Category: Preschool

E is for Elk (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about elks and other types of deer today. They had fun making elk hats. We got our recourses for today from the Letter E is for Elephant, Egg, Elk Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Elk Science

Elk Writing

The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter E. My 3 year old had a capital E and lowercase e with tracing arrows, along with an elk to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing E’s and e’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter E is for Elephant, Egg, Elk Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Elk Color Matching

I printed out the  Elk Color Matching game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. She reviewed each color as she matched up the colored flower with the elk with the matching colored flower in his mouth.

Playdough Trees

I printed out and laminated  the Forest Play Dough Mats. She rolled out green Play Doh  and used a triangle  cookie cutters to place the appropriate amount of trees in each forest. They also tried making tall 3D trees.

Elk Tracks

  • I printed out the Elk Tracks Pages for her to follow the elk tracks to the forest.

Elk Hat

  • First the girls cut out 2 large brown circles from construction paper. Then I traced their hands on yellow construction paper and cut them out. We glued 2 brown circle slightly above the other for the head, and then glued the yellow hands in the back for the antlers. Next I cut out 2 long brown strips and stapled them to the elk’s head to make a headband. They each drew a face on their elk’s head.
  • Or you can print out this Elk Headband. Color it and print it out to make a headband.

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E is for Elephant (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about elephants today. They had fun painting and making an elephant with a party blower nose. We got our recourses for today from the Letter E is for Elephant, Egg, Elk Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Elephant Science

AlphaTales

We read the A book in our AlphaTales collection. The girls really enjoy these funny phonetic stories.

Elephant Writing

The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter E. My 3 year old had a capital E and lowercase e with tracing arrows, along with an elephant to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing E’s and e’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the Letter E is for Elephant, Egg, Elk Preschool Pack Digital Download.

E is for Elephant Craft

I printed this E is for Elephant craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the capital “E” for them to paint gray. They also painted the ear and trunk. After that dried they glued it to a piece of red construction paper. Then I cut out the tail and eyes for them to glue on.

Elephant Color Match

  • I printed out the Elephant Color Match, and cut them out. I laminated them and the cut them again. Then we turned them all upside down and took turns flipping to try to find matching colors. They are getting good at playing this game now.

Elephant Stomp

  • We talked about how elephants walk on their tip toes, and the babies use their trunks to hold the mom’s tails. We looked at the Elephant Stomp poster, as they walked like elephants.

Counting Peanuts

  • I printed out the Counting Peanuts game and then cut the pieces and laminated the pieces. She counted the peanuts as she fed them to the elephant.

Elephant Party Blower Trunk

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D is for Dog (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about dogs today. They really liked learning about different dog breeds, hide and seek, and painting. We got our recourses for today from the D is for Donkey, Doctor, Dog Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Dog Science

Dog Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter D. My 3 year old had a capital D and lowercase d with tracing arrows, along with a dog to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing D’s and d’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the D is for Donkey, Doctor, Dog Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

D is for Dog Craft

  • I printed this D is for Dog Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the capital “D” for them to paint brown. After that dried they glued it to a piece of pink construction paper. Then I cut out the face parts and the tail for them to glue on.

Dog Worksheets

Dog Shapes

  • I printed out the  Dalmatian Spot Shape game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. Then she reviewed her shapes as she matched up the shape spots to the appropriate Dalmatian.

Dog Counting

  • I printed out the  Dog Bone Counting game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. She counted how many bones on each piece and then matched it up to the matching number.

Active Dog Play

AlphaTales

  • We read the D book in our AlphaTales collection. The girls really enjoy these funny phonetic stories. This one is about a detective dog that loves donoughts.

Dog Emotions

Dogs Colorful Day Match

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D is for Doctor (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about doctors today. They enjoyed playing doctor and making playdough bandaids. We got our recourses for today from the D is for Donkey, Doctor, Dog Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Doctor Learning

Doctor Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter D. My 3 year old had a capital D and lowercase d with tracing arrows, along with a doctor to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing D’s and d’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the D is for Donkey, Doctor, Dog Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Doctor Play

Doctor Color Matching

  • I printed out the  Doctor Color Matching game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. She reviewed each color as she matched up the colored doctor bags with the doctor wearing the matching colored shirt.

Doctor Worksheets

Playdough Bandaids

Bandaid Shape Match

  • I printed out the Bandaid Shape Match game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. Then she reviewed her shapes as she matched up the bandaids.

