Preschool Powol Packets

I am so excited for Easter!  It's one of my favorite times of year!  And today, I'm so excited to share this fun game with you!!  It's based on the idea of an Easter Egg Hunt: players travel around the board and collect (or lose!) eggs.  When you fill your basket, you win!  You can, of course, keep playing until everyone wins.  While you play, you practice counting, colors, matching, and other preschool/kindergarten skills.  I'm also playing a variation with my daughter where I write the letters of some of her sight words on the eggs and spell the words on eggs in her basket.  She wins when she makes the words in her basket with the eggs she collects.  There are many ways to vary this to focus on what you are working on...and, of course, it's a fun, free Easter Egg Hunt game!  You can download it free here --detailed instructions are included in the PDF. I'd love to know how you use it!  Happy Monday!! I may share at any of these parties !

This is a huge "Thank you!!" to everyone who entered the Break Open Real Geodes Kit Giveaway !  I wish I could send each of you a Geode Kit, but Rafflecopter has chosen!  Congratulations to Amy Q. (Entry #82)!!  She has confirmed her win and will be receiving her kit very soon. A big thank you to Discover With Dr. Cool for providing the Geode Kits for the review and giveaway.  Dr. Cool's kits are amazing, and I highly recommend them!  You can learn more about them and even order at Discover With Dr. Cool's Website or on Amazon .   

Well, friends, I have another preschool song for you!  This one ties in numbers, counting, and colors with a springy, Easter-y theme!  I'll admit that posting songs (not just lyrics) is a little out of my comfort zone, but my kids have enjoyed this one so much that I decided to just get over it! This is particularly fun if you make 10 egg puppets for your child--one for each finger--and let them act out the song while you sing it.  You can use cloth or paper to make egg-shaped finger puppets. The lyrics are below the video.  If it won't go full screen for you, click here to watch it on YouTube. 10 Little Eggs (to the tune of 10 Little Indians) 1 little, 2 little, 3 little eggs, 4 little, 5 little, 6 little eggs, 7 little, 8 little, 9 little eggs, 10 little eggs are hiding! 10 little, 9 little, 8 little eggs, 7 little, 6 little, 5 little eggs, 4 little, 3 little, 2 little eggs, 1 little egg is hiding! Find them all, find them all, find all the eggs!

These rockets for preschoolers are fun, easy, and perfect for space and solar system themes...they're also loads of fun to use as "fireworks" during the New Year and the 4th of July! It's also loads of fun for a summer camp or "boredom buster"! And if you have older kids, building the launcher is a wonderful STEM challenge or STEM activity! Okay, I'll confess:  it isn't just for preschoolers...I've made these stomp rockets with kids from 1-17 years old, and they all love them!  You learn about different things with each age group, but every child I've known loves to shoot them into "space!"  Preschoolers especially love watching their little stomp send their rocket flying higher than a 2-story home!  The set-up takes a little time, but the excitement is so worth it!  When you're done, you can store the launcher in your garage and pull it out any time! First, let's make the launcher.   Supplies for

Pin It I'd love to write a book with a million different ways to use paper towel tubes--these things are wonderful!  The Teddy Tunnel takes absolutely no preparation (because you never throw your paper towel tubes away, right!) and is a huge hit with preschoolers and toddlers.  It is an activity your child can do completely independently while you finish getting lunch ready or put away a few dishes. To play, hand your child a paper towel tube and a pile of Teddy Grahams.  If you don't eat the little bear-shaped crackers, this activity works with almost any small food you have around!  Don't worry--she'll know what to do!  My kids sometimes have so much fun sliding the bears down the tunnel that they need reminding to eat them! Even my youngest toddlers love this game, though I usually cut the tube in thirds for them. While your kiddos are playing with their teddy tunnel, they're strengthening their eye-hand coordination, improving balance skills, and exe

Pin It These websites have it all: computer games, phonics, shapes, sorting, colors, problem-solving, math, science, and much, much more!  They are fun, educational tools for your preschooler.  While there are many, many other preschool websites out there, your child can learn to navigate these five pretty easily.  At the same time, he is learning basic computer skills too!  But does he think he's learning shapes and colors?  No!  He thinks he's helping Curious George or repairing trains!  Wonderful! I am not getting paid or compensated in any way to recommend them to you.  They are simply websites my daughter enjoys and learns from. 5 Fabulous, Free Websites for Preschoolers: * Starfall * Math Playground's Virtual Geoboard * Chuggington Games * PBS Kids Games * Seussville Games You don't need to log on, sign up, or spend any money.  Just enjoy them! Remember that computer time is just a small part of your child's day, and you should always

Pin It I know you probably have your St. Patrick's Day activities all planned, but this fun rainbow game can be used any time of the year.  In fact, rainbows are very popular here year-round!  So, whether you want something to keep those little fingers busy while you fix dinner, or another St. Patrick's Day activity, I thought you'd enjoy this {FREE} printable ! You can give it to your child with a bowl of colored cereal and she will know just what to do with it!  Or, you could turn it into a game by drawing colored cards (like Uno cards) and "playing" a piece of cereal that matches the card.  You can count the pieces.  You can tie it into a rainbow unit and use it as a follow-up activity after you make your own rainbows and learn about colors.  My daughter actually chose to put the colors in order because she has a rainbow color song that she loves.  (Did I mention rainbows are popular here?) You can download it for free here !  Enjoy!! I may sha

Pin It I know, I know...it isn't really Saturday!  But, I've been collecting these fun St. Patrick's Day ideas and didn't have time to share them on Saturday...so, I'm sharing them today!  I hope you love them!  If you were featured, feel free to grab the button in the right sidebar! <div align="center"><a href="http://PreschoolPowolPackets.blogspot.com" title="Preschool Powol Packets" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j368/cmg38/SharingSaturdaybutton.jpg" alt="Preschool Powol Packets" style="border:none;" /></a></div> Toddler Approved has instructions for this awesome spy-like Treasure Hunt!  Check it out here ! Criss-Cross Applesauce has this fun, free downloadable Lucky Dog game that reinforces number recognition and more!  Check it out here ! The Golden Gleam has this creative idea for toilet paper tube leprechauns and a lepre

Pin It This St. Patrick's Day Craft is one time your preschooler (and even toddler) can actually blow bubbles in their straw and not get in trouble!  You already have the supplies at home, and the result is wonderfully unique! Preparation: ** Draw and cut a lucky clover out of white construction paper.   Use a green marker and make the clover out of four hearts. Supplies: ** Lucky Clover (on construction paper) and extra construction paper (because your child will want to do a few more pages!) ** Small cup ** Straw ** Dish soap ** Green food coloring (or any other color!) ** Water ** Roll of paper towels...because clean-up is easy if you have a lot handy! The Easy How-To: Bubble painting is a blast!  Put a squirt of dish soap in your child's cup and fill it about 1/3 full of water.  Let your child squeeze in about 4 drops of food coloring and stir it with her spoon.  My princess insisted on painting her lucky clovers pink!   Then, let yo

Image courtesy of Dr. Cool. I am so excited to share an amazing product and giveaway with you today: Dr. Cool's Break Open Real Geodes Kit! I received the Break Open Real Geodes (6 geode starter set) to review, and I was absolutely thrilled with what I saw.  The first thing I noticed was how big the geodes were!  The picture to the left shows my hand holding the biggest geode in our kit.  The others were very close to the same size--the kit describes the geodes as 1 -1/2" - 2" in diameter.  Very cool! The history and science is even more exciting!  The geodes are millions of years old and were formed when prehistoric volcanoes erupted.  The teacher in me loved being able to use their pictures to explain how geodes are formed and why they hide crystal treasures inside.  Breaking open real geodes is a classic science activity and fun for the entire family.  I hid the geodes in the dirt and let the kiddos (1-, 2-, 3-, and 4- years old) find them.  The treasur