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Blocks, Butterflies, Boxes of Sand, and Root Beer

Welcome to a new week of the Preschool and Kindergarten Community! It’s great to have you here. Every week I have fun browsing your links and seeing all of the fun learning ideas you all are sharing with others.

Learning Activities for Mega Bloks

Have a bucket full of Mega Bloks in your house? Check out these learning ideas from Mom Inspired and have a little fun pulling dumping out that bucket together!

 

How to Make a Root Beer Float

If your child is a little hesitant to write, check out this yummy idea from Journey to Josie. They made root beer floats together and wrote down the process. Simple activity, but something that is sure to keep the interest of the kids!

 

Egypt Sensory Box

Studying geography this year? Here’s a fun idea for the county of Egypt. Natural Beach Living put together a sensory box full of things that represent the country of Egypt.

 

Bug Wall

Joyfully Weary and her children have been busy creating a TON of insects together. I love how they have them displayed in their home. This past week Rachel shared how they made coffee filter butterflies.

 

light-play

Racheous and her family took a trip to a local art gallery and had MUCH fun exploring light, shadows, and reflections.

Thanks so much for linking up!

 

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Each week I am  pinning many of your links onto the Preschool and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board. I’m a visual person, so having pictures to help me remember posts is super helpful. Be sure to jump over and follow the board – and find some fun ideas at the same time!

 

Link Up with the Preschool and Kindergarten Community!

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Share what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post below and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you. You can read more in the updated guidelines for Preschool and Kindergarten Community. By linking up, you are granting permission for me to share your wonderful ideas and pictures with others in periodic show-and-tell posts.

Be specific in your ‘link title’. Leave either your blog name or theme and provide an age range for your activities. Something a little like this:

Police Officer Theme {ages 4-5}

 

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Ladybug Printables and a Little House on the Prairie Playhouse ~ Preschool and Kindergarten Community

Are you ever amazed that there are SO many ideas floating around the internet? Really, an endless supply of fun things to do with our kids! I love seeing new twists on ideas or brand new ideas as well. Here are a few fun projects for you to bookmark and work on with your kids.

Ideas from Readers

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There are SO many wonderful ladybug learning ideas at PreK and K Sharing. From sensory bins to symmetry activities, you are sure to find some great helps.

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For your first week of school, this ‘my favorites’ project from Beautiful Chaos would be so much fun to do with your child.  Pull out some pictures and old magazines and start cutting and gluing!

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Want to have a little fun learning syllables? Check out this fun idea from School Time Snippets on Using Bang Snaps to Learn. LOVE this!

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If you are planning on doing a unit on If You Give a Cat a Cupcake, you need to check out these super-cute printables from Haffly Homeschool.

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AND…if you want to see the coolest playhouse, check out what the family over at Angelic Scalliwag put together. They’ve been working on a Little House on the Prairie unit and have the best hands-on activity ever.

All About Reading Activity Bundle

All About Reading is offering an activity bundle of SIX freebies. Visit the All About Learning Press site for more information on how to download the files. We love their reading program and can’t wait for the release of the newest level this fall!

Thanks ladies for sharing your ideas with us and to all of you for linking up with the Preschool and Kindergarten Community!

Follow the PreK and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board

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Each week I am  pinning many of your links onto the Preschool and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board. I’m a visual person, so having pictures to help me remember posts is super helpful. Be sure to jump over and follow the board – and find some fun ideas at the same time!

Link Up with the Preschool and Kindergarten Community!

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Share what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post below and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you. You can read more in the updated guidelines for Preschool and Kindergarten Community. By linking up, you are granting permission for me to share your wonderful ideas and pictures with others in periodic show-and-tell posts.

Be specific in your ‘link title’. Leave either your blog name or theme and provide an age range for your activities. Something a little like this:

Police Officer Theme {ages 4-5}

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Squirt Painting, Volcanoes, and a Summer Sensory Box ~ Preschool and Kindergarten Community

How is your summer going?

We enjoyed a fun week camping at the beach and are now back home catching up from that break. We haven’t forgotten that it’s summer though and are trying to enjoy as much outdoor time at the pool as we can!

Looking for a few more ideas to enjoy with your kids this summer? Here are a few fun things to check out from readers linking up to the Preschool and Kindergarten Community.

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Have some squirt bottles that you’ve picked up from the dollar section – or maybe ones from leftover condiments? Try this fun squirt painting project from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds.

 

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Head to the library and pick up some books about volcanoes and make a volcano together like the one that School Time Snippets made with her son.

 

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Have some of those foam letters hanging around your house? Cool off in the pool and go swimming for letters like Teaching 2 Stinkers did! {LOVE this idea!!}

 

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If you have a plastic bin and some play sand, pull out your small sand toys and a few other things to make a summer sensory box. Under God’s Mighty Hand shares some additional activities too, so be sure to check them out.

 

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Our kids love dice activities – somehow, that seems to make everything fun! Check out the free ABC Dice printables from 3 Dinosaurs for a little writing practice this summer.

 

Follow the PreK and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board

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Over the last few weeks, I have been pinning many of your links onto my Preschool and Kindergarten Community Pinterest Board. I’m a visual person, so having pictures to help me remember posts is super helpful. Be sure to jump over and follow the board – and find some fun ideas at the same time!

 

Link Up with the Preschool and Kindergarten Community!

