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ADAPT MY LEARNING TREE 🌲

I drew 2 Christmas trees and had B decorate each with the corresponding dot stickers (can you tell I’m rolling in dozens of new colors of dot stickers? 🤣). Honestly, I hadn’t planned on doing both in the same day, and I wouldn’t have except that she requested “another Christmas tree.” Thankfully, I had one! 😅 One tree worked on numbers 1-12 and the other tree on letters…

CHRISTMAS TREE 🎄 DECORATING WITH Q-TIPS: AN UNEXPECTED LESSON IN PUSH VS. PULL

I had a perfect @ikeausa box lying around that was itching to be used for this activity that I envisioned being a one and done. But not at all; it exceeded all of my expectations! I’d like to mention that cutting Q-tips in half, collecting several as they flew across the room, and then coloring the tip with washable marker was by no means a low prep or…

SORTING AND MATCHING WITH A TWIST

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…

DIY NAME RECOGNITION PUZZLES 🧩

Before anyone can read and write, there are a whole lot of skills that need to be front loaded. Letter and name recognition are just 2 of them, and this simple DIY activity takes no time to make while still being really valuable. MATERIALS:• Markers• Paper• Ruler• Scissors ✂️ H chose to place the letters under his name while matching them, while B placed hers on top. This is a great…

DOT MARKERS, NAMES, AND BEARS 🐻, OH MY!

As a self-proclaimed lover or bright colors, 🌈 I think these are BEAUTIFUL! 🤩 They’re also functional, educational, and reusable, so there is absolutely no reason not to do this activity. First, write your child’s name in dot markers and see if they can identify their name as well as identify or name the letters in it. They’ll enjoy matching colored bears to the corresponding colored letters in…