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Ollie has been LOVING playing outside lately as it has really warmed up here. He loves looking for creatures and recently we have seen a...
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Category: Activities
Subitizing Maze
May 13, 2021
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I had Ollie make his way through this subitizing Maze this morning (Subitizing is the ability to rapidly identify a set of 5-6 objects without...
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Ladybug Addition Wings
May 13, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Printable Available!!! Some of you have asked for printables of my activities, so I’m excited to announce I created my first printable out of this...
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Paper Clip Flowers
May 5, 2021
by Annie Miller
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This is a great fine motor activity to work on getting the paper clips attached to the cardboard flowers as well as a math activity...
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Subitizing Coverall
May 5, 2021
by Annie Miller
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There is a whole lot of learning happening in this activity but first let’s talk about Subitizing! The ability to recognize a small amount of...
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Baseball Pattern Stitch
April 26, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Calling all baseball lovers! Since baseball season has begun I thought we would try doing something with baseballs and this pattern activity is so simple...
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Toothbrush Cutting
April 26, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Let’s practice a little cutting by cutting the toothbrush bristles! This activity is to work on fine motor(cutting) and instead of just cutting lines I...
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Mixed Up Balloons
April 26, 2021
by Annie Miller
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The Balloons need to go with the presents but they’re all mixed up! Match the letters in the balloon to the letters on the present...
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Mixing Colors
April 26, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Sensory time! This is one of the easiest activities because you can put ANYTHING in the water and kids will enjoy it! It is also easy...
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Connect The Pairs/rainboot picture
April 26, 2021
by Annie Miller
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We have had a mix of snow (still) and rain the last few days and Ollie has been loving wearing his rain boots EVERYWHERE so...
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Recycled Letter Match
April 26, 2021
by Annie Miller
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I had Ollie do/finish this in the car while we brought Max to school in the morning! It kept him busy the whole time. We...
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Shape Venn Diagrams
April 26, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Toward of the end of the year in preschool as my students get better at sorting, I usually begin introducing Venn Diagrams. I love Venn diagrams...
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Rollercoaster Shapes
April 26, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Let’s ride the rollercoaster! This is a simple and easy activity to practice shape recognition, matching and fine motor! A great “ride” into the weekend:)...
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Number Airplanes
April 26, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Ollie has been into airplanes and flying things around the house lately so I made him his own set of “number airplanes.” He really thought...
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Sorting Buttons and Pom Poms
April 26, 2021
by Annie Miller
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I started the Monday after Easter off with a simple anytime activity…sorting! I grabbed our favorite manipulatives (buttons) and some pom poms to sort! I...
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Cover All Letter sounds
April 16, 2021
by Annie Miller
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We have been practicing Ollie’s (4) letters and letter sounds over here so I made him a quick “decorate the egg Bingo” while matching the...
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Match & Cut
April 16, 2021
by Annie Miller
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I made another super quick activity for Ollie (4) to practice matching uppercase and lowercase letters and since Max is home on spring break he...
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Goldfish Letter Formation
April 16, 2021
by Annie Miller
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This fun SNACKTIVITY works on how to correctly form the letters in your name. The goldfish crackers need to “swim” in the direction that the...
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Cut the Number Line
April 16, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Both of my boys enjoyed doing this activity, even my 6 year old who can cut pretty well enjoyed it! It involves fine motor strengthening while...
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Bunny & Egg Match
April 16, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Help the bunny find it’s missing egg! I quickly made this activity while Ollie ate breakfast this morning (that is how quick a set-up can be). ...
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Chocolate Bunny
April 16, 2021
by Annie Miller
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It sure smells yummy! Paint the bunny using chocolate sauce to make a chocolate bunny! I always did this in my preschool classroom and the kids...
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I Can Count Forward & Backward
February 23, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Super easy for a Friday. Ollie (3) worked on counting forward and counting backward. Counting backward is just as important as forward but so easily can be...
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Mixing Colors Connect
February 23, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Mix and connect the primary colors to make new colors! This is a simple way to practice identifying what primary colors make new colors. Ollie(3)...
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Chickpea Color Match
February 23, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Legos/Duplos and chickpeas are some of our favorite things over here so we combined them into a fun matching/fine motor activity! You can also do...
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Mail the Hearts
February 12, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Match the amount on the hearts to the number on the envelope! My kids love pretending to mail letters and play “mail” so I made...
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Button Match
February 12, 2021
by Annie Miller
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I have mentioned before that I love using buttons. I find them such useful manipulatives for sorting, size comparison, counting and color recognition, I also...
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Uncover the Heart
February 12, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Only color the letters in your name! This activity is so magical because you are unable to see the heart before you color (swipe to...
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Measure The Hearts
February 12, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Ollie (3) has been carrying around a tape measure for the past two days. It goes everywhere with us even in the car and he tries...
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Match Uppercase and Lowercase
February 12, 2021
by Annie Miller
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I’ve been noticing I have had a lot of marker and paper activities lately:) I guess I really am loving the simplicity that they bring!...
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Punch the Pattern
February 12, 2021
by Annie Miller
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My kids love using the hole punch or any punchers I have. They can sit and just punch a random piece of paper for a...
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Rainbow Patterns
February 12, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Follow the rainbow pattern to see what colors are missing! Easy peasy for this Monday! TO DO: Just draw a bunch of hearts in the...
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Color Connect Hearts
February 12, 2021
by Annie Miller
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This is another simple activity that provides so much learning. I drew and colored the hearts (strategic placement to form a heart) and then I...
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Valentine’s Day Soup
February 12, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Today was a VERY FUN sensory day for Ollie (3)! We made “Valentine Soup.” I gathered a bunch of waterproof pom-poms, buttons and heart jewels....
