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Ice Cream Fine Motor Dots

6/23/2020

I made an ice cream activity to work on fine motor development. The patterns can be printed on cardstock paper or regular paper depending on which pattern you choose and the the materials you use to fill in the dots.

You can use beads ... sequins ... paint ... glue ... markers etc. Q-tips can be used to dip in the paint or glue and then applied to the dots on the patterns. Remember to use close supervision when working with children under three and those still in the stages of putting small items in their mouths.

I've included both black and white patterns as well as color and also two different sizes. There are also options for scissors skills and word tracing.

You can download the ice cream fine motor dots patterns here.

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Membership Special

6/22/2020

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membership special for preschool and kindergarten

With so many of us still under lockdown and following social distancing rules I have decided to extend my membership special!! 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 Saturday May 30th.

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

(flower number sequence puzzles)

teddy bear and honey pot alphabet match and clip)

mitten match and clip for preschool and kindergarten

(fine motor alphabet cards)

(digger roll and cover)

spring bird alpha match for preschool and kindergarten

(bird and nest alphabet match)

(bumble bee roll count and cover)

(popsicle number puzzles)

(alphabet punch strips)

You can learn more about becoming a member here.

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Ice Cream Pick and Cover

6/15/2020

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ice cream number pick and cover for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is Ice Cream Number Pick and Cover for number recognition and fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

I made both 0-20 and 0-30 number mats along with number cards. In this activity the children pick a number card and then cover up the same number on the ice cream mat. Play continues until all numbers have been covered. You can use glass beads ... playdough ... pom poms ... buttons for the cover-ups. I have also included cover-up circles.

ice cream number pick and cover for preschool and kindergartgen

You can grab the patterns below for free until Sunday June 21st ... after that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added an ice cream alphabet pick and cover activity.

ice cream number pick and cover

ice cream alphabet pick and cover for preschool and kindergarten

ice cream alphabet pick and cover added to the member's section

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Butterfly Puzzles

6/8/2020

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butterfly puzzles for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is butterfly puzzles for visual discrimination. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and laminated them. I then cut along the dashed lines to make two halves.

butterfly puzzles for preschool or kindergarten

In this activity children select a puzzle piece and then find the other matching half and put them together for form a butterfly. I made for different sets of twelve puzzles for a total of forty eight.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday July 14th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added butterfly writing skills cards.

butterfly puzzles