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Borax Crystals and Pom Pom Push – Preschool and Kindergarten Community

Preschool and Kindergarten Community weekly linkup

Ready for another week of linking up and sharing ideas? I am so glad that you are stopping by today (really, I am!) and can’t wait to see what you all have to share this week. Be sure to stop by our PreK & K Pinterest board to see a collection of the different posts we are pinning – including yours!

Don’t forget to link up a post or two of yours and share what you’ve been working on with your kids! Here are a few fun ideas from last week’s linkup.

Simple Calendar

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Living Montessori Now always has amazing ideas to share and I love this simple Montessori calendar activity she shares.

 

Pom Pom Push

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This Pom Pom push idea from Busy Toddler can easily be adapted to any theme or time of year and would be a wonderful fine motor activity for children to learn color matching.

 

Borax Crystal Growing

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While I realize we are past the point of making ornaments, growing Borax crystals are so much fun to make. You can use pipe cleaners, but I love this idea from Science Kiddos to create borax ornaments from things you find in nature! Beautiful!

 

Activities for The Snowy Day

activities, crafts, and printables to go along with The Snowy Day 

The Snowy Day by Ezra Keats (aff link) was such a fun book to read (and re-read) with our children. The illustrations are so unique (and fun to imitate) and there are many activities that go-along with the book to encourage learning, aside from the hands-on ones: story sequencing, finding shapes, learning about the weather, and much more!

FREE ABC Cookbooks

AALP cookbooks

Have a child that loves eating and cooking? Download these FREE ABC Cookbooks that features snacks for every letter of the alphabet and help support pre-reading skills.

Follow the PreK and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board

Preschool Pinterest Board

Each week I am  pinning many of your links onto the Preschool and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board. I’m a visual person, so having pictures to help me remember posts is super helpful. Be sure to jump over and follow the board – and find some fun ideas at the same time!

 

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35 Crafts, Activities, and Printables for The Snowy Day

activities, crafts, and printables to go along with The Snowy Day

The Snowy Day by Ezra Keats (aff link) was such a fun book to read (and re-read) with our children. The illustrations are so unique (and fun to imitate) and there are many activities that go-along with the book to encourage learning, aside from the hands-on ones: story sequencing, finding shapes, learning about the weather, and much more!

This is a book that has earned a permanent spot on our bookshelves – for visiting friends and someday grandkids! I just can’t bring myself to pull it off and pack it away!

Here is a collection of 35 activities, crafts, science projects, and printables to go along with your reading of The Snowy Day. If you have a link you love, please let me know so I can add it below as well!

 

The Snowy Day Activities and Crafts

The Snowy Day go along activities

  1. Snowball pom-poms – love this idea from Delightful Learning!
  2. Borax snowflakes – they are so pretty when they are done!
  3. Indoor snow angels – how fun!
  4. Snowy Day sensory tub with peg dolls from Along the Way
  5. Make snow tracks – absolutely LOVE this idea from Chasing Slow
  6. Snow covered tree just like in the book
  7. Shadow Box for The Snowy Day
  8. Make snowflakes!
  9. Make a Peter doll for your child to carry around – love this idea from Wildflower Ramblings
  10. Snow dough – such a fun idea for building a snow man indoors
  11. Trace snow tracks and work on fine motor skills
  12. Make snowflakes!
  13. Edible snow dough from Wildflower Ramblings
  14. Sparkle snow – SO pretty!


Snacks

snowy day snack ideas

Snowy Day Art Projects

Science Tie-ins

The Snowy Day science projects

  • Snow/Ice Melting – using snowflake ice cubes, Joyfully Weary tried four different methods to see how fast/slow ice melted with different mediums.
  • Fizzy snow from Intentional By Grace

Printables to Go Along

Additional Literature Based Learning Ideas

Like this? Don’t miss these other literature based activity posts focused on some of our favorite children’s books. 

Over 30 go-along crafts, activities, and printables for The Polar Express

Soft Words Jar and a Shoelace Trick – Preschool and Kindergarten Community

Preschool and Kindergarten Community weekly linkup

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break and were able to spend some time with your family and just REST!! While I realize not many of you may be working on school, you may be creating some fun projects together still and would love to share!

Don’t forget to link up a post or two of yours and share what you’ve been working on with your kids! Here are a few fun ideas from last week’s linkup.

Soft Words Jar

SOFT-Words-Jar from Spell Outloud

The soft words jar is something we are going to implement in our house. I absolutely LOVE this idea from Spell Outloud to encourage gentle words and soft answers between family members.

Dramatic Play from A to Z

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Dramatic play is so very important for kids and Happy Brown House has put together a complete A to Z Dramatic Play list for you to get the wheels spinning on play ideas!

Shoelace Trick

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Confession – one of our kids took a very long time to learn how to tie his shoes! With everything flip flops, crocs, and velcro these days, finding tie-up shoes can be hard, never mind learning how to tie them! Check out this shoelace trick from Steam Powered Family.

 

DIY Paper Baubles

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Although we are past Christmas and decorations, these DIY paper baubles are so very cute and I’m thinking I need to find any excuse to make them anyway! We have tones of fun papers to use on this craft and it is so simple!

That’s it for this week! Can’t wait to see what you all have been up to!

Follow the PreK and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board

Preschool Pinterest Board

Each week I am  pinning many of your links onto the Preschool and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board. I’m a visual person, so having pictures to help me remember posts is super helpful. Be sure to jump over and follow the board – and find some fun ideas at the same time!

 

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Link Up with the Preschool and Kindergarten Community!

Homeschool Preschool: Preschool and Kindergarten Community linkup at Homeschool CreationsShare what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you.

Christmas Fine Motor Activities – Preschool & Kindergarten Community

Preschool and Kindergarten Community weekly linkup

Ready for another week of linking up and sharing ideas? I am so glad that you are stopping by today (really, I am!) and can’t wait to see what you all have to share this week. Be sure to stop by our PreK & K Pinterest board to see a collection of the different posts we are pinning – including yours!

Don’t forget to link up a post or two of yours and share what you’ve been working on with your kids! Here are a few fun ideas from last week’s linkup.

Snipping Santa’s Beard

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Here’s a cute Christmas activity to work on fine motor skills from Hands On As We Grow. Have fun snipping Santa’s beard and get in a little bit of scissor cutting practice.

Montessori Inspired Geo Board

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Welcome to Mommyhood shares a tutorial to make your own Christmas geoboard along with some ideas for playing with your creation. Some wonderful Montessori inspiration!

Toothpick Tree

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A simple shoebox, some toothpicks, and pom poms are what you’ll need for this Christmas Tree activity from Stir the Wonder. It is a great activity to work on hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills with your preschooler.

Christmas Tree GeoBoard

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This idea to make a Christmas tree geoboard from School Time Snippets is super cute. We made one of these with lite brites (aff link) and it was MUCH fun!

Free Reading Activity

Bake the Cookies Reading Freebie 

If you’re looking for a cute {and sweet} reading activity, be sure to download the Bake the Cookies printable from All About Reading. It’s a little something to add some color and fun to your reading time. Download Bake the Cookies here.

 

Follow the PreK and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board

Preschool Pinterest Board

Each week I am  pinning many of your links onto the Preschool and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board. I’m a visual person, so having pictures to help me remember posts is super helpful. Be sure to jump over and follow the board – and find some fun ideas at the same time!

 

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Easy Homemade Ornaments and Daily Reading Time – Preschool and Kindergarten Community

Preschool and Kindergarten Community weekly linkup

Is your house full of holiday learning and overflowing with yummy baked goods? We’ve been busy making Peppermint Bark and ninja gingerbread cookies (aff link) this week and have plenty more in store too! (The hardest thing is staying out of them!)

Be sure to stop by our PreK & K Pinterest board to see a collection of the different posts we are pinning – including yours! Don’t forget to link up a post or two of yours and share what you’ve been working on with your kids! Here are a few fun ideas from last week’s linkup.

Daily Reading Time

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Reading is one of the most important things we can do with our children to encourage early literacy. Living Life and Learning shares five ways to include reading in your day.

Easy Homemade Ornament

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If you want to make a simple gift for family or create some easy homemade ornaments, be sure to check out this button tree ornament from Hands On As We Grow.

Montessori Nutcracker Unit

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There’s still time before Christmas to squeeze in some fun learning with a Nutcracker Unit. Every Star is Different has two different Montessori based units that she is sharing along with free printables to go along.

FREE ABC Cookbooks

AALP cookbooks

Have a child that loves eating and cooking? Download these FREE ABC Cookbooks that features snacks for every letter of the alphabet and help support pre-reading skills.

Follow the PreK and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board

Preschool Pinterest Board

Each week I am  pinning many of your links onto the Preschool and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board. I’m a visual person, so having pictures to help me remember posts is super helpful. Be sure to jump over and follow the board – and find some fun ideas at the same time!

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Family Tree Activity and DIY Watercolors – Preschool & Kindergarten Community Link Up

Preschool and Kindergarten Community weekly linkup

Ready for another week of linking up and sharing ideas? I am so glad that you are stopping by today (really, I am!) and can’t wait to see what you all have to share this week. Be sure to stop by our PreK & K Pinterest board to see a collection of the different posts we are pinning – including yours!

Don’t forget to link up a post or two of yours and share what you’ve been working on with your kids! Here are a few fun ideas from last week’s linkup.

Learning About the Family Tree

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It is so much fun seeing how Deb from Montessori Now shares learning fun with her granddaughter. With the opportunity to see many new faces of relatives during the holiday season, this family tree activity is a great way to learn names and identify faces of loved ones.

 

Tree Activities for Tots and Preschoolers

Tree Activities for Tots & Preschoolers w Free Printables

If your learning takes a trip outdoors, be sure to use these Tree Activities and Printables from Every Star is Different. Some fun and hands-on learning ideas for how trees grow and more.

FREE ABC Cookbooks

AALP cookbooks

Have a child that loves eating and cooking? Download these FREE ABC Cookbooks that features snacks for every letter of the alphabet and help support pre-reading skills.

DIY Watercolors

Not sure what to do with all those old half-dried out markers in your house? Check out this DIY Watercolors tutorial from Tiny Tots Adventure and bring new life to your markers.

Greatest Gifts Treasure Box

My friend Mary Dean has shared a meaningful and cute printable to download and use in the upcoming weeks – the Treasure Box. She has a full color or black and white version and it is a great prompt for talking about the wonderful gift that we’ve already been given.

 

Follow the PreK and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board

Preschool Pinterest Board

Each week I am  pinning many of your links onto the Preschool and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board. I’m a visual person, so having pictures to help me remember posts is super helpful. Be sure to jump over and follow the board – and find some fun ideas at the same time!

 

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Link Up with the Preschool and Kindergarten Community!

Homeschool Preschool: Preschool and Kindergarten Community linkup at Homeschool CreationsShare what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you.