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Handprint Christmas Plates

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The handprint Christmas plates are always such a hit with the parents. My favorite Christmas activities for preschoolers are beautiful and sentimental works of art that can be displayed every holiday season for years to come. This project certainly fits that bill! For parent Christmas gifts this year, my preschool director got in touch withKeep Reading

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Water Versus Oil {A Sensory Play Experiment}

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Introduce your students to science this year with a sensory play experiment. And it’s a great addition to your list of simple sensory activities for the classroom. First, students will have the chance to practice fine motor skills and engage their senses with the sensory bottle. Then they will get to compare how beads behaveKeep Reading

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Hand Print Art for Thanksgiving

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The Mayflower handprint art is one of my favorite Thanksgiving holiday activities for preschoolers! Students will engage their senses, practice early literacy skills, and learn about the Mayflower with this simple art project. Each month in preschool, I use the children’s hand prints to make different pictures.  Usually these hand print paintings are related toKeep Reading

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Thanksgiving Story Bracelet

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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

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Thanksgiving Shopping List

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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

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Colorful Monsters Book Making for Kids

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This monsters book making for kids activity is a must-do as part of your Halloween activities for preschoolers. Young children explore a variety of early learning skills as they create a book all about colorful monsters. Kids get a lot out of making books , especially books like this that combine literacy and art. TheKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Book Making, Free Printable, Halloween

Quick Apple Crisp Recipe

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Making this apple crisp recipe is a great way to incorporate the senses into a preschool apple theme. And not to mention – it’s delicious! The preschool kiddos always enjoy cooking and making snacks in the classroom.  It only required three ingredients and less than five minutes of preparation time.  I loved that the childrenKeep Reading

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Preschool Fall Hand Print Tree

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This hand print tree may not be something unique, but it’s fun and an excellent addition to your list of fall activities for preschoolers!  There are so many options for creating a fall tree, but I finally settled on a basic finger and hand painting that the students can complete independently.  This project is aKeep Reading

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Preschool 5 Senses Apple Activity and Free Printable Class Book

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5 senses apple activity - explore and taste test apples and grab a free printable class book

Read below about an apple activity that’s sure to engage your preschoolers’ 5 senses. It’s a great addition to your list of simple sensory activities for preschool. 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 aKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Apples, Book Making, Fall, Free Printable

Hand Prints in Preschool {Beginning of the Year}

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Mix art with sensory play in one of my favorite early literacy activities – making hand prints in preschool! In this simple literacy project, students will get to have some sensory fun with paint creating hand prints, and coming up with a sentence about what their hands do for them. It’s perfect for an “allKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Childhood Classroom, Early Learning, Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: All About Me, Back to School, Hand Prints

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