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20+ Castle Activities for Preschoolers

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Castle activities for preschoolers are sure to inspire and engage your little engineers, both in and out of the preschool block center. There’s just something about castles that draw children in, right? Maybe it’s how they’re often referenced in fairy tales, or maybe it’s because castles are built quite different than the homes they know.Keep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Building, Fairy Tales

Jack and the Beanstalk Activity | Pop-Up Tree

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Please welcome Curt, a former science teacher who’s sharing a pop-up tree activity today. I think it would be a perfect Jack and the Beanstalk activity for the kids. What do you think? what a fun Jack and the Beanstalk activity for kids! Meet the Author Curt Nelson is a former science teacher and schoolKeep Reading

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Frozen Activities Kids Will Love

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Maybe your kiddos are over “Frozen fever”. Maybe, like many of my preschoolers, they aren’t even close to being over it! I thought it would be fun to put together a theme centered around Frozen activities for kids. This theme would be great to cool down with during the summer, or any time of theKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Fairy Tales

DIY “Frozen” Building Activities for Preschoolers

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We recently turned our building center into a Frozen-inspired wonderland. Okay, that might be overstating it a bit, but we did make into a place for the students to build “ice castles”. These Frozen-inspired building activities for preschoolers were a huge hit in my classroom! Even better, the kiddos were instrumental in planning everything. Are you following Fun-A-Day’sKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Building, Fairy Tales

Frozen Fairy Tale Science for Preschoolers

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It’s no surprise that we love simple science for preschoolers and school-aged kiddos around here!  Chemical reactions that fizz and foam are among our favorites.  At a recent preschool summer camp, I put together a Frozen-inspired science experiment for the children. It was a hit with the preschoolers, the school-aged assistants, and the teachers! Related:Keep Reading

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: Fairy Tales, Glitter, Summer

Recycled Art Projects for Kids – Cardboard Castles

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The All Things Kids mamas are sharing ways to craft and play with recycled materials today!  Be sure to check out Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails, House of Burke, Sugar Aunts, Crayon Box Chronicles, and Mamas Like Me for more recycled inspiration. In preschool, we delved into some recycled art projects for kidsKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: Earth Day, Fairy Tales, Pretend Play, Recycled

Preschool Science Fun with Ice Castles

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Most of my students adore the movie “Frozen”!  In fact, I’ve had “Let It Go” stuck in my head for more than 3 weeks because they love to sing it.  So when we had a fairy tale theme last month, I just knew I wanted to create ice castles for the kiddos.  It was anKeep Reading

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: Fairy Tales, Glitter

Preschool Name Activity for a Fairy Tale Theme

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I do a lot of teaching with names in preschool!  Since names are meaningful to children, they’re more invested in learning about them. For this reason, I enjoy incorporating a preschool name activity into many of my themes.  Our recent fairy tale unit was no different!  Check out how the students created royal, blinged-out names! “royal” preschoolKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: Fairy Tales, Fine Motor, Names

Preschool Fairy Tale Fun with Sparkly Queen Princess Slime

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I feel I should preface this by saying the slime is for princes and kings, too.  Any royalty would enjoy this preschool fairy tale sensory experience! However, the girls in my class dubbed it “sparkly queen princess slime” one day . . . and that name stuck!  This activity started out rather simply, then theKeep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: Fairy Tales, slime

A Fairy Tale Activity with Dragon Imaginative Play

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I love science fiction and fantasy — especially if it involves dragons.  Sharing my love for dragons was one of the reasons I was excited to plan for a recent fairy tale theme!  🙂  I started with a simple fairy tale activity involving a dragon small world.  I’m not sure I can call it “small”,Keep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning, Sensory Tagged With: Fairy Tales, Pretend Play

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