Earth Day

Earth Day 

Earth Day Projects 

I Love the Earth Headband

Here is the link for these cute Earth Day Headbands

Paper Plate, Hand Print and Heart Earth!

Styrofoam Ball and Tissue Paper Earth

Cover a Styrofoam ball with white glue or Mod Podge.  Cover with squares of blue tissue paper.  Add on green tissue paper and red heart

Protect the Earth Mini Book

Here is the link for this mini book

Sorting Trash

Here is the link for this sorting trash activity

Christmas Fun and the letter N!

Christmas Fun and the Letter N!

Letter N

N is for Nest

n is for noodles

 Christmas Projects

Thumbprint Candy Cane

Press thumbs into red and white paint and press the painted thumbs onto black paper in the shape of a candy cane.  When dry add a red bow!

Hand Print Baby Jesus Scene

Paint one hand brown and press onto blue paper.  When dry, press cover thumb with tan paint and press onto the brown hand print.  Paint one finger with tan paint and press it above the thumbprint to make baby Jesus.  Cut out a star and color yellow.  Cut raffia into pieces and glue under baby Jesus.  Glue the star above the manger scene. 

Paper Plate Santa

Cut 1/4 off the top of a paper plate.  Color or paint the inside circle tan or flesh color.  Cut out a red, circle nose and white mustache.  Glue on googly eyes.  Cut out a red triangle and long, skinny white rectangle and a white circle.  Assemble the hat and glue to the paper plate.  Cut out a larger, red triangle, white rectangle, black, rectangle and yellow belt buckle.  Assemble the pieces to make Santa's suit.  

Bow Tie Pasta Wreath

Dye bow tie pasta green - in a small baggie, add a small amount of vinegar and green food coloring (we added some green glitter).  Shake until coated and then dump out on paper towel to dry.  

When dry assemble, the pasta into a wreath and glue the pasta into pieces.  Add a bow!

Cardboard Tube Poinsettia

Cut a cardboard tube into 5 1/2 inch pieces.  Paint red.  When dry, cover with glue and glitter.  Let dry then glue a white or silver bead to the middle of the poinsettia.  Punch a hole and add a green ribbon for hanging.

Christmas Learning Activities

Gingerbread Cut and Paste Shape Matching

Skills:  shapes, matching

Here is the link for the Gingerbread Shape Matching

Tree Sorting

Skills:  sorting, matching

Here is the link for the Tree Sort and Match

Christmas Mix-and-Match Puzzles

Skills:  matching, sorting

Here is the link for this fun Mix-and-Match Puzzle

Christmas Tree Counting Book

Skills:  counting, number recognition, emergent readers

Here is the link for this Christmas Tree Counting emergent reader

Christmas Name Tree

Skills:  name recognition, counting letters

Santa Can . . .

Skills:  writing

Here is the link for this Santa Can writing activity

Christmas Light Color Match

Skills:  sorting, matching, colors

Christmas Ornament Letter Match

Skills: letter recognition, letter matching, cutting, pasting

Here is the link for the Christmas Ornament Letter Match

The letter R and Reindeer Fun!

The Letter R and Reindeer Fun!

The Letter R

R is for Reindeer

r is for rainbow

Reindeer Projects

Clothespin Reindeer

Cut a craft stick in half. Paint 3 clothespins brown and the one half of a craft stick brown.

When dry, assemble the clothespins to make reindeer.

Glue on two googly eyes and a red nose.

Shape and Hand Print Reindeer

Cut out a triangle from brown construction paper.  Trace hands onto brown paper.  Cut out red, circle nose, two white, oval eyes and two, black semi-circle eyes.  Assemble the reindeer!

Cardboard Tube Reindeer

Cut out a red circle nose.  Cut a chenille stem into pieces and assemble.  Glue on the red nose, googly eyes & antlers

Paper Plate Reindeer

Color a paper plate brown.  Assemble the antlers.  Cut out two brown ears from craft foam. Draw on two eyes, mouth and rosy cheeks, add a red, glitter nose.

Reindeer Learning Activities

Reindeer, Reindeer What Do You See?  Emergent Reader

Skills:  reading, coloring

Here is the link for this Reindeer Emergent Reader

Reindeer Number Match and Thumbprint Count

Skills:  number recognition, counting, matching

I made these fun counting activities .  They had to match the number to the matching amount of reindeer.  Then they pressed their ink covered thumbs onto the paper to make the corresponding number of thumbprint reindeer!

All of the following activities come from the Preschool Reindeer Pack from Royalbaloo.com  Here is the link for these fun, reindeer themed activities.  Preschool Reindeer Pack

Cutting Strip Practice

Skills:  cutting

The Many Colors of Rudolph!

Skills:  coloring, cutting, pasting, color recognition

R is For Reindeer Letter Maze

Skills:  letter R, letter recognition, following directions

Reindeer Prewriting Practice

Skills:  prewriting

Find the Same

Skills:  same and different

Christmas Matching

Skills:  matching

The Letter T and Turkey!

The Letter T and Turkey

The Letter T

T is for turkey

T is for Tree

 Turkey Projects

Watercolor Hand Print Turkey

Cut out a Turkey body from brown paper along with an orange beak and feet and red "gobbler".  Paint both hands with watercolor paint and press onto white paper.  When dry cut around the hand prints and glue them to the assembled turkey.  Make sure you add googly eyes!!

Turkey Hand Print Jar

Trace 1 hand onto white paper.  Cut out a beak from orange craft foam.  Cut a red pipe cleaner for the "gobbler".  

Directions:  Glue on the facial features.   Color the traced hand print.  Cut out the hand print and glue onto the back of the glass jar.  Add Reeses Pieces Candy!

Bottle Cap Turkey Magnets

Cut out 4 craft foam feathers in different colors.  Cut out legs and a beak from orange craft foam and the "gobbler" from red craft foam.

Directions:  Glue the 4 feathers and the feet to the back of the bottle cap.  Glue on 2 eyes, a beak and the "gobbler"  When dry add a magnet to the back of the bottle cap.

Packing Peanuts Turkey

Cut a turkey shape from brown paper along with an orange beak and red "gobbler."  

Directions:  Glue the turkey to a piece of paper.  Glue on the facial features.  Draw on eyes.  

Color packing peanuts.  Glue on the colored packing peanuts for the feathers.  Arrange the "feathers" in a pattern!

Foot Print Feather Turkey

Paint 1 foot brown.  When dry glue on craft feathers.  Add googly eyes and draw on a beak.

Turkey Learning Activities

Shape Turkeys

Skills:  Shape Identifications, counting

Turkey Upper and Lowercase Letter Match

Skills:  letter identification, letter matching

Here is the link to the ABC Thanksgiving Turkey Worksheet

Five Little Turkey Emergent Readers

Skills:  counting, early reading

Here is the link for this Turkey Emergent Reader

Thanksgiving Matching and Counting Feathers

Skills: matching, counting 

Here is the link to these Thanksgiving activities 

Turkey Name Writing

Skills:  name writing, counting letters in your name

Here is the link for these cute turkey cards

Turkey PreWriting Practice

Skills:  prewriting, tracing

Upper and Lowercase Turkey Letter Match

Skills:  upper and lowercase letter recognition

Turkey Coloring

Skills:  coloring, color ID

Here is the link for the 3 above activities

Turkey Size Sorting

Skills:  sorting, size sequencing

Here is the link for the Size Sorting Activity