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I'm Karen Cox, a Pre-K teacher in Georgia. If you are looking for teaching ideas and printable activities to help you teach Pre-K, you are in the right place. This site is a place where I share lessons and ideas I use in my Pre-K classroom: everything from math to literacy, fine motor to classroom management. I enjoy creating hands-on printable learning materials, and I share many of those..
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2M ago
Thanksgiving is the perfect time to bring some festive fun into your math centers! These hands-on, playful activities will keep […]
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Here are some forest fine motor activities to bring nature-inspired fun to your classroom! These activities build hand strength and […]
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A Forest Sensory Table is a great way to bring the beauty of the forest right into your preschool classroom! […]
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5M ago
Looking for ways to plan literacy activities for a Families and Homes theme? These fun, hands-on activities will help your […]
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5M ago
Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about families Find more Family Theme Activities for Pre-K on the category page. […]
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6M ago
Creating a Calm Down Corner in Your Preschool Classroom Young children are just learning how to process their emotions and […]
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8M ago
These are our favorite books about the 5 Senses for Pre-K & Preschool kids.
Visit the 5 Senses Activities page for lots of Preschool & Pre-K lesson ideas.
Search for these at your library or click the book covers to go to Amazon. All book links are Amazon affiliate links. (Don’t forget to look for used or paperback books to lower the price.)
Books About All 5 Senses
My Five Senses
by Aliki
Cold, Crunchy, Colorful: Using Our Senses
by Jane Brocket
I Hear a Pickle: and Smell, See, Touch, & Taste It, Too!
by Rachel Isadora
Rain
by Manya Stojic
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Pre Kinders Blog
10M ago
Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about pond animals: frogs, turtles, fish.
Find more Pond Activities for Pre-K
Books
Check here for a complete list of Pond Books for Kids!
Pond Large Motor Games Turtle Crawl
Children crawl like a turtle with a “shell” (foam mat or carpet) on their backs, trying not to lose the shell.
Frog Hop Game
Children move from one point to another, hopping like a frog.
Hatch, Little Egg Game
Several pond animals come from eggs. In this movement game, children curl up into a ball and pretend to be an egg. One child is tapped on the shoulder, and pretends to ..read more
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10M ago
Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about bugs: insects and spiders
Find more Bug Activities for Pre-K
Books
Check here for a complete list of Books about Bugs!
Bug Large Motor Games Flight of the Bumblebee
We play a game with this song by passing a beanbag (the “bee”) like a hot potato around the circle of children while the music played. Occasionally, I stop the music, which means the person with the beanbag is “stung” and moves to the middle of the circle.
The Tale of the Tzar Saltan: Flight of the Bumblebee ~ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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11M ago
A thematic study of dinosaurs is such an exciting topic for preschoolers, and they will love this dinosaur fossil dig science activity! Children will use scientific thinking and fine motor skills while they make the fossils and then use tools to excavate them to see what dinosaur is hidden inside.
Children can record their findings on a printable recording sheet, designed especially for preschoolers.
Making Dinosaur Fossils with Kids
Begin with making the dinosaur fossils. This is a wonderful opportunity for children to engage in a tactile experience, measuring and mixing their own fossil dou ..read more