For parent Christmas gifts this year, my preschool director got in touch with a local paint-your-own-pottery shop. Each kiddo in our preschool creates the most darling hand print Christmas plates for their parents! Related: Christmas activities for preschoolers For the youngest children, teachers painted their feet and pressed footprints onto the plates. We then addedKeep Reading
Water Versus Oil {A Sensory Play Experiment}
This little activity was created on the fly with my babysitting kiddos. Frat Boy was down for a nap, while Girly Girl, Determined Diva, Little Hurricane, and Captain America were itching for something different. That’s how this sensory play experiment came into play! Determined Diva wasn’t interested in playing with any of her baby toys,Keep Reading
Hand Print Art for Thanksgiving
Each month in preschool, I use the children’s hand prints to make different pictures. Usually these hand print paintings are related to our monthly theme or an important holiday. For November this year, I went with hand print Mayflowers. It was pretty simple to do — I painted the kids’ hands brown, then had themKeep Reading
Thanksgiving Story Bracelet
Last year, my preschool director took some of us to a conference led by Dr. Jean Feldman. That woman has so many great ideas for teaching . . . I just cannot say that enough. Check her out online here. Try not to get lost in there amid the zillions of ideas Dr. Jean has!Keep Reading
Thanksgiving Shopping List
Mary Poppins and I added a few different things in our home center this week — a play shopping cart, clipboards, pens, pencils, paper, word cards and a variety of food boxes. When explaining centers, we told the kiddos they could plan their Thanksgiving meals and go shopping. Oh my word, they were really intoKeep Reading
Halloween Book Making with Kids
“Where Do Monsters Live?” – Halloween book making with kids I absolutely love making books with children! Blending art into the book-making process is tons of fun, as well. On top of the fun, it really gets the kiddos into reading. I talk about meaningful literacy activities all the time, and this is surely oneKeep Reading
Quick Apple Crisp Recipe
The preschool kiddos definitely enjoy cooking and making snacks in the classroom. This quick apple crisp recipe was definitely a hit during our preschool apple theme! It only required three ingredients and less than five minutes preparation time. I loved that the children could make this apple crisp on their own (with some supervision, ofKeep Reading
Preschool Fall Hand Print Tree
This fall hand print tree may not be something unique, but it’s fun! There are so many options for creating a fall tree, but I finally settled on painting and using the children’s hands. Preschool kids have cute hand prints, and I just love painting with the kids’ hands. On top of that, it’s definitelyKeep Reading
Preschool 5 Senses Apple Activity and Free Printable Class Book
Read below about a simple apple activity to engage your preschoolers’ 5 senses. Bonus, there’s a free printable at the bottom of the post, so be sure to grab that too. Related: 50+ Apple Ideas for Kids Apple tasting is a must for a preschool apple theme (in my opinion)! You can take it aKeep Reading
Hand Prints in Preschool {Beginning of the Year}
I have been making portfolios for my students ever since I began teaching. It started out as a simple, fun way to illustrate how a child grows over the course of one year . . . both literally and figuratively. I do a ton of art with hand prints in preschool, many of which areKeep Reading
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