These bat sensory bins are perfect during a bat or nocturnal animals theme, or in conjunction with your favorite batty books. You can even include them in your Halloween activities for preschoolers, but they’d be great any time of year. Related: Bat Crafts and Activities Bat Sensory Bins Below you’ll find three bat-themed sensory binKeep Reading
Free Number Train Printable for Preschoolers
Use this number train printable with a variety of math activities for preschoolers. It’s a simple printable that you can use in multiple ways with your students. Get your own copy of the train calendar numbers at the bottom of this post. It’s very easy to prep, so you’ll be able to incorporate it intoKeep Reading
Llama Llama Red Pajama Day Snacks
This month’s Book Club Play Date is centered on the book Llama Llama Red Pajama. I’m sharing a few ideas for snacks inspired by the book. For this play date, I envisioned a pajama day with the kids – it’s something my son and I do sometimes, and we try to have one once a yearKeep Reading
Free Printable Monster Match Game
This easy-to-prep monster match game is perfect for preschoolers. Be sure to check out the rest of my free preschool printables when you’re done here. The Halloween memory game uses printable “monster” cards that are not scary in the least. That way, the kids can focus on exploring visual discrimination and other early literacy skills.Keep Reading
Farm Theme Preschool Snack | Haystacks
This month’s Book Club Play Date is focused on Big Red Barn, and I was charged with sharing a snack idea! When I was thinking about a farm theme preschool treat, I immediately thought of chocolate haystacks. They were a favorite of mine to “bake” as a kid, so I thought they’d be great toKeep Reading
Color Collage Art Project for Kids
Process art and open-ended crafts are such fun for kiddos, and I love that a lot of learning can be integrated into art projects. We recently made a color collage as part of our Book Club Play Dates series. In addition to being a fun piece of collaborative art, it worked on many early learningKeep Reading
Book-Inspired Rainbow Sensory Bin for Kids
Here at Fun-A-Day, I write a lot about sensory activities for preschoolers. Kiddos can learn and practice so much as they participate in sensory play, and they LOVE getting into a good sensory bin! Here’s a simple sensory activity based on Karma Wilson’s book Bear Sees Colors. colorful sensory activity for preschoolers to explore I may getKeep Reading
Quick as a Cricket Art Activity for Preschoolers
This Quick as a Cricket art activity combines a well-loved children’s book with colorful art. You’ll definitely want to add this to your process art ideas. While we enjoy crafts around here, process art is by far where most of the kids’ creativity is focused on. During the preschool year, my students explore it almostKeep Reading
Preschool Busy Bag Ideas for a Dinosaur Theme
Need some busy bag ideas for a preschool dinosaur theme or a dino-loving kiddo? I have a few to share with you, along with some free printables to get you started. These busy bag ideas would be perfect in conjunction with this month’s Book Club Play Dates‘ book Dinosaurumpus! Are you following Fun-A-Day’s DINOSAUR THEME Pinterest board? dinosaurKeep Reading
Make Way for Ducklings Preschool Number Game
Have you ever read Make Way for Ducklings with your kiddos? I have found memories of reading it when I was younger, and then reading it again (and again and again!) now that I have a kiddo of my own. So I was pretty excited this book was chosen for the third Book Club PlayKeep Reading