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You will find great ideas for Preschool here from PreKinders Blog! You'll find activities, games, worksheets, songs, and hands-on activities catered for you. PreKinders is all about hands-on, active, and playful learning to inspire young minds! Happy pinning for your classroom!
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Nursery Rhyme Printables
These printable nursery rhyme posters and activity cards from Pre-Kinders can be used in your preschool classroom to teach your kids nursery rhymes! These posters come in color and blackline. Use for poetry books, charts, posters, or other uses!
Snowflake Pattern Block Mats
Add festive fun to your math center with these snowflake pattern block mats! Perfect for the Christmas season, these free printables come in both color and blackline versions, making them a fun and engaging math activity for your preschoolers. Students can explore snowflake patterns while practicing math skills, and the included instructions for creating paper snowflakes add an extra layer of creativity. Use these snowflake block mats to bring hands-on holiday learning to your classroom!
Calm Down Corner Printables and Ideas
Setting up a calm-down corner in your preschool classroom or at home provides your preschool children with a safe space to retreat when they are feeling overwhelmed. It fosters a peaceful atmosphere and equips children with tools to manage strong emotions. Explore ideas for creating your own calm-down corner in your classroom or at home.
Animal Tracks Book
PreKinders offers a free printable Animal Tracks Book with a matching card set. The resource is available in full-color photos and a blackline ink-saving edition. It's a fun way for Pre-K students to learn about forest animals! Grab your free printable now!
Sensory Writing Trays and Tactile Letters
Sensory writing trays and tactile letters help children learn to write letters using a multi-sensory approach (or learning through the senses). When using tactile letter activities, children can feel the letters as they trace them. These sensory writing trays and tactile writing activities from PreKinders help children with handwriting, letter formation, and pre-writing skills.
Dog & Cat Food Play Dough Mats
PreKinders shares these two fun play dough mats you can use for a Pets Theme: One with dogs and one with cats! These will help children with fine motor skills as they practice counting and numeral identification! Play dough mats are a great way to combine fine motor skills, counting skills, and play!
Winter Block Center Play Ideas in Preschool
Transform your block center into a wintry, Arctic wonderland with these creative play ideas! Perfect for sparking your preschoolers’ imaginations, these activities use simple, inexpensive, or free materials to bring a frosty touch to your classroom. Your preschoolers will love the fresh winter inspiration in their block center!
Esther: Christian Preschool Activities
These fun activities for the story of Esther will be helpful to you as you tell the story! You'll find sequence cards, a printable book, and more from PreKinders. This will make your lesson on Esther complete!
Book Lists for Preschool & Pre-K Archives
Check out this archive of book lists when you need themed reading material for your preschool or pre-k classroom. Find book lists for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Gingerbread, and more. You'll also find lots of book lists about animals including pets, farm books, safari books, rainforest books, bugs, and forest books. This holiday season, use these book lists to find fun Thanksgiving & Christmas books to read with your preschoolers!
Christian Preschool Activities Archives - PreKinders
This collection of Christian preschool activities and printables offers pre-k teachers a wealth of free resources, engaging activities, games, and creative ideas centered around popular Bible stories and Christian themes. Preschoolers will love the hands-on activities that bring stories like Daniel and Joseph to life. Also, find Thanksgiving and Christmas activities and printables. Don't miss out on this fantastic resource for your Christian preschoolers this holiday season!
Toy Store Dramatic Play
Check out these fun ideas for a Christmas-themed dramatic play center that your preschool students will love! Set up a Christmas toy shop play center where kids can immerse themselves in the holiday spirit. Since they are already thinking about toys, this activity is sure to be a hit! Use the free printables for the Toy Shop sign, store hours, and a colorful TOYS banner. Create a fun, exciting dramatic play experience in your classroom this Christmas!
Families' Theme Activities
PreKinders shares these fun family theme activities, lessons, and printables for Pre-K, Preschool, and Kindergarten. Grab these fun ideas to talk with your preschoolers about family. Use these activities during a family-themed unit!
Pattern Block Mats
Pattern blocks teach children about shapes and geometry, as well as develop their visual discrimination skills. Check out PreKinder's variety of free printable pattern block printables to use in your classroom for your Pre-K or Preschool class!
Dinosaur Pasta Skeletons
PreKinders shares two ways to make dinosaur pasta skeletons with your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten students. Kids will love this fun learning and hands-on activity! Use this activity idea during a dinosaur theme!
Pre-K Small Group
Discover creative strategies for managing small group time in your preschool classroom! As an experienced teacher, I address common questions and share practical tips on group sizes, engaging activities, scheduling, child assessment, and more. These management tips and organizational ideas will help your small group time run smoothly and effectively!