October is always a fun time to learn and play with preschool pumpkin activities! I recently set up an incredibly simple “pumpkin patch” for small world play in the classroom. The kiddos got into it even more than I thought they would! Related: Pumpkin Sorting Activity with Printable Sorting Cards Materials Acrylic pumpkins Small andKeep Reading
Easy Fine Motor Activity with Nuts & Bolts
With a recent robot theme, I wanted to come up with something simple for our math/fine motor center. I have a random collection of nuts and bolts because of activities and crafts like this Father’s Day frame. Engineer was playing with them one day, and he had a blast! His enthusiasm for those simple pieces ofKeep Reading
Preschool Name Activity for a Fairy Tale Theme
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
Fine Motor Development with a Spring Threading Activity
Welcome back to the last of our Spring Play Days! I’ve had fun sharing spring-themed activities with Fantastic Fun and Learning, Nothing if Not Intentional, Twodaloo, and Buggy and Buddy this week. Hopefully these ideas can tide us all over until spring finally arrives! Previous Spring Play Days included “stained glass” window art and aKeep Reading
Preschool Winter Math Fun with Counting Snowballs Invitation
This simple counting snowballs math is a perfect fit for your collection of winter activities for preschoolers. We do a lot of super simple learning activities in my classroom. Even if they’re very easy to set up, they are teaching the kiddos important skills. Once such activity revolved around preschool winter math, an activity IKeep Reading
Winter Fine Motor Play with Styrofoam “Snowballs”
The kids will love this winter fine motor play with snowball geoboards! Add it to your list of winter activities for preschoolers. Affiliate links included below. If you purchase anything from these links, I receive a small commission. Thanks for supporting Fun-A-Day! using styrofoam snowballs for winter fine motor play fun MaterialsStyrofoam ballsSmoothfoam ballsWooden golfKeep Reading
DIY Foam Geoboard Tree for Seasonal Fine Motor Fun
practice math & fine motor skills with DIY foam geoboard Related: Christmas Activities for Preschoolers At the end of November, my preschoolers had way too much fun with our fine motor Christmas trees! In fact, that “little” activity has been going strong for over two weeks now. That activity, along with our pumpkin geoboard fromKeep Reading
Fine Motor Christmas Trees – Holiday Fun for Little Hands
combine art and pre-writing skills with these fine motor Christmas trees Welcome to day 2 of Christmas Play Days! Play Trains, Nothing if Not Intentional, Fantastic Fun and Learning, My Nearest and Dearest, Buggy and Buddy, and Fun-A-Day! are sharing open-ended Christmas ideas for the kiddos. My first play day activity was Christmas Pretend PlayKeep Reading
10+ Creative Fine Motor Activities for the Kiddos
As always, I love checking out all of the great ideas linked up to Share It Saturday! Last week was no exception. I was especially intrigued by the creative fine motor activities that were shared. In terms of early education, fine motor skills focus on children using their fingers and hands in small, precise ways.Keep Reading
Fall Weaving in Preschool – Weaving with Feathers!
feathery fun with fall weaving in preschool Related: Preschool Thanksgiving Activities This week, we decided to try some fall weaving in preschool. The kiddos love playing with feathers . . . what child doesn’t? In honor of Thanksgiving, I wanted to use feathers differently than I have in the past. This led to weaving withKeep Reading