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20+ Seed Art Ideas for Kids

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Add these awesome seed art ideas to your collection of art projects for kids! Your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students explore science concepts as they create with various seeds. These seed art activities keep older children engaged, too. I think the seed art projects fit in well with a variety of kindergarten and preschool themes.Keep Reading

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Water Beads Activities and Tips

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Exploring water beads should definitely be on your list of sensory activities for preschoolers and kindergarten kids. I know from experience that older children, teens, and adults have fun playing with this sensory fillers, too! In addition to being an amazing sensory experience, children can learn and practice a multitude of early learning skills. ScienceKeep Reading

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Gorgeous Coffee Filter Flowers Art Project

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preschooler creating flower coffee filter art with text that reads coffee filter flowers

Over the years, we’ve made hundreds of coffee filter flowers. It’s one of my go-to art projects in my list of spring activities for preschoolers because it’s both super easy to set up and super engaging. The children can explore so many different concepts with the coffee filter flower art, too. From math to scienceKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: Flowers & Plants, Process Art, Spring

Camping Playdough Mats Free Printable

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These camping playdough mats let children get creative as they practice fine motor skills. If your students love them, be sure to check out the rest of our playdough mats next. This free printable is so low-prep, you can have it ready for your students tomorrow! There are a few different ways to use theKeep Reading

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Ocean Sensory Bin Using Just 2 Materials

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preschoolers playing in sea-themed bin with text that reads super simple ocean sensory bin

This ocean sensory bin is one of our favorite summer activities for preschoolers and kindergarten kids! It engages the children’s senses and inspires all kinds of imaginative play. I originally put this bin together for one of my preschool’s summer camps. But I think it would work for any time of the year. Perhaps duringKeep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: Ocean, Summer

Salt Painting Flowers Art Project

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materials and in-action look at salt art with text that reads salt painting flowers

If you’re looking for simple and fun art projects for kids, look no further than salt painting flowers. It’s a low-prep art experience your students (and you!) are sure to enjoy. You don’t need many materials for flower salt painting. In fact, you likely have the materials on-hand already. Setup is a breeze, so theKeep Reading

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Summer Read It Build It Write It Printable

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child placing magnetic letter on ABC mat with text that reads summer read it build it write it

This summer read it build it write it mat is the perfect addition to your summer activities for preschoolers and kindergartners! Your students can use the mat to practice a variety of early literacy skills focused on the alphabet. And there’s not just one way to use the summer alphabet building mat. I love whenKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: Alphabet, Free Printable, Summer

Shell Painting Process Art in Preschool

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Colorful painted shells with text that reads shell painting

Shell painting is sure to be a beautiful and vibrant addition to your collection of art projects for kids. It’s a super simple, and super engaging, process art idea for children to try this summer. Mind you, seashell painting doesn’t have to JUST be done in the summer. If you have an excess of shellsKeep Reading

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Dental Playdough Mats Free Printable

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child using dough to make a smile, toothbrush, and mouthwash, with text that reads dental playdough mats

If your students love playdough mats, these dental playdough mats are just what you need! Break out your favorite dough during your next dental health theme. The kids will strengthen their hand muscles, practice fine motor skills, and work on early literacy. All of this, while having fun with play dough! You’ll even be ableKeep Reading

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200+ Activities for Preschoolers at Home & School

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Are you looking for awesome activities for preschoolers at home AND school? If you’re a regular Fun-A-Day reader, you know I believe learning takes place everywhere, both in the classroom and out. So I put together this collection of classroom and at-home preschool activities to help both parents and teachers. These simple preschool ideas canKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: preschool at home

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