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Countdown to Preschool Back to School Craft

July 3, 2017 by Karen 2 Comments

This Countdown to Preschool Craft is a fun and interactive way for children to countdown to the first day of school. Your child will love tearing the loops as he or she prepares to start school for the first time.

I can’t believe that it’s already time to send my children back-to-school. I’m a little nervous this year because my little one is starting school for the first time. I may be worried, but he is so excited. He asks me every day when it’s time to go to school. I thought that it would be fun to create a "Countdown to Preschool" Back to School Craft so he could tear a link off every day and get ready View Post

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9 of the Best Parent Teacher Communication Apps

June 19, 2017 by Karen 1 Comment

The Best Parent Teacher Communication Apps

These parent teacher communication apps will make keeping parents informed so much easier! As a teacher, I’m always looking for ways to communicate with my students’ families and keep them up-to-date on all of the things going on in our classroom. I’ve tried calling, emailing, texting, and writing notes home but have found sharing information instantly on my phone or tablet through apps is a View Post

Filed Under: Classroom Management Tagged With: Apps, Classroom Management, Parent Communication, Teacher Communication

Pool Noodle Name Recognition Activity

May 22, 2017 by Karen 3 Comments

Two images showing the activity, one with a bowl of cut up pool noodles with letters on them and one with letters on a paper towel holder spelling a name

Another reason to head to the dollar store! Work on name spelling with pool noodles! As soon as I saw pool noodles in the store, I knew that I had to buy a few. But they aren't for us to take to the beach this summer. I bought these water toys so my preschool could practice spelling his name in this fun Pool Noodle Name Recognition Activity. This hands-on activity is not only a great way for View Post

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Butterfly Alphabet Match Sensory Bin

May 1, 2017 by Karen 1 Comment

Butterfly Alphabet Match Sensory Bin

One of our favorite things to learn about in the spring is butterflies. We love to visit the butterfly garden at the zoo, raise our own butterflies, and do a lot of butterfly themed learning activities like this Butterfly Alphabet Match Sensory Bin. This fun sensory play activity will help children practice identifying and matching capital and lowercase letters. Butterfly Alphabet Match View Post

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Earth Day Slime for Sensory Play

April 13, 2017 by Karen Leave a Comment

Make Earth Day slime with the kids today

Did you try making our Easter Slime? Ever since we made our holiday-themed slime a few weeks ago, my children have been asking to make the sensory play material again. So, we followed the Perfect Slime recipe today and created Earth Day Slime. As a teacher and a mom, I love finding fun ways to celebrate Earth Day and teach my children all about our planet in both the classroom and at View Post

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: Earth Day Activity, Earth Day Sensory Activity, Earth Day Sensory Play, Earth Day Slime, Sensory Activity, sensory play

How To Make Easter Slime For Sensory Play

March 30, 2017 by Karen 1 Comment

Have you made homemade slime yet? It's a fun, sensory activity for kids of all ages. Since Easter is just around the corner, we made an Easter themed version of the Perfect Slime today. This Easter Slime recipe is easy-to-make and always a hit with kids.   You might find it helpful to read my post about the most common mistakes people make when making slime. This way you can avoid the View Post

Filed Under: Easter, Seasonal Activities Tagged With: Easter Activity for Kids, Easter Sensory Activity for Kids, Easter Slime, Easter Slime Recipe, slime recipe

Fun and Simple Easter Egg Roll Painting

March 20, 2017 by Karen Leave a Comment

As soon as the stores began to fill with plastic Easter eggs, marshmallow candy, and stuffed bunnies, my children started getting very excited for Easter. We always love to do themed crafts around the holidays, so we made this Easter Egg Roll Painting today. In this process art activity, your children will not only use plastic eggs to paint and create a colorful Easter craft, but they will also View Post

Filed Under: Art, Easter, Seasonal Activities Tagged With: Easter Activity, Easter Craft, Easter Egg Roll Painting, Process Art Activity

Hot Air Balloon Art Activity

February 19, 2017 by Karen Leave a Comment

Every year, we love to celebrate Dr. Seuss Day on March 2nd. We like reading many of his 60 Seusstastic Books and doing activities that are inspired by his silly stories. One of our favorite books is Oh, The Places You'll Go. After reading the story, we set-up an invitation to create a hot air balloon like the one in the story. In this open-ended activity, children can use a variety of art and View Post

Filed Under: Art, Crafts Tagged With: Dr. Seuss Activity, Hot Air Balloon Process Art Activity, Process Art Activity

Colorful Hearts Sensory Bin for Valentine’s Day

January 16, 2017 by Karen 1 Comment

I always love to incorporate the holidays into our learning activities. Since Valentine's Day is just a few weeks away, I knew my children would have fun sorting red, pink, and purple hearts using this Colorful Hearts Sensory Bin. In this hands-on sensory activity, your children will not only practice identifying and matching colors but will also work on developing their fine motor skills View Post

Filed Under: Fine Motor, Seasonal Activities, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Color Sorting Activity, Colorful Hearts Sensory Bin, Hands-on Learning, Heart Sensory Bin, Preschool Activity, Sensory Bin, Valentine's Day Sensory Bin

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