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Guest Post: A homemade light table for preschool

January 4, 2012

A wonderful version of the DIY light table by Cynthia Tanguay!

Pumpkin vines on the sticky table

October 17, 2011

Exploring pumpkin vines in preschool through a variety of activities…

Aluminum foil alphabet game in preschool

August 21, 2011

After doing a little foil texture painting, tearing, and gluing – we played a little foil alphabet ball game.

Exploring our flag for Fourth of July in preschool

July 2, 2011

In celebration of Fourth of July, we had a little discussion on taking care of our flags and then we did a little practice trying to fold them too… We talked about why the flag should not touch the ground. This brought up words like respect, symbol, and freedom… Then we all took turns learning [...]

This is a little frog game for preschoolers

May 9, 2011

Dawn is always so busy making wonderful games and activity boxes for the children at preschool and this is one of her latest games she put together…. She added lili-pads, frogs, and a dice… The children will make up their own rules of how to play the game… The dice is included to promote a [...]

The color game in preschool

April 3, 2011

This is a little game we made for our preschoolers to have fun working on color recognition… First we made a little cube and put a different color on each side – red, yellow, blue, green, orange, and purple. Then we cut out 6 large circles from construction paper and laminated them… The object of [...]

Colorful and educational rice bottles for preschoolers

March 21, 2011

I have been playing around with rice bottles to see what I can do to make them both fun and educational. I love all the different versions of rice bottle, also called “I Spy” bottles, I have seen on other blogs and since I whipped up all that colorful rice a few weeks ago, I [...]

Preschool game: All wrapped up like a mummy

October 30, 2010

For this Halloween game, we used toilet paper to wrap up like a mummy. Some of the children tried to wrap up their own legs and arms which proved to be quite challenging. Many of the two year olds took a minute to warm up to the idea of getting wrapped up at all! But [...]

Preschool game: Don’t get caught in the spider web!

October 30, 2010

Another game that was played during our Halloween party was the spider web game. To make this game, the teacher starts by having the children pass a ball of yarn around the circle. Then the children hold on to the yarn and pass it across the circle – going back and forth until we have [...]

Fun with skeleton bones in preschool

October 30, 2010

Today the children had their Halloween party and there were all kinds of activities the children participated in. These children worked together to build a skeleton. They started with the head and worked their way down the body adding arms and hands and legs. The discovered that each arm and leg and two bones. I [...]

Making game mats for preschool

October 13, 2010

Many preschool teachers and stay at home moms spend hours on making games and activities for preschoolers. When I make a game mat, I like to make it colorful, simple, self explanatory, and as open-ended as possible.. I like to laminate most of my game mats so they can be used over and over again. Sometimes, [...]

Going on an I spy walk in preschool

September 23, 2010

Our preschoolers loved this little I spy game! This activity was inspired by Nanette Sposito of Little Wonders Preschool. Nanette presented photos of an entire I-Spy theme of activities on Facebook that her class did over the summer and I just loved it. I created a little picture-checklist for the children to use as clues [...]

Helping young children solve puzzles in preschool

August 28, 2010

I can’t remember who taught me this little technique for teaching preschoolers how to manage a puzzle but it is a technique I have used for many years with much success. When a very young child takes a puzzle and dumps all the pieces out, chances are he or she will have a little trouble [...]

A simple bean bag game your preschoolers will love!

August 24, 2010

I happened by this classroom as the children were playing this simple little bean bag toss game. As each child walked up to the line, he or she would choose a bean bag out of the basket, then the teacher would ask the child to announce the color of the bag or name the letter [...]

Thumbs up game in kindergarten

August 20, 2010

I had forgotten about this familiar “thumbs-up” game until I walked in this classroom the other day and saw it in action! To play this game, start by choosing two or three students to come to the front of the room. (They can leave the shoes on by the way:) The remaining children sit at [...]

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