Smiley Man loves the quiet book I posted about last week. It surprisingly gives him a lot more fine motor practice then I thought it would. Since the quiet book is so good for fine motor, I thought I would do some shape activities for children that use gross motor skills. In case you don’t… Continue reading Find the Shape – Teaching Shapes Activity
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Making Patterns with Pattern Blocks for Preschoolers
This is my second post in the pattern blocks template series. Last week I shared a fun pre-addition game to play with pattern blocks. Today, we are making patterns with pattern blocks. I have several pattern block templates to share today and they are available in color or in black and white. Simple Patterns There… Continue reading Making Patterns with Pattern Blocks for Preschoolers
Pattern Blocks Pre-Addition Math Mat
What is a math work mat my preschooler can use with pattern blocks? I am so excited to be starting a brand new series all about pattern blocks. Before I became a preschool teacher, I knew that I wanted pattern blocks in my preschool classroom. So, the summer before preschool began, I dutifully bought pattern… Continue reading Pattern Blocks Pre-Addition Math Mat
Space Themed Montessori Tot School Trays
Both sets of our tot trays in March were for holidays (St. Patrick’s Day and Easter), so it was exciting to put together some tot trays that weren’t related to a holiday. We did a space theme for tot school and I have to say, these were some of my favorite trays to put together. I’m pretty… Continue reading Space Themed Montessori Tot School Trays
Popsicle Stick Shapes Activity – Teaching Shapes
My toddler is a little ball of fun and loves to keep himself busy. Unfortunately, sometimes being “busy” means making a huge drawing with dry erase markers on the wall (Yes, that really happened). Luckily, I have found that keeping Smiley Man busy learning shapes and doing shape activities, is a great way to keep… Continue reading Popsicle Stick Shapes Activity – Teaching Shapes
Locomotor Skills Activities for Preschool
First off, what are locomotor skills? Locomotor skills are the skills that we use to get from one place to another. They include walking, running, hopping, jumping, skipping, galloping, tip toeing, leaping, and sliding. It is very important for children to practice these for various reasons. I have done a lot of research on this… Continue reading Locomotor Skills Activities for Preschool
5 Montessori Practical Life Activities for Toddlers
Back when Little Bear was a toddler if somebody told me I should do practical life activities from the Montessori method with my toddler I would have said, “What is practical life in Montessori?” Luckily, I have since learned quite a bit about the Montessori methods, and I really appreciate the practical life activities. Unfortunately,… Continue reading 5 Montessori Practical Life Activities for Toddlers
Easter Themed Tot School Trays
With Easter so early this year, March is full of holiday stuff. I usually only do holiday-themed tot trays once a month (I change the tot trays every two weeks), but with Easter coming up so soon, I had to do the Easter trays right after the St. Patrick’s Day trays. That means that there… Continue reading Easter Themed Tot School Trays
Sensory Bin to Teach Shapes to Toddlers and Preschoolers
This is the very first post for a brand new series. I’ve been working on teaching colors to Smiley Man for several months now and we did a bunch of color activities and ended our color series with a huge link page for teaching colors. Now that Smiley Man knows his colors so well. I am ready… Continue reading Sensory Bin to Teach Shapes to Toddlers and Preschoolers
ABC Scripture Memory Packet
I made these conference packets for the alphabet as a way for Little Bear to learn scriptures AND to learn preschool skills. I’ve been very surprised at just how well these packets do that. Little Bear loves these and he has so much fun during General Conference doing these packets. I plan to eventually have… Continue reading ABC Scripture Memory Packet