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Bridge Building and Dr. Seuss Activities – 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!

Here are a few fun ideas from last week’s linkup.

Building Bridges STEM Activity

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It’s amazing how creativity comes alive in children when you give them a few simple items and ask them to build you something! This STEM Bridge Building activity from PreK Pages is such fun!

Dr. Seuss Activities

There are so many wonderful Dr. Seuss books to read together with your children – and even more activities and fun projects to go along with the reading. Here are 30 Dr. Seuss Activities to help you get started!

Kenyan Mask Art Project

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Teacher Mom Plus 3 shared a mask art project from their around the world study of Kenya.

Teaching Addition With Picture Books

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Picture books are a simple and effective way for working on far more than reading skills (and getting snuggles).  Embark on the Journey shares several book ideas that are great for teaching young children addition.

The Giant Hug

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If you’re looking for a fun literature unit this month, check out The Giant Hug from Ivy KidsWe have loved the literature kits we’ve worked on from them and this would be so much fun for the month of February. Use the code IVY20 to save 20% on your kit! :)

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That’s it for this week! Please feel free to link up your early childhood learning ideas and activities – and be sure to visit another person this week and encourage them too!

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Early Learning Ideas for Valentine’s Day – Preschool and Kindergarten Community Linkup

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 to use in the upcoming week’s as we approach Valentine’s Day. Can’t wait to see what you all have been up to with your children!

Valentine’s Day Skip Counting

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This pattern and skip counting idea from Life Over C’s is great for youngers and older children! Start with simple patterns for your younger children and move on to skip counting with this activity.

Valentine Chocolate Play Dough

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All I can say is YUM, and I want to make some of this chocolate playdough for our kids. Playdough is fun no matter what age you are, and this recipe from PreK Pages would leave our house smelling amazing (without all the calories!).

Valentine Candy Experiment

If you’d rather not eat all the candy around Valentine’s Day, have some fun and run some candy science experiments.

Valentine Window Clings

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Decorate your windows and doors with these window gel clings from Science Kiddo. These would be great for Valentine’s Day and the recipe could be used to make other shapes and fun clings!

Number Sorting Printable

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Here’s a fun Valentine’s Number Sorting printable to use with your kids to practice even and odd numbers as well as number sequencing.

 

FREE February Pocket Chart Calendar Pieces

Work on counting, patterns, and more with these free February calendar pieces for your pocket charts. The set includes three colors and patterns with a monthly header.

 

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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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8 Simple Sorting Activities and Dyed Wooden Disks – 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 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.

Dyed Wooden Disks

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Cutting Tiny Bites made beautiful dyed wooden disks – and her children helped make them. Beyond being a fun activity to create, they had fun using them in many different ways.

Keva Plank Dominoes

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Keva planks are something we will be building more with in the upcoming weeks. Check out this Keva Plank Domino activity from 3 Dinosaurs for a fun STEM challenge.

8 Simple Sorting Activities

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Busy Toddler has put together a wonderful post with 8 Simple Sorting Activities – full of color and great ideas! The ideas may be simple, but they are full of learning.

Free Polar Bear Pack

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Make reading and spelling practice FUN with this full-color Polar Bear Pack contains 30 printable pages of delightful reading and spelling activities that are positively popping with polar bears

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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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How to Make Fake Snow and Ice Painting – 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.

Winter Themed Busy Bags

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If you are stocking up your winter activities, be sure to look through the 10 winter-themed busy bag ideas from Something 2 Offer. I love the snowflake design felt project!

Ice Painting

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You don’t have to have snow on the ground to paint with ice! Visit Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds for a fun watercolor project your kids will love.

 

Icy Hand Sensory Bin

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This icy hand sensory bin from Tiny Tots Adventure is a great way to get a hands-on feel of temperature and the different properties of water.

 

ABC Snowflake Match

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Have fun with snowflakes and learning the alphabet together with this Snowflake Match game from Stir the Wonder. You can even switch it up and do numbers or shapes for more learning fun.

 

How to Make Fake Snow

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If you live in an area that doesn’t get a lot of snow, be sure to check out this tutorial on making fake snow from Playtivities!

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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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

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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.

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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