We don't need much of an excuse to craft in our house, but when something as significant as the season changing we use that to our advantage. Since the time my daughter started walking she has been chasing insects. Butterflies, lady bugs, and even bees. She loves the essence of 'the chase' and being in nature. So when I asked her what spring craft she wanted to do, it did not surprise me one bit when she said BUGS! So on we went ...
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How Many Insects In The Jar Spring Counting Activity
Preschoolers and toddlers will love this insects spring counting activity! My three-year-old loved using real figurines to make this a hands-on math activity. We also used the adorable bug themed images too. This activity focuses on the numbers 1 - 10. Insects Spring Counting Activity This insect activity ties wonderfully with the printable letter b is for butterfly and letter b is for bee craft! Materials ...
Prevent YouTube Kids Videos Screen Addiction!
You may be wondering if the Youtube kids app is safe for your child. Read this post to see why I deleted the YouTube Kids app from my preschoolers iPad and find 11 ways to prevent and treat screen addiction. I believe YouTube is dangerous for children. Read this post to see why. YouTube Dangerous Is your 2 year old addicted to the Ipad? It seems that the easiest age for a child to get hooked on the iPad (or tablet) is most ...
Alphabet Letter Formation Cards
These alphabet letter formation and writing practice cards a great alternative to alphabet handwriting worksheets. This is a great activity to add to your printable alphabet letter crafts of the week and are used amongst our other alphabet activities for kids. You can focus on each letter your preschooler or toddler is learning. By adding some colorful paint, your preschooler will have some hands-on mess free ...
Easter Alphabet Letter Match Activity for Preschoolers
These Easter Egg Alphabet Letter Matching Puzzles are a great way to work on uppercase and lowercase letter recognition. This free activity comes as a sampler from our fun and popular Easter Activities pack ! You could use all the uppercase and lowercase letters from previous units and have your child organize these. This activity is perfect for 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds and even 5-year-olds. Check out my printable alphabet ...
Insect Printable Cutting Strips For Preschoolers
These insect cutting strips are perfect for toddlers and preschoolers. My three-year-old loves the size of these and they are a great busy bag activity too. The thick gray lines give children more space and leeway to cut and gives them a better sense of direction. These adorable little snails, bees, ants, butterflies, dragonflies and crickets are perfect for your printable preschool insect unit. Insect cutting strips for ...
Montessori Insect 3 Part Cards
These Montessori bugs and insect 3-part cards are a great addition to your preschool Insect themed unit. I was really surprised that my three-year-old was able to distinguish the correct word for each insect even though she isn't able to read yet. We just started our bugs and insect themed unit. For the next two weeks we will be focusing on butterflies, ladybugs, caterpillars, ants and discussing their different qualities ...
Preschool Spring Flower Planting Play Dough Activity
Looking for a fun flower plant activity for kids? This adorable play dough activity is guaranteed to entertain your preschooler or toddler. My 2 year old (now 3 year old) had so much of fun with this activity. It was a great way to work on my toddlers visual perception and a fun way to teach kids about flowers. We learned about the different types of flowers too. Read on to see the flower plant craft idea for ...
Kids Snow Hunt and Sensory Exploration
Teach your kids about arctic animals with this fun sensory exploration snow hunt activity. Although we don't live in a snow filled area (I wish we did) we made do by making our own snow and having my daughter search for the animals in the snow. This activity is great for kids of all ages, from toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners and even elementary aged kids. Kids Arctic Snow Hunt Sensory Bin This fun sensory bin will work ...
Printable Bingo Colors
This printable bingo colors game is a perfect color match game for kids to practice their color recognition. My kids love bingo so much that we have a whole page dedicated to free printable bingo cards for kids. My favorite part about this Bingo game is that by changing the bingo markers that you use (shapes, snowman, heart, insects, etc.) you can then theme this activity to any season or holiday. Printable Bingo ...