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Baby Animal Puzzles

4/20/2020

The free membership printable this week is baby animal puzzles for fine motor and visual discrimination skills. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and cut along the lines to make three pieces for each puzzle.

I laminated all pieces and then set them out on a table. You can mix all the pieces up to make building the puzzles more difficult or you can keep the same animal puzzle pieces together.

In this activity children find the puzzle pieces from the same animal and put them together. You can also put self-adhesive magnets on the back of the pieces and use a metal cookie sheet to put the puzzles on. There are thirteen different animals.

You can grab the patterns below for free until Sunday April 26th ... after that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added baby animal writing skills.

baby animal puzzles

baby animal writing skills for preschool and kindergarten

baby animal writing skills added to the member's section

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Fine Motor Punch Strips

4/17/2020

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fine motor punch strips for preschool and kindergarten

I made fine motor punch strips to work on fine motor development and eye-hand coordination skills. I printed the sheets on different colors of paper and I used a paper cutter (scissors work fine) to cut the strips.

punch strips for preschool and kindergarten

I made long strips and short strips (there are cutting guides on the patterns) and I've include two levels of punch placement indicators.

In this activity children chose a punch strip and punch along the holes where indicated. Mini clothes pins and large plastic paper clips can also be used. You can download the pattern below:

fine motor punch strips

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Spring Bird Shape Match

4/13/2020

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spring bird shape match for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is spring bird shape match for recognition and visual discrimination skills. Print the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them and laminate them.

I separated the nests and the birds and set them out. The children picked a birds and then found the matching nest with the same shape. Play continued until all birds and nest had been matched.

You can grab the patterns below for free until Sunday April 19th ... after that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added a spring bird color match.

spring bird shape match

spring bird color match for preschool and kindergarten

spring bird color match added to the member's section

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Egg Alphabet Puzzles

3/30/2020

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egg alphabet puzzles for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is egg alphabet puzzles for letter recognition and review. Print the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them and cut along the solid line to make two halves. Laminate all pieces. I added sequins to mine before laminating for an extra sparkle.

I set the pieces out and children found the two halves with the matching letters and put them together. I have included both uppercase and lowercase letters.

You can grab the patterns below for free until Sunday April 6th ... after that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added egg sight word puzzles.

egg alphabet puzzles

egg sight word puzzles added to the member's section

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Bunny Tic-Tac-Toe

3/27/2020

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bunny tic-tac-toe for preschool and kindergarten

I made a bunny tic-tac-toe game that is perfect for spring. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and laminated them for durability. Children play in pairs and try to get three in a row either diagonally ... vertically or horizontally. You can download the patterns below:

bunny tic-tac-toe

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April Number Tracing Calendar

3/25/2020

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april number tracing calendar for preschool and kindergarten

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

number tracing calendar

calendar numbers and other items

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

I also made bunny and bird 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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