Happy September! I love this time of year...there are apples everywhere! There are so many things you can do with apples, so here are 8 of our favorite apple activities for preschoolers. 1. Homemade Applesauce This recipe is fun to make with your preschooler, and it tastes so good! It reminds me of warm apple pie filling. To get the recipe, see this post. 2. Apple Play Dough This recipe uses REAL apples to make play dough! Smells so good, too! Find the recipe right here. 3. … [Read more...]
A is for Airplane — Letter A Printables
Today I am sharing our printable packet on the letter A. There are so many fun words for the letter A, but I for this packet, decided to make it on A is for Airplane! In this printable packet, there’s practice on the following skills: identifying letter a tracing cutting patterns ordering by size Here are a few sample pages: To download your open printable packet click here —> A is for Airplane And to download more printable alphabet packets, please … [Read more...]
A is for Apple Activities
We are just finishing up our first week of preschool! We had so much fun learning this week. Troy kept saying how much he loved school this week! Makes my heart happy to hear that! :) We are going through my preschool curriculum and since some of the material is review for him, I am adding in some supplemental activities. This week we focused on the letter A. Here's a little bit of what we did this week... We made an alligator out of the letter A. We also used Do A Dot Markers\ with … [Read more...]
How to Make an Alphabet Book
Alphabet books are a great way to teach your child about alphabet letters and to document your child's work. To start, all you'll need is a 2 inch, 3-ring binder. I added this cover with Troy's age on it. I'd like to do an alphabet book with him each year until Kindergarten or so. If you'd like to download a free copy of this cover to personalize, click here. I put protective sleeves inside the binder for each letter. When we study a letter, we will create a colorful letter and then add … [Read more...]
Letter ‘A’ Alphabet Box & Sensory Tub
Alphabet Boxes are a great way to introduce letters of the alphabet to your child. Here's an example of an alphabet box of the letter 'A'. To introduce an alphabet box, all you do is find items around the house that start with that letter and put it in a box. Then have the child explore the box while pointing out that each item starts with the same letter. Also, make sure to share the sound of that letter. Sensory Tubs are great for the little ones. It helps them explore the world using … [Read more...]