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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…

CRAFT STICK MATCHING PUZZLES 🧩

This is an activity I borrowed from @fun2learnwithus that took me less than 10 minutes to set up. It works on color and pattern matching, as well as turn-taking skills if you’re working with multiple children at a time. MATERIALS:• Craft sticks• Markers Since these kiddos are 3, I chose to use colored craft sticks, but if your children want a challenge or you simply don’t have…

GIVE A CHILD A PAIR OF SCISSORS ✂️ AND THEY’LL ASK WHAT THEY CAN CUT

In case anyone was wondering what we did with the extra pieces of tissue paper from our snowflake ❄️ activity earlier today (see previous post), here it is. ✂️ Use what you have and try never to miss a learning opportunity. Cutting through different textures and thicknesses gives kids a whole lot of fine motor skills practice while exploring and having fun. If you have leftover scraps laying around, you may just…

ICE CUBE 🧊 COLORING 🎨

In case you were as skeptical as @moorethanhappy and I that this would actually work, here’s proof. 😋 Just drop a dab of food coloring in an ice 🧊 tray overnight and when you wake up in the morning ☀️, you’ll have a water color 🎨 sensory experience ready to go. We used the letter C worksheet 📝 provided by @experiencecurriculum , but really you could have used anything, including blank paper, white coffee…