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Membership Special

7/14/2020

With so many of us still under modiefied 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 Friday July 21st.

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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Paper Plate Ladybug

7/6/2020

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Paper Plate Ladybug Craft For Preschool and Kindergarten

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.

ladybug paper plate craft for preschool and kindergarten

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.

paper plate ladybug for preschool and kindergarten

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:

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July Number Tracing Calendar

7/1/2020

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

Here are July's number tracing calendars along and other July items including daily reports and calendar numbers.

number tracing calendar

calendar numbers and other items

july days of the week months of the year for preschool and kindergarten

I also made ladybug themed days of the week and months the year strips that can be used for calendar headers ... pocket charts and matching.

days and months

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Ice Cream Fine Motor Dots

6/23/2020

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ice cream fine motor dots for preschool and kindergarten

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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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