Letter Vv is for Volcano free comprehensive curriculum for ages 3-5. Activity ideas: Smash Geodes, Volcano Eruption, Natural Disaster Charades, and more
Letter Ll is for Leaves free comprehensive curriculum for ages 3-5. Activity ideas: Leaf Hunting, Memory Matching Game, Seasons of a Tree Painting, and more
I have decided to take a little inventory on my blog to make sure it’s as helpful and resourceful as possible. As it turns out, I have over 50 art projects for kids ages 3 to 5 that are super duper amazing and awesome right here. I took some time to round them all up […]
These delightful books — just right for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds — are a great way to show your preschooler that summer reading is the best reading of all.
Letter Mm is for Moon free comprehensive curriculum for ages 3-5. Activity ideas: Cardboard Paper Towel Telescope, Moon Phases with Cookies, and more
FREE Homeschool Lessons | Enrichment & Academic Based Learning | Playing for Hours | Comprehensive and flexible preschool & pre-k curriculum for kids ages 3-5.
Letter Uu is for Umbrella free comprehensive curriculum for ages 3-5. Activity ideas: Rain Cloud in jar, Numbered Ball Umbrella Toss, and more
Preschool STEM Activities! Get the best & easieset STEM and science experiments for 3 year olds and 4 year olds, plus tips for caregivers.
Can you really do workbaskets in preschool?! Yes, you CAN setup workbaskets/work jobs in a preschool special education classroom and you SHOULD! This was the best thing that I have ever done for my students to help prepare them for kindergarten and give them more independence. You can find more about work jobs in this post where I go more into detail about what they are and why I love them. Today I am going to be sharing how my work system is structured in my preschool special education classroom and how I set it up. All of the work jobs that are available to students are stored in clear plastic shoe boxes. (I got mine from Target during back to school and they came in a pack of 4 or 5). My one tip to take make sure the top stays on (the Dollar Store brand doesn't latch very well) as this will help with lost pieces, dropped work jobs, physical and emotional messes Each basket has two (letters, numbers, or animal) tags. One is taped to the box and the other is velcroed onto their schedules or stays on the box if no one is using it that day. (keep on reading to find more about my schedules)! I turned one of my toy storage areas into our work job location. This is where all of our work jobs that we are using are stored. I was worried that my students would want to get into them throughout the day but that was not a problem, just make sure you do lots of teaching and it won't be a problem for you either! I generally have around 45 work boxes available to the students at any given time. The storage is in an L shape so there are more work jobs you can't see in this picture. I needed to make sure that I have enough work jobs for each student to do 3 or more at the same time. While preparing for my first year of work jobs I ran across an idea from Erin, over at Creating and Teaching, on how she displays her work jobs and I decided to do something similar. I have four small white boards (Target dollar section!) displayed on a bulletin board. I only have four boards as my preschoolers only attend four days a week. Each student has their own row where I will write the work job symbol that they will be doing each day. Having it displayed this way was not only great for my paraprofessionals when they prep for the day, but also for me to make sure no one was doing the same job more than once that week! (I document all weeks and work jobs for my lesson plans, you can read more about that here) I wish I would have taken a picture of these all nicely displayed in my room, but I didn't. :( Each child has their own individual schedule. At the top is a picture of them and below are their velcroed work jobs and at the bottom is the reward they get to do when they are done. I was shocked at how quickly all of my students picked up on work jobs and really thrived during this time. My students were able to take the picture off of their schedule, find the box/attach the picture, take it back to their seat, complete the task, and return it to the correct spot. If students do not have the ability to match letters or numbers start with animals or colors to identify work jobs, as they need to be able to match to complete this process. Students than repeated this process till they got to their reward. At the beginning of the year each student started with one picture and once they had mastered that process we would than move to 2 and so on, it was all dependent on the child's ability and pace. We do the same for any new students entering the class. I only had one student who was not able to go and get his work jobs as he became too distracted and would never get to his jobs! So instead we put his jobs at his table spot and placed an all done basket next to him. My class was able to do work jobs all at the same time! My para and I would walk around and be available if necessary but we would be cleaning up, writing notes home, etc during this time. My students all sat in the same spot daily and had a picture frame placed where they would be sitting. I didn't have a very big room so I used tape to divide tables and give all students a work area. This was great preparation as my students will be entering kindergarten, either next year or in another year, and they will need to be able to sit at a table with other students and focus on their work, and not be distracted by others. My paraprofessional would set up the picture frames and schedules while we were at circle reading a story. These are the picture frames I used! I would put the morning students on one side and afternoon students on the other :) These picture frames are from IKEA, but if you don't have one around you I found some on Amazon. Work baskets are all about independence, so to foster this I take pictures of certain work jobs and hot glue them onto the lid (if you laminate and then hot glue it will come off very easy!). I do this to jobs where students may not know what to do. Work jobs turned out to be my students favorite time of the day! I am totally serious on this one! :) This post may contain affiliate links. By clicking on them and purchasing products through my links, I receive a small commission. This commission helps me support my family by allowing me to be part time to take my daughter to therapy on the other days. I would not support ANYTHING that I do not believe in!
These activities for preschoolers are so much fun! This list includes fun learning games, crafts & resources for 3 year olds, 4 year olds, and 5 year olds!
