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No-Prep Owl Preschool Number Worksheets

October 10, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

We’re getting into the autumn spirit around here and that means it’s time for one of my favorite learning themes: owls!

Owls are so fun for early learners, because they’re always associated with wisdom and knowledge. So they’re perfect for simple learning centers and units during fall. Especially if you want to encourage your students to learn as much as they can!

Which is why I wanted to share these no-prep owl preschool number worksheets with my readers today!

Guess what? This entire printable preschool number lesson is free!

Read on to see how to get your set! And, for more owl learning ideas, take a look at our list of gorgeous children’s books about owls you can share during read-aloud time!

No-Prep Owl Preschool Number Worksheets

To use these owl preschool number worksheets, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer Paper
Pencils
Laminator (optional)
Dry erase markers (optional)

This 17-page preschool number lesson is full of simple activities to help students practice recognizing numbers 0-10 and writing the number words too!

The set includes:

11 number writing and counting worksheets (one for each number from 0 to 10)
Two number writing practice worksheets
One counting practice worksheet
And one number sequencing worksheet!

There is truly no prep work to these printables. Just print them, hand them out, and you’re good to go!

Of course, if you want to reuse these at centers, you can laminate each page, put them on an O ring, and let the kids use dry erase markers to practice again and again.

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Adding to Make Ten Worksheets: Panda Make Ten!

October 7, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Once they master basic counting, learning to add is one of the first skills early learners move on to practicing.

After all, counting is really just adding one more. Over and over again.

We’ve been working with counting skills for the past few weeks and these panda-themed adding to make ten worksheets are a nice way to expand on counting to ten with early grades!

There are several ways to use these, even with kinesthetic learners!

These simple addition worksheets would work at math centers, in morning tubs, as in-class practice printables, or as handouts for homework assignments.

If you’re a homeschooler, you can print off a set to let your child try some independent work.

Read on to see how to get your set! And, for more fun with simple addition, check out our Rainy Day Make Ten raincloud addition activity!

Adding to Make Ten Worksheets: Panda Make Ten!

To use these adding to make ten worksheets, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Astrobright paper or regular printer paper
Pencils
Laminator (optional)
Dry erase markers (optional)

This product includes:

Six simple addition worksheets
A full answer key
And a set of instructions

The first worksheet starts with counting on to make five. Students can draw in the missing pictures to complete a set of five.

Since each ten frame starts with a different number, they’ll learn multiple ways to add to five.

From there, kids can move on to learn how to make six, seven, eight, nine, and, of course, ten.

These are very versatile. If you want to use them as a one-time activity, just print them and go. No prep involved at all!

If you want to use them at a math center, laminate them and let students use them with dry erase markers or mini erasers to complete each ten frame!

Scroll down to get your copy of these Panda Adding to Make Ten Worksheets!

Stop by to see these other printable learning resources!

And get more tips for teaching math on my Math Mania Pinterest board!

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Easy Paper Bag Fox Craft for Kids

October 3, 2019 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

I love to make paper bag animal crafts with the kids.

You only need a few supplies (that you probably already have) and they’re a snap to make! Perfect for the not-so-crafty among us.

Ahem…like myself.

So, with fall approaching, I thought it would be fun to share an easy paper bag fox craft for kids that literally anyone can make. It’s that easy.

Plus, there are other paper bag woodland animal crafts to make too, including a paper bag bear craft and a paper bag deer craft!

Read on to see how to make these adorable animal crafts and pick up the free printable templates too!

And for more ways to craft with paper bags, take a look at our cute paper bag farm puppets for kids!

Easy Paper Bag Fox Craft

To make the easy paper bag fox craft, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Choose the colored paper you want to use to make the fox.

Print the paper bag fox craft template and then cut out the template pieces.

Use the pencil to trace the template shapes onto the colored paper pieces. Cut the traced pieces out.

Glue the inner ear patterns (2 small triangular pieces) on the ear parts of the fox’s head pattern and glue the heart shaped piece on the bottom side of the head.

Glue the small pattern of the tail on the tip of the big tail pattern.

