Here are October's number tracing calendars and other calendar items. You can download the patterns from the link below.
october number tracing calendar patterns
october number tracing calendar patterns
I am running a membership special from now until September 30th!! When you purchase a twelve month membership you will get another twelve months free ... when you purchase a six month membership you will get another six months free. If you already have a membership your membership will be extended.
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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.
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.
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: 
The free membership printable this week is fine motor flowers for fine motor skills development. The patterns can be printed on cardstock or regular paper depending on how you will be using them.
I have included black and white as well as color patterns for this activity along with a square border version for easier cutting.
If you are using pony beads with the flowers you can print the patterns on cardstock and laminate them. Remember to use close supervision with children three and under while using the pony beads.
We also glue sequins on the flowers. Children dip cotton swabs in glue and then put the glue on a circles and press a sequins on.
Children can also color in the dots with crayons ... markers ... or colored pencils. We also dip cotton swabs in paint and fill in the circles.
You can download the patterns below until May 23rd. After that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have flower letter tracing
fine motor flowers pattern 
flower letter tracing added to the member's section
fine motor flowers added to the member's section
I made a spring bird color sorting activity for color recognition and fine motor development. Print the patterns on cardstock paper and cut out and laminate. I have included color squares that you can print and laminate as well.
The color squares can be attached to the color board using velcro. There are twelve color cards with six places for the squares. You can cut off the bottom row of three if you only wanted to do a three square match.
If you did not want to use the matching color squares you could also use buttons ... or other objects that are the same colors as the cards. You can find the buttons that we use for different activities here.
This activity is currently located in the member's section which is also where I have added:
spring bird sliders 
spring bird letter and number sliders added to the member's section
spring bird letter and number sliders added to the member's section
I made spring tracing sheets which are great for fine motor development and pre-writing skills. You can print the patterns on regular or cardstock paper and use crayons ... markers ... colored pencils ... or q-tips dipped in paint to trace the lines.
The patterns come with both black dashed lines as well as gray and there are two different tracing levels for each pattern included. Children can color the the tracing sheets when they are done tracing for added fine motor practice.
This activity is currently located in the member's section which is also where I have added:
spring letter tracing sheets 
spring letter tracing added to the member's section
spring letter tracing added to the member's section
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