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!
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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!
The Ugly Duckling – A Fairy Tale for Kids
The Ugly Duckling is a beloved Fairy Tale. Fairy tales are stories with imaginary characters that usually have a teachable lesson. Role playing can help the children understand the lesson (morals/values) and you may wish to do as part of the book introductions. The Ugly Duckling – Morals or Lessons: do not be let down easily; do not judge by appearances only; it is good to care about others. … [Read more...] about The Ugly Duckling – A Fairy Tale for Kids
{Sponsored} Summer Play & Learning: Counting Mats, Science, & Literacy with #Wikkistix!
This post is a sponsored post from Wikki Stix. I am paid and have received Wikki Stix to develop the summer activities offered below. I hope you and your children enjoy creating and learning this summer with Wikki Stix! SUMMER COUNTING MATS 1-10 -Summer Counting Mats 1_10 Materials needed: assorted Colors of Wikki Stix and a copy of the file above for each child. Print the file … [Read more...] about {Sponsored} Summer Play & Learning: Counting Mats, Science, & Literacy with #Wikkistix!
What’s Inside a Baseball? – Summer Science Activity for Preschool!
If you live in the United States in the summer, there are few sports that can rival the excitement of baseball for kids! As we played at a local park last week, our kids found a baseball almost buried in the dirt. Some of the kids discussed if we should keep the ball or leave it. In the end, we chose to leave it in case another child should come back looking for it. On our walk back home, one … [Read more...] about What’s Inside a Baseball? – Summer Science Activity for Preschool!