Snowball science and sensory play for preschool
If you happen to have snow on the ground or are expecting some anytime soon, then be sure to add snow science and sensory play to your plans! I think
From water to sand, slime, shave cream, and seeds – the list of sensory materials you can explore is almost endless. If you would like to read a brief overview about what sensory play is then begin by reading this post : Everyday Sensory Play in Preschool.
Here are some of the many ways we explore sensory play...
Six crazy cool ways to explore with snow inside the classroom
The weather here has been all over the place from well below freezing to beautiful blankets of snow. I am not a fan of the freezing but the snow…. well
Learning about real life through small world play
A great way for children to make sense of their world in the classroom! What is small world play? Small world play is an activity where you create a miniature
Discovering spectacular things in preschool
Your students will love the simple joys of discovering spectacular things! We read a book this week that inspired us to hunt for our own spectacular things. Expanding on a
Construction truck sensory play
Following the interests of your children makes learning meaningful! This idea was inspired by one of my students who loves construction trucks. When one of my students came up to
How to create your own arctic small world play!
Small World Play by Meri Cherry A wonderful way to celebrate any season or holiday is to invite your students to create their own small world play! Today, my special
Washing up apples in the water table!
Each year, we collect apples from an apple tree near where I live. Some of the apples have already fallen off the tree while others we pick off the tree.
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 DIY sand table stand worked
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 crazy cool DIY water play
DIY Outdoor Sound Wall
A wonderful way for your preschool children to explore sound and rhythm while creating music outdoors! With the nice weather, my students want to be outside as much as possible
Planting our beautiful flowers in play dough
I have enjoyed sharing the interactive books of Christie Matheson with my pre-k class over the past few weeks. As with most books we share with the children, we like
Jingle bells really do rock!
The minute the children walked into the classroom, they headed straight to the jingle bell water play station. Let me begin by telling you that the children loved this water play
Tree farm small world sensory play!
I wasn’t sure if my students would really be all that excited about the idea but to my delight, they absolutely loved it! I put together a small world tree
High five for our sense of touch!
We spent time exploring our hands and if you are going to explore your hands, you just have to add a little high five into the mix! Hop on over and read more on my blog!
Exploring oranges around the classroom
There are so many different ways to explore a color but when you have a fruit that has the color and the color word all built into one, like an
Let’s make pumpkin seed soup!
Exploring pumpkins and then having fun exploring the seeds with pumpkin seed soup!
Ten terrific ways to get the most out of water play
Discover these terrific tips for how to get the most out of water play!
Bumpy ball painting
Around here you can find bumpy balls at just about any store. I picked up six bumpy balls from the Dollar Tree for some bumpy ball painting!
Sponge block water play puzzles
I like to use these sponges for art, science, math and they make a fun addition to the water play table. Check out our sponge block water play puzzles!
All pumped up for water play and moose track soap
An amazing water play process that combines literacy, motor skills, and water play! You won’t want to miss the fun with this one!
O is for orange juice water play
We have been having loads of playing in our orange juice water table!
Investigating the parts of a spider through fine motor play
I have always wanted to try gelatin play and finally took the time to put it together using our own version of spider parts and it was totally worth it.
Building life skills with lid soup!
Be sure to keep saving up those lids because you will need lots of them for lid soup waterplay!