Preschool family art activities

A family unit for kindergarten is an important social studies unit to start the year for several reasons. A family unit for kindergarten involves letting

Fun family portraits made by stamping circles and drawing faces; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten; gift for Grandparents Day, Mothers Day, Fathers Day

During our family theme we created personal house books that included each member of the family. Free printable included!

It was fun making these Popsicle stick families. Its really easy. You can show them to draw on both the stick and the paper to make cute people. You then just glue down your sticks where you want them. Encourage your kids to make a scene for your families. Kenzie was adorable when she showed me her...Read More

“A House That Once Was” by Julie Fogliano and Lane Smith When you see old or abandoned properties do you ever wonder what there history is? Every home has a story to tell and abandoned ones are sure to carry some fascinating ones. This is the story of some children who explore an old and...Read More »

Here's tips to teach students how to write about their family traditions for kindergarten and first grade. They also share their writing!

A fun way to share a little about each child's family. The color coded key would be fund for the students to use to create their home strip. It can hang in our outside the classroom. Great for open house. Also a fun way in September to get to know each student.

I love talking about family in Sunday School! It's developmentally appropriate for preschoolers because it's about them and easily relatable.

We've set up our toddler and preschool classroom this week for the friends and families theme, with fun hands-on activities!

Learn all about shapes while making this easy family and home-themed craft. Kids create and put shapes together to build a mini box home with a family of stick puppets. The puppets can be kept inside the box house after use.