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Colorful Ribbon Weaving Art for Kids

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The ribbon weaving art for kids is so much fun to do with the preschoolers and kindergarten kids! Be sure to add it to your list of art projects for kids when you’re done here. In addition to all the fun and bright colors, there’s a lot of learning packed into this ribbon weaving artKeep Reading

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Book-Inspired Rainbow Sensory Bin for Kids

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The rainbow sensory bin covers two of my absolute favorite things: books for kids and preschool sensory activities! What a great addition to your spring activities for preschoolers and kindergarten kids. You only need a few supplies to create your own version of this rainbow-themed sensory bin. And it’s so easy to swap items outKeep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: Book Club Play Dates, Fine Motor, rainbows

Snowball Names Fine Motor Literacy Activity

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Add the snowball names literacy activity to your collection of winter activities for preschoolers! Be sure to check out Sugar Aunts’ fine motor snowmen. It looks like a ton of fun for the kiddos! Plus, it had glitter. While I love our snowball names, there was no glitter involved. Yet. 🙂 Related: Preschool Winter Crafts snowball namesKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: Fine Motor, Names, snow, Winter

Candy Heart Breaking Fine Motor Activity

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This fine motor activity is a great addition to your list of valentine activities for preschoolers! Welcome to the “Little Heartbreakers” blog hop, led by Devany of Still Playing School and Laura of LalyMom. My preschoolers and I had a lot of fun with a heart-themed fine motor activity. I know Valentine’s Day isn’t until next month,Keep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Fine Motor, Valentine's Day

Super Simple Apple Fine Motor Color Matching Game

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Coloring matching game and fine motor apple activity in preschool

A preschool apple theme is perfect for fall time! The kiddos really enjoyed this apple color matching game that we played using some of our colorful wooden spools. Full disclosure – it’s not so much a “game” . . . but kids love calling all kinds of activities games, so I rolled with it! 🙂Keep Reading

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Apples, Fall, Fine Motor

Dyeing Wooden Spools for Fine Motor Skills Activities

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These colorful wooden spools are such a great tool for fine motor skills activities! Check out how we made them below, along with some ideas for preschool fine motor skills to use them with. Related: Dyed Wood DIY Toys for Kids Over the summer, I came upon bagfuls of small wooden spools at a localKeep Reading

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Fine Motor

Pumpkin Patch Small World Play

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Pumpkin patch small world play

Looking for more preschool pumpkin activities? If so, this pumpkin patch small world is a must-try. Add it to your fall lesson plans, or give it a try before a trip to the farm. The pumpkin small world play emulates a pumpkin patch, right in your classroom! It’s super simple to set up and ohKeep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: Fall, Fine Motor, Pumpkins

Easy Fine Motor Activity with Nuts & Bolts

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Check out this simple fine motor activity using nuts and bolts! It’s perfect for your list of robot activities.  I have a random collection of nuts and bolts for 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 simpleKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Fine Motor, Robots

Preschool Name Activity for a Fairy Tale Theme

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There are so many options for name activities for preschoolers.  And this particular preschool name activity is so much fun! 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 preschool themes.  Our recent fairy tale unit was no different!Keep Reading

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

Fine Motor Development with a Spring Threading Activity

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Children will work on their fine motor development in this threading activity, one of my favorite spring activities for preschoolers! In this spring threading activity, children will use a mixture of familiar and novel items to create a work of art! Welcome back to the last of our Spring Play Days!  I’ve had fun sharingKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Fine Motor, Spring

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