One of the things I enjoy most about teaching and classroom set up is making my own games and other materials for use in the classroom. Sometimes the things I make are simple and work out great in the classroom and other times the things that I make need a little tweaking along the way. In either case, I love the challenge of creating new teaching tools that I can use in my classroom or new games and tools that my students can explore in their own unique ways.
Here are some of the games my teachers and I have made for our classroom...
Lets Build a Mud Kitchen
Have you been looking for a way to get your kids or students playing outside more? Do you want a way to engage them in
Putting together our art portfolios
Personalized art portfolios are a great way to document student growth and involve your children in the process! Our students have loved using dot dabbers,
DIY bunny game
A fun and interactive way to engage your students! One of our students brought in 3 of her 6 week old bunnies to the classroom
Making our own chalk paint
Our class made their own chalk paint and they loved it! Here is how we made the chalk paint… There are a handful of ways
DIY tic tac toe
You can’t go wrong with a game of tic-tac-toe! Our students love bringing anything game related into the classroom. Not only is tic-tac-toe a crowd
Racing along the rainbow
You might be thinking, “How on earth can you race on a rainbow?” Well, let me tell you how we cracked the code! Following the
A DIY drop box game that my students love!
A DIY drop box game is a great way to build teamwork and critical thinking! I shared the sweetest, individual-sized, DIY drop box game on
This dot game is simple to make and fun to play!
This DIY dot game is so simple to make and so fun to play! To Make this DIY Dot Game Miss Kaylin dipped colorful
Five apple games that are irresistible for preschool
These apple games are irresistible! I considered sharing each of our five irresistible apple games for preschool as individual posts but decided that no one wants
This DIY sand table stand worked great!
As I mentioned in my previous post, I am on a DIY roll with making different kinds of PVC stands for my classroom and this
Some ideas take a little tweaking like this DIY paint stand
Once I get on a roll with something, I tend to get carried away and my latest obsession is building DIY stands for use around
A crazy cool DIY water play stand
I spent about an hour at our local Home Depot store in the PVC pipe section trying to figure out how to make my own
The best DIY easel ever!
I just had to share this DIY easel with you all because it was so simple to put together and yet it ended up being
Tic-Tac-Bow: Simple games for the holidays
My staff and I enjoy whipping up simple games around the classroom all year long but the holidays offer up so many fun trinkets and
Simple DIY family puzzles for preschool
If you want to capture a young child’s attention, then focus on the things that matter the most to the child and one of those
How to make the easiest DIY liquid watercolor ever!
It’s summer and a rainy day here which is the perfect kind of day for me to sit at my kitchen table and tinker around with new ideas. And that is how I figured out how to make the easiest DIY liquid water color ever.