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Spring Stories! Spring Preschool Story Prompts

February 24, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Spring Preschool Story Prompts - Look! We're Learning!
These spring preschool story prompts are an easy way to help preschoolers start writing creatively!
Encourage your preschoolers to express themselves with these spring preschool story prompts!
>These spring preschool story prompts are such a fun way to get young children writing!

Piglet and I have been working on her handwriting and phonics skills for months, so I thought she’d have a little fun trying her hand at creative writing.

And spring is a great time to be creative!

Naturally, I thought she’d enjoy some of her own spring worksheets for kids: these new printable spring preschool story prompts!

Fun Spring Early Creative Writing Prompts

Helping kids learn to write about their thoughts and guesses at a young age is a good way to help them write without fear later on.

These printable preschool writing prompts can help.

Read on to see how to get your own copy of these spring writing printables!

And, for more spring learning fun for early learners, don’t miss our Birds and Bugs Playdough Mats for Preschoolers!

Pick up these spring themed early creative writing prompts to help students practice composing stories about spring!

Spring Stories! Spring Preschool Story Prompts

To use these early creative writing prompts, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Pencils (Side note: I’ve never really used the larger primary pencils for my preschoolers, but they may be helpful if your child is working on pencil grip skills.)

Spring Story Prompts for Preschoolers

The prompts include four different scenarios for preschoolers to write about.

Printable Spring Creative Writing Prompts

They can write and draw about their favorite thing about spring.

They can write and draw about their favorite spring animal.

Spring Themed Creative Writing Prompts

They can express what they like to do in spring.

And, to get more specific, they can write or draw about what they want to do this spring.

Plus, they can draw a picture of what they think could happen afterwards. Let’s see these in action!

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How to Use Early Creative Writing Prompts with Kids

As an English major, creative writing is one of my passions.

There’s just something about putting pencil to paper (or fingers to keyboards, these days) and starting off down a road of creative thought.

Preschool Spring Writing Prompts

You kind of have an idea of where you’d like to go, but you’re always surprised at the things you come up with along the way.

Writing Stories for Preschoolers

The same is true with little writers!

Open-ended questions give them a chance to put their imaginations to work. And, after all, writing without imagination is like…like…not writing at all.

Each of these spring creative writing prompts has a line for kids to finish the sentence. At the bottom, there’s a box for them to draw a picture of what they wrote.

Spring Preschool Prompts

This spring, Piglet wants to play basketball. That’s her shooting the ball into the hoop in the picture.

Writing about Spring with Preschoolers

I will say that I had to read the sentence out to her and help her spell the words. The rest she did herself.

Working on Story Predictions with Preschoolers

After each initial prompt is a second page asking kids to write what they think will happen next.

This is a simple way to introduce creative writing to preschoolers: ask them to come up with an image and then predict what might happen afterward.

Completed Preschool Story Prompts

Piglet’s answer to what will happen after she plays basketball was: “Bounces”.

Naturally, she drew a picture of the ball bouncing after falling through the net.

Working on Storywriting with Preschoolers

Hmmm….what to do next? Color the pictures!

Coloring Completed Story Prompts

And that’s what she did. She was so proud of her work that she gave her masterpieces to her older siblings.

This was a fun (and quick) language arts lesson for her.

We spent about 15 minutes on one of the prompts and she got to practice handwriting, creative writing, art, phonics, and spelling – all in one activity!

Scroll down to get your printable Spring Preschool Story Prompts!

Don’t miss these other spring learning printables!

These simple bird species identification cards are fun for learning about common bird species during spring! Use them with early grades science lessons!

This printable rainbow tally marks lesson for early learners is a great way to teach students how to count with tally marks!

Grab these fun busy bee scissor skills printables to help little ones practice using scissors!

To get your copy of our Spring Preschool Story Prompts, click the image or the link below to grab the product from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Early Creative Writing Prompts for Spring

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These spring themed early creative writing prompts are perfect for spring writing lessons!

This post is part of the Homeschool Writing Prompts linkup at iHomeschool Network! Stop by to get more fun writing prompts for your students from my fellow bloggers!

Homeschool Writing Prompts

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Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats

October 14, 2019 by Selena Robinson 6 Comments

With Piglet starting on preschool work this fall, we’ve been using a lot of preschool playdough mats.

So this week I’m sharing a brand new printable set of preschool mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats!

These are super fun for little ones who are working on fine motor skills, shape recognition, and more!

Plus, they’re a perfect activity for preschoolers who are working on a geology unit along with their older siblings.

Printable Mountain Themed Fine Motor Mats for Kids

Read on to see how to get yours for free!

And don’t forget to stop by and check out some of our other preschool printables, including our Apple Tree Counting Mat and our Beach Playdough Number Mats!

Help little ones practice fine motor skills and recognizing basic shapes with these fun printable mountain playdough shape mats for kids!

Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats

To use these mountain playdough shape mats, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links provided for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Playdough
  • Laminator
  • Do A Dot Markers (optional)

Printable Mountain Playdough Shape Mats

Once you laminate these mats, you can use them again and again, so here are a few different ways to use them with your preschoolers.

Mountain Playdough Shape Mats for Kids

Give your child a Do A Dot marker and challenge him or her to fill in each shape with a different color. Or each dot with a different color.

You can even ask your child to make a color pattern (one green circle, one red circle, one blue circle, then repeat it).

Mountain Themed Playdough Shape Mats

Hand out circular stickers and let your child stick them into the circles. This is particularly great for toddlers or for times when you want to avoid a potential mess. 😉

Printable Mountain Themed Playdough Shape Mats

Use playdough to fill in the circles. Have your child roll small bits of dough into circles and place them in each circle to form each shape. This is excellent for fine motor practice.

Mountain Themed Playdough Shape Mats for Kids

Give your child dry erase crayons and bring the mats along when you’re going to a place you’ll have to wait.

Good choices include the doctor’s office, the drive-through, or a long car ride. Toss a basic washcloth into the car and use it to wipe off the mats for reuse.

Scroll down to get your copy of our free Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats!

Don’t miss these other preschool resources!

Use these free fall printables for preschoolers to help your little ones learn about autumn!

Ten Minute Preschool Activities

Build fine motor skills and letter recognition with these fun forest alphabet playdough mats!

Plus, get more ideas for working with preschoolers on my Learning for Little Ones Pinterest board!

These Mountains Do A Dot Shape Mats make perfect preschool playdough mats!

To get your copy of our free Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Do A Dot Shape Mats, sign up for our email newsletter! You’ll get these and lots of other exclusive learning printables when you subscribe!

Free Unit Studies

This post is part of the Mountains Unit Study roundup! Stop by to read even more learning ideas about mountains from my fellow bloggers!

Adventurous Mountain Books your Tween will Love from Crafty Mama in ME

Children’s Picture Books About Camping from The Jenny Evolution

Mountain Sequencing Puzzle from Schooling a Monkey

Making a Mountain Out of A Mole Hill from Tales Of Education At Home

My Side of the Mountain Survival Lessons from FrogMom

These printable mountain playdough shape mats are perfect for helping little ones practice fine motor skills and shape recognition!

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Spring Sight Words! Spring Sight Words Flashcards

March 4, 2019 by Selena Robinson 8 Comments

Help your early readers bud this year with these printable spring sight word flashcards!
These spring sight words flashcards are a perfect way to teach reading during spring months!

The first day of spring is approaching! Woohoo!

Since Roo has been working on sight words lately, I thought I’d make some spring sight words flashcards and I’m sharing them with you all today!

Learning to read sight words is a huge leap forward for early literacy skills. It’s the first step toward reading short stories.

Preschoolers and kindergartners who master sight words will be on their way to reading in no time!

Early readers will love this fun set of printable spring sight word flashcards!

These are so fun for working on early reading skills with preschoolers and kindergarteners! Plus, they make a great matching game!

If you enjoy these, be sure to grab our other spring printables, including our Busy Bee Scissor Skills Worksheets and our All About Flowers printable unit study!

Work on early literacy skills with this fun set of printable spring sight word flashcards! Perfect for spring reading!

Spring Sight Words Flashcards for Kids

To use these spring sight words flashcards, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Scissors
  • Laminator (for making the cards sturdy)

Printable Spring Sight Word Flashcards

These flashcards feature eight spring-themed sight words, including:

  • Bird
  • Seed
  • Rabbit
  • Duck
  • Garden
  • Flower
  • Rain
  • and Day

Spring Sight Word Flashcards

In the product, there are three sets of cards: one with pictures and words, one with just pictures, and one with just words.

Once your child learns to recognize the words and pictures together, try testing them with just the words to help them start identifying sight words on their own!

Printable Spring Sight Word Flashcards for Early Literacy

Scroll down to pick up your set of spring sight words flashcards!

Don’t miss these other spring learning ideas for kids!

Grab these fun busy bee scissor skills printables to help little ones practice using scissors!

These spring science ideas are wonderful for teaching science to the kids this year!

Make this easy spring toilet roll butterfly craft with your kids! So fun and simple for little ones!

To get your copy of these Spring Sight Word Cards, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Printable Spring Sight Word Flashcards for Kids

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Printable Winter Preschool Activity Set

January 10, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

I don’t love winter. Not by a long shot. It’s a bit too cold for this native Floridian.

But winter is a lovely theme for preschool. Kids love working with lessons that feature snow, snowmen, icicles, penguins, and all those adorable winter animals.

So I decided to overlook my bias toward winter and share this super cute printable winter preschool activity set!

Printable Winter PreK Activity Set for Kids

This is such a neat way to spend a day of teaching with early learners! There are three activities inside that little ones will love to do during the cold months.

Read on to see how to get your copy – free! And for more early learning winter fun, take a look at our Mitten Memory Preschool Memory Game!

Pick up this printable winter preschool activity set to help little ones practice symmetry, shape matching, and more! Perfect for winter preschool lessons!

Printable Winter Preschool Activity Set

To use this printable winter preschool activity set, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer Paper
  • Child-safe scissors
  • Pencils

Winter Preschool Printable Set

This activity set includes three winter-themed printables:

  • A Finish the Winter Pictures symmetry activity
  • Two Miniature Winter Puzzles
  • And a Match A Snowflake Game!

Winter Preschool Printables for Kids

Winter Playdough Mats for Kids

Print these out and let the kids practice finishing the pictures and putting the puzzles back in order.

The Match A Snowflake Game is a great way for two kids to learn and play together. Or you can play with your little one for a fun family game!

Winter Preschool Printable Activity Set

Or pack them in a resealable bag for a DIY busy bag you can take along when you head out with the kids!

Scroll down to get your copy of our printable winter preschool activity set!

Check out these other fun winter learning ideas!

Teach children how to identify basic nouns, verbs, and adjectives with this winter-themed parts of speech sorting activity! Perfect for ELA over the winter!

Make winter a season of play with this fun winter themed preschool memory game for kids!

Make shape discrimination into a fun winter learning activity with these snowflake preschool matching worksheets!

And see more ways to make winter fun for little ones on my Winter Activities for Kids Pinterest board!

Printable Winter Activities for Preschoolers

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Free Printable Flashcards Alphabet Animals Cards

July 26, 2018 by Selena Robinson 19 Comments

Free Printable Flashcards: Alphabet Animals - Look! We're Learning!

If you’ve been enjoying our free printable flashcards series, we hope you’ll love today’s entry! So far, we’ve featured flashcards for learning colors and shapes, but this set of free printable flashcards alphabet animals cards lets you teach the letters from A to Z with animals!

Most kids love animals and, in this set of free printable flashcards alphabet cards, you can use an animal to introduce each letter – from A to Z!

Printable Alphabet Animal Flashcards for Kids!

These are so fun for young learners!

Read on to see how to get your set. And, if you want to help kids begin practicing their handwriting, check out our companion Alphabet Animals Notebooking Pages for letter writing practice!

These printable Alphabet Animals flashcards are a fun way to help children practice letter recognition and learn about animals!

What’s In the Free Printable Flashcards Alphabet Animals Set?

To use these free printable flashcards alphabet animals cards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are included in this post. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer Paper
  • Scissors
  • Laminator (useful for keeping the cards intact)

Alphabet Animals Printable Flashcards

In this set, you’ll find free printable flashcards for every letter of the alphabet – each one featuring a different real or imaginary animal!

Printable Alphabet Animal Flashcards for Kids

Featured animals include:

  • Alligator
  • Elephant
  • Monkey
  • Orangutan
  • Xiphias (Swordfish)
  • And 21 more!

Printable A to Z Alphabet Animal Flashcards

You can use the cards to help kids learn animals, letters, letter sounds, or all three concepts! You might even want to use the pack as an introduction to an animal unit. Try teaching the kids how to make each animal’s sound or how to move like each animal.

Free Printable Flashcards Alphabet Animal Flashcards for Kids

For the imaginary animals, ask the kids where they think an animal like that might live or how it might interact with people. 🙂

Printable A to Z Animal Flashcards

Scroll down to get your free printable flashcards Alphabet Animals Flashcards!

Resources for Learning the Alphabet

If you’d like to even more resources to teach your children the ABCs, try these alphabet books and activities for little learners!

Books for Teaching the ABCs

  1. The Alphabet Book – P.D. Eastman
  2. AlphaOops!: The Day Z Went First – Alethea Kontis
  3. Eric Carle’s ABC (The World of Eric Carle)
  4. A Is for Apple (Trace-and-Flip Fun!)

Alphabet Crafts and Activities for Kids

  1. Magnetic Letter Alphabet Soup Activity – Pre-K Pages
  2. DIY Preschooler Alphabet Flip Book – Crystal & Co.
  3. Sensory Alphabet Hunt – Mess for Less
  4. Fall Alphabet and Letter Playdough Mats – Look! We’re Learning!

Try these other ideas for early readers!

15 of the Best Picture Books for Three-Year-Olds

These alphabet animal notebooking pages are a fun way to practice handwriting!

Learn how to spell in American Sign Language with these printable sign language alphabet flashcards!

Plus, get more ideas for early childhood education from my Learning for Little Ones board on Pinterest!

To get your set of our A to Z Animals: Alphabet Animals Flashcards, sign up for our email newsletter! You’ll receive access to these printables, plus lots of other free learning resources, in our exclusive Subscriber Library!

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Ocean Commotion: Number and Literacy Playdough Mats

May 3, 2018 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

I’ve always had a special place in my heart for the coast. I grew up near it and the smell of sea air is basically the best scent on earth (in my humble opinion).

Kids love the ocean too! And that’s why I thought that the ocean would be a fun theme for a new set of number and literacy playdough mats for preschoolers. These are so perfect for summer alphabet and number learning!

Little ones can use these playdough mats and their favorite playdough colors to form all of the uppercase and lowercase letters from A to Z and the numbers from 0 to 9!

Alphabet Ocean Playdough Mats

Read on to see how to get your copy of these alphabet and number ocean playdough mats! And, for more early literacy fun, check out our printable rhyming word puzzles! Plus, check out all of our fun playdough mats for kids while you’re here!

These fun ocean playdough mats are great for practicing literacy and fine motor skills!

Ocean Commotion: Literacy Playdough Mats

To use these ocean literacy playdough mats, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided here. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer Paper
  • Laminator (recommended for best results)
  • Playdough

Printable Ocean Alphabet Playdough Mats

This set of ocean playdough mats includes 36 different printables:

  • 26 mats featuring uppercase and lowercase letters from A to Z
  • 10 mats featuring numbers from 0 to 9

Printable Ocean Number Playdough Mats

To use them, let the kids choose their favorite playdough colors and form long ropes.

Printable Alphabet Ocean Playdough Mats

Once they make the “ropes”, they can connect them to trace the letters and numbers on the mats.

Ocean Alphabet A to Z Playdough Mats

It’s also fun to use ocean-themed playdough colors for this activity!

Printable Number Ocean Playdough Mats

Working with playdough is an excellent way to build fine motor skills, because it allows little ones to practice molding and forming – a great introduction to the skills they’ll need for writing later on.

Ocean Number Playdough Mats for Kids

Plus, they’re excellent for quiet play!

Scroll down to get your set of our Ocean Number and Literacy Playdough Mats!

Don’t miss these other early literacy activities for kids!

Help early readers learn to rhyme with these fun rhyming word puzzles!

Get your early reader some fun in the sun reading practice with these printable summer printable sight word flashcards!

The Best Beach Books for Kids

For more early learning ideas, check out my Learning for Little Ones Pinterest board!

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Ocean Alphabet and Number Playdough Mats

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Colorful Cars Pattern Clip Cards

March 29, 2018 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Working with basic patterns is an important math concept for early learners. So why not make it fun?

Little ones always love to use their hands whenever they can and that’s why I wanted to make a set of colorful cars pattern clip cards! These little printables are perfect for small hands to work with when learning basic AABB and ABAB patterns. Plus, they’re just fun to look at!

Learning Basic Color Patterns

Read on to see how to get a copy of these pattern clip cards for your young learners!

And, if you want more great resources for early childhood, don’t miss our list of the best picture books for preschoolers! There are wonderful stories there to share with little ones.

These colorful car color pattern clip cards are so fun for teaching young learners to recognize basic patterns!

Colorful Cars Pattern Clip Cards

To use these cars pattern clip cards, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer Paper
  • Laminator (optional)
  • Scissors
  • Clothespins

Printable Simple Color Pattern Cards for Kids

This product includes a set of instructions, but the cards are pretty straightforward.

Printable Color Pattern Cards for Kids

Just cut out each card and then hand them out. (You might want to laminate them for durability.)

Color Car Pattern Cards for Kids

Then introduce students to the pattern shown on each card. All of the cards depict either an AABB pattern or an ABAB pattern.

Printable Color Car Pattern Cards for Kids

For example, if the card shows two green cars followed by two magenta cars, then the next car in the sequence would be a green car. This would repeat the pattern AABB by starting over again with AA. Once the kids spot the next car in the pattern, they can clip it!

Working with Simple Color Patterns

A full answer key is included too!

Scroll down to get your set of our Colorful Cars Pattern Clip Cards!

Don’t miss these other early learning printables!

These printable ladybug math activities are perfect for sharing with the kids this spring!

Encourage your preschoolers to express themselves with these spring preschool story prompts!

Work on math skills with this fun rainbow number word matching activity for kids!

And see more early childhood learning ideas on my Learning for Little Ones Pinterest board!

To get your set of our Colorful Cars Pattern Clip Cards, click the image or the link below to visit our Store!

Colorful Cars Clip Card Patterns

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Fall Sight Words Flashcards

October 26, 2017 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

Are you in the fall mood yet? We had our first actual cool weather day here yesterday and it was wonderful. I put on my favorite sweater, walked out the door, and enjoyed a hot coffee. Of course, we’ll have highs in the 80s again later this week, but for those few minutes, it really felt like fall had arrived. 🙂

Fall is a great time to focus on building sight word skills with our kids. If you’re working on sight words this year, these fall sight words flashcards are a fun way to strengthen reading skills and get into the fall spirit!

Fall Sight Word Flashcards for Kids

By the way, be sure to see our Winter Sight Word Flashcards and our Fall Alphabet and Number Playdough Mats!

Use these printable fall sight word flashcards to help early learners practice sight reading!

Fall Sight Words Flashcards

To use these flashcards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Scissors
  • Laminator (if you want to reuse them later)

Printable Fall Sight Word Flashcards

These flashcards are perfect for kids who are working on sight word skills, whether they’re toddlers or even first graders! In this flashcard pack, you’ll find flashcards for the following sight words:

  • Apple
  • Bear
  • Cat
  • Cow
  • Farm
  • School
  • Night
  • And School!

Printable Fall Sight Word Flashcards for Kids

There’s also a blank set of cards without the words so that kids can practice identifying each picture and a set of cards with just the words to help recognize the words alone. There’s also a set of cards with the words only to practice recognizing the words on their own.

Fall Sight Word Flashcards for Reading Practice

Or you can use them for a memory game! Just place all the picture and word cards face down and challenge your kids to match them together!

Using Fall Sight Word Flashcards for Reading Skills

Scroll down to get your fall sight words flashcards!

Fall Playdough Mats

For even more fall fun, check out the following kids’ books about fall as well as some fun fall crafts and activities for children!

Kids’ Books about Fall

1. Hooray for Fall! by Kazuo Iwamuara

2. Fall (The Seasons) by Nuria Roca

3. Mouse’s First Fall by Lauren Thompson

4. I See Fall by Charles Ghigna

Kids’ Fall Crafts and Activities

1. Fall Playdough Recipe – Learn Play Imagine

2. 50 Free Fall Printables – Look! We’re Learning!

3. Fall Button Tree Quiet Bin – Hands On As We Grow

4. Leaf Stamping Fall Tree Craft – Crafty Morning

5. Fall Snow Globe Craft – Look! We’re Learning!

Get even more ideas for learning about fall with these posts!

Fun Fall Leaf Activities for Kids @ Look! We're Learning!

50 Fall Books for Kids

This list of over 50 free fall printables for kids is perfect for educational fall fun!

Plus, check out more fall activities on my Fall Activities for Kids Pinterest board!

To get your copy of our Fall Sight Words Flashcards, click the image or the link below to visit our Store!

Fall Sight Word Flashcards - Look! We're Learning!

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Preschool Playdough Mats: Alphabet and Number Fall Playdough Mats

September 19, 2017 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

We’ve been enjoying releasing all of our newest fall-themed products lately! Today we’re wrapping things up with a set of Alphabet & Number Fall Playdough Mats!

If you’re teaching toddlers or preschoolers this year, you’ll love using these mats to help them work on fine motor skills and letter/number recognition! Plus, it’s always fun to play with playdough, even for adults! 😉

Alphabet Fall Playdough Mats for Kids

By the way, don’t miss our other preschool playdough mats, including our apple tree counting mat – another easy fall project for PreK!

Use these printable fall playdough mats to teach your little ones to form letters and numbers!

Preschool Playdough Mats: Alphabet & Number Fall Playdough Mats

To use these preschool fall playdough mats, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Laminator
  • Playdough

Fall Alphabet Playdough Mats

This pack includes:

  • 26 letter mats showing both uppercase and lowercase letters
  • 10 number mats showing the numbers 0-9

Fall Playdough Mats for Kids

To use these mats, show the kids how to roll their playdough into rope-like shapes.

Alphabet Fall Playdough Mats

Once they form the playdough ropes, they can connect them together to trace the shapes of the letters and numbers on the mats.

Printable Fall Alphabet Playdough Mats

We decided to use fall-themed colored playdough as well.

Apple Activities Preschool Bundle

Fall Alphabet Playdough Mats for Kids

There are mats for each letter – from A all the way to Z! So if you’re using letter of the week with your preschoolers, you can choose one letter per week and work on practicing forming the letters as you go.

Fall Number Playdough Mats

Plus, there are printable fall playdough mats for the numbers 0-9 as well!

Fall Number Playdough Mats for Kids

Be sure to laminate them before you use them with any playdough, especially if you want to reuse them at another time.

Scroll down to get your Alphabet and Number Fall Playdough Mats!

Toddler Books about Fall:

Make this activity into an easy fall pre-k unit with these fun toddler books about fall!

1. Fall Is Here by Frankie Jones

2. Fall Mixed Up by Bob Raczka

3. I Love Fall! by Allison Inches

4. Fall by Roger Priddy

Homemade Playdough Recipes:

Need some ideas for making your own playdough for use with these mats? Check out these simple recipes!

1. DIY Edible Playdough – Look! We’re Learning!

2. No Cook Playdough – The Imagination Tree

3. Kool-Aid Playdough – Look! We’re Learning!

4. Cotton Candy Playdough – Mama Miss

Don’t miss these other fall activity posts!

50 Fall Books for Kids

Fun Fall Leaf Activities for Kids @ Look! We're Learning!

Use these free fall printables for preschoolers to help your little ones learn about autumn!

See even more tips for teaching young ages on my Learning for Little Ones Pinterest board!

To get your copy of our Alphabet and Number Fall Playdough Mats, click the image or the link below to visit our Store!

Fun Fall Playdough Mats

>>> Alphabet and Number Fall Playdough Mats <<<

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Preschool Playdough Mats: Apple Tree Counting Mat

September 9, 2016 by Selena Robinson 7 Comments

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Piglet, our youngest, is starting PreK this year. She is so excited about it.

Of course, she also thinks that she will begin kindergarten immediately after the first day of preschool.

Since she’s working on PreK concepts, I’ll be sharing a lot more preschool resources this year, including preschool playdough mats!

Here in the U.S., we’re all gearing up for fall, so here’s a fun Playdough Apple Tree Counting Mat you can use with your toddler or preschooler too!

PreK Apple Tree Playdough Counting Mat

Read on to see how to grab this for your students.

And for more apple fun, don’t miss our Apple Alike! Same or Different Worksheets or our Apple Preschool Counting Puzzles!

Practice counting and fine motor skills with this fun playdough apple tree counting mat!

Preschool Playdough Mats: Apple Tree Counting Mat

Here are the supplies we used for our mats: (Affiliate links provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Scotch Thermal Laminator
  • Play-Doh – 24 Pack of Colors

That’s it! You definitely want to laminate these first so that they can be reused.

Supplies For the Apple Tree Playdough Counting Mat

Since the apples are grouped on the trees in sets of four, this was a simple way to work on skip counting.

Using the Apple Tree Counting Mat

Just add four apples to each tree and count them.

Counting by Four with Apple Tree PreK Playdough Mats

Use a different color to work on counting and sorting. (How many green apples are there? How many red apples are there?)

Fall Playdough Mats

Then a little reinforcement. If there are four green apples on this tree and four green apples on this tree, how many green apples are there altogether? Oh, so four plus four is how much?

Next thing you know, your preschooler will be saying that 4 x 2 = 8. 🙂

Scroll down to get your copy of our Playdough Apple Tree Counting Mat!

Check out these other fall learning ideas for preschoolers!

Use these printable fall playdough mats to teach your little ones to form letters and numbers!

Early learners will love practicing shape recognition with these apple shapes worksheets for preschool!

And don’t miss our list of awesome fall books for kids to share this year!

50 Fall Books for Kids

Get more ideas for fall fun with kids from my Fall Activities for Kids board on Pinterest!

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Free Unit Studies

This post is part of the Free Unit Studies roundup! Stop by to see more fun posts about Apples and Pumpkins from my fellow bloggers!

Corn Kernel Fall Tree Craft from Play Dough & Popsicles

Kids in the Kitchen: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins from Crafty Mama in ME

Learning About Pumpkins {Free Printables Round Up} from Faith and Good Works

Books about Pumpkins for Kids from CraftCreateCalm

Pumpkin Recipes for Kids from FrogMom

Harvest Theme Word Search from Tales of Education at Home

Board Books About Apples and Pumpkins for Toddlers from The Jenny Evolution

Pumpkin Science Activities from iGameMom

Apple Read and Play from My Storytime Corner

Pumpkin Preschool Printables from Living life and learning

Pumpkin Patch Alphabet Match from Schooling a Monkey

Apple Sight Word Game from Books and Giggles

Challenge Math – Apple Theme from Planet Smarty Pants

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