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Fall is almost here, and it is my favorite season of the year! My students love having themed centers to use in our classroom like these fun fall leaves counting cards! These cards help students pr…

What a BUSY, BUSY, but super fun and wonderful week!! This week was one of my favorite weeks: APPLE WEEK! We had an absolute blast learning all about apples and Johnny Appleseed! This week we also reviewed our numbers 1-5, discussed positional words, and did lots of activities to go along with our apple week. […]

I adapted this activity from an idea I saw on Seussville. The Seussville activity has kids make their own Cat in the Hat hats out of paper bags, and use them as a container for a hat toss. I decided instead to make a hat out of an old oatmeal container for Trevor. I figured…

This cute apple tree craft is a great way to support fine motor skills for toddlers and preschoolers and a fun fall craft to welcome in the new season.

This fun, hands-on pet sensory bin activity is perfect for your preschool or pre-k students. Teach your kids about pet care with fun mud and soapy water!

Alphabet Activities for Kids - Learning about the Letter A through hands on crafts and play opportunities

We traded in our apple books for pumpkin books at the library this week so I switched out our Apple Sensory Bin for Five Little Pumpkins. My daughter could not wait to get her hands on it. {This post

Lots of ideas for an apple unit study for preschoolers or kindergarteners. Includes books about apples as well as apple-themed crafts, math activities, science activities, and more!

Learning, Play, STEM Activities, and Things to Do!

Make physics fun for young kids this fall with an apple gravity experiment! Easy to set up and fun to play and learn. Kids have the opportunity to explore gravity, motion, slopes, and more! The physical sciences can be fun and tasty for kids! Make sure to check out our newest collection of Apple STEM this fall for Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss. ` APPLE GRAVITY EXPERIMENT Outdoor Fall Hands-On Learning Fall is an awesome time to get outdoors and explore the season. APPLE GRAVITY…

Bite into learning with these apple literacy activities and take a deeper look at apples through the exploration of books, dramatic play, and games.

Exploring, creating, and discovering is how we learn! Focusing on creative learning activities for kids!

I had another great Dollar Tree find that turned into a fun apple sorting activity for your toddler.

Apple activities for the classroom along with freebies that are purely apple-licious! You'll find cute Johnny Appleseed, science, crafts, poems and printables to complete your apple theme lesson plans.

DIYs from buttons for next winter holidays, they are very affordable, cute and I'm sure you will love them.

3 pages. A lovely fine motor skill "craftivity." 3 pages. A lovely fine motor skill "craftivity."

Try this fun erupting apple science experiment for kids! Create an erupting apple volcano using simple household ingredients.

It’s a preschooler’s dream color game activity! Hot Wheels and bright colors make an excellent combo for learning.In fact, my five year old ATE THIS ONE UP and the younger guys eagerly followed along. My five-year-old is in a young fives class and I knew they have been learning color words. Since I haven’t done much reading with him at home, I was interested to see what he was retaining. Sure, I have a Masters in Reading, but I wanted this year to be a year of discovery at home as he…

Creative Wednesdays When you care for kids too young to do much of their own arts and crafts independently you can still use them to help make cards and gifts for their family and friends. In this …

Cut open an apple for a simple preschool apple science lesson. Engage the five senses as you learn about how an apple grows. Perfect Fall science for kids!

Preschoolers need Circle Time lessons and Center games that are designed with their needs in mind. This Apple unit is chock-full of hands-on, active, and engaging developmentally appropriate activities. 6 Circle Time Lessons 1. Apple Sense - 5 senses describing activity 2. A-P-P-L-E - Apple song...

Teachers, are you looking for a fun theme to celebrate the end of the year with your students? Instead of a watermelon day enjoy a whole watermelon week! Kids will enjoy these fun watermelon crafts and sensory activities with this 5 day unit. The Watermelon Seed read aloud and comprehension, simple crafts with templates, end of the year writing activity, and lots of fun! Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, toddlers, or special education #watermeloncrafts #watermelonday #kidscraftideas…

Help your students learn this valuable skill of learning their names with this apple names - name building practice printable.

Learning, Play, STEM Activities, and Things to Do!