Valentine’s Day Soup
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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Bead Indian Corn
November 13, 2020
by Annie Miller
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I have seen something similar to this and I had to try it! I love all the colors that come with Indian Corn so I knew...
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Roll, Match, Cut
November 13, 2020
by Annie Miller
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I have been jumping on the simple train lately Ha….been a little busy over here! Here is an activity that is simple yet touches on...
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Pattern Name Maze
November 13, 2020
by Annie Miller
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This activity is so easy and there are so many possibilities to it! Mazes are a fun and exciting way to learn which is why I turned...
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Build The Tree Trunk
November 6, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Since my kids LOVE Legos and Duplos, here is yet another “I need a 5 minute” break activity that focuses on engineering the pattern! Keeping...
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How Many Syllables?
November 6, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Syllables are so important because dividing words into parts will make it easier for children to start sounding out and reading words! I had my kids...
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Ordinal Number Stairs
October 27, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Ordinal Numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd) are important because they help us put things in order and tell the position of an object. They are some of...
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ABC Pumpkin Stem Match
October 27, 2020
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Need a super quick activity? Here you go! This was a quick attempt at some uppercase/lowercase matching! I just drew 26 pumpkins, cut some brown...
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Pumpkin Eye Dropper Art
October 27, 2020
by Annie Miller
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We had snow the last 3 days here in Minnesota —ugh this is way too early for snow–so I needed something to brighten up our...
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Cut The Number Sides
October 23, 2020
by Annie Miller
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I put a lot of elements into this activity to get the most out of it so here it goes! First my kids were to cut...
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Fingerprint Pumpkin Match
October 23, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Fingerprints are fascinating! It is so fun to use magnifying glasses to look at our fingerprints to see how they are similar/different and what “fingerprint”...
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10 Frame Bat House
October 23, 2020
by Annie Miller
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To continue our 10 Frame practice, I constructed a 10 frame attic full of bats to put in a house! The kids helped me build...
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Roll it. Sound it. Color it.
October 20, 2020
by Annie Miller
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I love this simple activity because: It incorporates so many concepts – math, literacy and fine motor to name a few! It’s easy to set...
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10 Frame Corn Counting
October 20, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Max has been working a lot with 10 Frames in kindergarten so I decided to make him one to practice on and I made it...
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Spider Pattern Legs
October 15, 2020
by Annie Miller
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As we were doing this activity I was hoping that my kids would accept spiders a bit more but a little later we saw one...
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Pop the Pattern
October 14, 2020
by Annie Miller
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The bubble wrap arrived again in a package so it was time for some more bubble wrap play! My kids LOVE all kinds of bubble wrap...
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Subitizing Lego Studs
October 13, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Subitizing! Sounds like a strange term to many of us but it such an important skill for children to learn. Subitizing is the ability to...
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Connect The Pumpkin Sequence
October 10, 2020
by Annie Miller
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To stay on the pumpkin trend and since I love connecting things (see previous posts) I decided I would create a connect the pumpkin sequence...
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Pumpkin Pattern Bracelets
October 10, 2020
by Annie Miller
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My preschool students as well as my boys at home can sit and make bead bracelets for a long time–yes, boys do enjoy this also! And...
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Clothespin Pumpkin Faces
October 6, 2020
by Annie Miller
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We bought some pumpkins this weekend but we are waiting to carve the faces until it is closer to Halloween so we are back to playing...
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Rainbow Pumpkin Patch Match
October 2, 2020
by Annie Miller
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For those of you who haven’t noticed yet (wink) I love doing paper and marker activities and here is just one more :)) Since we...
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ABC Googly Ghost Eyes
October 2, 2020
by Annie Miller
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To kick off October and the month of halloween I had my kids making spooky ghosts by matching the letters written on the backs of the...
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Cut The Pumpkin Lids
October 1, 2020
by Annie Miller
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We decided to work on some cutting over here and since we don’t have any pumpkins to cut the real lids off, I had my...
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Cotton Ball Tree
September 30, 2020
by Annie Miller
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My kids love playing with these new eyedroppers I purchased from Amazon so any activity we do with these is a hit! I have seen...
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Autumn DIY Small, Medium, Large Puzzles
September 29, 2020
by Annie Miller
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To kick off AUTUMN, I did a very minimal prep activity! I just took a puzzle we had, flipped the pieces over and drew pictures of...
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Decorate and Match “I’m Hungry” Snacks
September 25, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Does anyone have a child who is always hungry? Ollie (3) asks for snacks constantly! So when Max went off to kindergarten yesterday we went...
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Symmetrical, Pattern Veins
September 25, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Let’s cram as many concepts into one activity as possible HA! I made this super quick last night for my kids to do this morning!...
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Sort the Silver
September 22, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Money! Why did they need to make all those coins the same color HA?! I know there is a reason but for kids sake it...
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Build Your Name
September 22, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Here is just another quick way to learn about your name and patterns through play! I used a dry erase marker to write the letters...
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The Rules At Preschool- Social Emotional Learning Puppet Show On Rules
September 18, 2020
by Annie Miller
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It’s my son’s first day of kindergarten so we have had a busy morning so not much to write today! Sierra comes to tell you...
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Match Left To Right
September 17, 2020
by Annie Miller
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Match the left hand to the right hand!This is a fun yet challenging activity because not only did my kids need to match the hands with the...
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