Bumblebee Preschool Math Printable

My preschooler recently had her Kindergarten orientation. She beamed from ear to ear as she entered the Kindergarten room, so excited about getting to be a big Kindergartner. At the orientation the teacher talked about all the things they would be learning in Kindergarten and what things they should be working on at home to get ready for Kindergarten. My daughter came home and expressed how she wanted to work on math "so she could be extra smart for Kindergarten." I just love her! I combined my daughter's love for stickers with cute bees and addition facts and put together this fun bumblebee preschool math printable for my daughter to work on her simple addition facts.

My Five Senses and Popcorn- Preschool Observation Mini Book Printable

Preschoolers are naturally curious and I think that makes them awesome at making observations. That's why when I found out our creative preschool theme this week is learning all about our five senses I was super excited to create a hands on experience for my preschooler to be able to observe all of her five senses.  Using our My Five Senses preschool mini book and some popped popcorn, you have a great activity to help youngsters learn all about sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. Make sure to check out more five senses preschool activities near the end of this post.  

Baa Baa Black Sheep Preschool Counting Game Printable

Our Baa Baa Black Sheep nursery rhyme fun continues this week with this darling preschool counting game printable. It is great for toddlers, preschoolers and even kindergartners for working on their counting skills from 1-12 and also works as an introduction and visual aid for learning simple addition facts. It's a simple and fun math activity that requires little prep and is a perfect theme for a spring or Easter learning activity for kids.

Baa Baa Black Sheep Printable Sight Words Game

My preschooler and I are having so much fun with Baa Baa Black Sheep this week! We've learned the traditional nursery rhyme, read a darling book (affiliate link) with another fun rendition of the nursery rhyme, made a super cute sheep craft, and we've been finding fun ways to incorporate all things sheep into learning. This Sheep Printable Sight Words Game I'm sharing with you today is perfect for preschoolers or kindergartners who are working on learning their sight words and it makes a great spring learning activity.

When I Grow Up Preschool Emergent Reader Printable

My preschooler has worked hard this past year on learning her alphabet. We have excitedly chartered into new territory recently beginning to blend words and learn sight words. One fun way to encourage this beginning stage of reading is with emergent readers. I know firsthand the excitement my daughter feels when she learns how to read a small book all on her own, so it's a great tool to use. The creative preschool theme this week is "what I want to be when I grow up" so I put together this fun preschool emergent reader printable. It not only opens up great discussion on community helpers and occupations, but can help your preschooler learn the sight words, I, can, be and a.  

Heart Stamper Non-Candy Valentine with Printable

My daughter's dance teacher always gives her students a stamp on the hand after class to celebrate a job well done. My daughter adores it! So when I came across these little Valentine's Day stampers recently my heart fluttered with excitement because I knew they would make a perfect non-candy Valentine gift for all of my daughter's preschool classmates. Yesterday we shared how we used them on our 100 Hearts Preschool Math Activity and today I'm showing you how to turn your leftover stampers into these adorable heart stamper non-candy Valentine's. I've included the printable Valentine card to make them even more simple to put together.

100 Hearts Preschool Math Activity

My preschooler recently showed interest in counting from 1 to 100 by herself. I know having this skill down will be a huge benefit to her in Kindergarten next year so I've been working on putting together some activities for her that work on counting to 100. This 100 Hearts Preschool Math Activity puts some fun into learning and is a great compliment to Valentine's Day since it's all about hearts. We used fun little heart stamps in this activity but you could also use heart stickers as an alternative. Make sure to check out more creative preschool heart activities at the bottom of this post.

Preschool Cotton Ball Clouds Activity

My preschooler and I made a trip to the grocery store this morning in a thick fog. My daughter was having so much fun observing the fog that she insisted we drive with her window down so she could get a closer look. As we walked through the parking lot into the store she said, "Mommy, we are walking in the clouds!" Not only was I impressed with her observation but it couldn't have come at a more perfect time since our creative preschool theme this week is all about weather. When we returned home we made this preschool cotton ball clouds activity and spent the rest of the morning learning all about clouds. Make sure to check out the other preschool weather activities near the end of this post! 

New Year's Eve DIY Cupcake Toppers

Are you ready and excited to ring in the new year? We always like to keep New Year's Eve pretty simple around my house...playing games, staying up till midnight, reminiscing over the fun things we've done through the year and making goals for the year ahead. We also love making festive decorations and fun food for our celebration. Today I'm sharing these New Year's Eve DIY Cupcake Toppers that make a perfect festive treat for your New Year's party and celebration. Your can even have your kids help you decorate them for a fun new year's activity.           

