Preschool Powol Packets

We have done soooo many dolphin activities this week--I will be posting them during the next few days!! Today's dolphin themed craft is actually a dolphin puppet with a paper plate ocean! It is simple enough that my toddler joined in to make one, but so full of room for creativity and individual experimentation that my 10-year old could not help joining in the fun! My own 4-year old loves to make things all on her own so much that most of our projects are very much kid-made. So while it may not look like a pinterest project, it has a part of our preschoolers in it, and they love it! The idea behind these dolphin puppets is that the kids make their own dolphin puppets AND an ocean world for them to live in! It's a simple project, and has three basic steps : 1- Make the dolphin. 2- Paint the ocean. 3- Gather or make accessories (like seaweed, shells, etc.). We'll take a quick look at each step! Make your own dolphin puppets and paper

Summer is starting, so I thought I'd share 15 of our favorite science projects with you! These science experiments are perfect for boredom busters, science summer camps, or just for fun! We've done all of these experiments outside, which makes them perfect for summer! (You don't have  to do them outdoors, but they are better that way!) FUN Science Projects for Summer: #13: Explode diet coke ! We love the huge reaction this makes!     #12: Start a leaf collection ! #11: Create an ice palace ! This is perfect for a hot day! #10: Build a stomprocket launcher and shoot rockets with this easy design ! #9: Design soap boats and take them for a ride! #8: Make your own "quicksand!"  Watch how it changes with more water! #7: Experiment with a leak-proof bag and learn how it works! #6: Make a snail habitat and learn about snail anatomy! #5: Hatch frozen dinosaur eggs ! #4: Discover how sharks float

How do fish breathe? How do hermit crabs breathe? They certainly don't take a breath of air like you or I! Use this easy science activity to demonstrate how fish and hermit crabs (and other animals like octopuses, sharks, and some snails) breathe. Then, invite your kiddos to do their own science experiments based on the process! Fish, hermit crabs, octopuses, sharks, and some snails all breathe through gills. Gills can vary a lot, but they kind of look like feathery coffee filters. If you have access to a real fish (or want to buy one for demonstration purposes!), it is really fun to look under a gill slit and see the actual gills...but, today's experiment does not use a real fish! How do fish breathe? Simply: water moves through the gills. As it does so, the gills pull oxygen out of the water and send it through the fish's body. Hermit crabs also use gills! In fact, we did this experiment as part of the Virtual Book Club for Kid's Ocean Week, featuring

I am soooo excited about how these space-themed BINGO games turned out!! They are perfect for learning the names of planets and include all the awesome benefits of board games (like developing a functional one-to-one concept, practice taking turns, finding patterns, matching, and more)! Besides having loads of practical educational value, it's also a ton of FUN! I made the space-themed BINGO boards in two sizes: one for preschoolers who have a shorter attention span (the 9-squares size) and one for preschoolers who can play a little longer (the 16-squares size). AND, as a sidenote, even my "older" elementary aged kiddos had fun playing with the preschoolers...it really is a family-friendly and mixed-age-friendly game! I also included six different game boards (in both sizes) for classrooms, groups, and co-ops! This makes it the perfect small group activity! If you have a larger class, you could divide the kids into groups of 5-7 and let them play BINGO w