Glue the colored paper you want to use around the outside of the paper bag. Be sure to cover all four sides.

The color of the bag should match the body of the fox.

Glue the circular belly piece of the fox in the bottom center of the paper bag.

Attach the head pattern of the fox on the top side of the bag, keeping half of the head outside the bag’s top end.

Attach the tail on either side of the bag, in between the side folds of the bag.

You may want to add clear tap at the bottom to keep the bag secure.

Use a black marker to draw the eyes and nose of the fox.

And you’re done!

How to Make Paper Bag Woodland Animal Crafts

To make the other paper bag woodland animal crafts, you’ll need the following:

Printable paper bag bear craft template
Printable paper bag deer craft template
The same supplies as used for the paper bag fox craft

Follow the same instructions as for the paper bag fox craft, attaching the belly, head, and ears.

When making the paper bag deer craft, be sure to attach the antlers and add the spots to the center of the forehead.

You could even make an entire family of these paper bag woodland animals!

If you cut out the template pieces in advance, this would be a super fun craft for a kids’ party!

Don’t miss these other easy kids’ craft ideas!

Share even more crafting fun with the ideas on my Simple Crafts for Kids Pinterest board!

Five In A Row Printable Farm Game for Kids

September 30, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Farms are such a fun theme for early learners!

We got to visit an animal sanctuary a few months ago and the kids were amazed at how large many of these animals are in real life. Even a pig can weigh up to a few hundred pounds!

We’ve already shared some fun farm activities here, so I thought this low-prep five in a row printable farm game would be a nice addition for early ages!

This is an excellent activity when you’re running short on time and need to reinforce counting to five skills! Plus, you can use it at math centers if you laminate the boards.

Read on to see how to get your copy! And, for more fun with farms, pick up our paper bag farm puppets kids can make!

Five In a Row Printable Farm Game for Kids

To use this five in a row printable farm game for kids, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer Paper
Scissors
Mini erasers or buttons (for game play)
Laminator (optional)

This five in a row game works like a traditional bingo game.

Except – instead of calling out numbers, players roll the farm animal die to see which animal they can mark off.

They also choose where to place their game pieces. So it’s a fun way to practice strategy skills too!

The first player to get five farm animals in a row wins!

I loved printing this on AstroBrights paper, but you can also use white printer paper and let students color in the farm animals as they mark them off!

Scroll down to get your copy of this Five In A Row Printable Farm Game!

Take a look at these other farm learning ideas for kids!

See more early learning resources on my Learning for Little Ones Pinterest board!

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Printable Spanish Flashcards: English to Spanish Feelings Flashcards

September 26, 2019 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Learning to talk about feelings is a big part of early childhood education. Giving kids words to express their emotions is a wonderful way to help them manage their feelings, talk about them with others, and understand how to process them.

So, if you’re teaching Spanish to your kids or if you’re teaching English as a second language to children, this set of English to Spanish feelings flashcards is a great addition to your collection of printable Spanish flashcards!

Read on to get your set! And, check out our Spanish parts of the body flashcards for more Spanish learning fun for kids!

Printable Spanish Flashcards: English to Spanish Feelings Flashcards

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In this flashcard set, you’ll find cards for nine different feelings:

Happy
Sad
Angry
Worried
Content
Furious
Excited
Confused
and Surprised

The set has six cards featuring faces and words for each feeling in both English and Spanish. Plus, a set of flashcards with the faces alone and a pronunciation guide to say each Spanish word correctly!

These could be really useful for kids who are learning to talk about emotions in either English or Spanish.

They might even be a good resource for nonverbal kids who are working on identifying or expressing their feelings to parents or caregivers.

And with nine different emotions to choose from, you could play a matching game with the kids. Or challenge them by making a face from one of the cards and letting them guess the correct Spanish emotion word!

Scroll down to get your printable Spanish feelings flashcards!

Don’t miss these other Spanish language resources!

And be sure to follow my Foreign Language for Kids board on Pinterest for more learning ideas!

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Preschool Worksheets: Farm Themed Fall Counting Worksheets

September 23, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Farm animals are basically synonymous with fall, aren’t they? When I think of autumn, I picture golden leaves, harvesting, and farms.

So I thought this would be a neat time to add some more preschool worksheets – a set of farm-themed fall counting worksheets!

These are so cute for learning to count to ten! They feature adorable little pigs, chicks, hens, horses, and even farm equipment!

If you’re planning a farm field trip, these would be a perfect way to add a math lesson while getting the kids excited for what they’ll see!

Want to share more farm fun with the kids?

Check out our list of farm books for kids, our Farm Do-A-Dot Shape Mats, and our Farm Animal Flashcards too!

Preschool Worksheets: Farm Fall Counting Worksheets

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Working on counting is always fun with kids. There are so many ways to reinforce this concept.

Along with these worksheets, you can use counting bears, Unifix cubes, or even DIY manipulatives, such as buttons, coins, and pom-poms.

These are simple enough for kids to complete on their own, but directions are provided on each page as well.

As kids count the number of each object, they can write the number in the boxes.

There is a worksheet featuring barns and tractors too – not just farm animals.

With our little one, we counted each object. This is a good way to reinforce one-to-one correspondence.

Then she wrote the number in the box.

This set of worksheets also includes a line art version (if you want to save your color ink) and a full answer key.

By the way, if you use the line art version, let the kids color in the farm objects afterward!

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Easy Fall Leaf Garland Craft for Kids

September 19, 2019 by Selena Robinson 4 Comments

Since fall finally made its appearance down here in the South, we decided to round up some of the fall leaves in our yard and make a garland.

I’ll admit: I’m not really one for home decor. I didn’t learn much about it as a child and I’ve been a tad stubborn about doing it as an adult.

But, after sharing this easy fall leaf garland craft with the kids, I’m committed to adding a bit more “home” to our house.

This is a really simple fall craft that kids will have fun making. It’s easy, it only requires a few supplies, and it adds a sweet reminder of fall to the home.

For more fun fall kids’ activities, don’t miss our list of 50 fall books kids will treasure!

Easy Fall Leaf Garland Craft for Kids

To make this DIY fall leaf garland craft, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Assorted fall leaves (choose the most colorful you can find)
Tempera paint (optional)
Paintbrushes (optional)
Clear tape
Bright yellow yarn
Hole puncher

Rather than making leaves out of construction paper or some other medium, we just thought we’d hang actual leaves.

We let them dry out for a couple of weeks so they’d be easy to punch holes in.

Choose your leaves about two weeks before you intend to make your garland. Sit them on a counter or in a plastic bag so that they’ll have plenty of time to stiffen before you make the craft.

I helped the kids place the hole punch, but they pushed the lever (which they loved).

To keep the holes from spreading and cracking the leaves, we punched them as close to the center as possible and towards the stem end.

Since these leaves were just brown, we wanted to add a bit more color.

Tempera paint to the rescue!

We didn’t choose any particular art designs in advance. It was more of a “paint and see what happens” open-ended art activity.

All that was left to do was string the leaves on our yarn!

When we made a fall leaf garland a few years ago, we found lots of different colored leaves.

Those were gorgeous as is, so we just hole punched them all and let the kids get started stringing the leaves on a long piece of yarn.

Everyone had a designated pile to work with and they took turns adding their leaves to the garland.

This was such a nice afternoon activity. Threading the leaves was good fine motor practice for the kids.

We all had fun choosing leaves together. And it was nice to see something we made together hanging in the home all autumn long.

Want more fall activities? Check out these posts!

Plus, get more awesome fall inspiration on my Fall Activities for Kids Pinterest board!

Fall Leaves Count and Match: Preschool Concentration Game for Kids

September 16, 2019 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

We’ve been working on counting and number recognition with our little one lately, so in the spirit of autumn, I thought I’d share a fun fall math preschool concentration game that little ones will love to play!

One of the best ways I’ve found to get my kids excited about learning is to play lots and lots of games. That way, they get to practice basic concepts without even realizing it.

So for my smallest learner, this concentration game was an easy way to help her work on counting.

And it only takes a few minutes to make too!

