Real-life kindergarten spaces!
I love loose parts. and I love lists. It was only a matter of time before I combined everything into a loose parts list! I've been collecting for years and now have a lot of the basics stashed away for play and learning. That being said I am ALWAYS on the lookout for a new treasure to add to my loose parts lists. In case you are like me, I have compiled a loose parts list for all the best finds...and the list will continue to grow as I find more!
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!
Here are 22 circle time ideas for toddlers and preschoolers that are easy, fun, and perfect for social development!
Pass them on to your first grade teacher friends!
This colourful Rainbow Craft is really easy to make with the FREE printable template, and kids will love all the bright colours, 3D shapes and textures!
Created by Vivian Tuñón | https://www.behance.net/gallery/91277173/Rayuela-Summer-Camp Kindergarten logo design is more than just child's play; it's about crafting a visual identity that captures the imagination...
Learn how to construct a DIY Sticky Nature Collage from items you have at home to create a piece of unique art.
Great ideas for free preschool games! Perfect inside or outside, during circle time, at home, or to develop gross motor and critical listening skills.
Need inspiration for October play ideas? Funny pumpkin games and decoration, colorful leaves applications, and crafts for your kids and all family members.
This post shares 13 different hands-on, engaging apple-themed journal activities for preschoolers and toddlers. These activities are great for an apple theme and cover a variety of different learning skills from pre-writing, to graphing, to letter sounds, and color words!
Teachers and parents alike will love these lesson plans for toddlers, based on different toddler themes! Learning activities for each theme are included.
Easy to download + print at home! Simply download PDF and print to paper of your choice— I recommend using card stock and laminating for best results. Please note this is not a physical product. When printing, you can resize image to match your desired outcome.
Whether you're looking for some indoor or outdoor craft projects, these summer crafts for kids will give you some ideas to get started! #SummerCrafts #Kids #Crafts
Laura @inspiremyplay Founder of @inspiremyplay, Early Years teacher for 11 years and mummy to three gorgeous girls. I'm passionate about about the benefits of play in early childhood. This is the perfect activity for anyone who’s lawn has been left just a bit too long without a mow! It’s really simple to prepare using a circle of cardboard and a pencil to create some holes. You can then thread the dandelions through the holes to create the lion’s mane. This activity is so good for fine motor skills and a great little boredom buster! The Benefits of Natural Resources for Creative and Sensory Play Natural materials are great to include in a child's sensory play. They encourage children to closely observe and explore the world around them and use all their senses since they have a variety of textures, scents, sizes, colours, and sounds. Loose objects like twigs, flowers, leaves, shells, and sand are all readily available open-ended materials which can be used on their own or combined with other items to foster creativity and imagination. While playing with natural materials, children are engaged in decision making and problem-solving opportunities. Natural materials can be taken apart, put back together again, combined, moved, and lined up. By exploring, manipulating, arranging, designing, stacking, and building with the materials in a variety of ways, children are able to be artistic, explore, design and collaborate. Natural resources inspire outdoor play and exploration and can also be found in natural surroundings. Exposure to nature gives children opportunities to discover and explore new things, solve problems, take risks, unleash their creativity and develop a sense of wonder. Dandelion Threading For this activity we took a circular piece of cardboard with holes in it and walked around our back garden collecting dandelions to create a lions mane. Cut a piece of cardboard into a circle; Using a pencil, punch holes around the edge of the cardboard and draw a lions face using marker pen; Then let your child collect as many dandelions as they want to thread through the holes to create the lions mane. Other Nature Play Ideas Natural materials can be used in a variety of ways for learning activities. Toddlers and preschoolers absolutely love combining art and craft with nature so if you are looking for more ideas you could try: Leaf printing. This is a great kid's activity. It can be combined with a nature walk to collect the leaves and even a bit of fine motor practice with a pair of scissors to cut them off the tree. A nature colour hunt is the perfect spring or summer activity to get kids outdoors and appreciating the world around them. A nature treasure hunt. Gofindit is a nature treasure hunt that encourages kids to explore the natural world. It's great for taking on walks, trips to the beach or for playing in the garden. Read our full review here. Creating a sensory tray for children to start exploring their senses while honing their motor abilities. We love small world set ups and natural resources are great to incorporate into small world play. You can read about some of our favourite small world themes here. Get your FREE ebook For more simple DIY recipes & ideas for sensory play at home download your Beginner's Guide to Sensory Play by subscribing to Inspire My Play today. Get Yours Now
Need inspiration for a fun reading corner? I've gathered 11 ideas to create a fun, cozy reading corner. Why such an angle? It's nice that there's a place where it's clear what you can do there. Reading is extremely important for children's development. On Squla this...
