It’s Thanksgiving time! One book that I’ve always found to engage preschoolers’ favorite books is Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar. So I wrote this fun Thanksgiving felt board story that invokes the same storyline with a Thanksgiving theme. It’s a great way to help preschoolers practice colors and have fun through a new rendition of a familiar …
It’s the Halloween season! Time to go to the pumpkin patch, make costumes, and go trick-or-treating. There are so many fun activities for kids during this time of year. But one of my favorite memories from school is the “downtime” work that we would do. You know… easy things like crosswords and word searches that …
I don’t honestly remember when the last time I carved a pumpkin was. Last year we painted them, and the year before that… I have no clue. I think someone carved one for us? Going through this backtrack in our Halloween traditions sort of makes me feel like I’ve let my kids down thus far. …
Does your child love pumpkins as much as my son does? Every time he sees a pumpkin, he points it out. I decided to use his love for pumpkins in a fine motor activity. Pumpkin lacing was born. Materials orange, green, and black felt (I purchased one piece of each color for 23 …
It’s getting close to Halloween! One of my preschoolers’ favorite books has always been Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar. So I created this fun Halloween felt board story. It helps preschoolers practice colors and have fun through a twist of a familiar story. The premise of this interactive felt board story is that a …
There’s a darling little book that we’ve read each year during the Halloween season. It’s a reminder to my children and myself that we have the power to influence the word through our words and actions. To accompany this book, we did a simple suncatcher craft to illustrate the meaning of the book’s message. See …
It’s fall! There’s few things I love about the holidays more than decorating our front porch. Each year, I look for new and resourceful ways to decorate using things that we have. That’s when the idea of these newspaper bag pumpkins popped into my head. We get newspapers 3 days a week and then a …
