Holiday Chex Mix is a delicious, festive, and kid-friendly treat that can also be a gustatory sensory activity. Children can taste and experience many seasonal flavors including peppermint candy canes and mint chocolate M&M’s. How to Make Holiday Chex Mix: Ingredients and Supplies: 4 Cups of Corn Chex cereal 1 Cup of Chocolate Chips 1 …
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Christmas Tree Ball Painting is a creative, visual sensory activity where children can use their hand and eye coordination and motor skills to create a festive art project. This hands-on activity helps children develop their fine motor skills too. How to Make a Christmas Tree Ball Painting: To get into the Christmas Spirit, be sure …
I am sure that by now everyone has seen numerous comments and posts in regards to fall and in particular, fall activities for preschoolers. Today, I will be doing a quick cheat sheet of pumpkin activities that you can do with your preschooler this fall. Pumpkin Fall Activities for Preschoolers Cheat Sheet Pumpkin Sensory …
Learning is a very personal thing. I write about boys’ learning on a regular basis because I am passionate about helping people raise boys who love to learn. Take a few minutes and think about your boy and his learning life. Does he love to learn? Does he struggle? Does he think he can’t learn? Or …
Do you have a preschooler who is learning his (or her) alphabet? A great way to help preschoolers learn and remember is to incorporate hands on learning for them. Over on Crystal & Co., I have a collection of letter of the week activities for preschoolers that essentially can be used as an all inclusive …
In our family, we use flashcards for just about every subject. Whether we’re learning about leaves, colors, or Spanish vocabulary, our kids seem to love flashcards! These free printable flashcards for counting 1 to 10 are perfect for your ocean animals unit study! The great thing about flashcards is that they are easily customizable to …
Greater than, less than; more or less; no matter what you call it, this is a skill that our little ones have to grasp. As with all Math, repetition is really the way to go – from worksheets to hands on, it all needs doing. These more or less worksheets for our ongoing Ocean …
Thomas and I are spending a week learning all about the skeletal system. As he is only 8, we aren’t getting too into the official science terms of the bones. However, we will touch on them a tad – but I won’t be “testing” him on them. So, since I am building this lesson plan, …
Continuing with our Ocean Animals Unit Study, we are moving on to some preschool and/or Kindergarten Math. These cute Clown Fish making counting fun for the little ones and stick with our theme unit! Ocean Animals Unit Study: Count the Clown Fish I am sharing these free printables and other resources to help you plan your Ocean …
Yes, you read that right! Quite a few years ago, my oldest boy just wasn’t doing well in the public school system and around Thanksgiving we gave it up. We pulled him out and started homeschooling him. It changed his enter personality back into the little boy that I was in love with. For 3 …
As part of our ocean animals unit study, we are reading. Reading lots and LOTS of books.
We have spent the last few months learning so much about some Ocean Animals, but what about the places these animals call home? These geography: label the world’s oceans worksheets can be used while learning about the oceans. Check out our Ocean Animals Unit Study as well. As we have learned about ocean animals, we …