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8/28/2020

membership special for preschool and kindergarten

I'm running membership special to mark the beginning of a new school year!! If you purchase a 12 month membership you will get another 12 months for free and if you purchase a 6 month special you will get another 6 months for free. If you already have a current membership the special will extend your membership.

You will get access to all of the material that has been placed in the member's section for the past sixteen years plus all of the new material that will be added for the next year. The special ends midnight Sunday September 13th.

Here are just few of the activities from the member's section:

(apple number sequence puzzles)

teddy bear and honey pot alphabet match and clip)

mitten match and clip for preschool and kindergarten

(fine motor alphabet cards)

(turkey math mat)

spring bird alpha match for preschool and kindergarten

(leaf visual discrimination puzzles)

(fall learning friends pick and cover)

popsicle number puzzles for preschool and kindergarten

(pumpkin number match sticks)

(alphabet punch strips)

You can learn more about becoming a member here.

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Apple Activities

8/27/2020

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Every year I always look forward to the beginning of the school year and teaching one of my favorite themes ... apples. I've linked up some of our past apple activities below:

apple print tree art project for preschool and kindergarten

Apple Print Trees

handprint seasons of an apple tree art project for preschool and kindergarten

Seasons Of An Apple Tree Handprints

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September Number Tracing Calendar

8/26/2020

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september number tracing calendar for preschool and kindergarten

Here are Spetember's number tracing calendars along and other September items including daily reports and calendar numbers.

number tracing calendar

calendar numbers and other items

apple days of the week and months of the year

I also made apple themed days of the week and months the year strips that can be used for calendar headers ... pocket charts and matching.

days and months

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All About Me Book

8/14/2020

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all about me book for preschool and kindergarten

During the first week of school we make "all about me" books and read them at circle time so the children can get to know each other a bit better. With the covid-19 pandemic I know some children will not be attending an in person classroom environment so feel free to share the completed books with other students through your home or virtual classroom.

The book includes the following pages:

cover page - child colors person to look like them

my name Is - write and decorate name

this Is my picture - glue picture of child

this Is my handprint - trace around and color or paint and press

my favorite colors - color in the three circles

I know these letters - cut and glue letters child can identify

I know these numbers - cut and glue numbers child can identify

I know these shapes -cut and glue shapes child can identify

I know these colors - cut and glue colors child can identify

this Is my family - draw and color a picture of family

my favorite foods - cut and glue images (magazine or internet search)

my favorite animals - cut and glue images (magazine or internet search)

You do not need to complete all of the pages of the book especially with younger children. I intentionally left out a page for the child's phone number as well as an address page to protect the child's identity in case the book gets lost. You can grab the book pattern below:

all about me book

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August Number Tracing Calendar

8/1/2020

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august number tracing calendar for preschool and kindergarten

Here are August's number tracing calendars along and other August items including daily reports and calendar numbers.

number tracing calendar

calendar numbers and other items

teddy bear days of the week and months of the year for preschool and kindergarten

I also made teddy bear themed days of the week and months the year strips that can be used for calendar headers ... pocket charts and matching.

days and months

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Paper Plate Ladybug

7/6/2020

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Paper Plate Ladybug Craft For Preschool and Kindergarten

We made paper plate ladybugs this week and they turned out super cute. We did this project over a two day period to make sure we had enough time for the paint to dry.

To make the lady you will need red paint ... glue ... scissors ... black construction paper ... wiggles eyes ... and paper plates. We used the thicker chinette brand for our paper plates.

ladybug paper plate craft for preschool and kindergarten

The first step is to paint the back of the paper plates red. You can do this by using a paint and paint brush or a paint dauber. After we painted the plates we let them dry for the rest of the day.

We cut head shapes out of black construction paper and glued them on to the bottom of the paper plates.

The next step was to glue wiggle eyes on the heads. If you do not have wiggle eyes a different color of construction paper such as yellow or blue cut into small circles will work fine.

paper plate ladybug for preschool and kindergarten

We cut circle shapes out of black construction paper and glue them on to the painted paper plate. You can put as many or as little spots on the ladybugs as you want.

We cut black construction paper into 3-4 inch lengths and folded them back and forth (accordion style) for the legs. We glued three on each side of the paper plate.

We hung our ladybugs up around the room. The children got lots of fine motor practice through the use of scissors and gluing pieces together.

You can see a video of this project below: