The dot kindergarten activities

Handwriting has never been easy to teach to kindergartners, but it is in the Common Core Standards that they learn how to print letters correctly. Each year I have tried through the traditional ways of working on fine motor skills the first half and then formal handwriting sheets the second half of the year. It never worked so this year I tried something new... An inquiry about lines! I asked the kids what kind of lines they knew of. At first they drew straight lines, but then started to…

Peeja | Ayden & Alfie on Instagram: "Try these fun pre writing skills activities for your preschoolers. 📌 Dot to dot lines 📌 Repetitive circles 📌 Building lines to shapes ➡️ Suitable from 2yo+ (Ayden is 3 1/2 yo) Tips: start simple with scribbling around the age of 15mo+ and then practice dot to dot line patterns around 2yo+. Improve their skills with drawing repetitive circles and lines to create shapes, alphabets, numbers around 3yo+ and soon they’ll be able to grasp the idea on…

Ten Black Dots! It was interesting getting the children to think about what they were going to draw in anticipation of how many dots they…

Pin One of the best things about Spring are rainbows! They’re always so fun and colorful and a perfect way for kids to learn about colors! I highly recommend getting a set of dot markers if your little one likes arts and crafts! It’s a new, fun way for them to “color” and explore with […]

Honey Pot is 4 years old. Little M&M is 26 months old. Books We borrowed numerous books from the library on caterpillars and butterflies. They varied from simple board books (for Little M&M) to more complex (for Honey Pot). Butterfly Matching The Dollar Tree had a large page of butterfly stickers. Honey Pot used many of them while making cards for her pen pals, but we had some left over. I used a few to create this matching worksheet, and slipped it into a page protector so she could use a…

Fantastic dot activities to go along with the book "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds. STEAM inspired projects perfect for young kids.

Megan | Kindergarten Activities on Instagram: "🌟FREEBIE🌟 Are you ready to teach your students how to use a glue bottle? Starting the year off by explicitly teaching how to use supplies will save your sanity for the rest of the year! Use this FREE “Just a Dot, Not a Lot!” practice sheet to teach students how to make baby dots of glue instead of huge globs! Comment “GLUE” and I’ll send this FREEBIE to you, or I’ll also leave the link in my profile!) . . #teachersfollowteachers #iteachtoo…

Sun Dot Painting coloring page that you can customize and print for kids.

Rainbow Dot Art : Rainbow Dot Art 25 Dot Activity Printables [avia image and visual related images

In this printable activity, kids practice tracing the lines and connecting the dots to complete the shapes. Encourage your student to color and say the name of each shape to reinforce shape recognition.