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October Number Tracing Calendar

9/26/2016

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:

giant scarecrow for preschool and kindergarten

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CCBB Number Cover-Ups

9/13/2016

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chicka chicka boom boom number cover-ups for preschool and kindergarten

ccbb letter cover-ups also added to the member's section

The free membership printable this week is chicka chicka boom boom number cover-ups 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 laminated them.

chilcka chicka boom boom number cover-ups for preschool and kindergarten

I set the number cards out along with the cover-up pieces in our math center. You can you use clothepins if you want to turn them into a match and clip activity which is also great for fine motor.

chicka chicka boom boom number cover-ups for presschool and kindergarten

In this activity the children pick a number card and cover-up the same number that is on the tree. Play continues until all cards have been covered (or clipped).

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday September 18th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added the chicka chicka boom boom letter cover-ups.

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Apple Activities

9/8/2016

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Every year I always look forward to the beginning of the school year and teaching one of my favorite themes ... apples. I've linked up some of our past apple activities below: