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 wayKeep Reading…
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,Keep Reading…
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 asKeep Reading…
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 featureKeep Reading…
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 andKeep Reading…
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 plantsKeep Reading…
Fall is in the air! For us down here in the Deep South, that usually means high temperatures in the mid-80s. But I’ll take that over the high 90s anyday! While the temperatures don’t drop too much, we do sense that the air is drier and cooler, which is a huge relief after a swelteringKeep Reading…
Lots of people think of camping as a spring or summer vacation and there’s good reason why. You get to spend all day outside, you can explore nature when the days are long, and you can wear shorts the whole time. But fall is also an awesome time to go camping as a family. AndKeep Reading…
Learning how to say color words in Spanish is always a fun lesson for kids. Colors are all around us and learning to identify them is a great way to help students use the new Spanish vocabulary words they’re using. But when you want to a little artistic touch to this lesson, this Spanish colorKeep Reading…
Learning about apple tree life cycles is such a fun fall science lesson for kids. Plus, if you’re able to actually go apple picking, you can see this process in real life! Studying the life cycle of an apple tree is also an excellent activity for learning sequences with early learners. Since the growth processKeep Reading…
You know how you can tell that preschoolers are ready to learn to tell items apart by appearance? They say things like “I don’t want that one! I want THAT ONE!” Learning how to tell items that are similar apart from those that are different is an important skill for preschoolers to develop and theseKeep Reading…
Learning to count and make ten can be a tricky concept for preschoolers. It’s one thing to recite the numbers in order from one to ten, but it’s another to understand that you can add two numbers together to equal ten. Especially since there are so many ways to make ten! So I thought theseKeep Reading…
Do you remember how old you were when you first learned how to recognize shapes? I remember learning about the octagon in particular, because I started looking for STOP signs just so I could say “octagon” and feel really smart. When you’re teaching preschool, shapes are a critical math skill to cover. The great thingKeep Reading…
I’m an absolute sucker for school supplies. At any time of year. So back to school season usually finds me wandering the school supply section of Target like some kind of stationery zombie muttering “Must buy notebooks” to myself. Even kids who aren’t thrilled about going back to school usually love getting new school supplies.Keep Reading…
Nothing says “fall is coming” like apples. I’ve always loved using an apple theme when teaching and apples still make a fun theme for learning in early grades. But instead of just seeing apples everywhere, it’s good for students to learn exactly how apples grow. It’s not only a good science concept – it’s partKeep Reading…
A new school year usually brings a new set of worries for parents…and for kids. I’ve noticed that, as my kids grow older, they start to struggle with feelings of self-consciousness and uncertainty. And the first place I start to notice it is in their writing. Even my bookworms who used to be able toKeep Reading…
Preschoolers absolutely love playing with puzzles. My four-year-old asks to do a puzzle almost every single day. The same one. Over and over again. But that’s a good thing! It means that kids are remembering how the pieces fit together to make a complete picture and solving them more quickly each time. Since we’ve beenKeep Reading…
It’s already back to school season. Can you believe it? Personally, I’ve had a wonderful summer break and I am not in any way ready to get back to class. I have a pretty strong hunch my kids feel the same way. But, like it or not, summer is coming to an end. So, IKeep Reading…
It’s time for us to share another one of our preschool playdough mats and this time we have cupcakes! Cupcakes are just plain fun. Whenever I say the word “cupcake”, I just start to smile involuntarily. It’s science. So I thought these cupcake playdough mats would be fun for little hands! They’re great for building fineKeep Reading…
We’ve learned quite a bit about animal diets and behavior with our kids. But it can be tough to keep all the information straight in your head afterward. Who lives where? Who eats what? And, once you learn that some animals live on both land and water and that some animals eat both meat and plants, it canKeep Reading…
We’ve always loved teaching our children American Sign Language. We use ASL in our local congregation, but we also like using it to build early literacy skills in our kids. In fact, when we practice spelling words, the kids generally fingerspell each word as they say the letter. I’m convinced that learning to sign hasKeep Reading…
