Category Archives: Pre-school Explorations
ABC Worm
Little ones need lots and lots and lots of practice with the ABC’s so here’s one more way. You can make an ABC worm from the printable below and some cardstock and have your child put the alphabet in order, … Continue reading
Cookie Cutter Tracing
When kids are first learning to hold a pencil, write, and draw, the more practice they get, the better. Tracing around cookie cutters is great practice for emergent writers. Kids can pretty easily hold the cookie cutters and outline around … Continue reading
How To Teach the Days of the Week
Whenever possible I like to teach by putting things to music, a simple rhythm, or a rhyme. Here’s a simple, traditional poem that will teach the days of the week: Solomon Grundy,Born on a Monday,Christened on Tuesday,Married on Wednesday,Took ill … Continue reading
Fingerprint Season Trees
I’ve got a lil’ pre-schooler this year who’s always aching to get in on the school action with us. She’ll sit there for hours listening in on what we’re learning about and doing little workbooks, but she REALLY loves it … Continue reading
Marble Painting
This is one of my kids’ favorite art projects. It’s super simple, but changes up the whole normal painting process. First, you tape a piece of paper down into a shallow cardboard box or cake pan. You can use white … Continue reading
Dolphins
Teach pre-schoolers through elementary schoolers about dolphins by starting with some dolphin facts: Dolphins are mammals, they breath air, feed their young milk, are warm blooded, and have hair on their bodies. Dolphins make clicking and squealing noises to communicate. You can approximate … Continue reading
Trees For Pre-school
When teaching the very young topics in science or history I like to start with a fun picture book to read then move into a hands on projects while I talk about the details. Start learning about trees with the classic, A … Continue reading
Insects For Pre-school and K
The big deal, educationally speaking, for pre-school and K aged kids is helping them learn the basics like alphabet sounds, colors, shapes, and counting. But if you can cover those basics in a fun way that also opens up other knowledge to … Continue reading
Puzzles For Pre-Schoolers
Puzzles help little ones with motor control, recognizing shapes, and keeping busy. Shape recognition is important for letter and number recognition later on when kids are learning to read, write, and figur’. Seeing details and subtle differences are important for … Continue reading
Drip Paintings
In our art studies we’ve been looking at Paul Jackson Pollock’s work. He was an American painter who believed very strictly in abstract expressionist art. He believed art was about movement and more about the creating of it than the … Continue reading
Aquarium Art
You need: White drawing paper (slightly smaller than the construction paper) Plastic wrap 1/2″ x 12″ strip of black construction paper Two 1/2″ by 10″ strips of black construction paper Blue tempera paint and brushes Construction paper Water Tape Crayons … Continue reading