Laura @inspiremyplay Founder of @inspiremyplay, Early Years teacher for 11 years and mummy to three gorgeous girls. I'm passionate about the benefits of play in early childhood. Oobleck is a mixture of cornflour and water that can act as both a solid and a liquid when combined together. It’s a great sensory base and we're going to teach you how to make a version that looks like concrete for a small world construction site. It's an easy process and kids love it! What is Oobleck? In case you're new to oobleck it’s a non-Newtonian fluid, meaning it is neither a liquid nor a solid. It may appear to be a solid or a liquid at times, but it behaves differently from a typical solid or liquid. Making oobleck is an excellent science activity for kids to demonstrate how pressure may alter the properties of certain materials. To test the difference pressure makes to oobleck apply some pressure with a spoon to the oobleck you make. This will press the cornflour particles more closely together and increase its viscosity and you should be able to mould the oobleck into a ball with your hands. If you release the pressure or dip your spoon slowly into the mixture, it will behave more like water as the particles have more time to move out of the way. A Step-by-Step Guide to make Concrete Oobleck This has got to be one of our favourite ways to play with oobleck! The girls always have a blast with this, especially with our mini-bricks that they love sticking together with the 'concrete'. Click the link below to be able to buy the bricks and other resources we used for this set up: Buy construction play resources (UK) Buy construction play resources (US) To make Oobleck you will need: Cornflour (also known as Cornstarch) Water Food colouring (this is optional - for our ‘concrete’ oobleck we added black food colouring) Add 2 or 3 cups of cornflour to a tray. Add the same amount of water, coloured with a few drops of black food colouring or add the food colouring straight to the tray. Mix it altogether - this takes a little bit of effort at first but as it mixes it becomes easier! Helpful Tips You may need to experiment to get the consistency just right. If its a bit too runny when you pick it up from your tray and it doesn’t form a solid, just add a little more cornflour. If it’s a little too solid and doesn’t drip like a liquid add a little more water. Oobleck is great fun but it can get quite messy so be prepared, either with a sheet under your tray or take it outside. Once you've finished playing pop the lid on the PlayTRAY if you would like to extend the life of oobleck for a bit longer. Without the lid on oobleck will dry out after a day or two. Don't throw it away though as it's great fun to then give the kids spoons to break it into pieces! Its like having a whole new play set up to enjoy! Get your FREE ebook For more simple DIY recipes & ideas for sensory play at home download your Beginner's Guide to Sensory Play by subscribing to Inspire My Play today. Get Yours Now
Creating a great preschool schedule for children can mean the difference between months filled with chaos and a week that you want to repeat time and time again. I'm going to share with you 5
Just before the season of garden parties, campings, and picnics, we decided to show you some super fun and easy paper plate crafts for kids.
Much respect for all of you dear preschool and Kindergarten teachers out there. As you might know, I left my Kindergarten classroom five years ago to homeschool my own wild ones. I must admit, I cannot fathom having been a teacher over the past two years. Yikes. With little ones back (?) in classrooms, I
I saw these little beauties floating around on pinterest and of course being smitten by all things Kate Spade I wanted to own them. My frugal and creative wheels starting turning (can never turn that off unfortunately) and a simple and easy DIY was born...Supplies:Wood Furniture Buttons ($1.47 for a pack of 30!)Nail Polish color
There's little better than getting kids out in nature and letting them explore. Chances are, they'll soon have a pocket full of treasures they collected; things that caught their attention and delighted them in some way. Today, we’re combining recycled cardboard with collected treasures from nature to make fun nature crowns for kids! Here’s how to make them! How to Make a DIY Nature Crown for Kids Step 1. Gather Supplies. Supplies Needed: Flexible Cardboard Masking Tape Hot Glue and Glue Gun Nature Items: pine cones, acorns, leaves, bark, twigs, pine needles etc. Step 2. Measure head size, cut cardboard
Voici 5 idées d’activités créatives et ludiques autour de la nature, pour occuper les enfants pendant les vacances ! Je suis toujours en recherche de bonnes idées de chose à faire avec ma fille, je vous partage quelques idées que j’ai noté pour cet été. ∇ Organiser une chasse aux couleurs J’adore cette idée [...]
Keep your toddlers busy this fall with these awesome fall activities for preschoolers. These sensory activities will keep them learning and having fun.
A look inside a teacher's mind could help you understand lesson plans and maybe even guide your child to perform better.
Eight circle time songs that children will love and learn from!
We love rainbow crafts as they are just so colorful which is why we have found these 10 fun kids rainbow crafts. These crafts are all fun and simple to make. Perfect for all ages! There are rainbows made from all sorts here including, craft sticks, paper plates,
Boost your child's confidence and improve their mindset with these free affirmation station printables!
We're sharing our best super simple tips for nature study with toddlers and preschoolers today, with our friend Colleen Kessler. One of the things I love best about staying home to teach my little ones is that I get to see the wonder in their eyes as they discover new things. I get to hear
Aprender a escribir el nombre propio es algo muy importante y básico, porque es uno de los primeros acercamientos del niño con la escritura formal. Además le da un sentido de pertenencia y puede empezar a usarlo de manera funcional al etiquetar sus cosas o reconocer su nombre en una lista. Escribir su nombre debe […]
Preschool themes from A to Z. Choose a theme that is best for your preschooler or preschool class from over 130 preschool themes!
All the spring lesson plans, learning activities, crafts, and other ideas you need for preschool are here in this list of spring preschool themes!
Educators, need ideas to set up your indoor learning environments for children? Find all the inspiration you need in this blog post!
