This guide to fingerplay covers what it is & why it’s important for child’s development. We also share 25 illustrated examples of fingerplay.

5 FREE PRINTABLE INSPIRATIONAL CHILDREN'S QUOTES

Quotes about play based learning at home.

In the afternoon my kids have always had quiet time. With our new baby's arrival I've been trying to spend extra time in the afternoon with my 3-year-old while the baby naps. All too often

Learning to read is such a fun and special time: it's a valuable skill, and sparking an early love of reading can make it become a lifelong passion. In order

Do your students love to sing? Most young students love to sing, and songs are a perfect way to teach math concepts! These shape songs were...

I'm lucky to have a 2 hour Language Arts block (and I have an additional 45-minute writing block earlier in the day). I start with a read aloud, a

Today's blog post will be a quickie. I was just so excited about my latest Target find, I had to share it with my teaching friends! So let's get started with our build a sight word fun! I knew it was going to be a good trip because this was the first thing I saw when...

Welcome to week 6 of Summer School at Home with HeidiSongs! This post has lots of great ideas for helping your child get ready for Kinderga...

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Help preschoolers learn to count to 10 as they sing a song for someone special in this I Love You preschool Valentine's Day song.

Here’s a fun preschool alphabet game that will have kids learning their letters in no time! Jonathan loves playing the memory game, so I thought why not combine it with learning the alphabet! Paper plates are such a handy craft supply. I grabbed a stack and wrote letters on them with Sharpies. I did pairs […]

The Happy Learners' Club Junior Club is our highly popular kids' activity membership for busy parents with 2 to 5 years old children. *Thank you for your interest in THLC. Doors to THLC is now closed. The next enrollment is happening from 18 to 23 May 2024. **If you have children between 6 to 8...

If there is one thing I have learned from working with preschoolers and now, homeschooling my own preschooler, it is that they love, more than anything else,

Children will love these cute ice cream activities for preschoolers! Learning counting, letters, fine motor skills and so much more...

This week I finally got up the nerve to record and post my first attempt at a podcast. In the spirit of being vulnerable (Thank you Brené Brown), I told the story of one of my hardest memories of…

Is your child learning about "bucket filling" at school? Learn how you can make this translate into your home. Steps to a happy, healthy childhood.

Celebrate love and friendship with these fun and age-appropriate preschool activities for Valentine’s Day!

Get little ones learning a little while they hunt for uppercase and lowercase ABCs! Kids LOVE this fun spin on an alphabet match!

School has officially started for us! We are several days into the school year and I am loving my new class! It's a big group but they are a great group of kids! We are *for-sure* crammed into the classroom this year... nice and cozy. To build confidence and review, we have been working on letter identification, sounds and letter formation. Students have been sorting upper and lower case letters.... They have been working on each letter as they trace, write, identify the beginning sound and locate the letter... They have been sorting beginning sound pictures... They have been "spinning a letter" and then tracing the letter they spin. (This also works on graphing skills, YEAH!) Hands on students can stamp letters... Students are matching upper case to lower case.... You can grab up this packet (which is 120 pages of goodness!!) in my TpT store by clicking below! It's marked down so grab it up! We have also been doing a student of the day writing paper. Part of our writing assessment includes details in the picture so we are concentrating on hands and fingers, no "floating" people, facial features and backgrounds. We start with the sentences "I can see ______." I model my drawing of what a person should look like and then they draw their own version... each day they get better! Click below to get the super simple printable page that we use. I have included a traceable version for kiddos that need a little help. I have also included an editable version of the cover page for the books. I bind all of the pages together and then send it home so each kiddo has their own book with pictures of them drawn by the whole class. Here is a sample of what I send home... Stephanie has started off the year using Sherri's Alphabet Practice Chant with her kindergarten class. Using it daily all year is a great way to learn letter sounds while having fun! I plan on purchasing it to use with some kiddos that still need some letter/sound reinforcement in first! I have a recorder so I plan on recording the chant as a group and then putting it with the slide show so that students can listen to it at the listening station. I will have to update later to let you know how that worked out! It is going to be an awesome year! We have a lot of ground to cover but I think this group is up for a challenge! Endless Possibilities, Stephany

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Social skills can be taught just like academic skills. Follow this six step process to teach your students how to work more effectively in cooperative learning teams.

