Activity centers are a great way to give kids a little something extra to explore in the classroom or as a time filler at home. Centers are perfect for playing with while you’re cooking dinner or writing blog posts, and … Read More ...
Thanksgiving Day Activities for Kids
The hardest part of Thanksgiving Day/weekend can sometimes be figuring out how to entertain the kids without resorting to TV and computers. Especially when there are younger kids around, there are times when they are going to need to be … Read More ...
Thanksgiving Themed Homeschool Preschool Ideas
Whether you regularly homeschool your preschooler or you just need some activities to celebrate/get through the Thanksgiving holiday time, this preschool homeschool Thanksgiving curriculum from Cutting Tiny Bits is fantastic.
You could just use a couple of ideas — such … Read More ...
Learn Numbers with a Printable Turkey Number Match Game
It’s always fun to incorporate seasons and holidays into learning, and the turkey feathers number matching game from Tot Schooling is a great way to do that.
For preschoolers and others learning their numbers, the game features a turkey with … Read More ...
Free Printable Christmas Gift Box
This free printable is perfect for small Christmas gifts or in-class activities. The printable file comes in a black n white version for coloring in at home or in the classroom or you can print off a ready-made color version. … Read More ...
Fall Sensory Trays for Little Kids
I have always loved the idea of Montessori trays. They’re a way to gather materials for kids to play with or manipulate that keeps things together and makes it easy to support a theme in the classroom or at home. … Read More ...
Fall Activities for Cutting Practice
Cutting practice can sometimes feel like a waste of time, doing crafts instead of learning, though we know that it’s all connected, and that cutting develops motor skills that are necessary for writing. And it’s just fun to make fall-themed … Read More ...
Download this Free Ebook Full of Science Ideas for Early Learners
I just came across this amazing resource from Science Sparks: a free ebook on science for the early years, full of fun experiments you can do with a classroom of kids or with your own child.
There’s some really … Read More ...
Talk About Social Skills with Five Little Pumpkins
It’s always fun when you can work the seasons and holidays into learning activities (such as these roundups of fall learning activities, pumpkin learning activities and apple learning activities), and this activity for teaching about emotions with Five … Read More ...
Halloween Eye Spy Bottle
This Halloween craft is great for preschool and early elementary ages. Pink and Green Mama has a compilation of Halloween crafts, and this is one of them. She features it on her blog and you can see how its made. … Read More ...
Explore Natural Materials in a Jar
Playing with, exploring and mixing up natural materials like said, soil and stone is a lot of fun for kids, and you can make it an easy science exploration without a lot of effort, as shown in this tutorial from … Read More ...
Encouraging Reading and How to Read Chapter Books with Preschoolers
My daughter has always loved books and reading. I think that the fact that we have read a lot, her whole life, made her see books and reading as important, and we still read together a lot, though she … Read More ...
Use This Fun Activity with Kids Learning Counting
Counting and number games are a fun way to help kids learn numbers, counting and addition. This Roll It, Write It, Count It mat printable from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls would be a great addition to a math… Read More ...
Make a Garden Xylophone from Natural Materials
Music is one learning activity that doesn’t seem to go outside very often, and that’s a shame, because natural materials can be used in a lot of different ways to make musical instruments.
This idea for a garden xylophone from … Read More ...
Pumpkin Themed Learning Activities
Now that it’s really almost officially fall it’s time to break out all the fall-related learning activities if you haven’t already. Check out this article on the best STEM gifts for kids.
I put a call out to some of … Read More ...