Preschool Powol Packets

We're not meeting for out normal  Preschool Music & Active Movement  class this week because of the world-wide health situation,  but I decided I wanted to put together a list of music and a few printable activities in case any of my families wanted some themed activities for their preschoolers and toddlers.  Plus, my own kids have missed meeting, so we're going to have our own little Butterfly-themed Music Time and it's nice to have all the songs in one spot! I target 3-4 year old kids when I put these lists together, but my almost-2 year old LOVES joining in too! When we meet in "real life" we have a couple 5-6 year olds join as well.  ;)  1- Gathering time:  play with musical instruments bin. This week I'm bringing out the ukuleles again to encourage the kids to make "butterfly wing" sounds on them. 2- Welcome Song.  This post has all the details on our welcome song and more background on the other regular songs too! 3- Wh

STEM Preschool Activities are some of our favorites, so I was really excited when we had some friends request a  Structural Engineering class  for our last session of co-op. The co-op we are doing this year is running in 5-week terms, so the lesson that I am sharing today is the second day (for the second week) of our class. You can  use these lessons  once a week like we did, or once a day for a STEM Preschool Camp! Our classes are 45-minutes long, so all of these lessons are for 45-minute classes. :)   Today's theme was all about forces and engineering ways to control them! We called this project Paper Rockets. Week 2: Stomp Rockets Projects : Stomp Rockets Science Concepts :  force (a push or pull), gravity is a force Lesson Overview: 1- Circle Sharing  2- Attention Activity: Skateboard Forces 3- Lesson: Force & Gravity 4- Project: Stomp Rockets Supplies: stomp rocket launcher (read below for instructions), 2-liter bottle, paper,