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Fall Tic-Tac-Toe

9/30/2016

I made a few fall themed tic-tac-toe games using materials that I purchased from the craft store. They were very quick and easy to make and the children love them.

I used fall colored felt and cut the pieces into squares. I also used round 1 1/2 inch flat wood circles ... leaf stickers ... paint ... and ribbon.

I measured and cut four pieces of ribbon and hot glued those on to the felt square make the nine divided sections. For a couple of the tic-tac-toe games I attached the leaf stickers on to the wood circles and for other games I painted the wood circles.

I made twelve game pieces total for each game so each player would have six pieces. The games were inexpensive to make with the most cost going to the wood circles and stickers.

The glitter leaf stickers came in a big bag with various size leaves and I compared the size of the leaves to the size of the wood circles to make sure they would fit.

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Fall Pattern Match

9/27/2016

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fall pattern match for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is a fall pattern match which is great for visual discrimination as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

The set comes with twenty four different patterns and you will need to make two copies of each sheet. I did include some halloween themed patterns but the choice is yours as to which patterns you use in your early learning environment. I have also included blank circles in case you wanted to draw and color your own patterns.

In this activity the children find the circles with the same patterns and clip them together with clothespins. Play continues until all patterns have been matched.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday October 2nd ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added a fall shape sort.

fall shape sort for preschool and kindergarten

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October Number Tracing Calendar

9/26/2016

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october number tracing calendar and other october items for preschool and kindergarten

My favorite season of the year is finally here!! I am lucky enough to live in a state where the leaves change to such beautiful colors and where the temperatures are cool but not too cold yet. Here is October's number tracing calendar along with other October items.

pumpkin days of the week and months of the year for preshool and kindergarten

I also made pumpkin 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

pumpkin days and months

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Fall Tissue Paper Wreath

9/23/2016

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Fall Tissue Paper Wreath Preshool and Kindergarten Art Project

Once of our favorite super cute fall craft projects is a tissue paper wreath. These are super easy to make but really great for fine motor development. We cut the centers out of paper plates (those just starting to use scissors may need some help). The next step was to cut or tear fall colored tissue paper in to small squares or rectangle shapes.

Fall Tissue Paper Wreath Preschool and Kindergarten Art Project

Children can sort the tissue paper by color if they wish but we just put all of the tissue paper into bowls. The children applied glue to the paper plates and then scrunched up the tissue paper pieces and press them on to the glue.

You can see a video of this activity by clicking below:

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Fall Leaf Ten Frames

9/20/2016

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fall leaf ten frames for preschool and kindergarten math

The free membership printable this week is fall leaf ten frames which is great for number recognition and review as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

I put the leaf cards in a basket along with pom poms that had self-adhesive magnets attached to the bottom of them (they add weight and prevent the pom oms from moving around). We also like to use playdough balls with ten frames but you can use what you would like for the counters. I have included counter circles with the patterns that you can put on the frames.

In this activity the children pick a card and put the correct number of counters on the frames. You can choose to set all of the numbers out or just a few. For younger children I recommend starting with numbers 1-5 or 1-10. The set comes with numbers 1-20.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday September 25th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added a fall leaf basket match.

leaf basket match for preschool and kindergaten

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Early Learning Videos

9/15/2016

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early learning videos for preschool and kindergarten

Every once in a while I like to remind my readers that I have a ton of videos on my youtube channel. There is a search on the page if you are looking for specific topics or themes.

Some of the older videos that have patterns are still linked up to my old website design so if you find a pattern on my videos but the link doesn't work just shoot me an email and I will try to get it over to you as soon as possible.

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Here are a few videos for fall: