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...
How to make toddler tubes
A simple DIY toddler tube for all kinds of toddler play!
DIY play dough magnets for the magnetic board
Keep a hot glue gun around in your preschool classroom and make your own magnets for the magnetic board!
Zoom, zoom around the DIY magnetic race track
Create your own magnetic race track and race cars for preschool!
Simple easels for outdoor painting
Make your own simple easels to take outdoors for some outdoor easel painting…
DIY Bugs on the sticky table
Having fun with a new DIY sticky bug toy for our sticky table in preschool!
Parts of a bird nest in a nature bottle
Exploring the parts of a bird’s nest with our beautiful collection of nature bottles…
DIY printable car track and crayola race car drawing
Exploring crayons and cars on our DIY over-sized printable car mat…
DIY paper car mat
The children and I made our very own paper car mat for the block center…
DIY sewing frame for preschoolers
Working on our sewing skills with our DIY sewing frame and some yarn in preschool!
DIY magnetic craft sticks
A fun and colorful set of DIY magnetic craft sticks for the children to explore on our magnetic board…
DIY: Pizza box textured puzzles
Exploring the DIY pizza box textured puzzles in preschool.
Making glue paint in preschool
How to make glue paint for preschool art. Super simple and fun to use!
Creative challenge: colorful paper beanbags for preschool play
Making our own beanbags and beanbag toss game! See the creative challenge linky too!
Making a-maze-ing marble mazes for the preschool classroom
Exploring marbles and mazes in our preschool classroom!
Mixing up bright and colorful M&M paint in preschool
Exploring the wonderful texture and qualities of our brightly colored self-made M&M paint in preschool.
A new bookshelf in my preschool classroom
Making a little more space in my classroom by adding a wall book shelf in the book center!