Education resources for parents and teachers
Today I'm sharing a variety of ways to make the letter S in preschool. (This post contains affiliate links.) I printed a giant letter S, and my preschooler filled it with square color tiles. (These are a great manipulative to own! We find a lot of uses for them.) Next, he made an S out of sea shells. As a child I lived by the beach, so we always had ... Read More
Letter S Crafts We had a few days off of school for the big kids (kindergarten and second grade), so for letter S I found a big variety of arts and crafts. Many of these are open-ended art projects that older children will enjoy as well. Circle Snail My Two sat on my lap and helped me use my circle cutter to punch holes in scrapbook paper. (No, I don't find time to scrapbook anymore!) I ... Read More
Looking for big and small activities for preschool? Today I'm sharing a fun collection! So much of the math we do with preschoolers is just part of everyday life. You can find plenty of printables to cut apart and have your child put in order by size, but you can also learn this skill without any computer ink. Check out this fun set of size activities for preschool! Big and ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a variety of ways to write letter R in preschool. We like to make the alphabet in creative ways before we tackle those handwriting sheets. I printed a giant letter R, and my preschooler filled it with raisins. Next, he made an R out of rocks that we bought at the craft store. My husband found some old rope in the garage. I cut it into pieces, and my Four used ... Read More
Today I'm sharing 9 letter R crafts and art projects for preschoolers. Have fun! Letter R Crafts Tool Scraps Robot Can we say coolest kid craft ever? My husband supplied us with some scraps from his tool bench. I helped my Four glue down the CD case and applied the hot glue for the rest of his robot. He added all the detail with a Sharpie. And the coolest part? The CD case opens and ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a rainbow sensory play idea perfect for toddlers - and bigger kids too! I've been sharing a sensory play idea for every letter of the alphabet. For letter R, we made rainbow-colored oats! Making six colors of oats was actually pretty simple, and of course my toddler (pictured) and preschooler wanted to be a part of it. We followed a tutorial using old-fashioned oats, water, ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a free letter R printable - part of our collection of dot pages. Free Letter S Printable (This post contains affiliate links.) Today I'm sharing a free letter R printable. This is great to use alongside the rest of our letter R activities. Over the next few weeks we'll be adding sensory play, math activities, crafts, and more! We like to do these with dot stickers, round magnets, ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a free interactive numbers book for kids ages 2-5. Have fun with it! (This post contains affiliate links.) Did you know I share math ideas for each letter of the alphabet? These don't need to correlate with learning about a particular letter, but they've sparked my creativity as I work to think of new math activities to post. Recently I shared unifix cube activities for ... Read More
Today I'm sharing six nursery rhymes and songs for letter R in a printable mini-book for toddlers and preschoolers. Nursery rhymes and songs for letter R Ring around the Rosie Ring around the rosie,A pocket full of posies.Ashes, ashes,We all fall down! It's Raining, It's Pouring It's raining, it's pouring,The old man is snoring.He went to bed and bumped his headAnd couldn't get up in the morning. Round and Round ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a variety of activities to help you get the most out of your unifix cubes. (This post contains affiliate links.) We have a small set of unifix cubes that we use for all sorts of math learning. Today I'm sharing some ways that kids ages 2-8 can learn with these colorful manipulatives! 1- Sort by color There are ten different colors in our set of unifix cubes, so my ... Read More
