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You Need to Try These Amazing Robot Activities Today

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Super fun robot activities to try with the kids today. They’d be great for a preschool robot theme, summer camp, or just because. It’s always fun for me to find out my students (or my son) are interested in a theme I’ve never taught before. This was the case the first time I realized myKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Robots

Robot Sensory Writing Tray with Free Printable Number Cards

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Robot Sensory Writing Tray - work on number recognition, one-to-one correspondence, and fine motor skills - 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

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Free Printable, one-to-one correspondence, Robots

Discovery Bottle Robot

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It’s always interesting to me to find out what each class of kiddos is into. While there are certain preschool themes most kids enjoy, the topics still vary year to year. As often as possible, I integrate the kids’ interests in my preschool plans. With this year’s class, I’m already planning a variety of robotKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: #TeachECE, Alphabet, Robots

Sparkly Robot Craft for Kids

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My preschool kiddos really enjoyed a robot theme towards the end of the school year.  One of their favorite activities was super duper easy to set up!  It was inspired by No Time for Flashcards’ magnetic create-your-own robot craft. I must admit it, I love seeing the kiddos take something simple and just run withKeep Reading

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Glitter, Robots

Magnetic Robot Art with Tin Cans

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When we were learning about robots, the preschool kiddos had fun with magnetic robot art.  It’s a robot craft that’s been done time and again, but the children loved it! Are you following Fun-A-Day’s Mr. Roboto Pinterest board? magnetic robot art made with craft supplies Materials We UsedI may get commissions for purchases made throughKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: Robots

Easy Fine Motor Activity with Nuts & Bolts

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With a recent robot theme, I wanted to come up with something simple for our math/fine motor center.  I have a random collection of nuts and bolts because 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 simple pieces ofKeep Reading

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

10 Robot Books for Kids to Enjoy

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When my preschool class was learning about robots, I set about finding books to read with them.  Below are 10 of the robot books for kids that I found.  Some I loved because of their beautiful illustrations, while others had fun story lines.  It’s a great beginning list for any early childhood robot theme! RobotKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: Books, Robots

Easy Robot Craft Made from Recycled Materials

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My preschoolers and I recently delved into a robot theme!  In addition to lots of books and science explorations, we made this simple robot craft.  Our robot vests let the children create their own dress up clothes using recycled materials! Robot vests are an easy and fun robot craft to make! MaterialsI may get commissionsKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: Pretend Play, Recycled, Robots

Preschool Art Projects – Painting with Gears

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Trying out new preschool art projects is something my students always seem to enjoy!  Recently, I wanted to try something different.  Ideally, it would encourage the children to think outside the box when it came to art tools.  That line of thinking reminded me of My Nearest and Dearest’s amazing painting machine.  Since the toyKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: Process Art, Robots

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