Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit here. Are you looking for ways to keep your kids entertained this summer while they are at home? These summer Q-tip painting printables are not only fun, but great for fine motor practice! Q-Tip Printables Materials: To color these printables, all you’ll need is washable paint and Q-tips! Have your little one fill in each summer picture with their choice of paint using the cotton swabs as a paint brush! Here are the materials needed for this activity: printer card stock or printer paper Q-tips washable pain ..read more

We LOVE the 4th of July and we also love fizzy experiments! This fizzy ice stars experiment is fun for kids of all ages and is great for a hot summer day! You’ll love how easy it is to do this activity and your kids will think you are the best for setting this activity up for them! Fizzy Ice Stars Materials This activity is very simple and is a great science activity for children! Here’s what you need: star ice cube tray (found at The Dollar Store or on Amazon here) 1 cup water food coloring 1/2 cup baking soda bowl of vinegar dropper tray Fizzy Ice Stars Directions To start, mix 1 cup of ..read more

Every single day we are thankful for all the amazing educators who teach and care for children. This week we’re giving back and honoring all the teachers! For 5 days this week, we will be hosting a giveaway and giving away a FREEBIE! Day 1 Giveaway – We’re starting this week with a giveaway for gift cards! The winner will get to choose which gift card they would like: Amazon, TpT, or Lakeshore Learning. This giveaway is open to anyone worldwide. Day 1 Freebie – Today’s freebie is something I have never created before. Usually I stick to creating PDFs, but I thought I’d try my hand at creating ..read more

Are you a preschool teacher looking for a FUN way to end the school year?! This End of the Year Countdown for Preschool is a blast and your students will love it! Celebrate the end of the year with countdown to summer! For the last 10 days of the school year, each day will have a theme with exciting activities. I love to create rhymes, so I came up with 10 rhymes for each day. These can be read to the students and hung in the classroom to show the countdown numbers from 10 all the way to 0. Since preschoolers are always working on numbers and counting, this countdown is a fun way to practice ..read more

Help students learn CVC words and develop visual discrimination skills with these CVC I Spy Pages! These short vowel CVC word I Spy pages are perfect for pre-k and kindergarten students who are learning to read! Each page has a list of CVC words for students to read and then find the matching picture. Once they find the picture, students can color it and check the box. In this printable, there are 5 pages…one for each vowel! What are CVC Words? Learning to read CVC words is a major milestone for a beginning reader! CVC words are 3 letters that are spelled in a consonant, vowel, consonant patt ..read more

The end of the school year is the perfect time to celebrate all your students’ hard work! I love using this End of the Year Alphabet Countdown Calendar as a fun way to finish the year! Wrap up the last 26 days of the school with a fun activity for each day! The calendar I’m sharing has a theme for each day that starts with the alphabet letter.  It starts with A and ends with Z! I also have an editable calendar, where you can use my template to create your own ABC countdown calendar! You’ll find the PDF at the bottom of this post. Here are some ideas you can do for each letter! Letter A ..read more

I love using songs and chants with preschoolers! These are great for transition times, grabbing their attention, and adding brain breaks and movement into the day! There are some super fun spring songs for preschoolers that are great for the classroom or for homeschooling. Check out the songs below and download the PDF with the lyrics at the bottom of this blog post. Spring Songs & Chants: Spring Song – This song is sung to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell. The three verses in this song talk about the spring sun, rain, and flowers! Plant ..read more

April is a month full of fun learning and exciting themes for young learners! If you’re on the hunt for April preschool themes and activities, you’ll find all of that and more on this blog post. When the warmer weather hits and spring season is in full swing, I find more inspiration for nature-themed activities. I think April is such a fun month to plan preschool activities! From spring weather, to Easter, to Earth Day…there are plenty of fun activities that promote learning for preschoolers! April Themes Let’s dive into some of the most popular pr ..read more

Learning to read CVC words is a major milestone for a beginning reader! CVC words are consonant vowel consonant words that are part of word families and rhyme together. These CVC flip books are so fun for students because they will learn to read and spell CVC words! Don’t teach phonics with boring worksheets, instead use these interactive flip books to help students develop important decoding skills. The flip books encourage students to sound out each phoneme (sound) in a CVC word which develops their reading and phonics skills. The activity is super easy to assemble. Follow these simple ste ..read more

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. See this disclosure page for details. Do your kids love ocean animals? These pattern block printables for ocean animals will be a hit in your classroom! I love pattern block activities because they encourage students to look for patterns, work with shapes, and use fine motor skills to make the picture with blocks. Pattern blocks can be purchased on Amazon or an education store like Lakeshore Learning. Pattern blocks teach children about shapes and is a tool for developing visual discrimination skills. Visual discrimination skills is being able t ..read more