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Scented Water Play Activities for Kids

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These scented water play activities are fun sensory play opportunities to try with preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids throughout the school year. Young children love to play with water, and these scented water activities elevate that love to a new level! This adds a new level of engagement as the children play and learn. YouKeep Reading

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Legoland California Review from a 7-Year Old & His Mama

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We had the chance to go on an amazing trip, so here we are with a Legoland California review! Engineer has loved playing and building with Legos for most of his life, so Legos are a staple at my house!  Needless to say, he was beyond excited to visit Legoland on a recent trip weKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Legos, Trips

Exclusion & Cliques in Preschool – Help Kids Make New Friends

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As we navigate challenging behaviors in preschool, it’s crucial to consider teaching students to make new friends. My previous post focused on how to handle tattling in the classroom. Today, I’d like to discuss how to encourage preschool children to make new friends. Cliques and exclusion can happen in preschool because at this age, kids formKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Childhood Classroom Tagged With: Behavior, feature

7 Coconut Books for the Kiddos

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Dive into these coconut books with your class. Reading has got to be up there on your list of summer activities for preschoolers. We’ve been having a little too much fun with coconuts recently.  While the kiddos don’t seem to enjoy the taste like I do, they love all of our coconut activities. In keepingKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: Ocean, Summer

Coconut Eruptions – A Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiment

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overflowing coconut suds with this tropical baking soda and vinegar experiment

Regular readers of Fun-A-Day know we love the traditional baking soda and vinegar experiment! Engineer, the preschool kiddos, and I also love changing that experiment up in a variety of ways!  Today’s concoction was dubbed “super foamy and really bubbly erupting coconuts with funny cups”.  Obviously, that’s the name Snoopy, Engineer, and Little Hurricane created together! coconutty baking sodaKeep Reading

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: Ocean, Summer

Firework Math Activity with Pompoms

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A super easy firework math activity with pompom “fireworks” are just what you need for a preschool patriotic theme!  Little Hurricane had the most fun with it while learning some important preschool math skills.  It’s simple to adapt for older children, too, as I did when Engineer showed an interest. Sparkly pompom math activity I mayKeep Reading

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: America, Counting, July 4th, Numbers

Patriotic Craft with Coffee Filter Prints

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This patriotic craft using coffee filters is prefect for a preschool patriotic theme! The boys and I have been into July 4th activities recently.  Today’s USA craft came about because we had a huge pile of coffee filters!  With that in mind, I knew I wanted to incorporate some ideas from Housing a Forest’s MonsterKeep Reading

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: America, July 4th

Fireworks Fun with 4th of July Arts and Crafts

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These 4th of July arts and crafts are sure to top your list of summer activities for preschoolers! I loved the fireworks fun from our last Share It Saturday.  They inspired this fireworks-filled collection of 4th of July art activities. Check them our for some Independence Day inspiration. 4th of July Arts and Crafts forKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: America, July 4th, Share It Saturday

Fireworks Painting with Splat Art

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Add this fireworks painting idea to your summer activities for preschoolers and kindergarten kids! It would be perfect as part of your July 4th plans. Young children definitely enjoy the active part they get to play when creating this firework splatter painting. Their gross motor skills get a lot of practice, and they’re exploring importantKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: America, Glitter, July 4th, Process Art

How to Deal with Tattling in Preschool

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Online professional development for teachers is great but learning to deal with tattling isn’t something that’s typically covered. So, I thought it could be helpful to outline some ideas for combating this issue that commonly comes up in preschool. I’m very excited to take part in the Summer Book Study alongside Pre-K Pages, PreKinders, TeachKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Childhood Classroom Tagged With: Behavior, feature

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