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Help your preschooler improve their motor skills and writing skills within this fun handwriting printable! This is also a great way to discuss upcoming Earth Day and how your child can do her (or his) part in keeping the planet clean!
Simply click the image above to download the pdf version so you can print it out. Then, keep checking back as I will have some more fun Earth Day Printables over the next week or so!
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How’s the weather in your neck of the woods? Just when things look they are warming up a bit around here, we get blasted with another snow storm! I keep promising the kids that spring is just around the corner, but I’m starting to have my doubts! This week, we talked a bit about the four seasons and decided to do some coordinating landscapes. Today we’ll take a look at Winter and Spring pictures. Want to follow along?
We started by talking about the color of the sky (blue) and the color of the grass (green). If we were being a bit more realistic, we might have talked about how the grass turned brown in the winter, but since the kids are pretty young, we decided to keep things basic.
I ripped the blue paper in half and had kids glue it on the top of a sheet of green paper.
Then I showed the kids how to fluff out the cotton balls a little to make snow on the ground and snow in the air.
Of course, each kid made their own version of a snowy day!
Chipmunk’s Work, Age 3
Monkey’s Work, Age {Almost} 2
Right now, our church is filled with tulips and hyacinths and it really smells like spring when you walk through the doors! Maybe there is hope that Spring is around the corner! For our spring picture, we decided to focus on all the different flowers. Let’s get started!
While the kids were napping, I cut flowers in several different colors. At craft time, we talked about how the weather was getting warmer and soon flowers would be coming out!
We ripped paper in half to create a sky and grass like in the Snowy Day Picture and then I passed out flowers and told the kids to go crazy!
Here’s what they came up with:
Happy Crafting!
Lindsey Whitney is a mom of two, home day care provider and blogger over at Growing Kids Ministry. You can connect with her via twitter or on facebook.
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For ages: Preschool 4 years +
Show both sides of a quarter to your child.
Explain the difference between heads and tails, then ask your child to choose one.
Toss the coin in the air and let it drop to the floor.
If your child chooses heads, and it lands heads up, he is the "winner" and gets a kiss from you.
If it lands tails up, you are the "winner," and he/she gives you a kiss.
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For ages: Preschool 4 years +
The next time you take a walk with your child, bring along a quarter.
Assign an action to heads and tails, for example, heads means "turn left," and trails means "turn right."
When you reach certain intersections, flip your coin and follow its "instruction."
(Other actions you can assign to heads and tails might include "walk forward" and "walk backwards.")
!Monitor your child closely during these activities. Coins can pose a choke hazard.
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For ages: Preschool 3 years +
Create tracings or crayon or pencil rubbings of several different types of leaves, and encourage your child to place the correct leaf over the corresponding tracing.
!Monitor your child closely during these activities. Discard the leaves immediately after play.
Educate yourself about which leaves are poisonous before you begin any of these activities.
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