With this beautiful change of weather and learning about seasons, collecting sticks and leaves ๐ outdoors โ๏ธ was an absolute pleasure. I wasnโt quite sure how this would turn out, but H even asked to create more than one leaf creature, selecting a butterfly ๐ฆ from the example. He worked so hard to come up with his creation, including asking for markers and additional construction paper. There may have been examples pictured…
Itโs December 1st, yโall! Run over to momdot.com to get this FREE printable that I found out about, thanks to @simpletoddleractivities. B and I will be adding 1 cotton ball a day to Santaโs beard ๐ until Christmas. ๐๐ Let the countdown begin…
I found this idea via @jugandoconmariposas and adapted it a little, creating 2 file folder games that could be easily stored away for future use. I drew geometric shapes and a letter H using the same colors as the jumbo craft sticks, so that the children would get to match them up in order to complete the shape. Smaller crafts sticks would have likely allowed for more shapes per page…
It took me a minute to form the pipe cleaner people, which B lovingly named โthe dancing children,โ but it was a neat idea borrowed from @keep.kids.busy. Aside from matching, it worked on language and visual-spatial skills, much like a puzzle would. Turn, flip, slide, and lay your pipe cleaner people flat. To adapt this for younger children, use colored markers instead of black marker…
Yet another idea for younger children to learn letter formation, identification, and naming, without using a pencil. โ๏ธ Here these 3-year-olds were being introduced to the letter R for rainbow ๐ and using hand-eye coordination in order to match the dot markers up with the circles. Dot markers can be picked up anywhere from the @dollartree to @amazon and come in all kinds of colors. Children can use them…
Our counting bears are quite possibly one of our favorite preschool items. The children loved them before we added the mats from @experiencecurriculum as props, but like anything, itโs nice to change things up from time to time. Here, B is placing bears on her rainbow ๐ sorted by color. Meanwhile, H has small, large, and medium sized kites ๐ช with patterns for size and color sorting options. Once 2 colors…