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Collaborative Pine Tree Art Project for Kids

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Collage of preschool canvas art with text that reads pine tree art collaborative preschool art

Make some pine tree art with the kids as they learn more about evergreen trees. This is perfect as part of your winter activities for preschoolers, but it can also be done any time of the year. Related: Christmas Tree Activities Our classroom science center has pine branches, pine needles, and pine cones in itKeep Reading

Filed Under: Art and Crafts Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Flowers & Plants

Counting Flowers Book Free Printable for Preschool

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images of flower emergent reader with text that reads counting flowers free printable book

This counting flowers book explores a variety of early literacy concepts while helping kids learn to count. Printable books are a wonderful way to teach children so many different early learning concepts. Related: Preschool Flower Theme Lesson Plan Pack As I mentioned above, printable books can be used to teach SO MANY skills – fromKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy, Math Tagged With: Book Making, Flowers & Plants, Free Printable, Spring

Carrot Garden Sensory Bin for Easter or Farm Theme Play

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bin filled with dyed green rice, toy carrots, green pompoms, orange and green plastic eggs with text that reads carrot garden sensory bin

Set up a carrot garden sensory bin for your children to get their hands into! Include it with your other Easter activities for toddlers and preschoolers or have it out just for fun. You can also grab free printable carrot and rabbit shape cards to go along with this sensory bin. See the bottom ofKeep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: Easter, Farm, Flowers & Plants

Simple and Engaging Plant the Flowers Spring Math Game for Kids

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Dice games always seem to be a hit with kiddos, no matter their age. Add in some play dough and flowers, and this spring math game for kids is sure to a crowd pleaser. Originally a contributor post for B-Inspired Mama A colorful math game for kids to welcome spring Materials Terra cotta pots PlayKeep Reading

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Counting, Flowers & Plants, Spring

10+ Must-Try Ideas for a Preschool Garden Theme

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Spring and summer is a perfect time to teach a preschool garden theme. Even with school out, these activities and ideas are fun for summer camps or at home. The hard part is deciding which one to try first, in my opinion. Get a full week’s worth of garden lesson plans here Activities for aKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Flowers & Plants, Share It Saturday

How to Create Absolutely Beautiful Flowers with Coffee Filter Art

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Explore science and art concepts with coffee filter flowers - an awesome coffee filter art project for kids

Below you’ll find directions for making beautiful coffee filter art flowers with kids. I even have free printable templates for you to grab at the end of the post. I love art. Science with kids is something else I adore. And I love teaching children, whether they’re kindergartners, preschoolers, or my own son. How aboutKeep Reading

Filed Under: Art and Crafts, Early Learning Tagged With: Flowers & Plants, Process Art, Spring

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

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Fairy Tales, Flowers & Plants

Kid-Made Cupcake Liner Flowers

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My preschoolers love to create arts and crafts! Here’s some fun we recently had making cupcake liner flowers. We have a variety of materials in our classroom art center, and they are free to create for a large portion of our day. In addition to those materials, I like to put out little invitations toKeep Reading

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Flowers & Plants

10 Evergreen Tree Activities for Preschoolers

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close up of four activities with evergreen trees and the text 'preschool evergreen theme'

These evergreen tree activities for preschoolers will keep the kids engaged and interested during a preschool evergreen theme. Add them to your collection of winter activities for preschoolers. Hands-on learning is a must for preschoolers (and kiddos of all ages, for that matter)! So when my students and I were talking about evergreen trees, IKeep Reading

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: Flowers & Plants, Winter

So Many Fall Tree Art Projects to Try with Your Preschoolers

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Here are some wonderful fall tree art projects to try with the preschoolers today! There is just something about fall that captures a child’s sense of wonder. Of course, I’ve always worked with preschoolers and kindergartners . . . and their sense of wonder is pretty wide open all year round. The leaves changing colorsKeep Reading

Filed Under: Art and Crafts Tagged With: Fall, Flowers & Plants, Share It Saturday

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clear and red water beads in a bin with red acrylic hearts with text that reads valentine sensory bin
Completed lego sensory bottle with text that reads sensory bottle with lego bricks.
Collage of preschool art ideas with text that reads spring process art
collage of preschool rainbow ideas with text that reads rainbow activities
Instant snow, snowflake confetti, and arctic animals in a sensory bin. Text that reads arctic animal sensory bin.
collage of arctic activities with text that reads arctic animals preschool printables
Several ideas for winter math activities and text that reads winter math activities for preschoolers.
collage of 10 art activities with text that reads winter process art
collage of winter sensory bottles with text that reads winter sensory bottles.
Collage of images which include the process of making ocean slime, the final product, and ocean slime with ocean creature toys on top. Text that reads ocean slime recipe.

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