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”
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Letter Q Activities for Preschool: 9 Play-Based Ideas
Letter Q is one of those weeks that makes you stare at the alphabet and wonder what in the world you’re going to set out. Once we got started, though, the children gave these simple invitations far more life than I expected. Sensory Bin Quail letter-matching sensory bin The quail egg letter cards became oneContinue reading “Letter Q Activities for Preschool: 9 Play-Based Ideas”
Letter P Activities for Preschool: 10 Play-Based Ideas
Sensory Bin Letter P week took us from a penguin habitat in the sensory bin to a child-led conversation about pollution. These letter P activities for preschool came directly from our classroom and gave the children room to investigate, build, pretend, and return to their ideas throughout the week. Planning another alphabet theme? Visit TheContinue reading “Letter P Activities for Preschool: 10 Play-Based Ideas”
Letter O Activities for Preschool: 7 Hands-On Ideas
The orange-scented sensory bin was the first thing the children noticed during Letter O week. A little orange essential oil turned a simple setup into an invitation they could see, smell, scoop, and revisit—and that same hands-on curiosity carried through the rest of these Letter O activities. Planning another alphabet theme? Visit The Ultimate GuideContinue reading “Letter O Activities for Preschool: 7 Hands-On Ideas”
Letter N Activities for Preschool: 9 Hands-On Ideas
The noodle sensory bin was one of those last-minute classroom ideas that worked better than anything I could have planned. The children squeezed, mixed, ripped, and “cooked” the noodles—and that same curiosity carried through the rest of our Letter N activities. 1. Owl-and-Moon Letter Match Sensory Bin I added an owl-and-moon alphabet set to theContinue reading “Letter N Activities for Preschool: 9 Hands-On Ideas”
Letter M Activities for Preschool: 9 Play-Based Ideas
The best part of Letter M week was how little directing these activities needed. Once the materials were out, the children found their own ways into the play—and several setups lasted far longer than I expected. Sensory Bin Mouse and cheese alphabet bin For our outdoor sensory table, I used gray rice with mouse-and-cheese alphabetContinue reading “Letter M Activities for Preschool: 9 Play-Based Ideas”
Letter L Activities for Preschool: 6 Hands-On Ideas
I started making a laminated leaf keepsake with my class in 2019, and I still have one of those first leaves tucked safely inside its page. That small tradition became the starting point for a Letter L week built around real classroom materials: laundry, lunch, leaves, and plenty of hands-on play. 1. Lion Letter-Match SensoryContinue reading “Letter L Activities for Preschool: 6 Hands-On Ideas”
Letter K Activities for Preschool: 7 Hands-On Ideas
The keepsake jars looked like the most elaborate Letter K activity of the week, but the children made them with a few simple materials. That mix of a beautiful setup and genuinely hands-on work carried through the rest of our Letter K activities. 1. Letter K Sensory Bin Rice and alphabet cards are one ofContinue reading “Letter K Activities for Preschool: 7 Hands-On Ideas”
Letter J Activities for Preschool: 9 Play-Based Ideas
My class kept coming back to the jellyfish alphabet match during Letter J week, but the dramatic-play setups were just as popular. These letter J activities for preschool came straight from our classroom, so you can choose the ideas that fit your children and the materials you already have. 9 Letter J Activities at aContinue reading “Letter J Activities for Preschool: 9 Play-Based Ideas”
Letter I Activities for Preschool: 5 Hands-On Ideas
We only had two days before Thanksgiving break, and I’d just dyed a batch of blue rice for our island sensory bin. I wanted to save the rice for another week, so I used rocks for the islands instead of my usual piles of oats. Here’s what else we did for Letter I, from matchingContinue reading “Letter I Activities for Preschool: 5 Hands-On Ideas”
