When I was teaching Kindergarten, I remember feeling so successful after calendar time. Really, if everything else that day fell to pieces, I would still feel like my little ones had learned so many important skills – just from our calendar activities! Now that I am homeschooling my own little ones, we do ‘calendar activities’…
Fall Activities for Kindergarten at Home
The fall season in our homeschool is filled with wonderful activities! In this post, I’ve rounded up some great fall activities you can do with your preschoolers and kindergarteners at home. From arts and crafts to fine motor activities and everything in between, this post contains a bunch of fun fall activities to include in…
Art Project for Kindergarten
Looking for the perfect art project for you kindergartner? Search no further – this project has it all! Soap carving develops fine motor skills and knife safety. Your child can come up with his or her personalized design or you can guide them with a pattern or template. The amount of supplies needed is minimal…
Solar System Activity for Kindergarten
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, blast off! Learning about the solar system is such a great theme. This is loved by all children regardless of age. I am still not sure who had more fun – myself or my little guy! Traveling through space and learning about the world around us took us on a…
Dinosaur Stomp: A Prehistoric Kindergarten Homeschool Project
Did you know…? That’s usually how our conversations about dinosaurs begin. And the truth is, my answer is usually no. I am far from a dinosaur buff, but for those of us with dinosaur loving kids, the obsession is real. For kids, dinosaurs seem to walk that amazing line between science and fantasy. Kids can…
Mystery Box – Sensory & Vocabulary Activity
You hear “sensory activity” and you think messy, right? Well, lucky for you, this kindergarten language development activity is mess-free but just as much fun as any other sensory activity! The purpose of this activity is to let your child explore an object using only their sense of touch, while using descriptive language to communicate to…
Worksheets for Kindergarten and Preschool – Color By Letter Coloring Pages Set 6, Letters v, y, x
It is the very last day in my series of printable worksheets for kindergarten and preschool with these FUN COLOR BY LETTER COLORING PAGES!! Today I have the final 9 FREE printable coloring sheets for you! We now have coloring pages by letters for the entire alphabet in lowercase, uppercase, and word family versions! These…
Coloring Pages by Letter, Set 4, Letters: l, f, b, q, u
Today I have 15 more FREE printable coloring sheets for you! These color by letter coloring sheets include lowercase letters, uppercase letters, and the corresponding word families for the letters: l, f, b, q, u. All pages are now complete so you can teach the WHOLE ALPHABET with these pages! Letters, sounds, and blending! Look…
The Easiest Woven Baskets
It’s that time of year for all of those fresh, local berries and goodies! We have been visiting our local farmer’s market each week and each week I am so thankful that there are gardeners far better than I. This also means that we have been getting oodles of those green plastic baskets too. And oodles…
Fingerprint Keepsake Craft for Kids!
I have mentioned here a time or two how much I love keepsake crafts for kids. Of course I love messy process art and all things creative for my little ones also, but now and again there is certainly a place for a good old fashion keepsake craft. Each year I teach Kindergarten I send…