Spring is a windy time of year! It’s also the perfect time to try this Windy Hair Preschool Craft! Your students will have a blast with this fun and interactive process art activity! Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for details. Materials Needed For this craft, you just need a few materials! liquid watercolors (this set is my favorite to use!) card stock paper straws (I like paper straws!) windy hair printable (found at the bottom) Directions Begin by printing the page onto card stock paper. You want a thick paper so the liquid doesn’t soak through the pape ..read more

Practice recognizing shapes with this adorable frog and fly shape matching game! Not only does this game help with shape recognition, it’s great for working on visual discrimination skills! If you’re looking for an engaging game to help teach shapes, this is for you! Shapes to Learn Children start learning to recognize shapes as early as the toddler years! As a preschool teacher myself, we do a lot of shape activities to help our 3 and 4-year-olds learn these shapes. Usually, children learn the most simple shapes first: circle, square, rectangle, and triangle. These shapes are simple and found ..read more

I love to teach about patterns because patterns are everywhere! Your day is set up in a pattern, stores are designed in a pattern, clothes have patterns, and you find patterns in music. Patterns are a foundational skill that you child learns at a young age. Learning patterns will help children become successful in reading, math, and science. If you’re looking for pattern practice pages, I’m here to help you out! I love using songs to teach, like this pattern song, and then practice completing patterns together as a whole group. After teaching this skill, I want my students to practice on thei ..read more

Are you looking for a fun and engaging sensory idea? Check out this unique Easter sensory table idea! I used it in my preschool classroom and it was a hit! You could use this for the Easter season or really any time of the year. Keep reading to see how to make it! What is a Sensory Table? A sensory table is filled with items to engage a child’s senses. This could be rice, pom poms, dry beans, water, cloud dough, pasta, and so much more! A sensory table is necessary for a preschool classroom. You will want a table that can have 3-4 children at it. They are an investment, but it’s well worth it ..read more

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. Learning about patterns is a fundamental math skill that young children begin learning in preschool. Like all math concepts, children begin with learning the basics and then build upon them. It may seem like such a basic concept to each simple patterns to young children, but it is important to their math development. What Are Patterns? A pattern happens when there is recurring sequence. This could be in numbers, shapes, colors, behaviors, or events. They make a predictable order making them recognizable. You can find patterns in nature ..read more

My favorite way to teach preschoolers is by using songs. This rhyming song is perfect to sing with young learners because it makes learning fun, memorable, and engaging! Importance of Rhyming Teaching kids to rhyme is a crucial skill for beginning readers. Rhyming is when two words have the same ending sounds. Identifying rhyming words heard when spoken aloud precedes producing them. Rhyming helps kids with phonological awareness, which is the ability to hear and manipulate individual sounds in words. Before children can read a written text, they really need a firm knowledge of units of speech ..read more

Marshmallow play dough is a unique dough for children to play with. It’s soft, stretchy, and smells great! Your kids will LOVE this unique play dough! Materials Needed Of course you’ll need marshmallows for this play dough! You also need the following: 30 Large Marshmallows 1 Tablespoon of Coconut Oil (or another type of cooking oil for medium temperatures) About 1 cup of Cornstarch or Flour Food Coloring Stovetop or cooktop Spatula Mat or cutting board Steps to Making Marshmallow Play Dough You can make this play dough in under five minutes! Start by adding 1 tablespoon of coconut oil into ..read more

Making phonics FUN with these Easter Egg Beginning Sound Puzzles! This activity is a great way to practice letter and sound identification while celebrating spring and Easter! Your preschool and kindergarten students will enjoy matching the puzzle pieces to make egg matches! Beginning Sounds Teaching beginning sounds for phonics is exciting because it’s a step towards learning to read! I like to start with simple activities such as identifying objects that begin with the same sound, making an alphabet sound box, and playing matching games. It is crucial for students’ early literacy development ..read more

The best winter play recipe is right at your fingertips! Snow dough is such a fun and engaging sensory activity. You’ll love this easy recipe for winter play! Snow Dough Materials It might sound crazy, but you only need 2 things to make snow dough! There isn’t en easier recipe!! Here’s what you need: 1/2 cup corn starch 1/4 cup baby lotion I love using the Baby Magic lotion for this recipe! How to Make Snow Dough To make this recipe, just follow these 3 simple steps! Pour the lotion into the bowl. Stir in the corn starch. Once the two ingredients have mixed, you can transfer it to a ..read more

‘Tis the season to be jolly! Fa la la la la…la la la la! I love this time of year! The Christmas lights everywhere make me so happy and brings joy during the darker days in winter. I kind of wish we would leave lights up all winter long! I love handprint projects, but I wanted to do a fingerprint craft with my preschoolers so I came up with this Christmas Lights Fingerprint Printable! Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for more details. Details About the Project This Christmas craft would be great for preschoolers or kindergarteners. It’s easy, festive, and make ..read more