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Butterfly Life Cycle Necklace Craft & Free Printable

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handmade life cycle of a butterfly craft with text that reads butterfly life cycle necklace

This butterfly life cycle necklace craft needs to be a part of your butterfly activities for preschoolers! It’s a fun, wearable twist on the dyed pasta butterfly life cycle craft. Your students can practice literacy, science, and fine motor skills with this simple craft. It’s great paired with non-fiction butterfly books and real images thatKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Butterflies, Free Printable, Insects

25+ Beginning Sounds Activities and Printables

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Collage of initial sound ideas with text that reads beginning sounds activities

These beginning sounds activities give young children the chance to practice important phonemic awareness and phonics skills. Be sure to add them to your master list of literacy activities for preschoolers! Recognizing how sounds are the same, and how they’re different, is referred to as sound discrimination. Hearing the first sound in words is oneKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, Share It Saturday

Transportation Math Activities for Preschoolers to Enjoy

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9 transportation ideas with text that reads transportation math activities for preschoolers

These transportation math activities for preschoolers get the kids engaged and excited about learning. You definitely need to add them to your own collection of math activities for preschoolers. There’s just something about cars, trucks, trains, and planes that capture young children’s attention. Some children love anything and everything that moves, while others seem toKeep Reading

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Free Printable, Transportation

20+ Castle Activities for Preschoolers

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castile ideas with text that reads castle activities for preschoolers

Castle activities for preschoolers are sure to inspire and engage your little engineers, both in and out of the preschool block center. There’s just something about castles that draw children in, right? Maybe it’s how they’re often referenced in fairy tales, or maybe it’s because castles are built quite different than the homes they know.Keep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Building, Fairy Tales

Valentine Sensory Activities to Engage the Kids

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ten different preschool activities in a pinnable image with the text valentine sensory activities

These valentine sensory activities are sure to keep your students engaged as they play and learn. They’re wonderful valentine activities for preschoolers, so be sure to save them for later! If you’re looking for more Valentine’s Day ideas, please check out my Valentine Pinterest board. Related: Heart Activities for Kids Valentine Sensory Activities We love sensoryKeep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, Share It Saturday, Valentine's Day

Snowman Snacks for Kids to Make this Winter

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four snowman-shaped snacks for preschoolers to make and the text snowman snacks

We love a preschool snowman theme during the winter months, and one of my favorite parts is enjoying snowman snacks! These adorable themed snacks are easy for the kids to assemble themselves and are always a big hit. Be sure to add them to your winter activities for preschoolers. Are you following Fun-A-Day’s Winter PinterestKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Cooking, snow, Snowmen, Winter

Apple Graphing Activity for Preschoolers

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Red apple prints and apple graph with text that reads apple graphing for preschoolers

You definitely need to add this apple graphing activity to your next preschool apple theme! Related: Weather Chart for Kids Fall is the perfect time to teach an apple unit. Apples are generally harvested in late summer through early fall, making the topic timely. Plus, the kids are usually familiar with the concept of apples.Keep Reading

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Apples, Fall

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: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Flowers & Plants

3D Contact Paper Christmas Tree Sensory Bin

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Collage of christmas sensory bin with text that reads contact paper christmas tree.

Combine a three-dimensional contact paper Christmas tree with a sensory bin for hours of fun! Be sure to add it to your Christmas activities for preschoolers this winter. As my son would tell you, I have a lot of favorite things about the holidays. He’s not wrong! Christmas lights are definitely in the top tenKeep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Christmas, corn

Scarecrow Art: Fall Process Art in Preschool

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Collage of scarecrow art project with text that reads scarecrow process art.

Make some mixed-up scarecrow art with the kids this fall! It’s a fun process art idea to add to your fall activities for preschoolers. Related: Farm Theme Preschool Snack We are lovers of process art around here, and this scarecrow art definitely fits the bill. Plus, it can be done collaboratively which helps build aKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Fall, Farm, Process Art

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