Here are 5 easy fine motor activities you can implement today to help preschoolers and kindergartners build fine motor skills.
Why you should do music and movement activities with your 3-5 year old. Easy activities for families to do at home or in preschools.
There's a lot that parents can do to help their child's speech develop. This guide has everything you need to help your child speak clearly!
Have a little fun with your preschool/kindergarten scientists and artists! 7 quick, easy, and safe STEM activities to do with 3-5 year olds.
Fun activities and crafts for 3-5 year olds. I've rounded up a few of our favorites. My girls loved doing these.
Over the past two years, we've done quite a few hands-on literacy activities. It's so important that children get the opportunity to explore through learning activities, not just memorize or fill out worksheets. Here are my favorite hands on literacy activities for kids compiled into one post. To access these activities, all you have to do is click on
Banish boredom in your house with these 55+ super fun and easy hands on activities and arts & crafts for 5 year old kids or kindergartners.
Invite kids to create art in the style of Leo Lionni to go along with the book Pezzettino.
This is the ultimate list of activities for 5 year olds! Five year olds are working hard on many cognitive, physical and social skills. These range from expanding their counting and beginning to read, to story telling and more adept physical activity such as skipping. These 55+ activities for
This post shares close to 40 easy, hands-on, learning activities for keeping 2-3 year olds busy learning & playing! These activities include sensory play, fine motor & gross motor skill building, color sorting, shape recognition, problem-solving skills, & early numeracy & literacy ac
Fun Preschool Math Activities! These are fun activities to teach your child math skills! Perfect for preschoolers!
Caterpillar Number Match is a fun and easy early math activity for preschoolers. A great way to practice counting this spring!
Printable Activities for 4-year-olds Do you need some printable activities for 4-year-olds? I’ve got some great ideas for you here! I love having fun activities for my kids that don’t require too much prep – and the good news is there are plenty of free printable activities for 4-year-olds available online that I’ve […]
When it comes to introducing scissors, this typically begins around 3 years old. When we purchased Emmy's first pair of training scissors, the activities were exactly as explained above; I simply gave her a piece of paper and let her get familiar with the hand motions needed to work the tool.
Help your kids manage their big emotions with these easy calm down tools for kids. Simple tools and techniques to help kids learn how to calm down.
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Fun, hands-on math activities for your preschoolers from the Early Learning Ideas website and store.Number Activities with Number CardsCounting Around the HouseComparing Weight ActivitiesNumber Activity MatsCount & Create Maker MatsGraphing by ColorCount & Clip CardsPlaydough Number MatsPreschool one-to-one Correspondence ActivitiesMonster Math Activities Firetruck Number PuzzlesMeasurement Activities with Dinosaurs Apple Math ActivitiesSnowflake Counting Circles Ten Frame Math Game for Preschoolers Shape Activity Cards Math Activities in the Store
FREE PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES for 2-year-olds! Help them develop skills like matching, noticing size, counting, and more!
Learning in the early years, often referred to as early childhood education, is a crucial period of development that lays the foundation for a childs lifelong learning journey..
How to homeschool preschool! Learn from moms who have taught preschool at home. Preschool activities for learning through a play curriculum.
Use these cute Easter tracing worksheets to help your students or kids practice their pre writing skills! They work for preschool or kindergarten!
Wondering how to introduce preschool journals to 3 year olds? Here are some examples of our journal activities, and how we keep them simple.
Here are some learning skills that you can easily teach your 3 year old, for developing language, vocabulary, & social skills in preschoolers
Here are some learning skills that you can easily teach your 3 year old, for developing language, vocabulary, & social skills in preschoolers
Straws, Pasta and Playdough fine motor activity is perfect for kids ages 3-5 and is a fun way to improve fine motor skills, counting and color recognition.
Hey friends! I’m so excited to share with y’all this collection of homeschool preschool resources for toddlers! Once LG hit about 2.5 years old, I decided to ease into a super relaxed homeschool preschool routine. In this post you’ll find lots of the resources we enjoyed! There are so many fun, hands-on activities that are …
Preschoolers love their name - often it's the first word they can read. Here is a super easy name puzzle that will teach the letters in their names!
Free Preschool Activity Book For 3 4-Year-Old- Free printable simple maze Pdf - pre-k worksheets - preschool activity book pdf download
Learn how to homeschool preschool with simple hands-on activities, fun activity books, and the most manageable open-and-go curriculum on the market!
Math activities for 4 year olds include learning about shapes, patterns, counting and more. These fun hands-on activities will teach math while having fun. There are so many components to teaching preschoolers Math. Four year olds are especially curious and love to make sense of the world through math.
I have decided to take a little inventory on my blog to make sure it’s as helpful and resourceful as possible. As it turns out, I have over 50 art projects for kids ages 3 to 5 that are super duper amazing and awesome right here. I took some time to round them all up […]
These delightful books — just right for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds — are a great way to show your preschooler that summer reading is the best reading of all.
This post shares a variety of different developmentally appropriate activities to do at home with 12-18 month old toddlers. Many of the activities require minimal prep and use common household materials. Activities in this post build fine motor skills, vocabulary, and hand-eye coordination.