This would be a fantastic fall math center activity for early learners. Or you could turn it into a fall themed busy bag!

If your kids like this game, be sure to check out our apple preschool counting puzzles for more preschool fall math fun!

Fall Leaf Count and Match Preschool Concentration Game

To make this fall math preschool concentration game, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

To assemble the game, print the flashcards and then laminate them.

Kids can be pretty rough on pieces of paper. This way, the cards will stay crisp enough to reuse.

Here’s a tip: If you print these on regular printer paper, kids will be able to see the numbers and dice through the back. Which doesn’t make for much of a challenge.

So I printed them on patterned cardstock.

That way, the game looks better and it’s more fun for the kids to try to match up the cards without seeing what each one is in advance.

Once you’ve laminated the cards and cut them out, lay them out face-down. Let the kids practice turning them over one by one.

The goal is to match the leaf number cards with the leaf dice cards. The leaf with “5” on it corresponds to the leaf that has five dots on the die.

To make matching easier, the leaves are color-coded. You can even use them to match colors for younger kids!

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Easy Fall Preschool Color Matching Activity

September 12, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Fall is one of the best times of year to explore with preschoolers. The weather is cooler, the animals are moving around and storing up food for winter, and the colors are gorgeous.

If you live in a part of the world where you see fall foliage, autumn is a wonderful time to talk about colors with little ones.

But, even if you don’t, you can use this simple fall preschool color matching activity to reinforce that concept with early learners!

This is such a simple and fun hands-on activity for toddlers and preschoolers. And it only takes a few minutes to set it up.

Get the full instructions below! And be sure to check out our Apple Pie Playdough for more fall preschool sensory fun!

Easy Fall Preschool Color Matching Activity

To make this fall preschool coloring matching activity, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Fall-themed paint sample cards
Scissors
Fall leaf foam glitter stickers

To get started, simply use the scissors to cut the paint sample strips apart. You’ll want to have one color on each strip.

If your preschoolers are working on scissor skills, hand them a pair of child-safe scissors and let them help with this part.

Be sure to use fall-themed colors, so you’re looking for deep reds, muted greens, and bright yellows.

Pour out several fall leaf foam stickers onto the table. I love the glittery foam stickers, but you could also use felt or paper stickers if you prefer.

Since the glitter sticks up a bit, working with them makes a nice sensory activity for little hands.

Let the kids try to match up the color stickers with the colored paint strips.

You can work with one color family at a time, especially when you’re first beginning to talk about colors, or you can combine them all and see how quickly the kids can match up the leaves and paint strips.

This would also make a great on-the-go busy bag for active toddlers and preschoolers!

Books about Fall Leaf Colors for Kids

If you’d like to tie this activity into a lesson about why leaves change color during the fall, these books about fall leaf colors would be wonderful for read-aloud time!

Why Do Leaves Change Color?

Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn

We’re Going On A Leaf Hunt

I Love Fall! A Touch-and-Feel Board Book

Did you like this fall preschool color matching activity? Take a look at these other early learning ideas for kids!

And follow my Fall Activities for Kids for even more autumn learning inspiration!

Printable Oak Tree Life Cycle Activity

September 9, 2019 by Selena Robinson 15 Comments

We had a huge, shady oak tree in our front yard for many years. So the kids got to explore an oak tree life cycle up close.

When we had to have it cut down a few years ago, we were genuinely sad.

What’s fascinating, though, is that we still have tiny oak tree plants that shoot up in the middle of our bushes to this day.

So many of the tree’s acorns have been buried under the ground over the years that they keep germinating and growing, no matter what!

So I thought it would be cool to share a printable oak tree life cycle activity that you can use to teach students about how oak trees grow, even if you don’t have a live oak tree nearby.

This would be an excellent fall science lesson or an activity to place at science centers during this time of year!

Read on to see how to get your set free!

And, for more fall science, don’t miss our Apple Life Cycle Sequencing Activity!

This easy oak tree life cycle activity is such a fun way to teach kids about how trees grow during fall! Take it with you on a nature walk or use at fall centers!

How to Use The Oak Tree Life Cycle Activity

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