, Spring Activities Tagged With: butterfly craft, mothers day

Thank You For Helping Me Grow Craft

by Angela Thayer 4 Comments

Thank You for Helping me grow Craft

Mother's Day is just around the corner! If your looking for a cute and easy craft for your children to do, then you'll have to check out this craft! This "Thank You for Helping Me Grow" craft is adorable and would be a great gift! You could even give this gift to a favorite teacher. I tried to make this activity as easy as possible for you! Here's what you need for this craft: paint and paintbrush paper printable for the stem, leaves, and flower pot (see the bottom of this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Kindergarten, Preschool, Spring Activities Tagged With: handprint, homemade gift, mothers day

Ladybug Alphabet Matching Game

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

ladybug sensory bin

Do you know what ladybugs like to eat? They love aphids! I created a ladybug and aphid activity to help kids match uppercase letters to lowercase letters. In this game, the ladybug will eat the "aphids" marked with an alphabet letter. The child will draw an aphid card from the pile and find the matching lowercase letter on the aphid on the printable. Color or mark the aphids as you find the matches! This activity that is geared towards preschoolers and kindergarteners. Here's what you need … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alphabet, Preschool, Spring Activities Tagged With: alphabet matching, ladybugs, sensory bin

Ladybug Spots Counting Activity

by Angela Thayer 7 Comments

Ladybug Spots Counting Activity

I love that it's finally springtime! We are just starting to notice insects and other creatures crawling outside right now. One of the creatures we notice a lot are ladybugs! My kids love to observe them because they are safe and harmless (a.k.a. not going to sting them!). Since we love ladybugs, I came up with some ladybug activities to do with them. Today's activity is a Ladybug Spots Counting Activity. This activity is super simple to do because I provide the printable for you! You … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Math, Preschool, Printables, Spring Activities Tagged With: counting, ladybugs, one to one correspondence

The Legend of St. Patrick – Printable Booklet

by Angela Thayer 12 Comments

Legend of St. Patrick

St. Patrick's Day is around the corner and I have a new printable to share with you! Do you know the real reason we celebrate this holiday? Most of the time, we talk about the color green, rainbows, and leprechauns. However, this holiday is to celebrate the legend of St. Patrick. He was an amazing missionary and spread Christianity throughout Ireland. Here are some facts about St. Patrick that I thought were fascinating: St. Patrick was captured at age 16 and was sold into slavery in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kindergarten, Preschool, Printables, Spring Activities Tagged With: st. patrick's day

Garden Printables for Kids

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

garden markers

Creating a garden with children is an amazing experience. Not only is it a special activity to do together, it's rewarding to see the plants grow. Last week, I shared with you our new garden with the Gro-ables Project. We are already seeing sprouts growing on almost all of our plants! My kids are so excited every day when we observe the plants and see change. Today I'm sharing with you 2 garden printables for kids that will make gardening easier and a fun experience! The first printable is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spring Activities, Summer Activities Tagged With: garden, spring, spring activities

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