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Share what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post below and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you. You can read more in the updated guidelines for Preschool and Kindergarten Community. By linking up, you are granting permission for me to share your wonderful ideas and pictures with others in periodic show-and-tell posts.

Be specific in your ‘link title’. Leave either your blog name or theme and provide an age range for your activities. Something a little like this:

Police Officer Theme {ages 4-5}

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Alphabet Learning Ideas ~ Preschool and Kindergarten Community

Having taught preschool for what seems like a gazillion years, I love finding fun alphabet learning ideas for kids. Even though ours are a little beyond that stage, I still find myself collecting ideas and know I can use them with our co-op group.

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If you have paper and can write the letters of the alphabet, you have all you need for these five simple ABC games using paper circles from Little Family Fun.

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Do-a-dot markers have always been a huge hit in our house and these alphabet do-a-dot printables are SO much fun for little one to work on words that start with that beginning sound.

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Go on an alphabet adventure scavenger hunt. This idea from PlayDrMom looks like so much fun and her kids found a TON of things!

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This alphabet sensory bin from Nurturing Naters is SO colorful and just makes me want to pull out some alphabet pasta and magnets and make a big mess.

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If you want to work on fine motor skills with your kids, these Qtip painting alphabet printables from 1+1+1=1 would be a lot of fun.

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Have some GeoBoards? These ABC geoboard ideas from Making Learning Fun would be a blast!

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This puffy alphabet squish idea from I Can Teach My Child is an incredibly fun tactile way to include some alphabet fun in your day!

Visit My ABC Ideas Pinterest Board

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You’ll find the above ideas and MANY more on my Early Childhood Alphabet Ideas Pinterest Board.

 

Ready to Link Up to the Preschool and Kindergarten Community?

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Share what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post below and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you. You can read more in the updated guidelines for Preschool and Kindergarten Community. By linking up, you are granting permission for me to share your wonderful ideas and pictures with others in periodic show-and-tell posts.

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Police Officer Theme {ages 4-5}

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Carwashes, Night Lights, and Berry Painting – Preschool and Kindergarten Community

Are you all enjoying your summer? Our family is getting ready for a fun camping trip with friends and we are so excited. This week has been full of meal planning, a swim-a-thon, and having everything in order. We are definitely looking forward to time with friends and making some new ones!

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Here’s a little peek at what you all have been up to this week.

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On one of those hot days, it would be so much fun to have a mini car wash  in your yard similar to the one that P is for Preschooler did! If you are really brave, you can even attempt working on the family car.

Somehow there are always glow bracelets around our house. These water bead night lights from Creekside Learning would be so fun and colorful to make!

Blackberries are coming in season where we live, so this idea of Berry Juice Paint from Like Mama, Like Daughter is a yummy alternative to real paint.

Need an indoor activity to keep your kids busy? Mama to 5 Blessings shares some fun building ideas that involve gumdrops or spaghetti. I have a feeling our kids would prefer the gumdrops and marshmallows, but you never know.

Ready to Link Up?

Share what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post below and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you. You can read more in the updated guidelines for Preschool and Kindergarten Community. By linking up, you are granting permission for me to share your wonderful ideas and pictures with others in periodic show-and-tell posts.

Be specific in your ‘link title’. Leave either your blog name or theme and provide an age range for your activities. Something a little like this:

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Obstacle Courses, Sight Words, Toilet Paper Tube Art & More ~ PreK & Kindergarten Community

This past week we had made some crafts, including firecracker tie-dye tshirtsFirecracker tshirt boys to celebrate the 4th of July. Might I just say that working on a tie-dye project with the kids  – not on my list of things to do anytime soon {hello, blue hands!!}.

The overall colors might have turned out brighter if we used more than one bottle of dye for four tshirts, but that would all probably mean my hands would also be stained for weeks to come. STILL – they turned out cute and the kids love them, so all is well!

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The following ideas are from readers linking up last week – and there are some fun ones to share. If you see your post featured, be sure to grab one of the buttons below for your sidebar.

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Selena from Look! We’re Learning! shares a fun sight word stomp game that she used with her son to practice CVC words.

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Casual Homeschool let her son direct their play activities and he requested an animal bath time. It’s something simple and sweet that anyone can do at home.

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Mama to 5 Blessings shared some COOL toilet paper tube art that she did with her kids. This would be great for prek ages and up {I know my older kids would love this too!}. Plus, we all have toilet paper rolls we can use for this!

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If you are doing a human body unit, or just learning about the eyes, you need to check out this fun, hands-on eyeball activity from Life with Moore Babies. They worked on an optometrist unit and have some other fun ideas as well.

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To get little ones moving, you could always set up a learner rider obstacle course similar to the one Teaching Little Ones at Home set us for her kids.

There were so many other great ideas linked up last week as well, so be sure to visit some of the ladies linking up {both this week and last!}.

Ready to Link Up?

Share what you are doing with your kids! Please link your exact blog post to the Mr. Linky below and link back here too! Grab a button for your post below and be sure to take a minute to visit the person who linked up before you. You can read more in the updated guidelines for Preschool and Kindergarten Community. By linking up, you are granting permission for me to share your wonderful ideas and pictures with others in periodic show-and-tell posts.

Be specific in your ‘link title’. Leave either your blog name or theme and provide an age range for your activities. Something a little like this:

Police Officer Theme {ages 4-5}

Were you featured?

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