My “d” Book

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Pumpkin Party

We had a “Pumpkin Party” today with fun food, games, and pumpkin carving. We got many of our activities from FREE Preschool Pumpkin Activities (shapes, counting, name) Homeschool Toddler and Fall Fun Pumpkin Preschool /Toddler Math & Literacy Activity Pack Worksheets ZIP . We also used some of the pumpkin pages of I SPY Halloween Alphabet Coloring Pages Fall Autumn Long & Short Vowels.

Pumpkin STEM

We used the Jack -o- Lantern STEM worksheet to measure, weigh, and count the seeds of our pumpkin. We also used the Pumpkin Life Cycle poster to learn about how pumpkins grow.

Pumpkin Carving

The kids wanted to help with the carving, so I found some kid safe scooping tools for them to use. I always use a drywall saw to carve my pumpkins, it makes it so much easier. After we carved a face and counted the seeds, we fed the insides to the pumpkins. Then Storm put our tiny white pumpkins inside the mouth of the jack-o-lantern and put our small flat pumpkin for the hat.

Then she wanted to weigh the pumpkin again to see if it was less now that we took out the insides. It was 2 pounds less!

Counting Pumpkin Seeds

I laminated this Counting Pumpkin Seeds page for her to place the correct number of seeds on each pumpkin.

Pumpkin Lunch

For lunch we had quesadilla cut into a pumpkin shape with my Wilton Pumpkin Cookie Cutters. We also had cheese balls, an orange, and a candy corn pumpkin all served on Jack-o-lantern plates.

Pumpkin Coloring

We got our worksheets from FREE Preschool Pumpkin Activities (shapes, counting, name) Homeschool Toddler and Fall Fun Pumpkin Preschool /Toddler Math & Literacy Activity Pack Worksheets ZIP . We also used some of the pumpkin pages of I SPY Halloween Alphabet Coloring Pages Fall Autumn Long & Short Vowels. I let printed out a few for the kids to choose from and they used an assortment of Twistable crayons, Erasable colored pencils, and Skinny markers.

Pumpkin Fluff

Ingredients:

  • 16 oz. frozen whipped topping
  • 5 oz. package instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 15 oz. can pumpkin
  • 2 teas pumpkin pie spice

Directions:

  1. Whip together the pudding, pumpkin, and pumpkin pie spice.
  2. Fold the whipped topping in with the pumpkin.
  3. Refrigerate for a couple of hours.
  4. Serve with apple slices, Vanilla Wafers, Graham Crackers, or Ginger Spice cookies.

Pumpkin Playdough

We used the Pumpkin Playdough recipe and printed out and laminated the Pumpkin Playdough mat for the girls. We used my Gourmet Food Coloring to make it more orange, and our Wilton Pumpkin Cookie Cutters to make pumpkins. I also found some Pumpkin Shape Playdough Cards for the girls to review their shapes.

Five Little Pumpkins

We read the Five Little Pumpkins poem and then the girls glued their pumpkins on the fence with the letters of their name on them.

Pumpkin Games

We played Pass the Pumpkin and also did the Pumpkin March. The kids continued to play the Pumpkin March over and over for at least half an hour.

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D is for Donkey (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about donkeys today. They learned that Jesus rode on a donkey and love painting as always. We got our recourses for today from the D is for Donkey, Doctor, Dog Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Donkey Science

Donkey Kick

  • We talked about how donkeys kick and looked at the Donkey Kick poster. They put her hands on the floor and tried to kick both feet at the same time. They learned about this donkey kick at gymnastics class last week too.

Donkey Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter D. My 3 year old had a capital D and lowercase d with tracing arrows, along with a donkey to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing D’s and d’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the D is for Donkey, Doctor, Dog Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

D is for Donkey Craft

  • I printed this d is for Donkey Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the lower case “d” and the legs for them to paint gray. After that dried they glued it to a piece of green construction paper. Then I cut out the head and tail for them to glue on.

The King on a Donkey

Carrot Shapes

  • I printed out the  Carrot Shape game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. Then she reviewed her shapes as she fed the donkey.

Donkey Color Match

  • I printed out the Donkey Color Match game, and cut them out. I laminated them and the cut them again. Then we turned them all upside down and took turns flipping to try to find matching colors. They enjoyed this game, and did great taking turns.

Kicking Donkey

  • I printed out the Kicking Donkey craft and let the girls color it however they wanted. Then I cut out the pieces and fastened the legs with some brass fasteners. I then attached a jumbo craft stick to the back for the girls to wave back and forth to make their donkeys kick.

Farm Field Trip

The girls were excited to see a donkey on our last field trip to the pumpkin patch.

