Tag Archives: preschool

Inventions!

The kids love to make inventions. They use items such as Mega Bloks, Legos, wood blocks, construction paper, egg cartons, paper tubes, ribbons, etc. They can be very creative! And they love to show off what they’ve made. Today I … Continue reading

Posted in Little Learners | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Green Grass and Blue Skies

Warmer weather has finally arrived and most of the snow has melted! Hooray! We’ve been doing a lot of crafts and projects about Spring, April, and Easter. Some of our favorite little rhymes are: “Green grass, blue skies, Easter eggs, … Continue reading

Posted in Little Learners | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Preschool and Childcare

My last post was a month ago. Wow, time flies during the holidays / years end. I have between 3 and 8 children each day. We stay busy with themes, writing, math, doing mazes and puzzles and word finds, we … Continue reading

Posted in Little Learners | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

ABC Cards

I printed two sets of these alphabet cards. I love them because they have the upper and lower case letters. I laminated this set. The kids line them up alphabetically. Some can do it faster than others and some are … Continue reading

Posted in Little Learners | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Black Cat Halloween Craft

The kids had fun making these black cats for a simple Halloween project. We have black cat window decals and also recognize the Halloween symbol from our Halloween Bingo game. Pre cut the paper shapes for the younger kids. Give … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Frankenstein Paper Craft Project

The kids and I have been doing a lot of Halloween and Autumn craft projects. They know Frankenstein because we have window decals of him and we play Halloween Bingo (a really fun game! They love to take turns being … Continue reading

Posted in Little Learners | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Halloween Shadow Box – Preschool Craft

Dioramas or shadow boxes are a great craft for kids to explore 3D art. The kids like to pretend it’s a magic box or a tv. We’ve done several themes including Halloween 😀 We used stickers and thread to hang … Continue reading

Posted in Little Learners | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Z for Zebra

The kids love to make art! I saw a Z for Zebra project online and had to try it out with the kids. I decided to help the kids add tall grass for their zebras to graze in. They turned … Continue reading

Posted in Little Learners | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Story Time Favorites

Kids of all ages LOVE books. And so do I! I love finding really good stories that I can read to the children. Sometimes I buy my books new and sometimes I find them used. Either way, it’s always great … Continue reading

Posted in Little Learners | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Puppet Theater

The best part about childcare is being creative! Kids are so creative too! I make a lot of the fun stuff we play with. Recently we turned an outdated entertainment center into a puppet stage. It was an easy transformation … Continue reading

Posted in Little Learners | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment