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Hands-On Joseph Bible Activity for Preschoolers: Exploring the Grain Dream
See how three different kinds of spaghetti helped a class of almost-three-year-olds explore Joseph’s grain dream, stay engaged for 35 minutes, and retell the Bible story in their own words.
How I Set Up a Pumpkin Patch Dramatic Play Center Using What I Already Had
See how I turned our existing preschool dramatic-play area into a pumpkin patch and café using mini pumpkins, reused containers, simple DIY props, and materials already in the classroom.
Just Let Them: Why Preschoolers Need the Freedom to Get Messy
When preschoolers paint their hands, throw loose leaves, or take an activity in a new direction, pause before stopping them. Safe, messy play has real value.
Dental Health Awareness Month Activities For Preschool & Kindergarten
Teeth Brushing Experiment This is one of mine and my kids FAVORITE themes to teach each year. We have so much fun talking about our teeth and how to keep them healthy. There are 2 main books I use as the basis of this week (Although there are several out there). Jungle Mouth is theContinue reading “Dental Health Awareness Month Activities For Preschool & Kindergarten”
Farm theme curriculum for play based preschool
STEM-Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Chicken Life Cycle 4 shapes of pasta Chicken life cycle sorting mats & cards 👉🏻here Baskets Chicken life cycle model Detailed assembly, directions, and other materials links are in the purchased download. I LOVE the way this turned out. I think I might be obsessed with pasta life cycles 😂 ThisContinue reading “Farm theme curriculum for play based preschool”
What starts with the letter Q? Preschool activity ideas for letter of the week
Sensory Bin Hello, and welcome to letter Q week! This was a challenging one no doubt. There are a few tricky letters in the alphabet and this is definitely one of them. I hope that this post can help you with some preschool activity ideas for your classroom. Let’s get started! Quail I thought FORContinue reading “What starts with the letter Q? Preschool activity ideas for letter of the week”
Preschool activities that begin with the letter P, Letter of the week lesson plan
Sensory Bin Hello and welcome to “P” week! If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I always start things off with the outdoor sensory bin. This keeps a sense of routine for the kids. Penguins & Krill (shrimp) Check it out here. Penguins While we’re on the topic of penguins, here isContinue reading “Preschool activities that begin with the letter P, Letter of the week lesson plan”
Letter of the week preschool lessons and activities that begin with the letter O
Sensory bin Of course we have to start off with our outdoor sensory bin. It is such a great tool for letter recognition. This week’s set is Octopus and ink! A modern spin on the Zoo-PhonicsTM characters. Check out the set here. Add your cards to a sensory and use the scavenger hunt page toContinue reading “Letter of the week preschool lessons and activities that begin with the letter O”
Things that start with letter N for preschool curriculum activities
Sensory bin It seems like just yesterday I was starting the alphabet. How did we get to letter N already?! As usual, let’s start things off with the outdoor sensory bin. Night Owl & Moon Use this hands-on interactive flash card set for learning capital and lowercase letters. Add your abc cards to a sensory bin for a group or independent activityContinue reading “Things that start with letter N for preschool curriculum activities”
