Fun paper plate crafts!
Use paper plates, paint, markers, and google eyes to make these great crafts.
Glue cotton balls to make a fluffy sheep.
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Button Patterns
Use buttons to make various patterns.
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Below are 3 types of patterns. The first pattern is made with colors (dark green, light green, dark green, light green). The second one is a size pattern (small, big, small, big). The third line is a shape pattern (heart, circle, heart, circle).
Awesome Aprons for Mom and Dad
Looking for a gift for Mom and Dad this year?
Trace your little ones' hands onto felt and cut them out. Use felt letters to spell out a special saying. Glue the felt onto the apron using fabric glue. You can give the apron as a gift by itself or bundle it with a bottle of BBQ sauce and grilling utensils.
Trace your little ones' hands onto felt and cut them out. Use felt letters to spell out a special saying. Glue the felt onto the apron using fabric glue. You can give the apron as a gift by itself or bundle it with a bottle of BBQ sauce and grilling utensils.
Is it a "B" or a "D"?
Do your little guys and gals have a hard time distinguishing between lowercase b's and d's? Try this little trick...tell them, "If you can add a hump at the top to make it into an uppercase B, then it's a b. If not, it's a d."
Scarecrow Patterns
Free Scarecrow Pattern Cards to help your kiddos practice making various patterns.
Click here to get your free set.
3 Free Graphs
Use these "Favorite Graphs" in a group setting or individually. To use individually, give the graphs to your students and have them ask others to name their favorite items. This can be done within a classroom setting or at home by asking family members and friends. After their responses have been recorded, determine which category received the most and the fewest votes and how many voted for each category. Click here to get your 3 free graphs.
Free Scarecrow Lesson Plans
Free is good! For the first time ever, I am giving away one of my thematic units/bundle of lessons. Click here to get this free unit.
Celebrating the 100th day of school!
Although the first day of school hasn't started yet, here is an idea for down the road. When my Kindergarten class celebrated the 100th day of school, I asked everyone to dress like they were 100 years old. One of the girls wore rollers in her hair, one boy walked with a cane, another child wore glasses, etc. I wore a gray wig, a buttoned down floral night gown, and rolled down knee stockings. This gave a new meaning to "Old School." Most of the other teachers thought I was a visitor. We had a lot of fun!
Muffin Pan Math
Muffin pans make great sorting trays! Choose items you have around the house (buttons, colorful paper clips, hair accessories, candy, etc.) or around the classroom (pom pom balls, beads, googly eyes, etc.) and have your children sort them. Below I used my daughter's hair bows and barrettes. Sort objects by color, shapes, or sizes, the possibilities are endless.
Turn kitchen items into classroom items
Magnetic Mat
Your aluminum cookie sheet can be used for more than just baking cookies. Turn it into a learning mat by using magnetic letters and numbers on it.
Time Out Timer
When you have to send your little ones to time out, one question typically exits from their lips within moments. "When can I get up?" Make both of your lives easier by spending a couple of dollars on a kitchen timer. By setting the timer, your students will know when it is time to get up and will be less incline to ask you.
Your aluminum cookie sheet can be used for more than just baking cookies. Turn it into a learning mat by using magnetic letters and numbers on it.
Time Out Timer
When you have to send your little ones to time out, one question typically exits from their lips within moments. "When can I get up?" Make both of your lives easier by spending a couple of dollars on a kitchen timer. By setting the timer, your students will know when it is time to get up and will be less incline to ask you.
Handwriting Practice
Encourage your children to practice their handwriting by giving them some creative alternatives.
Write in flour
Write in shaving cream or use whip cream if your little ones still put their fingers in their mouths
Rice is also a great writing alternative.
Thematic Units
Whether you are teaching in a public or private school, in a preschool or daycare setting, or are homeschooling your Pre-K/Kindergarten children, I have developed lessons and activities that you can use every day for more than an entire school year. My "Teaching with Thematic Units" series is broken up into the following 4 units, "Teaching with Thematic Units (Beginning of the School Year)," "Teaching with Fall Thematic Units," "Teaching with Winter Thematic Units," and "Teaching with Spring Thematic Units." Together, the units total over 55 weeks of lessons!
Because I have taught Pre-K and Kindergarten in a variety of capacities (public school, private preschool, at-home preschool, and I am currently homeschooling my kiddos), I understand the importance of daily, hands-on, fun lessons that cover various subjects. My "Teaching with Thematic Units" provide step-by-step instructions for Math, Language Arts, Science/Social Studies, and Art activities at very affordable prices.
Because I have taught Pre-K and Kindergarten in a variety of capacities (public school, private preschool, at-home preschool, and I am currently homeschooling my kiddos), I understand the importance of daily, hands-on, fun lessons that cover various subjects. My "Teaching with Thematic Units" provide step-by-step instructions for Math, Language Arts, Science/Social Studies, and Art activities at very affordable prices.
Pet Activities
Children often like animals whether it's watching them from a distance or owning a pet of their own. Because of this, pet related lessons and activities are typically a big hit with kiddos.
Paper Plate Turtle
Cat Patterns
Repurposing a Shoe Rack
Need a shelf for those classroom supplies or want to add some creativity to your Dramatic Play Center? Below I have used an expandable shoe rack and baskets to hold items for my House Center.
It's Nursery Rhyme Time!
Have fun with these Nursery Rhyme activities!
Make a Paper Mache Humpty Dumpty by dipping newspaper strips into a flour/water mixture, then covering an inflated balloon. Attach arms, legs, and large google eyes to it after it has dried and hardened.
Count plums with Little Jack Horner by using an aluminum pie pan.
Use yarn and a paper plate to weave an Itsy Bitsy Spider web.
Cookie and Candy Activities
If your children/students are like mine, their eyes light up when presented with the occasional sweet treat. Why not use that excitement to teach a variety of subjects and concepts? "A Sweet Thematic Unit" uses cookies, candy, and ice cream to teach Math, Language Arts, and Science/Social Studies. Art activities are provided also. Before you panic with the thought of your kiddos being on a sugar rush all day, most of the activities are printables and do not involve consuming the sweet treats.
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Wrapped Candy
Colorful Skittles
Placing letter cookies in alphabetical order on a cookie sheet
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