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Owl Number Match

10/31/2016

owl alphabet match added to the member's section

The free membership printable this week is an owl number match which is great for number recognition and review. I printed the owl mat on cardstock paper and laminated it. I made two copies of the number squares and cut them out and laminated them.

I separated the numbers into two piles and set them out along with the owl mat. I also mixed up the numbers in each pile so that they were not in order.

I attached a self-adhesive magnet to the back of each number square to make the squares easier to pick up and sort through. The magnets add a little weight to the squares and make them harder to slide around once they are on the mat.

In this activity the children put a number card on the blank square on the left and then find the matching number card and put it on the blank square on the right. Play continues until all number squares have been matched.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday October 23rd ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added an owl alphabet match.

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Owl Cover-Up

10/27/2016

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owl cover-up fine motor activity for preschool and kindergarten

If you have followed my blog for a while you know that I love creating activities for fine motor development. I made an owl cover-up for the first week of November and it is actually part of my new upcoming fine motor cover-up download which will be released very soon!!

Just print out the owl mat on cardstock paper and laminate. There is a black and white version ... a part color version ... and a full color version to choose from. There are also two different cover-up levels.

In this activity children cover up the blank circles. We used buttons but you can use items such as:

playdough
pom poms
magnets
stickers
flat glass beads
do-a-dot markers
bingo daubers

You can also have the children roll a dice and cover up the same number of circles on the mat for a roll ... count ... and cover activity.

Always remember to use supervision when using small items with children under the age of three and those still in the stages of putting items in their mouth.

You can grab the owl cover-up here and if you get a chance let me know what items you would use with this activity by leaving a comment.

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November Number Tracing Calendar

10/24/2016

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november number tracing calendar for preschool and kindergarten

Gobble Gobble!! Here is November's number tracing calendar and other November items including daily reports and calendar numbers. I included both owl and turkey themes.

I also made owl and turkey 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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Paper Plate Spider

10/19/2016

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paper plate spider craft for toddlers and preschool

One of our favorite fall "spooky" crafts to make is a paper plate spider. It's easy to make and it give children lots of fine motor practice.

You will need to have:

paper plates (we used small chinet)
black crepe paper
black cardstock or construction paper
glue
wiggle eyes
sequins
scissors

We started by cutting the black crepe paper in to small pieces and the we glued them on to the paper plate.

The next step was to glue on the wiggle eyes and sequins. While the spider was drying we began making the spider legs.

We cut black construction paper in to small strips and folded them back and forth in accordion style. We then glued the legs on to the bottom of the paper plates (four on each side).

You can see a video of this project below:

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Spider Alpha Sequence Match

10/17/2016

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spider alphabet sequence match for preschool and kindergarten

spider number sequence match added to the member's section

The free membership printable this week is a spider alphabet sequence match which is great for letter recognition 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 spider cards and the letter circles and set them out in a basket. I also mixed up the letters so they were not in order. I made both upper and lower case letter so you can choose which you want to use.

spider alphabet sequence match for preschool and kindergatren

In this activity the children put the spider cards in alphabetical order and then put the matching letter circle on each spider. Play continues until all letters have been matched.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday October 23rd ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added a spider number sequence match.

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Giant Scarecrow Project

10/12/2016

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giant scarecrow craft project for preschool and kindergarten

This is one of our favorite fall craft projects to make!! We do it over a span of two to three days but you can adjust it to fit the needs of your early learners. We use large sheets of construction paper (usually sold right next to the regular sized construction paper) but if you do not want to make giant scarecrows you can scale the project down to make smaller ones.

You can either have the pieces already cut out for younger children to put together or have guide pieces set out for the children to use as a reference for cutting their scarecrow pieces.

You will need to have a head ... hat ... pants ... shirt body ... sleeves ... straw ... eyes and a nose. You will also need to have various colors of tissue paper that has been cut or torn into squares.

Once all of the pieces have been cut out it is time to put them all together. You can put them together any way you wish but I found that we had the most success starting with the head and working our way down.

The hat gets glued at the very top of the head and the shirt body on top of the bottom of the head. You want to make sure to leave enough room to make a face on the head.

The sleeves the next to get glued on and they should be glued behind the shirt body. The sleeves can be angled in any direction.

The pants are glued under the bottom of the shirt. We used three inch long strips of yellow paper glued to the bottom of the hat ... arms ... and legs to represent straw.

We glued the eyes and nose on the scarecrow head and also drew a mouth with a marker. The last step was to glue the tissue paper squares on the scarecrow.

You can see a video of this project below: