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60+ St. Patrick’s Day Activities – Preschool and Kindergarten Community

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March 7, 2014 by 6 Comments

St. Patrick's Day crafts and activities for kids

March 17th is just around the corner and here are some fun St. Patrick’s Day activities, snacks, resources, and printables from past Preschool and Kindergarten Community link ups that you are going to love! Rainbows, leprechauns, and gold abound – get ready for some fun!

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Color Wheel Paper Plate :: St. Patrick’s Day Crafts :: Rainbow Water :: Painting Rainbows :: Rainbow Collage :: Rainbow Wind Chimes from Happy Hooligans

Rainbows & Leprechauns :: St. Patrick’s Day Math Printables :: St. Patrick’s Day Sudoku Puzzles from Homeschool Creations

Rainbow Tot Pack :: Tot School Rainbows :: Rainbow Lapbook :: from 1+1+1=1

R is for Rainbow from Delightful Learning

Rainbow Activities :: St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Activities from Trillium Montessori

St. Patrick’s Day activities :: Sneaky Shamrocks :: Leprechaun Pancakes and Rainbow Whipped Cream from The Nature of Grace

St. Patrick’s Day Printables :: Kindergarten extension pack ::  Shaemus Shaun the Leprechaun :: Family Theme Night – St. Patrick’s Day ::  St. Patty’s Count and Color Books from 2 Teaching Mommies

St. Patrick’s Day Felt Board from Munchin and Bean

Shaving Cream Gold Hunt :: St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Bags :: Handprint Rainbow Craft from House of Burke

Homemade Felt Leprechaun :: St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Bin from Wildflower Ramblings

Shamrock File Folder Games ~ a variety of different file folder games. Pick one to use with your kiddos!

St. Patrick’s Day Literacy Activities :: St. Patrick’s Day Math Activities from Stay at Home Educator

Shamrock Hidden Shapes Tray :: from Crayon Box Chronicles

Trim a Leprechauns Beard :: Preschool St. Patrick’s Day Part 1 :: St. Patrick’s Day for Preschoolers Part 2 from Sorting Sprinkles

Felt Shamrock Matching Game :: Shaving Cream Shamrocks :: Along the Way

Magic Leprachaun Rocks :: Shamrock Hunt :: Pasta Rainbows :: Magic Fizzing Shamrocks :: Rainbow Do-a-Dot Worksheet :: Stringing a Rainbow Necklace from Gift of Curiousity

Homemade Rainbow Paint :: Peppers and Shamrocks :: Erupting Rainbow Sidewalk Chalk :: Marshmallow Rainbows :: Rainbow Resist Art :: Rainbow Eruptions :: Rainbow Slime ::  Rainbow Flour Paint :: Rainbow Sand Slime from Learn, Play, Imagine

Painting the Irish flag :: Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day :: FREE St. Patrick’s Day Unit :: Rainbow Pasta from Pinay Homeschooler

40+ St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Tubs :: Montessori St. Patrick’s Day Math :: Homeschool St. Patrick’s Day ::  Montessori Inspired St. Patrick’s Day Activities from Living Montessori Now

Color rainbow experiment from Joyfully Weary

R is for Rainbow Printables :: Rainbow Crayons from Confessions of a Homeschooler

Lucky Charm Treats from Beautiful Chaos

Rainbow Sensory Bin :: Magic Leprechaun Baking Soda Fine Motor Play :: Rainbow Scissor Skills  from Little Bins for Little Hands

Shamrock Garland from Stir the Wonder

Find even MORE great St. Patrick’s Day ideas on my St. Patrick’s Day themed Pinterest boards…

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30+ Dr. Seuss Activities for Children – Preschool and Kindergarten Community

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February 28, 2014 by 10 Comments

30 Dr. Seuss Activities

 
March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’s birthday – will you be celebrating with any fun activities? One of my favorite Dr. Seuss books when I was young was Mr. Brown Can Moo – and I can still quote much of the book by heart (I’m willing to bet my mom can as well!).

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Here are 30 fun Dr. Seuss learning activities, snacks, and printables that were collected from the few past years of the Preschool and Kindergarten Community. Click over to visit the posts, or pin this post for later! There’s a Wocket in My Pocket :: Dr. Seuss on the iPad :: 10 Apples Up on Top Preschool Ideas from Spell Outloud

  Celebrating Dr. Seuss’ Birthday :: Homemade Playdough in Dr. Seuss Colors :: Dr. Seuss Shape Activity :: 8 Dr. Seuss Snacks and Activities :: Fox in Socks Puppet ::  Cat in the Hat Activity Mats from JDaniels 4’s Mom

  Letter Review :: A Little of Dr. Seuss from Nestpirations

  Cat in the Hat Practical Activities :: Montessori Inspired Dr. Seuss Activities :: Dr. Seuss with a Touch of Montessori :: Montessori-Inspired Lorax Activities :: Dr. Seuss Inspired Phonics Activities  from Living Montessori Now

  Cat in the Hat masks from Like Mama Like Daughter

  Ten Apples Up On Top Activity :: Easy Seussian Hats :: Preschool Syllabus: Dr. Seuss :: Cats in Hats :: Celebrating Dr. Seuss :: Green Eggs Two Ways from Joyfully Weary

  Measuring and Creating Dr. Seuss Hats from The Princess and the Tot

  Dr. Seuss unit :: Seuss Color and Counting Books :: Lorax Preschool Unit from 2 Teaching Mommies

  A Truffula Tree craft from Mama to 5 Blessings

  Dr. Seuss Week from A Mom’s View from the Pew

  Six Activities for Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss :: Pink Ink Yink Drink :: Week Long Fun with Dr. Seuss from School Time Snippets

  Cat in the Hat Template :: Ten Apples Up on Top Mini Book from Learn and Grow Designs.

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Dr. Seuss Pinterest Board

Dr Seuss Pinterest Board

Follow along with my Dr. Seuss Pinterest board for additional fun ideas for Dr. Seuss learning fun. There are SO many more great ideas linked up there!

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Ten Fine Motor Activities for Children – Preschool and Kindergarten Community

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February 21, 2014 by 3 Comments

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10 Fine Motor Activities for young children from Homeschool Creations

 

There are so many different ways to work on fine motor skills with your kids. This week I’m highlighting ten posts, featuring a variety of fine motor activities for young children – and some great practice as well!

If your kids are needing a little help with their scissor skills (other than cutting the hair of a sibling), visit Happy Hooligans for 5 Cutting Activities to Develop Scissor Skills.

This Fine Motor Clothes Fastenings Board from craftulate.com has several different fasteners to help your child learn different skills like buttoning, zipping, snapping – love it!

Pipe cleaners are such a simple and forgiving way to work on fine motor skills. P is for Preschooler shares Pipe Cleaner Loops (and a little Olympic fun too).

This light bright geo board is such a fun idea! Visit And Next Comes… to see how she used her light bright table with her boys.

Grab a bag of mini marshmallows, toothpicks and tweezers for some sweet play time. Little Bins for Little Hands shares two different activities to do with your kids.

Latch boards can be so much fun for little hands. Check out My Life of Travels and Adventures for a tutorial on putting together your own.

Life with Moore Babies shares a YUMMY Nutella play dough recipe that she used with her kids to make some super cute mini cupcakes.

This activity from Dabbling Momma is so simple – straws and contact paper, but can be used so many different ways!

Making pretzels together and rolling out the dough – similar to playdough play, but there is a yummy edible finish! Check out ABC Creative Learning for a recipe and ideas.

Using q-tips to paint is a great way to work on fine motor skills. Carisa from 1+1+1=1 shares some fun printables for working on ABC’s with kids.

 

Visit the ladies above and share their ideas with others too! Enjoy and have fun linking up below!

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Felt Turtle Tutorial, Bead Activities, Mirror Play, and Tot Trays – Preschool and Kindergarten Community

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February 14, 2014 by 6 Comments

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There were SO many great ideas linked up last week to the Preschool and Kindergarten Community. You all are keeping me busy pinning and wanting to whip out craft supplies and get buy! Here are a few ideas to check out – but be sure to visit those linking up this week too!

How to Make a Felt Turtle

This little felt turtle from Wildflower Ramblings – just too cute for words. Amy shares a ton of other ideas for the Letter T in this post too, including a turtle pond sensory bin – you will love it!

The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Kids-Crafts-and-Activities-Using-Beads

Deb from Living Montessori Now ALWAYS has fabulous ideas to share, and her Ultimate Guide to Kid’s Crafts and Learning Activities Using Beads will give you some fabulous ideas {and keep you busy for a bit}.

Mirror Play

Happy Hooligans shared a simple, but fun activity using 3 things: a mirror, a dry erase marker and small colored rocks. Such a fun idea that will keep your kids busy for quite some time – and they get to be creative in the process.

CarTruckAutomobileTotTrays

If you have a child that love anything that moves, be sure to stopy by My Life of Travels and Adventures. She shares 10 Car and Truck Themed Tot Trays that will be loved for sure!

That’s it for this week. Thanks so much for linking up and sharing your ideas with us!

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Olympic Theme Ideas – Preschool and Kindergarten Community

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February 7, 2014 by 2 Comments

Homeschool Preschool: Preschool and Kindergarten Community linkup at Homeschool Creations

The Olympics snuck up on me, so this next week we’ll have a little fun with a few activities. If you haven’t planned anything yet, here are a few ideas to get you going.

This ice skating diorama from Spell Outloud is one of the many fun ideas that she is working on with her girls to celebrate the Olympics. Her edible Olympic medals are one of the best ideas!

Easy-Olympic-Ring-Art

This colorful craft from Happy Hooligans is super simple and easy to pull together with little preparation. Check out Happy Hooligans for the Olympic Ring Art project.

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Chalk pastels are one of our favorite art mediums, and Tricia from Hodge Podge shares Winter Olympic Chalk Pastels for all ages. You can find a free Olympic Ring Tutorial here.

Winter Olympics Unit 007

Every Star is Different shares a variety of Montessori activities that you can work on with your kids.

This Olympic flag craft from Crystals Tiny Treasures is another fun and simple activity to celebrate the beginning of the games.

Lego Ring Sorting

This Lego Ring Sorting activity from Toddler Approved is a great way to add in some color work while learning about the Olympics.

salt dough olympic medals

If you run a few Olympic trials at your home, be sure to make some of these Salt Dough Olympic Medals from The Imagination Tree. Your kids will love them!

For some snack fun, you can pull together these Olympic torches from Living Well, Spending Less.

Olympic Theme Pinterest Board

If none of these activities work for you, be sure to follow my Olympic Theme Pinterest Board where there are LOTS of additional ideas to keep you busy with your kids!

 

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Fun for Valentine’s Day – Preschool and Kindergarten Community

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January 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment

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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and here are some fun activities that you can do with your kids to celebrate while loving on each other.

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These pretzel, hershey kiss, and m&m treats are SO easy to make for Valentine’s Day. Check out the other fun things in this Valentine post that were done to go along with the book The Snowy Valentine {a sweet book for Valentine’s Day too!}

Valentine's Day gifts kids can make

Montessori Nature has some cute Valentine’s Day gifts that kids can make – love some of these and will have to make a few with our kids!

NoBake-Cupcake-Valentine-Craft

This No Bake Cupcake Valentine Craft from Spell Outloud is super cute and has zero calories. Makes it even better!

 

Valentines-Sensory-Play

You’ll need to check out all the fun things that Sharla’s kids created using their Valentine Sensory Bin over at Chaos and the Clutter.

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This fizzy heart science center from B-Inspired Mama is a great way to add some science learning to sweet holiday.

February pocket chart calendar pieces from Homeschool Creations

Don’t forget to grab a copy of the February Pocket Chart Calendar cards that I shared earlier this week! Stay tuned next week, because I’ll be sharing a few more Valentine’s Day Printables as well!

 

Other helpful Valentine’s Day Links

 

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