Body awareness and being able to identify body parts is an important aspect of a child’s development. Knowing the different body parts can help children learn how to follow instructions (clean your hands vs clean your nose) or express themselves (my tummy hurts vs my hand hurts). Typically, children would start pointing to different parts of their body when an adult names them between 15 to 18 months, and would start labeling them by the age of 2. Learning different body part
Preschoolers learn how to build the longest wall in this STEM activity in our Around the World preschool theme. How do you build long and not tall?
Barrier games for speech therapy with tons of free printable worksheets
Pinay Homeschooler is a blog that shares homeschool and afterschool activity of kids from babies to elementary level.
Get rockin and rollin with a homemade water xylophone experiment. Perfect for the young scientist to explore sound waves with water!
Discover engaging, hands-on pond science activities for preschoolers to learn all about ponds. Pond life, frog life cycle, feather investigation, & more!
Body awareness and being able to identify body parts is an important aspect of a child’s development. Knowing the different body parts can help children learn how to follow instructions (clean your hands vs clean your nose) or express themselves (my tummy hurts vs my hand hurts). Typically, children would start pointing to different parts of their body when an adult names them between 15 to 18 months, and would start labeling them by the age of 2. Learning different body parts can be challenging
There 5 parts of the house; bedroom, bathroom, living room, kitchen and garage.
Immerse toddlers and preschoolers in a world of discovery with our Montessori Activity Plan. Unlock the wonders of the Discovery Theme today!
Pinay Homeschooler is a blog that shares homeschool and afterschool activity of kids from babies to elementary level.
Young students will love learning about there Social Studies Lesson on Mail Carriers letter writing and delivering mail. this creative activity will engage your young student to learn and want to learn more.
This simple preschool activity brings to life P.D. Eastman’s book, The Best Nest, in a fun hands-on nest-building experience that your child will love!
This Make a face resources has 12 different sets of eyes and mouths and a set of emotions vocabulary flash cards. Help children to learn about emotions.
Learn how to make a square bubble that mimics tensile structures. This bubble cube can also be made in other geometric shapes!
These free farm printables & Montessori-inspired farm activities are designed for preschoolers through first grade. Perfect for home or classroom!
Find ten fun ways to use opposite cards in this helpful post!
Seek out all the things that start with S sounds in this picture. This is a sensational way for preschoolers to learn concepts they'll need for kindergarten!
Lots of easy ideas for learning about materials and their properties, perfect for key stage 1 science for kids.
Encourage scissor cutting practice with these free Montessori-inspired farm animal cutting strips. An instant download with a variety of skill levels!
In this Yeast and Sugar Experiment, we'll watch yeast feed on sugar to fill a balloon with air. A fun science project for kids that's with household, everyday materials.
Fun with the 5 senses this week! Theme Verse Psalm 34:8 - Taste and see that the Lord is good. My Senses Fingerplay/Song 5 Senses Books There are also a lot of great books out there for each of the senses individually, but we just stuck to general 5 senses books for our short week. Senses on the Farm by Shelley Rotner; The Five Senses by Keith Faulker; My Five Senses by Aliki, Senses in the City by Shelley Rotner Mr. Potato Head How cute are these guys? Original inspiration came from Pinterest. Mr. Potato head is the perfect guy to help us learn about our 5 senses! Meredith's Caleb's It Feels... I found 6 items around the house, all with different textures. The kids had to explore the textures, glue them to the hands on the paper and then tell me a word that described what they felt like. The 6 items I used were: pine needles from the Christmas tree, felt, sandpaper, cotton ball, sponge, and dots of glue that I put on there the night before so they would be dry enough to touch. Meredith described the pine needles as "pine cone prickly plant", the glue dots as "bumpy", the felt as "soft", the sandpaper as "hard", the cotton ball as "soft" and the sponge as "bumpy." Caleb described the pine needles as "prickly", the glue dots as "bumpy", the felt as "fluffy", the cotton ball as "soft", the sponge as "bouncy" and the sandpaper as feeling like "salty pretzels". =) Online Activity: Sense of Hearing I came across this website where the