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Easy Green Slime Recipe Preschool Insect Activities

Kids love learning about insects! Who wouldn’t be intrigued by creepy, crawly, flying little creatures?! While some kids are easily spooked and others are just curious about six- and eight-legged bugs, they will all be drawn to this easy slime recipe! Create the basic slime recipe together for a little science lesson on mixtures, then…

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly Sensory Bin for Preschoolers

Life cycles are so fun to explore with young, curious learners! It feels like a grand reveal when you show them a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis! The Life Cycle of a Butterfly Sensory Bin for Preschoolers allows kids hands-on, exploratory play to practice vocabulary and learn how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. I love…

Paper Plate Life Cycle of a Butterfly Activity for Kids

Life cycles are so fun to explore with young, curious learners! It feels like a grand reveal when you show them a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis! This multi-sensory stages of a butterfly life cycle craft really brings the process to life and helps kids remember it. I love that it requires simple materials that…

How to Make Butterfly Snack Bags for Preschoolers

It always makes me smile just to see the first butterfly of the season. I don’t know why, but it just feels slightly lucky or magical when those colorful wings flutter by! As you learn about bugs this spring, or maybe you’re just planning to enjoy warm weather outdoors, you must make this butterfly snack…

Bugs and Insects “Flip” Printable I Spy Games for Kids

Living with a house full of boys, ages ranging from 1 year to 13, I have been tricked a time or two with plastic (and sometimes real) bugs laying on the countertops. While my children get a chuckle out of my screams, I do realize how fascinated they are with these little creepy, crawlers. When…

Bee Theme Easy Slime Recipe with Glue

Perhaps you have a bunch of busy bees in your classroom? Or maybe it’s spring and you want to teach your preschool or kindergarten students about bees? Whether you have a bee-themed classroom or not, this homemade slime recipe is an amazing learning and playing opportunity for little ones! Learning About Sensory Play with Slime:…

Nature Scavenger Hunt for Kids Free Printable

Don’t you just love when the weather changes and you can see spring just around the corner? As the weather warms up maybe you start to plan some fun nature activities for your kids. There is tons kids can learn when you incorporate outdoor activities into their learning. We’ve created this easy scavenger hunt for…

Valentine’s Day Themed Roll and Count Mat: Numbers 1-6

Learning to count is an important skill that preschoolers love to practice year round. Simple counting games for preschoolers that are holiday themed are a wonderful way to get your students to practice their numbers while their minds are focused on handing out valentines and eating sweet treats. This fun Valentine’s Day Roll and Count…

Free Spider Web Counting Number Mats for Preschool

While spiders might get a bad rap in the creepy, crawly category, these counting mats are the BEST! These FREE play dough number mats offer multiple ways for young mathematicians to explore numbers explicitly and concretely. All you need to do is print the spider web number playdough mats, laminate, and grab that play dough!…

Free Printable Life Cycle of a Bee Play Dough Mats for Kids

Ahhhh, the life of a bee. Buzzing lazily from flower to flower, soaking up the sun, lounging in sweet honey. OK, that’s not exactly a bee’s daily routine, but it sure draws the attention of our youngest learners! The Free Printable Life Cycle of a Bee Play Dough Mats for Kids will also engage them…

Free Printable Life Cycle of a Ladybug Play Dough Mats for Kids

We know play dough is fabulous for fine motor skills and children love playing with it, but did you know play dough can also be a valuable tool for science lessons? Free Printable Life Cycle Of A Ladybug Play Dough Mats For Kids are a wonderful printable activity that gives you an easy, hands on…

Free Printable Spin and Stamp Preschool Alphabet Worksheets: Bee Theme

Teaching lowercase and uppercase letters of the alphabet is basically like teaching letters twice! In reality we are asking kids to learn 52 different letters if you take into account uppercase and lowercase ! Free Printable Spin And Stamp Preschool Alphabet Worksheets: Bee Theme is a fun and engaging learning activity that will help kids…