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How to Make a Super Easy Life Size Gingerbread House

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How to Make a Super Easy Life Size Gingerbread House

Here’s how to make a life size gingerbread house for the kids . . . the easy way! Have you seen those awesome cardboard gingerbread houses? The ones that the kids can play inside and act out the story of The Gingerbread Man? I absolutely love those big gingerbread houses! But they’re not always feasibleKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Dramatic Play, Gingerbread Man, Pretend Play

The Kids LOVE These Story Rock Activities for The Mitten

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The Kids LOVE These Story Rock Activities for The Mitten

Use story stones for a variety of literacy and math activities for The Mitten, a well-loved book by Jan Brett. Many preschoolers love getting into retelling activities, and I always want to encourage this interest. With that in mind, I put together these story stones during a story study of Jan Brett’s The Mitten. They’reKeep Reading

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Fun and Easy Monster Counting Activity for the Kids

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Fun and Easy Monster Counting Activity for the Kids

You need to try this slime monster counting activity with the kids. It’s easy to set up and a fun way to explore counting and one-to-one correspondence. Preschoolers like to count. It’s one of the ways they can explore and categorize the world around them. Counting is also a critical early math skill, so it’sKeep Reading

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Free Printable, monsters

Turkey Sensory Bottle that is Fantastic for Thanksgiving

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Turkey Sensory Bottle that is Fantastic for Thanksgiving

Learn how to make a turkey sensory bottle with the kids this Thanksgiving. Fun to make, and great to have on-hand when a calming moment is needed during the holidays. Glitter sensory jars are always a hit around here . . . whether it’s at home or in the classroom. And that’s just with theKeep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: Glitter, Thanksgiving

How to Make Not-So-Scary Monster Slime Kids Will Adore

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How to Make Not-So-Scary Monster Slime Kids Will Adore

What a fun glitter monster slime activity for kids! They’ll love making slime and exploring ways to play with it during a monster theme or around Halloween. We love slime. We love glitter. Open-ended sensory play is on that list of things we love, too. Add in some science, and we’re even happier. Needless toKeep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: Halloween, slime

How to Make a Pumpkin Geoboard for Super Fun Pumpkin Math

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How to Make a Pumpkin Geoboard for Super Fun Pumpkin Math

Making a geoboard pumpkin is an amazing way to explore pumpkin math concepts with the kids. It expands the traditional geoboard concept into a three-dimensional math experience kids love getting their hands on! What a Fun Idea for Pumpkin Math this Fall! This simple, but super fun, pumpkin math activity was originally inspired by our homemadeKeep Reading

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Fine Motor, Pumpkins

Here are 20 Preschool Leaf Activities Sure to Wow

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Here are 20 Preschool Leaf Activities Sure to Wow

These 20 preschool leaf activities will definitely be a hit with the kids! Not going to lie . . . fall is definitely my favorite season. There’s just something about the transition from summer to winter that captivates me every year. Getting rid of those high summer temperatures doesn’t hurt either! And then there areKeep Reading

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Super Fun Halloween Science and Sensory Activities for Kids

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Super Fun Halloween Science and Sensory Activities for Kids

Halloween is a wonderful time to delve into “spooky” science with the kids. Below are more than 25 Halloween science and sensory activities to try with the kids this month! Integrating science activities  and sensory activities into the preschool classroom (and at home!) can be seriously fun for everyone involved. That, alone, is reason enoughKeep Reading

Filed Under: Science, Sensory Tagged With: Halloween

Super Engaging Apple Pie Sensory Play for an Apple Theme

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Super Engaging Apple Pie Sensory Play for an Apple Theme

To me, September is the perfect time for a teaching preschoolers about apples! The new school year signals that fall’s on its way, bringing with it thoughts of apples and pumpkins. My preschoolers and I had an absolute blast with this apple pie sensory play, which is perfect for an apple theme. Apple Theme FunKeep Reading

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How to Make Back to School Books Preschoolers Will Love

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How to Make Back to School Books Preschoolers Will Love

Make and read back to school books with kids as they get ready to head into a new school year. It will help as they transition to a new classroom or school! As a pre-k teacher, with a background teaching kindergarten, I’m often asked how to ease transitions between school years. Whether it’s moving fromKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: #TeachECE, Back to School, Book Making

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