Preschool Powol Packets

These 4 Seasons Paintings were so much fun that I had to make one with the kids, and I love how they all turned out! Before we pulled out the paints, we talked about why we have seasons.  I asked the kids, "What do you think makes the seasons?" and thoroughly enjoyed listening to them speculate.  Then, we pulled out a globe and "sun" and modeled the Earth/Sun system so they could see how the tilt of the Earth creates seasons. I love the book Tree for All Seasons  by Robin Bernard.  It has beautiful pictures and follows the changing seasons gently and logically.   (Amazon affiliate link below) Then we made our 4 Seasons Paintings!  The basic technique is the same as these Fall Handprints from Fun-a-Day , but multiplied to make a forest with a tree for each season.  Follow our easy steps below to make your own 4 Seasons Paintings too! Simple Supplies: 4 hand/arm cutouts for each child big paper or little posterboards sponges paint

This fun Monster Preschool Packet is filled with 36 pages of preschool printables! You will find matching pages, pattern pages (What Comes Next?), puzzles, mazes, and a set of monster number cards...perfect for games like Uno, Speed, and Go Fish! Here's a summary collage showing all the fabulous pages inside: You can get this fun Monster Preschool Packet {FREE} when you sign up for the new {FREE} Mini Book Easy Reader Club or for a small price at my Teachers Notebook shop here ! Click here to sign up for the new {FREE} Mini Book Easy Reader Club and get your Monster Preschool Packet {FREE} !! Clipart in this packet is from the talented  Moonlit Productions and Educlips . Convenient Amazon affiliate links: I may share at any of these parties !

The Perfectly Pumpkin Contest is now complete!  It's an awesome resource with over 80 fabulous ideas...and, we have 8 wonderful posts to highlight! Click on over to B-Inspired Mama to see the winners in the four categories:  Pumpkin Kids Activities, Pumpkin Crafts, Pumpkin Recipes, and Pumpkin Decorating! And a huge Thank You!! to the four guest judges: Jen from Tatertots & Jello Jill from Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons Laurie from Alex Toys Natania from GeekMom And, of course, the 81 brilliant pumpkin ideas: I may share at any of these parties !

Using bubbles to make spider webs creates unique experience-focused art projects and gives your kids permission to actually blow bubbles in their cups! First, let's look at some Fun Spider Web Facts: Some spider webs are symmetrical, some are not.  Some are very messy!   Some spiders do not build webs, but hunt their prey instead. Some spider webs seem to go across rivers or other places the spider could not have possibly stretched.  To start building these webs, a spider will set loose a long "tail" of silk.  The wind will carry it across the river (or other obstacle) until it sticks to something on the other side. Sometimes thousands of spiders work together to build a huge web.  Check out this article about a time when thousands of spiders built a web together in Texas in 2009. Also, this post is part of our Bubbles! mini-series !  Click HERE for Bubble Science With Pumpkins and be sure to check back again for more bubble fun!! Here's the

Our kids put these little spiders together in no time to go with our super cool Bubble Spider Webs !!   The spiders could be loads of fun by themselves, but they are actually part of our current Spiders unit (the download is coming soon).  We like to learn about fun Halloween-y themes in October.  This year, we're doing Bats and Spiders! Here's a quick how-to for these fun, furry spiders: Simple Supplies (for each spider): one pipe cleaner 2 wiggly eyes (we used the self-adhesive wiggly eyes that Craft Project Ideas provided us!) scissors Easy How-to: 1- Cut the pipe cleaner into 4 sections for your children. 2- Give them the pipe cleaners and wiggly eyes and invite them to make a spider!  Let them explore and twist till they are happy with their creation.  Younger children may need help making the pieces stay where they want them to! If you want to make them for a group, I recommend placing two on top of each other and twisting th