Preschoolers love learning about insects, and butterflies are often a favorite with my students. So I was inspired to share a classic butterfly life cycle craft with a little twist. Be sure to grab your free printable butterfly life cycle cards at the bottom of this post, too. Find all of our butterfly activities inKeep Reading
Free Counting Flowers Printable Book Perfect for Spring
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
Robot Sensory Writing Tray with Free Printable Number Cards
There are some early childhood themes that seem to resonate with almost every kiddo I’ve taught. Robots is definitely one of those themes. With that in mind, it’s always fun to come up with different hands-on, playful learning ideas around a specific theme. That’s how this robot sensory writing tray, and its accompanying number cards, cameKeep Reading
“In Like a Lion” Printable Ten Frames for Preschool
I have to admit something. I absolutely adore little themed erasers. Along with a wide variety of other school and office supplies, but I digress. There’s a stash in my craft closet that I’ve had for ages, and it keeps growing. My son and I tend to pick them up here and there as weKeep Reading
Free Printable Snowman Game that Teaches Kids About Numbers
This free printable snowman game is a fun and engaging way for kids to learn about early math skills during a kindergarten or preschool snowman theme. Printable Snowman Game for Preschool Creating a preschool theme around snowmen is always fun in the winter. Couple that theme with the kids’ love of dice games, and youKeep Reading
One-to-One Correspondence Activity with KORXX Blocks
KORXX building blocks have been a big hit both at home and in my preschool classroom. They’re great for free building, of course, and they also have endless possibilities when it comes to learning through play. I put together a free printable one-to-one correspondence activity the kiddos can use with the cork building blocks. all about KORXXKeep Reading
You’ve Been Hugged – Valentine Act of Kindness
My son and I enjoy cooking and baking together, and we had a blast with last week’s football brownies. He was pretty excited to find out that the J.M Smucker Company asked me to “mix up a (another) moment” using Pillsbury™ brownies and frostings from Walmart! We put our heads together and come up with some treats forKeep Reading
Printable Valentine Games for Kids – 2 Ways to Play
Dice games of any and all kinds are always a hit with my students. I love that they’re simple to set up, fun for the kiddos, and pack in a lot of learning math through play! With that in mind, I put together two printable valentine games for kids to play with dice. Are youKeep Reading
The Mitten Printable Emergent Reader for Preschool and Kindergarten
Children practice a variety of early literacy skills with this free The Mitten printable book. Jan Brett is one of my favorite children’s authors. Of course, my students (and my son) like to point out that I have a ton of favorite authors. Jan Brett is definitely on my top 10 list though! Are youKeep Reading
Printable Train Number Matching Card Game
I like using number cards in preschool for so many math activities – from calendar time to sorting and patterning activities. They’re very versatile, and I like to change up the cards based on holidays or teaching themes. I put together some train number cards based on a favorite children’s book. They’re perfect for aKeep Reading