Kuala Lampur, Malaysia-based artist Lim Heng Swee loves to doodle. With a bright attitude towards life, he creates adorable illustrations that are

Looking for a fun way to play with the ABCs? Try this easy alphabet activity for toddlers & preschoolers learning their letters. It's a fun way to learn.

We focused mostly on bears this week, we also talked about how bears like honey and talked about how bee's make honey. Books Polar Bear, Polar Bear What do you Hear? By Eric Carle Polar Bear, Polar Bear What do you See? By Eric Carle Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? By Eric Carle Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman Corduroy by Don Freeman Craft/Art Make the letter B with beans! All you need is a sheet of paper, glue and beans. Make a B-b-bee! Polar Bear or Bear Masks Fun Facts Bears hibernate anywhere from 3-6 months depending on how long winter is. Polar bears are the only bears that don't hibernate. There are different kids of honey, a few types are "Clover" and "Mountain" honey. Bee's bring in pollen from different places, if it's from clover fields it's clover honey, if the pollen is brought in from the mountains it's mountain honey. We tasted the different kinds and they are very different from each other. Game/Activity Hide teddy bears around the house and have your kids try to find them Build a fort/"bear cave" and talk about where bears live and hibernation Make Bugs or go discover them right out side Play with balloons Blow bubbles Take a bubble bath Play baseball or basketball Visit a bee farm and see how honey is made Printables Coloring Page (8x10) Flash Card (4x6) Tracing Page (8x10) Bear Snores On Pack by 3 Dinosaurs Brown Bear Pack by 1+1+1=1 Snacks Gummy bears (sort by color then eat) Teddy grahams Bear shaped pancakes Songs Download 6 pages of bear songs here. Tips to Teaching Letter "B" I liked this little hint found here. My little boy had a difficult time remembering the letter B and so we talked a lot about honey bee's and then he remembered that the letter B is just like a bee. Theme of the Week Learning about the Calendar We took our family calendar off the wall. Me and my preschooler laid on our tummies on the floor with the calendar in front of us and discussed what the different boxes meant (new days). We then learned about the days and flipped through the pages and said the months together. He doesn't KNOW the days and months but he is becoming familiar with them. We listened to a song here to become familiar with the days of the week. It's a You-tube video sung to the tune of the Adams family but with the days of the week. There are a ton of options just go to you tube and type in "days of the week". Here are some other Ideas for calendars:

Learning letters is the first step in learning to read. Children in preschool and kindergarten largely focus on letter identification and letter sounds. While some kids are naturally inclined to learn letters from a young age, others take longer and that's okay. My mission is to making learning letters and how to read fun and

Play and games for kids:: Zero to Two eBook of Play. 25 ideas for babies and toddlers, additional links to over 50+ activities. Great resource for parents.

As a parent, you deal with a LOT of feelings on a daily basis. Right? And sometimes, it can all get to […]

Flower finger play and coloring page. Backward counting for kindergarten math.

Practise letter formation with your child with these 6 hands-on, fun activities! Also download the free alphabet mat printable.

Make these touch and feel counting cards for your child to have a multi sensory learning experience when introducing simple counting! A while ago I made Touch & Feel Shapes and it was so effective and my

This is a fun and messy piece of process art that the kids will love. Turn up the music and then drum and splatter and paint away.

Children learn best whenever an activity is fun and hands-on and I believe that teaching sight words should have the same approach. Forget about boring worksheets and boring flashcards, these hands-on sight word activities will have your kids begging to practice their reading skills. Hands-On Sight Word Activities from Life Over C's Marshmallow Sight Words Free

Hey Kinder Friends, I have to say this year in my class we are loving math. We ALL love it. And we are moving right along and reaching ...

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Help your little speller learn to write short vowel words in a fun way - with these free printables!

This printable All About Me poster is perfect for a preschool or kindergarten All About Me theme. This will be a keepsake for years to come too!

Are you looking for engaging grammar centers? These parts of speech activities are perfect. Here are 7 noun centers for teaching grammar.

Itching to get a word out of your child? Take a look at these thoughtful conversation starters for kids to get you chatting.

My son started kindergarten this year. He’s been most excited to learn how to read. In fact, he was a little bit disappointed his first day that he “didn’t even learn to read one word yet”. The boy has loved books all his life, and I know that as soon as he learns to read...