Simple Preschool Fine Motor Arts and Crafts Tools

by Wendy | Art, Fine Motor, Play, Preschool Activities

Simple Fine Motor Art Tools (Part I) Simple fine motor tools for preschool kids are so important to add to your home and classroom.  And having tools that encourage fine motor development in the art area is incredibly easy.  Art is done (mostly) with the hands, so art...

Let’s Play: Ducks!

by Wendy | Circle Time, Early Literacy, Fine Motor, Music, Play, Preschool Activities, Sensory Play, Story Time, Uncategorized

Preschoolers Like Ducks In my experience, preschool kids dig ducks.  And anytime a preschooler likes something, they’re bound to learn a lot as they play with that thing.  So let’s give them lots of duck stuff to do!  Preschool duck activities galore,...

Preschool Binoculars: Let’s Play!

by Wendy | Art, Play, Preschool Activities, Preschool Math, Uncategorized

Homemade Binoculars! Simple as pie, but endlessly fun for a preschooler, homemade binoculars could be the start of all sorts of amazing adventures at home or at school.  There are several ways to make them, but I always like to stick with easy and cheap.  So, recycle...

Let’s Play: Preschool Train Activities

by Wendy | Art, Early Literacy, Music, Play, Preschool Activities, Roundup, Story Time, Uncategorized

Preschool Train Activities for All! I have a feeling you might have a train-loving kid or two on your hands…  If you do–or even if you don’t–the collection of preschool train activities, train books and train toys below is sure to have some...

Let’s Play: Timing Activities!

by Wendy | Circle Time, Play, Preschool Math, Uncategorized

Preschool Math Activities For preschoolers, time is a tricky subject. And like most things it is best learned through regular old life experiences and play. Today I’m sharing a simple activity that you can do anywhere and any time.  Use it at home when you need...

Let’s Sing: Portable Songs and Games

by Wendy | Circle Time, Early Literacy, Music, Play, Preschool Activities, Uncategorized

Drawing a Blank As a preschool teacher and nanny, you need to know a lot of preschool and toddler songs.  There were probably 5,798 times that I needed to sing a quick song or play a quick game to keep ‘my’ kids entertained.  And 10,874 more times I...