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Magna-Tiles Puzzle
February 12, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Both of my boys love Magna-Tiles and Puzzles so we combined them into a heart puzzle! It kept my kids busy for 30 minutes (HIGH...
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Direction Hearts
February 12, 2021
by Annie Miller
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This is an activity that can work on up/down, left/right, North, South, East, West or just for visual discrimination. Today, Ollie used it for visual...
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Slice the Fruits & Vegetables
February 12, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Now that Max is back in full time kindergarten, I have more time to do activities with Ollie (3). He loves to cook and help prepare...
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What Doesn’t Belong
February 12, 2021
by Annie Miller
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We play this game A LOT in preschool because categorizing items is extremely important. It helps children to begin to group their thoughts together, begin...
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Crazy 8 Snowflakes
January 18, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Super easy activity for a Friday and so great for fine motor. You know those silly 8’s that can be tricky for kids to make?...
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Circle Find
January 18, 2021
by Annie Miller
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How many circles can you find? This is so simple but such a good fine motor/math activity. Not only were my kids looking for a shape,...
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Number Buttons
January 18, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Here is an activity to work on before and after numbers. Those are extremely important when learning how to add and subtract. This activity also...
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DIY Gift Idea
January 18, 2021
by Annie Miller
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It was my mom’s birthday on new years day and I usually have my kids make her something useful! This time they made her a super simple...
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Snowing in the Arctic
January 18, 2021
by Annie Miller
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A long time ago I did something similar to this in the bathtub and my kids LOVED it! So instead of bath time with shaving cream...
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The Chocolate Covered Cookie Tantrum
January 14, 2021
by Annie Miller
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A MUST READ Book! One of my coworkers introduced me to this book and I have to read it every year to my students because...
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Tape Resist Watercolor Snowflake
January 14, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Last week we made a watercolor igloo and my kids enjoyed using the watercolors so much that I brought them out again. This time we...
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Pez Machine Sight Words
January 14, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Does anyone else have Pez Machines laying around? We have somehow accumulated a lot of these over the last year and instead of throwing them...
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Snowball Scoop and Fill
January 14, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Don’t let the picture fool you. As nice as that photo looks literally 3 minutes ago the chickpeas completely covered my counter and floor. Ollie (3) Was...
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Mitten Number Pairs
January 14, 2021
by Annie Miller
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Short, Sweet and Warm for this Friday! Matching the amount of dots to the amount of lines. TIP**draw the mittens pretty close together and then...
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Reindeer Number Googly Eyes
December 21, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Help! Santa’s reindeer need eyes! I did something similar to this back around Halloween with ghost eyes so I decided to try it with reindeer! ...
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Watercolor Number Igloo
December 21, 2020
by Annie Miller
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I hope this brightens up your day. Easy, Simple, Fun! *draw the igloo in pen or permanent marker
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Cut & Read Sight Words
December 21, 2020
by Annie Miller
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I tried to spice it up a bit and instead of my son just practicing saying his sight words, I had him cut them also!...
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Connect & Build Small, Medium, Large
December 21, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Connect and Distance Learning kindergarten pretty much takes up a huge chunk of our day between google meets and homework, so I have been needing...
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2, 4, 6 Duplo Color Tree
December 21, 2020
by Annie Miller
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How many pegs do the Duplos have? For #stemplaytoday today we did a little math and a little engineering. As I have mentioned before, my...
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Wrap the Uppercase and Lowercase
December 15, 2020
by Annie Miller
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A fun way to practice wrapping gifts by matching the uppercase ribbon to the lowercase. There are so many ways to do this activity and you...
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Gingerbread Brothers
December 15, 2020
by Annie Miller
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I feel so fortunate that my boys like to do arts and crafts and these cute “gingerbread brothers” are exactly why! We got this giant...
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Cut Your Candy Cane Stripes
December 15, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Cut your candy cane NAME stripes! This works on fine motor and patterns in a fun way! Enjoy!
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Code the Tree
December 1, 2020
by Annie Miller
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As we begin full time distant learning kindergarten over here, I will be trying to do as many possible hands-on activities to go along with...
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Clothespin Number Tree
December 1, 2020
by Annie Miller
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This is an easy one to one correspondence activity! I would tell Ollie (3) how many “lights” 1-10 to put on each tree. Then I...
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Light Up Triangles
December 1, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Let’s light up the tree by highlighting the triangles! Kids will look for triangles of all sizes and triangles within triangles to highlight with different colors. ...
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Paper Towel Patterns
December 1, 2020
by Annie Miller
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My kids LOVED this activity! We have about 10 different trees made because my kids kept going back to this HA!! And to be honest,...
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Number Pattern Candy Canes
December 1, 2020
by Annie Miller
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We count MULTIPLE times throughout our day. Just stop and think about it–It is fascinating! This is why counting is so crucial in early development because...
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Cut Down Your Tree
November 19, 2020
by Annie Miller
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It is that time of the year where people begin to cut down trees for the holidays so I decided to “act” it out with my...
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Symmetrical Polka Dot Feathers
November 19, 2020
by Annie Miller
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I thought I would jump on the turkey bandwagon by having my kiddos make symmetrical turkey feathers! Drawing polka dots or drawing in a circular motion...
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Animal Cracker Match
November 19, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Today I am playing along with #kidsfunfoodfriday with this super simple matching snack idea! Why waste a moment of learning while eating…instead turn your snack...
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Number Kernels
November 13, 2020
by Annie Miller
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This simple matching activity works on number recognition, one to one correspondence, matching, subitizing and fine motor in a fun interesting “corny” way! You could make...
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