As Fall approaches, the season offers great opportunities for playing and learning! Creating the Pumpkin Life Cycle crafts below are a wonderful way to incorporate science, literacy (Letter P and Sequencing), and fine motor skills into your fall lesson plans. PUMPKIN LIFE CYCLE - Pumpkin Life Cycle Sequencing Card Print the sequencing cards (linked above) to heavy paper and laminate for … [Read more...] about Pumpkin Life Cycle and Printable Sequencing Cards for Kids!
Fall Theme Activities
5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Vine – a created Storyboard Poem for Kids!
Since I work with a mixed-age group of children (ages infant-5), we often get tired of the same fingerplays and poems year after year. Someday, I will combine all the seasonal poems/chants/fingerplays I make-up into one book...for now, here's one we do with our kids in the Fall! 5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Vine -5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Vine Materials needed: Wikki Stix (orange and … [Read more...] about 5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Vine – a created Storyboard Poem for Kids!
Apple Scented Homemade Play Dough & Counting Mats for Fall!
Fall will be here in just a few short weeks! The Apple Scented Play Dough Recipe smells wonderful while cooking! It is a great way to add sensory play to the printable counting mats this fall! Apple Scented Play Dough and Numbered Counting Mats - ApplePlaydoughMathMats Recipe Ingredients for Apple Scented Play Dough: 1 cup flour ½ cup salt 1 Tbsp canola oil 1 cup water Red food coloring … [Read more...] about Apple Scented Homemade Play Dough & Counting Mats for Fall!
{Sponsored} Trees & Leaves Theme Fall Learning with #Wikkistix!
I am paid and have received free Wikki Stix to bring the following activities to you. While I am paid, our kids have used Wikki Stix in our classroom for over 20 years. The activities and opinions below are my own and not those of Wikki Stix/Omnicor, Inc. 5 Little Acorns - a chant to accompany Wikki Stix created Acorn Stick Puppets - 5 Little Acorns Materials needed: Brown/White Wikki … [Read more...] about {Sponsored} Trees & Leaves Theme Fall Learning with #Wikkistix!
It’s Just a “Stone’s Throw Away” to Learning & Play the Nature Way!
Kids love to play outside! If you ask any of our children what their favorite part of the day is, hands-down it will be outside play time. Playing and learning with natural items can be a FUN part of outdoor play with a few simple ideas! It doesn't take children long to begin to develop their own ways of playing and learning with readily found items. Below you will find some ideas to get the … [Read more...] about It’s Just a “Stone’s Throw Away” to Learning & Play the Nature Way!
Thankful Mandala Craft for Kids
What is a mandala? The word mandala is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning "circle." Mandalas are found in different cultures and contain special or even spiritual symbols. There are many beautiful mandalas! As an art form, it was fun to introduce the mandala craft to our children! Introduction: Explain to the children that mandalas are special circles that have unique meanings to each … [Read more...] about Thankful Mandala Craft for Kids