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Shape Puzzles

4/24/2017

The free membership printable this week is shape puzzles for shape identification. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them and then cut along the dashed lines.

shape puzzles for preschool and kinderarten

I mixed the puzzle pieces up and set them out in basket. There are three different colors for each shape making a total of 24 puzzles. You can choose to have the children do one set or all three.

In this activity the children find the two halves of the shape puzzle and put them together. Play continues until all shapes have been formed.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday April 30th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added a shape alphabet that can be used for sequence and matching activities.

shape puzzles

shape alphabet for preschool and kindergarten

shape alphabet added to the member's section

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Learning Friends Color Match

4/18/2017

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learning friends color match for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is learning friends color match which is great for color recognition as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

I made both color circle and color words matching cards so you could have a choice of which to use. I set them out in a basket so the children could self-select them.

In this activity the children pick a color card and and put either the matching color circle or color word on the card. Play continues until all colors have been matched.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday April 23rd ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added birdhouse letter tracing.

learning friends color match

learning friends sight words for preschool and kindergarten

learning friends sight words added to the member's section

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Pre-Writing Cards

4/13/2017

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I designed a set of pre-writing cards as a thank you for my newsletter subscribers. If you haven't already signed up you can do so here so you can get them too!! When you sign up you will receive a welcome email that contains the download link for the pre-writing cards and my previous newsletter exclusives.

I know many of you use yahoo or gmail for your email so be sure to check your spam or junk folder for the welcome email if you do not see it in your regular inbox.

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Birdhouse Ten Frames

4/11/2017

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birdhouse ten frames mat for preschool and kindergarten

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

birdhouse ten frames math for preschool and kindergarten

I put the birdhouse cards in a basket along with math link cubes. 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.

birdhouse ten frame math for preschool and kindergaten

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 April 16th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added birdhouse letter tracing.

birdhouse ten frames

birdhouse letter tracing for preschool and kindergarten

birdhouse letter tracing added to the member's section

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Fine Motor Tiny Dots

4/4/2017

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fine motor tiny dots download for preschool and kindergarten

I am so excited to announce my fine motor tiny dots download is now available in the download store!! There are 84 tiny dot sheets designed to work on fine motor development. Each dot sheet comes in three color levels as well as with or without tracing words. There are also at least two sheets for each letter of the alphabet.

Children can paint the dots with q-tips that have been dipped in small amounts of paint. They can also glue sequins on the dots or color them with markers.

To learn more please visit the fine motor tiny dots information page.

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Playdough Jeweled Eggs

3/31/2017

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playdough jeweled eggs for preschool and kindergarten

I am always looking for extra ways to incorporate fine motor development into our activities and since Easter will be here soon we decorated playdough eggs. Because this activity uses small items remember to use close supervision with children under the age of three and those still in the stages of putting small items in their mouths.

The children rolled out the playdough and then cut egg shapes with a cookie cutter. I set out bowls of jewels that I had purchased from the craft store and the children were free to decorate the eggs any way they wished.

playdough jewled eggs for preschool and kindergarten

The children pressed the jewels into the playdough and tried to put as many on each egg that they could. While they could put any jewels on any way wanted I gave them a challenge of seeing if they could put different jewels on the eggs so that each egg did not have two of the same jewels on it which turned it into a sorting activity as well.

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