Target Age Range: PK-1st Skills Covered: shape names, cutting, fine motor, baking, creativity This living math lesson for little people is simple and motivating. Who doesn’t want a cookie break in the middle of the school day?? 1. Make your favorite sugar cookie dough recipe first and refrigerate it. For a real living math…
Target Age Range: PK-2 Skills Covered: sorting, classification, attributes Classification is both a math and science skill. The ability to classify objects also develops organizational skills which are helpful for writing and general “life” organization. This activity is super simple to pull together. Simply gather a variety of beads (or buttons, cereal, rocks, beans…)…
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(This post contains affiliate links.) Notebooking with kindergarteners?? Isn’t that asking too much? No way…especially when it comes from authentic, meaningful experiences! We own a modest microscope and some simple prepared slides that made for a wonderful science notebooking lesson last week. Just having these things sitting out was enough to spark an interest that…
It’s autumn and time to have a little leaf fun with your preschoolers and kindergarteners! The Colors of Autumn in Play Dough After observing the changing colored leaves on trees, let your little ones create their own autumn trees from play dough or clay. You might even use some autumn scented play dough. Perimeter with…
(This post contains affiliate links and links to my business website, Shining Dawn Books.) I’m sure I’ve never mentioned that I used to help in a Montessori preschool before my public school teaching days. Some of the things I learned during that time impressed me so much that I’ve carried them into teaching my…
While school supply shopping at Walmart the other day, I ran across some clipboard storage boxes in several fun colors. I remembered Maureen from Spell Out Loud mentioning using these nature walk clipboards with her family, so I put three in my cart. Wow – they have been a wonderful addition to our nature walks!…
Preschool fun with the letter W (This post contains affiliate links.) Watery stickers fill in the letter W. Naming and sorting water animal cards. A watery poster for our wall made from blue construction paper and real-life ocean animal stickers. Learning about the waters of the world by jumping around on our fabric world map….
Preschool Activities for the Letter V (This post contains affiliate links.) A volcano made from construction paper became our alphabet poster for the letter V. Sorting veggies from fruit doubled as a nutrition lesson. Valentine cookies are an easy recipe for preschoolers to help with – and yummy! Because it was pretty outside (and because…
Eli is our nature treasure hunter. While the rest of us set out on our nature walks with high hopes to stumble upon something great, it’s often Eli (the preschooler) who finds the most greatness. He loves nature walks and finds great joy in his keen sense of discovering things that make the rest of…
One question I receive quite often about the NaturExplorers series is whether or not they are appropriate for the younger crowd of five and under. While 1st through 8th grades are the target audience, we didn’t leave out the little ones! (Or the bigger ones for that matter.) In each curriculum guide, there’s a section…
It’s been a very rainy spring in Kentucky, making for lots of rain related nature study. One morning soon after breakfast, and soon after the passing of a storm, my littlest guy and I headed out to find raindrops on plants. (His idea.) Here are some of the simple (preschool) lessons we learned on our…
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