Preschool Powol Packets

What are you doing with your preschoolers this winter? Do they love dinosaurs? Or games? What about... dinosaurs AND games?!   The Christmas Dinosaurs Pre-K Pack is full of fun math, language arts, and logic (pre-science) activities! *** Purchase here ! November ONLY : Click HERE to find out how to get it for free!! *** Christmas Dinosaurs Pre-K Pack If you've ever wanted to merge Christmas lights and trees with smiling dinosaurs, this is the perfect packet for you! It has 50 PAGES of printable activities to keep you and your little dinosaur-lovers playing and growing! I've always been slightly obsessed with dinosaurs (my first picture book was even about dinosaurs!), and I am always delighted when my kids go through dinosaur phases! We always pull dinosaurs out for "Dinovember," so I was just thinking about what kind of fun dinosaur activities we needed, and I realized: Christmas Dinosaurs!! So, what's in this packet? Here's a list: 1- Shadow Matching Cards ...

Did you know that over the last few years, I have shared more than 30 math games for preschoolers...for FREE?!! Most of these games require printing, some need a little cutting, and then you are ready to go!! I decided it would be handy to have a list of all these math games in one spot, so if your preschooler wants a game (or you want to teach something with a game), you can just pick the one you want, print, and go! I've divided them up into three groups: board games, matching games, and "other" games. Don't discount the "other" games--they are AWESOME too! They just don't fit into the other categories! Preschool Math Games Board Games: Decorate a Heart Cookie (Valentine Game) North Pole Train Game Bear Walk Game   Shark Diet Game (younger preschoolers can play without coins) Unicorn Magic STEM Board Game (screen-free coding skills) Apple Race Getting to Know You (requires an adult to read) Sports Grid Game Superhero Scarecrow Matching Games: Frog ...

These cute printable pumpkin preschool puzzles are perfect for a math station, quiet activity, or just fun puzzle time! (wow, that was a lot of words that started with P, lol!) These fun puzzles fit in perfectly with fall, pumpkin, and thanksgiving themes! They reinforce number recognition, counting, and a concept of one-to-one association! I suggest reading a fun pumpkin picture book and then doing a puzzle or two with your preschooler. If you're doing a whole pumpkin theme , I have more than 30 preschool pumpkin activities HERE ! There are more printables and activities for math, science, literacy, and more! And if you'd like to try these free printable pumpkin puzzles, just click HERE ! I hope you love them! Happy Educating, Carla Have you seen  HEEP ? It is a  preschool homeschool curriculum ! Learn more  here ! Never miss another post again!   Sign up for our weekly updates newsletter and get links to all our posts once a week in your inb...

It's summer time!! What are your favorite summer pictures? Can you find all the "hidden" pictures I listed? Can you tell I am excited to share this preschool summer I SPY game with you (for free)?!!  The download link is below. Just print both pages once -- the first page is full of hidden pictures and the second page lists the hidden pictures.  Of course, you can find other pictures too! Or let your preschooler pick something for you to find! I'll tell you a secret: I think the seahorse, flamingo, and fireflies are my favorites! Do you have a favorite? Or does your kiddo? You can play this game with your preschoolers, put it in a Quiet Bin for nap time, or put it in a busy bag for when you need a quick activity!  I SPY games are great for preschoolers because they help them develop lots of pre-reading and pre-math skills! Here are a few: 1- Visual Discrimination: Noticing fine details and differences is necessary for reading and telling letters and numbers apart! I S...

Summer is here, and we just had our first beach trip in MONTHS!! (Honestly, almost a year!)  So, of course, I am excited to share this beach-themed matching game with you (for free)!!  The download link is below. Just print the page twice so you have nine pairs of identical images. Turn them all upside down, and take turns looking for matches!  My kids like to follow traditional "Memory" game rules: On your turn, you turn over two cards. If they match, you keep the cards and get another turn. If they don't match, turn them back upside down. Play until all matches are found. The player with the most matches wins! Or, if your kids are young enough to play without knowing who won, just celebrate the pictures each person collected! You can play this game with your preschoolers, put it in a Quiet Bin for nap time, or put it in a busy bag for when you need a quick activity!  I put most of our printable games in a drawer that the kids can get into whenever they want. ;) CLI...

This dinosaur activity happens to be one of my preschoolers favorites! To celebrate my new book,  A Dinosaur Made Me Sneeze , I am sharing loads of FREE dinosaur activities, and today it is a "Spot 3 Differences" activity!! This is the last day in my  10-day Preschool Dinosaur Activities series ! Check out the rest  HERE  (there's also a  gift card giveaway  in that post--scroll to the bottom for details)!! This printable activity includes three pages for a total of 12 count and clip cards! Each card has a different number (1-12) of dinosaurs on it. Well, two of the cards have pterosaurs on them...and even though they aren't dinosaurs, we still love them! My preschoolers love using clothespins! We use them for activities like these, to track their daily schedules, and sometimes just to play with! Obviously, this activity lets your children practice counting and number recognition. Less obviously, it helps them develop a concept of one-to-one relationships, ...

We are moving right through our 10 days of FREE Dinosaur activities!!  To celebrate my new book,  A Dinosaur Made Me Sneeze , I am sharing loads of FREE dinosaur activities, and today, you can get these fantastic counting puzzles!! This is the seventh activity in my  10-day Preschool Dinosaur Activities series ! Check out the rest  HERE  (there's also a gift card giveaway in that post--scroll to the bottom for details)!! Today's printable activity includes 3 puzzle strip puzzles! One helps with counting and number recognition from 1-10, another uses numbers 11-20, and the third counts by 10's to 100! The link for the free preschool dinosaur activity is below! First, I want to share my new book with you! This is my first picture book! It combines silly characters with rock cycle science--it is both fun to read out loud and fun to look at the pictures! I would love to invite YOU to JOIN ME in its first hardcover print run! You can learn more (and see some of the ...

Happy Monday! I love a new week, and I am excited to start this week by sharing a new freebie: a set of 4-piece preschool number puzzles! You can print these puzzles off and use them in a ton of different ways: * Solve them one at a time with your preschooler at a table! * Place each puzzle in an envelope at a number station. Label the envelopes, and let your preschoolers choose which ones to open and solve! * Glue one piece of a puzzle to a file folder to make a file folder game. Place the other pieces in an envelope and glue the envelope on to the file folder * Spread the pieces to 2-3 puzzles out, face-up, on a table, and match the correct puzzles together! * Or use them in any way you like! Not only do these puzzles build problem-solving skills, but they help reinforce number concepts by representing each number in four different ways: one cardinal number, a portion of ten, fingers, and the word written out! I would LOVE to see you use these...

One of our new arctic animal  activities was visualizing how big (and small!) some of the animals that live in the arctic really are! We did this math activity with mixed ages, and our older kids were very sweet about giving the younger ones a chance to measure too! The only supplies you need are rulers and the measurements of some arctic animals (which I have for you below)! You can either copy down the list of measurements or just print off the Arctic Animals Mini Poster below! I did start out our lesson with a globe to compare our location with the arctic. Click here to get this Arctic Animals Size Mini Poster ! It's important to keep in mind that most of these numbers are the maximum sizes. In real life, animals (and people) come in a huge variety of sizes! The room we were measuring in was only 24 feet long, for example, so we said that the whole room represented an orca...though the kids were a little put out that we couldn't measure the whole 25 fe...

Did you know that an active learning, full-body preschool activity also prepares your child to read? See how this fun winter-themed arctic animal preschool activity also counts as a reading lesson below! I just took an online course through  ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI)  called  Active Learning in Early Childhood.   This course explores how movement and active learning can be used to improve learning in reading, science, math, and other subjects!  (Keep reading for more details on that!)  I seriously loved it! I used my new knowledge from it to design this activity--you can do this activity with one child at home, or a whole group for an Arctic Animals Theme or Winter Unit Study! I did it with my preschoolers at home. First, show a picture (or use a stuffed animal) of an arctic fox like the one below.  Ask what it is. Talk about its characteristics.  Let your preschoolers touch some ice cubes to get an idea o...