kids could listen to different sounds, and then identify what they were. My Apple After enjoying a snack, Caleb & Meredith described their apples... Meredith's - I see a RED apple. I hear a CRUNCHY apple. I feel a WATERY apple. I taste a YUMMY apple. I smell a COLD apple. Caleb's - I see a RED apple. I hear a CRUNCHY apple. I feel a wet apple. I taste a YUMMY apple. I smell a SOUR apple. In the Kitchen: Tasting & Smelling We talked about how our tongue has taste buds...and that when we taste something, those taste buds send signals to our brain about what that food tastes like. We also talked about which parts of our tongue have which types of taste buds. The kids tasted 4 different foods and then had to identify which type of taste they were, then glue them to their tongue diagram. bitter - lemon peel, sour - lemon, salty - pretzel, sweet - marshmallow After their taste tests, they put their noses to work to smell various spices. We talked about the different smells. They agreed that the cinnamon smells the best! This week, we also took a trip to the Shedd Aquarium...that was the perfect place to test out our senses! We got to see, smell, touch, and hear all sorts of things at the aquarium - some familiar and some new to us. We didn't actually taste anything while there....other than our lunch. =) Scroll down to a previous post to see more pictures from our visit there.
Music class is an active, engaging, and joyful experience! This is especially true when our musical activities are grounded in creative and intentional teaching strategies. One of the most important teaching strategies has to do with teaching the difference between steady beat and the rhythm of
This community helpers preschool theme is filled with book suggestions, hands-on activities, and project ideas for lots of early learning fun.
FREE printable toddler activity featuring rooms in a house and furniture to sort in each room. Great for building vocabulary and fine motor skills.
The most important activity students can do to develop scissor skills is to cut with scissors. Young learners should cut a variety of things-repeatedly-and perform cutting activities frequently! Teacher friends,...
FREE weekly themed Preschool on the Go activity plans for hands-on playing & learning using simple supplies at home for parents & homeschool!
Check out this shape sorting activity—a fun and interactive way to introduce a kindergartener or preschooler ones to shapes.
Over 200 FREE printables for preschoolers including alphabet activities, worksheets, letter matching, letter sounds, number recognition, counting, scissor skills, tracing, fine motor, science activities, seasonal, themed and more!
Fall brings great new September preschool themes! Find lesson plans, hands-on learning activities, book suggestions, crafts, and more.
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Free printable Weather matching game that is perfect for preschool and kindergarteners. Children will not only strengthen cognitive skills but weather too.
This fun Clothespin Patterns Busy Bag Idea is perfect for preschool and kindergarten kids to reinforce color recognition and patterns.
A free printable with over 80 preschool themes. The themes are organized by season, but also has a list of general themes for preschoolers.
These printable pet pattern block mats make a great educational activity for preschool, prek and kindergarten. These templates help kids learn shapes, colors,
Summer math activities for preschoolers so sweet no one can resist! Count s'mores, make popsicle patterns, & stack number ice cream cones!
With academic activities embedded in fun and hands-on learning, these construction theme preschool lesson plans will keep little ones learning!
Construction themed activities and centers inspiration is HERE! Get out your planner, and let’s plan a ton of fun and engaging construction-themed activities your little learners (Preschool, Pre-k, and kindergarten)...
I know you know that I love printables! But sometimes, an activity comes to mind that I don't want to take the time to create a printable for or that I already have in printable format, but want the experience to be different for my daughter. That is exactly what inspired these DIY Ocean Clip
Weather is an influencial part of our world. Learn about the weather through books, literacy activities, math activities, and more!
Looking for an easy to set up math game for your preschooler or kindergartner? Check out this fun counting game using rubber ducks and magnetic tiles!!
Use playdough to finish the patternon these ice cream printable pattern strips! EASY and FUN summer math and ice cream activities!
5 Activities for Teaching Colors to Preschoolers with Free Task Cards. These activities are simple prep as well as engaging for toddlers and preschoolers!
