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June Number Tracing Calendar

5/31/2016

June will soon be here and for many of you that means the end of another school year. I plan on doing lots of outdoor activities and centers while the weather is warm. Here is Junes's number tracing calendar and other June items.

I also made ladybug themed days of the week and months of the year strips that can be used in pocket charts or in your calendar centers. We also do sequencing and matching with them. Just print ... cut ... and laminate.

number tracing calendar

calendar numbers and other items

days and months

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Butterfly Fine Motor Sheets

5/27/2016

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butterflyfine motor skills for preschool and kindergarten

I made a set of four butterfly themed learning sheets to work on both scissor and pre-writing skills. The patterns come in both black and white as well color so you have a choice of what to print.

butterfly fine motor sheets for preschool and kindergarten

I print the scissor skill sheets on regular paper for the children to cut and print the fine motor sheets on cardstock paper. I then laminate the cardstock sheets and set them out with washable markers. You can grab the patterns for free below.

butterfly fine motor sheets

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Butterfly Color Clip Cards

5/24/2016

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butterfly color clip cards for preschool and kindergarten

butterfly roll and cover also added to the member's section

The free membership printable this week is butterfly color clip cards. This is a great activity for color recognition as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out ... and then laminated them.

I set the butterfly cards out along with some clothespins. There are twelve color cards so you want to make sure you have at least twelve clothespins for the children to use.

In this activity the children pick a butterfly card and clip a clothespin on the matching color. Play continues until all the butterfly cards have been clipped. You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday May 29th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added three butterfly roll and cover mats.

butterfly roll and cover for preschool and kindergarten

butterfly roll and cover added to the member's section

You can see a video of the butterfly color clip cards below:

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Early Learning Videos

5/21/2016

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Did you know I have over 745 videos for early learning on my youtube channel? If you are looking for a specific theme you can enter the theme on the search bar on my channel and that will bring up all of the videos for that theme. There are also art projects ... paint recipes ... printables ... playdough activities and so much more. If you do visit my youtube channel please consider subscribing so you can be notified when new videos are released.

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Flower Pot Alphabet Match

5/18/2016

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flower pot alphabet match for preschool and kindergarten

flower pot number match also added to the member's section

The free membership printable this week is a flower pot alphabet match. This is a great activity for letter recognition and review as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out ... and then laminated them.

I separated the flower pot from the flowers and cut a slit in the top of each pot for the flower stems to slide through.

I used an exacto knife to make a cut that was slightly larger than the flower stem. I placed the flower stem close to the top of the pot to use as a guide as to how long the cut should be. I used cardboard under the flower pot to protect my work surface.

flower pot alphabet match for preschool and kindergaren

In this activity the children match pots and flower with the same letters. Children can slide the stems through the pots or simply place the pots on top of the flower stems. Play continues until all the flowers and pots have been matched. You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday May 22nd ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where the flower pot number match is located.

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Paper Plate Sunflower

5/16/2016

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Paper Plate Sunfower Art Project For Preschool and Kindergarten

We are starting our flower theme this week and I wanted to add a new project to our curriculum. I came up with a paper plate sunflower which I think turned out really cute.

paper plate sunflower for preschool and kindergarten

We used nine inch paper plates but you could also use the smaller ones. We painted the paper plate yellow using do-a-dot markers and blotted off the extra paint with a paper towel.

After the paint had dried we put glue around the edge of the plate. We pressed on flower petals that we had cut out of yellow tissue paper. We went back and applied more glue and flower petals in the gaps to give it a layered look.

The last step was to apply glue drops to the center of the paper plate and press sunflower seeds on. I encouraged the children to put as many seeds on as possible.

Once the glue dried we hung them up around the room and they look awesome!! I love this project because it really gives the children a chance to work on fine motor development. You can see a video of this project below: