Give a child a brown paper bag, some markers, and a small paper bear 🐻 to decorate, and watch the dramatic play begin. Want to spruce it up? Add some sticks and leaves 🍃 collected from the outdoors. And of you want things committed to memory and concepts more fully understood (such as hibernation), pair these activities with a story, like Bear Has a Story to Tell by Phillip C. Stead (pictured…
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 “the dancing children,” 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…
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, it’s nice to change things up from time to time. Here, B is placing bears on her rainbow 🌈 sorted by color. Meanwhile, H has small, large, and medium sized kites 🪁 with patterns for size and color sorting options. Once 2 colors…
I’ve been guilty of thinking I need to buy something in order to create a desired activity, but the reality is that there’s a lot we can do with what we have around the house. Want to blow really big bubbles? Borrow a page from Aya’s playbook, and make your own with a plate, a hand-held strainer, and some bubble solution. The kids were as amazed…
On the same day as our fine motor play with leaves activity (see previous post), we followed up with this math related leaf activity. I used a dice from @orientaltrading that came with this month’s @experiencecurriculum box, and the children took turns rolling it, to place that many leaves on the tree. At the end, they enjoyed trying to cover the tree with as many leaves as possible, and…