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literacy learning activities for preschool and kindergarten featuring alphabet, phonics, high-frequency words, and early reading skills, with a hands-on astronaut activity using colorful star manipulatives.
preschool and kindergarten math activities for counting, number recognition, shapes, patterns, and early math skills, featuring a numbers 1–20 game with colorful star manipulatives.
preschool and kindergarten stem activities featuring science experiments, life cycles, exploration, and process art, with a hands-on pumpkin investigation and observation worksheet.
sensory activities for preschool and kindergarten including sensory bins, sensory bottles, play dough, and visual motor activities, featuring colorful dyed rice and scooping tools.
fine motor and gross motor activities for preschoolers and kindergarteners, featuring a child using a child-safe tool while exploring and removing seeds from a sunflower.
social emotional learning activities for preschool and kindergarten covering emotions, social skills, and executive functioning, featuring a unicorn emotions matching activity and excited emotion card.
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Hi! I’m Kim.

I have spent over 17 years of experience teaching kids in preschool and daycare, and also in homeschool with my own four neurodivergent daughters.

Along the way, I’ve seen one thing over and over. Kids don’t all learn the same way. And no child likes ‘boring’.

Life Over C’s is where I share engaging, hands-on preschool and kindergarten games, printables, sensory activities, teaching ideas and resources designed to reach every kid exactly where they are.

Thanks for being awesome!

-Kim

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    I have looked at many blogs in my 16 years of teaching… well, let’s be honest, I was still reading Mailbox magazines back then when I first began teaching 😉 BUT, I am here to tell you that Life Over C’s is the BEST ever! The amount of free resources you have provided are VERY appreciated. It is such a blessing to be able to grab some resources for free with all the money that I pour into my classroom already.

    I have taught everything K-4 as a classroom teacher and I am currently the teacher of multilingual learners (EL teacher) for grades K-8 at two schools. Thank you so much for your kindness and spreading the word that wiggly kids need hands on learning. I’m obsessed with language acquisition and fully believe my ML’s will benefit most from learning through play, especially at the younger ages.


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    Lauren B.

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