Chalk Ice Pops
A “cool” way to beat the heat, make chalk ice pops for the kiddos.
Chalk Ice Pops
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Art Projects/ Colors/ Recipes for Art/ Sensory Play/ Summer
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All Blog Postings/ Themes Preschool Themes
Preschool Themes
A year’s worth of preschool themes for early childhood educators to plan out their weekly activities. -
All Blog Postings/ Gardening/ Rainforest/ Spring/ Summer Moss Terrarium
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All Blog Postings/ Dinosaurs Dinosaur Mask Pattern
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All Blog Postings/ Caterpillars Butterflies/ Gardening/ Insects/ Spring Feeding Butterflies – Butterfly Nectar Recipes
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All Blog Postings/ Transportation Transportation Ideas For the Block Area
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All Blog Postings/ Caterpillars Butterflies/ Insects/ Spring 10 Children’s Books on Caterpillars and Butterflies
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All Blog Postings/ Numbers/ Pizza Pizza Pie Game – Tally Marks and Counting Game
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All Blog Postings/ Printables 15 Printable Mazes
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All Blog Postings/ Colors/ Recipes for Art Mini Watercolor Palettes
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All Blog Postings/ Farm/ Spring 10+ Children’s Books for Farm Theme
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All Blog Postings/ Art Projects/ Colors/ Five Senses/ Recipes for Art/ Sensory Play Edible Play Clay Recipe
Edible Play Clay Recipe
A sweet, edible play clay recipe that will get children’s creative juices flowing. 100% edible ingredients. No flour or peanut butter.
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All Blog Postings/ Art Projects/ Dinosaurs/ Recipes for Art/ Videos Hatching Dinosaurs Eggs Recipe – Preschool Fun
As a child did you ever have an excitement with dinosaurs? I did. I loved the mystery behind exploring and maybe finding something new and exciting hiding in the dirt.
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All Blog Postings/ Art Projects/ Easter/ Recipes for Art/ Spring/ St Patricks Day/ Summer/ Valentine's Day Window Paint Recipe
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All Blog Postings/ Colors/ Recipes for Art/ Summer Liquid Sidewalk Chalk Recipe
Liquid Sidewalk Chalk Recipe
Making this liquid sidewalk chalk recipe is extremely easy, if you have cornstarch and food coloring in your home. What are you waiting for? Try it now!
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All Blog Postings, Space, Spring, Videos How to Make Moon Sand – Recipe
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So how do you make moon sand? Do you have baby oil and all purpose flour in your home right now? If, so, then you have everything you need to make this recipe. Kids LOVE it!
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All Blog Postings/ Art Projects/ Dinosaurs/ Halloween/ Letters/ Numbers/ Recipes for Art/ Shapes/ St Patricks Day/ Valentine's Day Stamping Blocks Make Your Own
Stamping Blocks Make Your Own
Stamping Blocks Make Your Own – Create a six-sided stamping block by cutting out and hot gluing craft foam shapes to the sides of a wooden block. Art blocks for any theme. Kids enjoy stamping.
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All Blog Postings/ Back to School/ Fall Top 10 Preschool Books for Back to School
Top 10 Preschool Books for Back to School
The transition back to school from summer break or even embarking on their first day of preschool or kindergarten can be a tough time for children and parents alike. The top 10 preschool books for back to school choices below will help to easy some of the tensions families face come the first couple of days of school.
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All Blog Postings/ Letters/ Printables Alphabet Tracing – Uppercase and Lowercase
Print and laminate this alphabet printable. Use erasable crayons or markers to reuse the printable day after day.
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All Blog Postings/ Printables/ Spring/ The Pond Frog Coloring Page or Art Pattern
Download and use this frog as a coloring page or in any art project for your pond units.
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All Blog Postings/ Art Projects/ Recipes for Art/ Videos How to Make Homemade Rubber Stamp Ink – Recipe
How to Make Homemade Rubber Stamp Ink Recipe
Do your stamping pads dry up quick? Children forget to cover them? Maybe, you would like some additional colors but just don’t have the extra funds. Did you know it is easy to make your own stamp inks and pads and it is quick and affordable?
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All Blog Postings/ Themes/ Transportation Transportation Theme (2 Weeks)
Mega amount of information! Transportation theme 2 weeks of preschool transportation fun!
