Education resources for parents and teachers
Our beautiful spring weather has taken a turn for the worse, so we're spending some time indoors. Today was the perfect time to round up some preschool math ideas using toy vehicles. 1 - Ordinal Numbers - Car Race First we turned a wooden puzzle upside down and rested it on a plastic storage bin. My boys had fun letting the cars go. Then my Four assigned each car to its ... Read More
My Two used dot stickers on this printable. You could also use round magnets or pom-poms with magnets hot-glued to the back. My Six made a V out of toy vehicles. V is for vegetables! I am forever telling my Four that the vacuum is not a toy, so he jumped at the chance to make a V out of vacuum parts. My Two loves using power magnets to complete these magnet pages from ... Read More
Today I'm sharing a free matching memory game for kids. Today I decided it was time to try a Memory game with my Two (almost three). Free Matching Memory Game First I gave him the stack of cards. He went through each picture and named it. He needed help with quite a few: helicopter, submarine, zeppelin, and bus (it was a red double-decker that he thought was a fire truck). ... Read More
We're working our way through the alphabet, and we include a sensory bin idea for each letter. This week we took advantage of the (finally!) beautiful spring weather and made a volcanic sensory bin outdoors. Do you know how to make your own volcano? It's a fairly common science activity -- but throw in some mud and it's extra fun. Here's what we used to create a volcanic ... Read More
8 Crafts for Letter V Mixed Media Volcanoes I am starting with my favorite craft, which I found at Cindy DeRosier: My Creative Life. I love it because not only does it reinforce the letter, but it is truly an art project which allowed the kids to bring their own creativity and style. First they painted the background with watercolors. The next day they added their volcanoes (I cut them for my Two and ... Read More
(This post contains affiliate links.) Here's another dot sticker page for your toddler or preschooler! Give your child a page of dot stickers to get fine motor practice and learn the name and sound of "V." You can also put this on a baking sheet and use power magnets or pom-poms with magnets glued underneath. Another option is to fill in the circles with Do-a-Dot markers. Free Letter V Printable: V is for ... Read More
It was pretty tough to find rhymes for letter V, so I made up some of my own. Thankfully I had a burst of creative energy during nap time one afternoon. :) Rhymes for Letter V: Little Letter V Book Here are the songs and rhymes included in the mini-book: V is for Vacuum (original rhyme © The Measured Mom; to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot") I’m a little vacuum,Hear me vroom,Over the floor andAll across the ... Read More
My Two and Four are both learning to write the alphabet. We love to find new and interesting ways to make letters -- and we always throw in some old favorites. Here are ways to make the letter L! We made an L with legos. We put letter stickers on a giant L. We used letter refrigerator magnets to make the shape of an L on a baking sheet. Here's an L made from mailing ... Read More
The predicted rain held off this week, and we're finally getting outdoors! Instead of doing math at the table we played an active outdoor math game for preschoolers. The other day as the kids played outside I told them to point out things that were large, small, or their same size. I noticed that my Two (almost three) didn't have a great concept of "very big" and "very small." To him, the bicycle ... Read More
11 Crafts for Preschool: The Letter L 1- Hand & Footprint Lobster This was my favorite, and the kids' too. They loved stepping into the red paint and making a footprint. Then they carefully made two handprints for the lobster claws. The next day they took out their black markers and decorated. This idea was from Crafty-Crafted. 2- L is for Ladder Sometimes the best letter craft is short ... Read More
