When it comes to this holiday craft, we have several options. A large paper plate will produce a large Christmas ornament, and a small plate will produce a small ornament. If you choose a thinner plate or cardboard, you can cut it into any shape you’d like before having the children decorate it. MATERIALS:• Paper plate or cardboard• Glue• Scissors• Tissue paper• Ribbon, string, or twine (for hanging)• Construction…
Number identification and counting is a process, and fine motor skills are a constant work in progress. On this day, we combined both with some dramatic play, which is a given anytime our bear 
counters come out to play, and squeezed in some turn-taking to boot. These particular numbered stars are from our curriculum, but you can use anything from cardboard to Post-it notes. Have the children arrange…
Depending on the age and creativity of your littles, this activity could turn out a dozen different ways. Draw or print out a Christmas tree 
, add some paint 
, and use a fork 
as a paintbrush 
to give it the texture of pine needles. It also gives the kids an opportunity to experience painting with a different medium, mixing colors if you use more than one, and the supplies are something…
@iracreativeengine gave me the idea of drawing a simple stick tree onto which B could press her fingerprints to make a beautiful image. The original post used stamp pads, which turned out great, but because B loves finger paint and we have a ton of it, that’s what I opted to use instead. I 
recommend this activity, which took almost no time to prep, but be prepared for an…
Using painter’s tape and @postit notes, we created a giant number line which served as a launching pad for our homemade paper airplanes. 
The children then took turns walking down the number line (reinforcing counting and one-to-one correspondence), and later launching their airplanes from a starting line to see which airplane design would make it the farthest. When we were done, we parked our planes at the…
I came across this activity via @funwithrashikaarav the other day and HAD to try it. @moorethanhappy was kind enough to indulge me by laying out the tree with painter’s tape, and Bianca grew weary as I raided the art supplies for potential decorations…until she realized what it was for and became excited. The great part? ANYTHING can be a decoration! Cut up pieces of tissue paper and felt…