It's hard to believe that Easter is just around the corner! The activities below offer opportunities for preschoolers to create, learn, and play with a seasonal Easter theme! Painting with PEEPS! Our kids are working on tally marks so we decided to add a cross-over art activity to our tally mark rhyme! Materials needed: PEEPS of any color with the corresponding color of tempera paint, paper … [Read more...] about Easter Themed Activities for Learning and Play in Preschool!
Intuitive Math: Numbers – Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal To in Preschool {Part Four}
This post is the fourth in a series on encouraging intuitive math skills in preschool children. If you would like to see the first post (Number Awareness and Recognition, 1-to-1 Correspondence, and Subitizing), you can view it here. Activities for 5 and 10 Frames can be printed here, and suggestions for introducing Part Part Whole can be seen here. There are 6 important number concepts that … [Read more...] about Intuitive Math: Numbers – Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal To in Preschool {Part Four}
Critical Thinking: Tangram Bunny Crafts for Preschool & Kindergarten
TANGRAMS A tangram is a traditional Chinese puzzle made up of a square cut into 7 different pieces (one parallelogram, one square, and five triangles). Introducing tangrams in preschool and kindergarten can help young kids develop spatial, geometric, and problem solving skills. The 7 pieces, when fit together, can make a square (as pictured above), but they can also form many other shapes and … [Read more...] about Critical Thinking: Tangram Bunny Crafts for Preschool & Kindergarten
The Senses of Sight and Sound: Upcycling Crafts and Lessons for Conservation Awareness
In order to get our kids thinking about conservation this spring, we will combine some of our sensory lessons with conservation awareness. The activities/lesson plan suggestions below will offer opportunities for hands-on play with the senses of Sight and Sound. Through play and experimentation, the children will gain an awareness of conservation and how their own senses provide important … [Read more...] about The Senses of Sight and Sound: Upcycling Crafts and Lessons for Conservation Awareness
Intuitive Math: Part Part Whole Math in Preschool {Part Three}
This post is the third in a series on encouraging intuitive math skills in preschool children. If you would like to see the first post (Number Awareness and Recognition, 1-to-1 Correspondence, and Subitizing), you can view it here. Activities for 5 and 10 Frames can be printed here. There are 6 important number concepts that preschoolers need to have opportunities to explore through play in … [Read more...] about Intuitive Math: Part Part Whole Math in Preschool {Part Three}
Spring Weather Theme for Preschool – Stained Glass Umbrellas & Sunshine Math
We've had over 49 inches of snow so far this winter! Our preschoolers (and teachers) are anxiously awaiting spring's arrival! Just in the last month, we've gone from -23 degrees to a stormy 50 degrees outside today! Our kids can finally see the grass peeking out from beneath all of the melting snow! To celebrate the warmer temperatures, we made stained glass umbrellas and played with sunshine … [Read more...] about Spring Weather Theme for Preschool – Stained Glass Umbrellas & Sunshine Math