Ice Cream-Themed Summer MATH Activities for Preschoolers! There are few things that go together as well as summer and ice cream. This summer, invite your preschoolers to playful learning and critical thinking with ice cream-themed math explorations. Preschool kids will have fun creating and playing while refining and developing early math intuition, too. Disclosure: this post and others within … [Read more...] about Ice Cream-Themed Summer MATH Activities for Preschoolers!
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Pumpkin Life Cycle and Printable Sequencing Cards for Kids!
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!
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!
{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!
#Wikkistix Popsicle Letters, Numbers, and Colors for #Backtoschool!
It is officially back to school time for our students this week! While we are excited to have our kids back in the classroom, we aren't quite ready to let go of summertime fun just yet! We hope you enjoy the Wikki Stix created Popsicle Alphabet and Ants on a Picnic Blanket Learning Crafts below! They are a fun way to introduce (reintroduce) basic skills while incorporating fine motor activities … [Read more...] about #Wikkistix Popsicle Letters, Numbers, and Colors for #Backtoschool!
Super #WikkiStix Math Wraps – 5 Printable Games!
We've been using Wikki Stix in our classroom with kids for over 20 years. Wikki Stix is a versatile sensory product that is durable enough to withstand daily use by Preschoolers and Kindergartners. This past week, we made math wraps for teaching basic skill sets to our 4 and 5 year olds. The kids loved math wrapping with Super Wikki Stix; it was great fine motor work, too! Super Wikki Stix … [Read more...] about Super #WikkiStix Math Wraps – 5 Printable Games!