My boys are always interested in learning more about bugs. They are very blessed to have a bug expert in the family...their grandpa! In fact, my dad owns his own pest control company! One concept I believe is important to know, is which bugs are good and which ones are not. I don't want my kids to be afraid of bugs, but I want them to recognize that they are helpful to the environment! That's why we came up with the game called Good Bugs, Bad Bugs. In this game, kids learn how bugs … [Read more...]
8 Insect Crafts for Kids
Over the summer we learned about 8 insects. I can't tell you how much my toddler and preschooler enjoyed learning about these creatures. It has been fun to see them identify insects outside because of what they learned with our activities. Today I've compiled our 8 insect crafts into one post. Just click on the links below each picture to take you to the post with the tutorial. 1. Butterfly Craft 2. Ladybug Craft 3. Caterpillar Craft 4. Bumble Bee Craft 5. Ant … [Read more...]
I is for Ice Cream — Letter I Printables
Today's printable packet is all about a favorite treat of mine...ice cream! This one may make your preschooler hungry :) In this printable packet, there’s practice on the following skills: tracing identifying short and long i sounds one-to-one correspondence coloring inside the lines coloring patterns number recognition Here are a few sample pages: For this page, I recommend using a Do a Dot marker. There is also practice on listening to short i and long i sound at … [Read more...]