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All Blog Postings/ Art Projects/ Farm Wooden Play Food For House Corner or Play Kitchen
I was going to set up my own patterns to create wooden blocks for my nieces play kitchen set for Christmas but decided to do a search online first. I found the patterns for my blocks here: PATTERNS and the full instructions here: FULL INSTRUCTIONS.
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All Blog Postings/ Recipes for Snack Fourth of July Flag Snack
Fourth of July Flag Snack
Graham crackers, vanilla yogurt, licorice peels and blueberries make up this cute Fourth of July flag snack.
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All Blog Postings/ Summer/ Themes Summer Preschool Theme
Full Preschool Theme on Summer.
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All Blog Postings/ Printables/ Sea Sea Memory Matching Game
Sea Memory Matching Game
Download and print the sea memory matching game. Laminate, cut them apart and use as your basic memory matching game.
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All Blog Postings/ Sea/ The Pond/ Themes The Pond Theme
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All Blog Postings/ Gardening/ Themes Gardening Preschool Theme
This is a full Preschool theme for Preschool children. You can plan an entire week around the activities.
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A Beary Merry Christmas/ All Blog Postings/ Arctic/ Colors/ Printables/ Teddy Bears Color Bear Group Activity (Color Recognition)
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All Blog Postings/ Organization/ Sensory Play Typical Skills Learned Through Child’s Play
What skills do children learn through play?
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All Blog Postings/ Back to School/ Community Helpers/ Fall/ Themes Back To School Lesson Plan Theme
I created this lesson plan with the first week of school in mind. It’s a lesson on getting to know your peers and school week. It will help the children understand the rules that are implied both in the school room and outdoors. Helping children to get to know their fellow peers as well as tell others about their interests.
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All Blog Postings/ Space/ Themes Space Lesson Plan
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All Blog Postings/ Sea/ Themes The Sea Lesson Plan
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All Blog Postings/ Recipes for Art Homemade Glues and Paste Recipes
Homemade Glues and Paste Recipes
Glue is extremely easy to make and it only costs pennies on the dollar over purchasing it in the store. Try one of several homemade glues and paste recipes listed.
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All Blog Postings/ Recipes for Art Paper Mache Paste
Paper Mache Paste
Common kitchen ingredients made up this paper mache paste recipe. Flour, salt and water. Easy, simple and cheap crafting glue to make for your craft projects.
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All Blog Postings/ Farm/ Gardening/ Spring Science How Water Travels Through Roots
Science How Water Travels Through Roots Stems and Tubes
Explain how water travels through the roots stems and tubes to the plants leaves. Not sure exactly how this happens yourself? Laura Hamilton shares this wonderful process with us.
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All Blog Postings/ Art Projects/ Christmas Paper Plate Reindeer
Paper Plate Reindeer
Make up your own herd of these paper plate reindeer. The craft has a simple materials list and it is fairly easy to pull together, which makes the craft a winner.
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A Beary Merry Christmas/ All Blog Postings/ Arctic/ Art Projects/ Teddy Bears/ Zoo Sandpaper Bear Necklace
Sandpaper Bear Necklace
Use the sandpaper bear necklace pattern to trace and cut out bear shapes from sandpaper. Rub cinnamon sticks on bears cut from sandpaper. Punch hole in the bear and wear for necklace.
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A Beary Merry Christmas/ All Blog Postings/ Arctic/ Camping/ Teddy Bears/ Zoo Going on a Bear Hunt Picnic
Going on a Bear Hunt Picnic
This going on a bear hunt picnic activity invites the children to follow the bear paw prints on the floor to an indoor picnic. Tape the prints on the floor leading to a picnic.
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All Blog Postings/ Fall/ Farm/ Gardening/ Seasons/ Thanksgiving/ We Are Thankful Corn Cob Painting
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All Blog Postings/ Halloween/ Spiders Activities for The Very Busy Spider
Art projects and craft activities that go hand in hand with Eric Carle’s book The Very Busy Spider. Preschool art activities for the Very Busy Spider.
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All Blog Postings/ Numbers/ Transportation Counting Cars Ebook
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All Blog Postings/ Art Projects/ Fall Leaf Rubbings
Leaf Rubbings
Have the children collect leaves and berries from all the trees they find. Make leaf rubbings. Have the children “crayon rub” them with fall colors.