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C is for Car (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about cars today. They loved driving the cars on the roads. We got our recourses for today from the  Letter C is for Cow, Car, Cat Preschool Pack Digital Download

Car Learning

Car Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter B. My 3 year old had a capital C and lowercase c with tracing arrows, along with a car to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing C’s and c’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the C is for Cow, Car, Cat Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Car Shape Roads

Car Number Roads

  • We also printed out the  Car Number Roads  and then cut the pieces and laminated them. She used these Mini Pull Back Cars to drive on the roads. I used a Sharpie to write a number on the top of each car because we use these in my Kindergarteners Math Box too. She wanted to drive the car with the matching number on the appropriate road.

My “c” Book

Color Car Match

  • I printed out the Car Color Match paper, she matched the car with the word color. The words are in color to make the matching easier.

I spy the letter C

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C is for Cat (preschool)

The girls loved learning about cats today, especially since they both have new baby kittens. They enjoyed painting and puzzles. We got our recourses for today from the Letter C is for Cow, Car, Cat Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Cat Science

Cat Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter C. My 3 year old had a capital C and lowercase c with tracing arrows, along with a cat to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing C’s and c’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the C is for Cow, Car, Cat Preschool Pack Digital Download.

C is for Cat

  • I printed this C is for Cat Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the Capital “C” for them to paint whatever color they liked for a cat. After that dried they glued it to a piece of blue construction paper. Then I cut out the face, ears, and tail for them to glue on.

Active Cat Play

Wild Kratts Cats and Dogs

AlphaTales

Kitten Match

Cat Emotions

Cat Color Matching

  • I printed out the  Cat Color Matching game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. She reviewed each color as she matched up the colored yarn with the cat with the matching colored hat and scarf.

Cat Counting

  • I printed out the  Cat Yarn Counting game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. She counted how many balls of yarn on each piece and then matched it up to the matching number.

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C is for Cow (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about cows today. They enjoyed making butter and pretending to milk a cow. We got our recourses for today from the Letter C is for Cow, Car, Cat Preschool Pack Digital Download.

Cow Science

Butter in a Jar

  • We poured whipping cream into a jar half full and then the girls got to shake it all morning. We shook it hard and fast as much as we could and then a ball of butter formed. Just dump out the buttermilk and save to make biscuits or pancakes with.

Cow Writing

C is for Cow Craft

  • I printed this C is for Cow Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the Capital “C” for them to paint black spots on. After that dried they glued it to a piece of green construction paper. Then I cut out the head and tail for them to glue on.

Active Cowboy

We found this Go Danny Cowboy Dance for some active time today.

Cow Color Match

  • I printed out the Cow Color Match game, and cut them out. I laminated them and the cut them again. Then we turned them all upside down and took turns flipping to try to find matching colors. They enjoyed this game, and did great taking turns.

Cow Shape Spots Match

How many Spots on the Cow

Milking Bucket Names

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B is for Bear (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about bears today. They enjoyed our bear walk, snack, and matching game. We got our recourses for today from the B is for Bee, Bus, Bear Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Bear Science

Bear Crawl

  • We talked about how bears walk and looked at the Bear Walk  poster. She put her hands and feet on the floor and walked around with her bum up. She also growled a lot!

Bear Writing

  • The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter B. My 3 year old had a capital B and lowercase b with tracing arrows, along with a bear to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing B’s and b’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the B is for Bee, Bus, Bear Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Bear Hunt Snack

  • We got some active time with this Going on a Bear Hunt video.
  • Then we had a snack as we read the book Going on a Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury. We had shredded celery, goldfish crackers, chocolate chips, pretzel sticks, mini marshmallows, and teddy grahams.

Bear Walk

  • After our bear hunt snack we went on our own bear hunt with some sensory bins. We first stepping in grass, then water, and mud, next was sticks and last was ice cubes. The girls loved this and kept playing at it all day.

I spy the letter B

Bear Cave Counting

  • I cut a semi circle out of the side of 2 paper bowls and then we painted the bowls brown and painted a paper plate brown too. Next she rolled her large yellow dice and counted the dots. She then counted out the same number of counting bears and placed them into the first cave. She rolled again and placed the bears in the second cave. Then we talked about which cave had more bears.

Bear Patterns

  • Next we cut the bears to complete the Bear Pattern page.

Bear Color Match

  • I printed out the Bear Color Match game, and cut them out. I laminated them and the cut them again. Then we turned them all upside down and took turns flipping to try to find matching colors. They enjoyed this game, and did great taking turns.

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