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Leaf Activities for Preschoolers

by Angela Thayer 17 Comments

leaf activities for preschoolers

Fall is a perfect time to plan some leaf activities with preschoolers. If you live in a place where the leaves change colors, then you know how magical it feels when this happens. Every year I long for the colored leaves to last a little bit longer before they gracefully fall to the ground. Today I'm showing you some of our absolute FAVORITE leaf activities! I hope you'll try some of them out and let me know which one is your favorite! 1. Sticky Leaf Tree Go on a leaf hunt and find all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Fall Activities Tagged With: fall activities, leaf, leaves, letter L

Activities with Laminated Leaves

by Angela Thayer 18 Comments

I am obsessed with the colorful leaves this time of year! My kids and I love to pick up leaves when we are on walks, but they quickly get old and we can't use them for anything. I decided to try using my laminator to preserve the leaves. It worked great! Here are some really fun activities to do with laminated leaves! I used my favorite laminator to preserve the leaves. Simply put them in the laminating sheets and slide them through the laminator. Then I cut around each … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Fall Activities, Preschool, Toddlers Tagged With: leaves, letter L, preschool activities, toddler activities

“Leaves” Book Activities

by Angela Thayer 3 Comments

One of my favorite books for preschoolers during fall is called Leaves. It's a book about a bear's first year of hibernation. I love this book because it talks about the beautiful leaves of fall and also goes through the seasonal changes in trees. It's a book with simple words and beautiful illustrations that make it easy for kids to understand. After reading this book to my kids, we made a sensory bin to go along with it. First, we gathered beautiful fall leaves from outside. Is this a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Activities, Fall Activities, Preschool, Printables Tagged With: book activities, leaves, letter L, sensory bin

L is for Leaves — Letter L Printables

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

Today's free printable packet is L is for Leaves and focuses on the letter L. In this printable packet, there’s practice on the following skills: identifying letter l tracing patterns counting colors Here are a few sample pages: To download your printable packet click here —> L is for Leaves And to download more printable alphabet packets, please visit this page. If you want more hands-on activities for the letters of the alphabet, be sure to check … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alphabet, Printables Tagged With: letter L, preschool

5 Little Ladybugs {Song & Fingerplay}

by Angela Thayer 6 Comments

To wrap up our week on ladybugs, I wanted to share with you a fun ladybug song and fingerplay! My son and I made up this song together, and it is similar to one of his favorite songs (5 Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree). I put little ladybugs on his 5 fingers to make this a fingerplay. If you are not familiar with fingerplays, then I recommend reading this post from Teach Preschool. For this activity, I used 5 ladybugs and washi tape from Michaels Craft Store. I decided to use washi … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music, Spring Activities Tagged With: bugs and insect theme, fingerplay, letter L

5 Activities for L is for Light

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

This week we are exploring the letter L. We've done a lot of leaf and ladybug activities, but since the holidays are coming, I wanted to do L is for Light activities. So, here are 5 that we've done... 1. Make the Letter L Make the letter L, like the one shown in the above picture. I cut out shapes of Christmas lights out of construction paper. Then I had my preschooler glue on the lights. We also made a verbal list of words that start with L: lion, leopard, ladybug, large, lake, lap, lip, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alphabet, Crafts, Winter Activities Tagged With: Christmas, imaginary play, letter L

Letter ‘L’ Alphabet Box

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

This week we are learning about the letter 'L' and leaves! Perfect time of the year to learn about leaves...they are gorgeous right now! Stay tuned for more activities with leaves! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alphabet Tagged With: alphabet box, leaves, letter L

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