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Spaced Themed Bouncy Ball Process Art Activities for Preschoolers

Process art activities are the best! No rules or specific instructions to follow, just your child’s creativity to guide them in their amazing artwork creations! The addition of bouncy balls to this space art activity for preschoolers makes this an extra exciting activity. Your child will love using their creativity, imagination, and bouncy balls to…

Easy Paper Plate Octopus Craft for Kids

Summer craft time is the best! We try and set some time aside each day for some arts and crafts projects. Some days we do pick your own project, and other days we do a more structured activity. This Easy Paper Plate Octopus Craft for Kids is a super cute ocean themed sea animal craft…

Fruit Themed Graphing Activity Set

The term “graphing” might call to mind some advanced math skills. However, the concept can be introduced early. Graphing activities for preschoolers and kindergarteners give valuable hands-on experience with foundational, real-life concepts. It makes sense because it truly is a lifelong skill! Graphing helps young minds organize, analyze, sort, count, and compare! Plus, this fun…

Preschool Fruit Theme Fun Pattern Activities

Hands-on pattern activities for preschoolers bring an abstract concept to life! Identifying, manipulating, and extending patterns help young learners understand what patterns are. Pattern making activities for preschool form an important foundation for more advanced pattern recognition activities later on, like skip counting and operations. These Preschool Fruit Theme Fun Pattern Activities are the perfect…

Food | Not Grade Specific | Preschool/Pre-K | Printable Activities | Social-Emotional

Ice Cream Social Emotional Skills Preschool Board Game

Social and emotional development is an important part of being a child! Social interactions can be challenging for young children and one of the best things we can do for them is to help them understand emotions and how to communicate how they are feeling. I know ice cream always puts me in a good…

No Leak Magic Bag Science Experiment for Kids

I LOVE science experiments! I honestly don’t know who gets more excited when it is time to do an experiment, me or my preschoolers. It’s so fun to watch the curiosity and excitement on their faces as we work our way through an experiment. The only thing I don’t totally love about science experiments…. The…

Outer Space Theme Lesson Plan for Preschool

Sun, moon, stars, rockets… it’s time for some out of this world exploration! Outer space is one of my favorite preschool themes. I love the curiosity and excitement that comes with learning about the world beyond planet Earth. This Outer Space Theme Lesson Plan for Preschool will captivate your preschoolers’ attention and engage them in…

Food | Not Grade Specific | Preschool/Pre-K | Printable Activities | Social-Emotional

S’mores Theme Emotions Preschool Board Game

Campfires and s’mores go together like peanut butter-n-jelly! I cannot smell smoke wafting in the air without thinking about a golden, gooey, sticky sweet marshmallow! Why not pair that sensory experience so many of us have in common with social emotional development in preschool?! It fits right in with a camping theme in any preschool…

Free Printable Preschool Alphabet Worksheets A-Z

Sometimes in life, it’s the simple things that are the best! This is especially true if you are a preschooler learning the alphabet. Tracing and coloring are both super simple activities, but they are incredibly beneficial for children and their fine motor skill development. Free Printable Preschool Alphabet Worksheets A-Z are the perfect beginner alphabet…

4th of July Bouncy Ball Process Art for Preschoolers

Let’s be honest, art with preschool can be a hot mess! Whether you’re cutting, gluing, watercolor painting, glittering, or building with popsicle sticks, the chances are high that supplies and materials will land EVERYWHERE. LOL! That’s what makes process art projects a beautiful thing! It’s about the PROCESS, not the RESULTS. Kids inherently know and…

Pet Fish Alphabet Uppercase and Lowercase Matching Game

Whether your students are currently raising fish or not, the Pet Fish Alphabet Uppercase and Lowercase Matching Game for preschoolers appeals to young learners! This hands-on letter matching game allows children to practice identifying letter names and sounds while matching upper and lowercase letters! And, if you ask me, memory games are quite beneficial for…

Alphabet | Kindergarten | Literacy | Preschool/Pre-K | Printable Activities

Easy Kindergarten Lowercase Alphabet Worksheets for Tracing

I L.O.V.E. teaching letter recognition! Hands down, no competition, it is my favorite thing to teach to preschoolers and kindergartners. I love this content area because there are lots of FUN, ENGAGING, EXCITING, and HANDS-ON educational activities! These free printable alphabet tracing worksheets are awesome! The Easy Kindergarten Lowercase Alphabet Worksheets for Tracing are a…