Reviewing colors through process art
Late in the school year, this preschool class began a simple process that led to reviewing colors but it actually turned out to be so much more. On the Table
The development of fine motor skills is an important part of early learning and there are many ways to promote fine motor skills through fun, playful, and interesting hands on activities. If you would like to learn more about Fine Motor Play then read this post: Every Day Fine Motor Play!
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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 my Facebook page and decided
Three fun ways to brush, brush, brush the teeth!
In celebration of National Children’s Dental Health Month, we spent the morning brushing teeth all around the classroom which meant we had some serious small motor strengthening going on too! Mr. Big
Cotton ball color mixing!
A wonderful way to explore color and build fine motor skills in your preschool classroom! If you haven’t ever tried cotton ball color mixing with your students, then let me
Things we learn on a rainy day!
The weather here has been cold and rainy which means instead of piles of snow on the ground, we have mud puddles. But whether it is mud puddles or piles of snow,
Let’s explore colorful glue in preschool!
Our preschool age students (ages three and four) have spent their first two weeks in preschool exploring the different tools they can and will continue to use in preschool. A
Read and then press here!
The children’s book “Press Here” by Herve’ Tullet is always a favorite in our classroom and I love it because there are just so many ways we can expand the book all throughout the classroom.
Tracing letters, numbers, and shapes on the flannel board
This idea may look very simple, and it is, but it has been one of the best tools for giving my students a little practice in tracing letters or shapes (we haven’t tried it with numbers yet) in my classroom!
Simple child made discovery bottles
My students enjoy making their own discovery bottles only their version is a little more simple than the ones they find sitting around the window seal of my outdoor classroom.
10 Wonderful ways to weave
We are featuring 10 wonderfully simple and unique ways to weave with children!
DIY rainbow loom musical instruments
At just about every store I walk into, there is a set of these brightly colored rubber bands designed for a loom. See how we put our rubber bands to good use in our preschool classroom!
Lock and key matching game for preschoolers
I couldn’t wait to get put this lock and key game into action all around my preschool classroom.
Fun with feathers and beads
We filled our classroom centers with materials that were somehow related to our Thanksgiving books including lots of feathers and beads for play!
Simple sewing jars
We have been introducing several types of sewing processes into the mix of things we do in our classroom and these simple sewing jars have been a nice way to
Building fine motor skills with cotton ball painting
We spent time in preschool exploring the fine motor process of cotton ball painting with a clothespin!
Building fine motor skills at the apple tree play dough table
As part of our fun with apples, I thought it would be a good time to set out our homemade red play dough and invite the children to practice their skill of rolling the play dough to make apples for our apple tree…
15 Fabulous fingerplays and facts
Having a set of fingerplays in your toolbox of teaching skills is a must do for anyone working in an early childhood environment.
Fun props for playdough
Adding props to playdough is just one more way to invite new interest in the playdough experience. Come and see a few of our props that we add to our playdough throughout the school year!
One-inch sandbox play
This simple one-inch sand-play experience invites a different kind of sand play. Affordable and Simple to set-up and open ended too!
Squeeze art: a beginner’s exploration of the world of art
A beginning exploration in the world of art with this fun and very open ended form of squeeze art.
Puffy paint sunflowers
Using puffy paint to draw sunflowers in preschool promotes the use of our fine motor skills!
Making rainbow fish puzzles in preschool
As part of our exploration of fish, the children created their own sparkly rainbow fish puzzles!
The discovery of glue
For a two year old, the discovery of colored glue (or any type of glue) is quite a big deal. Come and learn more about our discovery of glue!
The magic of tape
Somewhere towards the middle of the school year, I put all of our colored tape on a paper roll holder for our preschool class to use for a project that I can’t even remember. I hadn’t intended to keep the tape on the holder but my students used the tape every day in all different kinds of ways so when you have such interest, you stick with it…