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Story Stones to Make for Playful Learning

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Story stones are one of the best tools to use for preschool literacy activities! Kids love rocks. There’s just something about the weight and feel of them that draws children in. Add some fun illustrations to those rocks and you have story stones! Check out some awesome story stone ideas below, then let me know whichKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Share It Saturday

Preschool Busy Bag Ideas for a Dinosaur Theme

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Dinosaurs are one of my students’ favorite preschool themes! So, I’ve got some dinosaur-themed busy bag ideas for you to try with all of those dino-loving kiddos! I have a few to share with you, along with some free printables to get you started. These dinosaur busy bag activities would be perfect in conjunction with thisKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Book Club Play Dates, Dinosaurs, Free Printable

Crayon Resist Cupcake Liner Ladybug Craft

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This oh so very simple ladybug craft helps children explore science and art concepts. The cupcake liner ladybug is one of my favorite preschool art projects for an insect theme! Be sure to check out the bottom of this post for more #PLAYfulpreschool ladybug ideas. cupcake liner ladybug craft for kids I may get commissionsKeep Reading

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Insects

End of the School Year Activities and Ideas for Preschool Teachers

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Check out these end of the school year activities to inspire you as you wrap up another year in preschool or kindergarten. Even the best school years must come to a close. So, check out this list before you jump into all of the fun summer activities for preschoolers! “I cannot believe it’s almost MayKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Childhood Classroom Tagged With: End of the Year

Preschool Alphabet Fun Using Magnetic Letters

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Your students will enjoy the preschool alphabet fun using magnetic letters. These are great options for your list of early literacy activities! If you’re a regular Fun-A-Day reader, you know I am all about FUN and MEANINGFUL learning for kiddos. This mantra of mine applies to preschool alphabet activities, too, of course. Inspired by PKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: Alphabet, Share It Saturday

Simple Preschool Earth Day Sensory Bin and Literacy Play

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Preschool Earth Day sensory bin and word making activity

Make a preschool Earth Day sensory bin for the kids! Be sure to add this fun activity to your list of spring activities for preschoolers and kindergarten kids. I think this bin is great for Earth Day, a space theme, or any number of preschool themes you can think of! No matter when you planKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: Alphabet, Earth Day, Space, Words

Teaching Word Families with Ping Pong Balls

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Teaching word families to preschoolers is an important skill to work on when it comes to early literacy activities. Young children need hands-on activities to learn, and literacy is no exception. Using ping pong balls when teaching word families certainly allows the children to get their hands busy (and have lots of FUN)! It’s alsoKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE

Fun Science for a Space Theme | Fizzing Planets

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These fizzing planets are such a fun science activity for a preschool space theme! Be sure to add them to your list of preschool science activities. My son actually helped me come up with the fizzing planets activity, so I know first hand that it is certainly kid-approved! Are you following Fun-A-Day’s SPACE THEME board?Keep Reading

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: Space

Breaking the Cycle of Abuse One Mama at a Time

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A version of this post originally appeared here, but I wanted to update it for National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Child abuse is a topic near and dear to my heart, and not just because I’m a mama and a teacher. I dealt with it when I was growing up, and I wanted to shareKeep Reading

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Make Way for Ducklings Preschool Number Game

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Combine math activities for preschoolers with early literacy concepts in this preschool number game. The ducklings and dice math game was inspired by the book, Make Way for Ducklings. What other ways can you think of to bring this book to life? Be sure to let us know in the comments below. Related: Homemade GamesKeep Reading

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Book Club Play Dates

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