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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

Free Counting Flowers Printable Book Perfect for Spring

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Free printable book perfect for spring - delve into early math and early literacy skills with this emergent reader

My preschoolers love making books, and I love helping them do so. In addition to being a fun process for my students, book-making is an amazing way to teach so many early literacy concepts. In honor of spring flowers, I put together this free printable book about counting colorful flowers. Perfect for combining literacy withKeep Reading

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

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 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 about you? If so, why not combine all three of these passions into one super fun scienceKeep 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

Preschool Winter Activities with Evergreen Trees

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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, I knew I wanted to bring the real things into our classroom. Below are some preschool winter activities the kiddos and I got into to learn more about evergreenKeep 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

The Sound of Seeds – A Homemade Matching Game

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I’m back with another post for 6 Days of Sensory Play!  On Tuesday, I shared a collection of scented activities. Today is about auditory sensory play, which focuses on hearing.  Back when we were talking about plants and flowers, my preschoolers and I investigated seeds.  They love the homemade musical shakers in our music box, whichKeep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: Flowers & Plants, Music & Movement

Insects and Plants in the Preschool Science Center

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My students have been learning about insects and plants recently.  As usual, they’ve jumped right into it with tons of questions and observations!  Our preschool science center has seen a lot of activity during this time . . . even more than usual. Grab done-for-you insect theme and flower theme lesson plans for preschool OurKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Childhood Classroom, Early Learning Tagged With: Butterflies, Centers, Flowers & Plants, Insects

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