Healthy Snacking Tips with Orchard Valley Harvest PLUS Giveaway

A big thank you to Orchard Valley Harvest for sponsoring today's post. I tend to have a serious sweet tooth! That combined with the every day busyness of being a Mom sometimes makes for a really hard time sticking to healthy snacking. Can you relate? It's so easy to grab for chips or sweet treats and on top of eating the wrong foods, it's too easy to eat way too much of them. This past month my entire family has been on a mission to snack smarter and healthier. With the help of Orchard Valley Harvest snacks and a few important changes, we have made some great strides in our quest for healthy snacking. 

Personalized Water Bottle Labels for Kids

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Monster Eyes Counting Game Preschool Printable

Using dice is a simple way for preschoolers to practice counting and learn basic addition and subtraction. We used them in our our recent Pumpkin Candy Addition Activity and my daughter loved it, so I put together another fun preschool math activity for her with a Halloween monster theme. In true monster fashion, we used googly eyes for our counting manipulatives. After downloading the monster eyes counting game preschool printable, get ready for some good giggly fun making silly monsters.  

Pumpkin Candy Preschool Math Printable

Now that my preschooler is pretty versed with recognizing and counting numbers up to twenty, I've started to introduce addition to her. Using counting manipulatives is a perfect way to help introduce addition to preschoolers. Not only is it great for fine motor skills having them grip the objects and move them around, but it also gives them a great visual of addition. Our creative preschool theme this week is all about pumpkins so it was a great excuse to buy some fun pumpkin candy and use them with our pumpkin candy preschool math printable to practice addition facts with my daughter. 

Preschool Corn Counting Activity with Printable

One of our favorite activities during the Fall season is visiting a local pumpkin patch that has a huge corn box for the kids to play in. My preschooler loves to lay down in it and have her siblings cover all of her up except her face. Our love for the corn box inspired this Preschool Corn Counting Activity I am sharing with you today. It's a great activity for preschoolers to practice counting, recognizing numbers, hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. 

Fun Apple Tree ABC Match Preschool Printable

One of my favorite themes once school starts is apples. We have already had lots of apple fun, but I decided to make this Fun Apple Tree ABC Match Preschool Printable for my daughter to practice matching her uppercase and lowercase letters. We have quite the collection of these alphabet match games on the blog now, so if you have a preschooler or toddler working on mastering their alphabet make sure to check them out.   

Back-to-School Kids Gift (with Printable Gift Tag)

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When I was a child my absolute favorite store was Office Depot®. Strange for a child, I know, but I vividly remember walking into the store with my Mom and Dad and being filled with excitement over the distinct smell of paper. I have always loved the smell of paper. Maybe that explains my love of writing and keeping a journal at such a young age and even now. As we walked down the aisles of Office Depot®, the notebook and journal aisle was (of course!) my favorite. I loved holding the bound books in my hands imagining what I could write or draw inside them. Now that I'm an adult I still love Office Depot®, especially when we do our back to school shopping. This year we made out with quite a haul of school supplies for a great price and I even picked out some extra special items for my children as a Back-to-School Kids Gift. I'm excited to share them with you today along with our Printable Gift Tag that you can download and use.

Outshine Simply Yogurt Bars DIY Mother's Day Gift

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Some of my favorite Mommy moments are spent sitting on my front porch with my kids snacking on Outshine Bars. My boys usually have lots of funny jokes to tell me which always creates lots and lots of giggles, and you can guarantee there are always big smiles. Last week when I was grabbing some of the new Outshine Simply Yogurt Bars at Walmart this fun idea hit me to create a DIY Mother's Day Gift with them. Since I love how satisfying they are and they make me feel good, I knew my Mom and Grandma would enjoy them as much as I do!  

  

Super Hero Candy Bar Teacher Appreciation Gift

Can you believe it's already reaching the end of the school year? This year has gone by so fast! My kids and I love to give their teachers a small Teacher Appreciation Gift towards the end of the school year to let them know we are thankful for all their hard work. Today I'm sharing this Super Hero Candy Bar Teacher Appreciation Gift at Artsy Momma. It's simple enough for kids to make and it's sure to bring a smile to their teacher's face and make them feel special!        

Planting a Masterpiece and "Raising Good Apples" Lunchbox Notes (+ GIVEAWAY)

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My daughter helped me plant some pretty flowers for my front porch last week and it made me think about all the lessons I learned from gardening as a kid. My Dad always had quite a large garden, about a quarter-acre. We learned a lot about success and hard work while working in that garden, and we also learned that even in the midst of completing a chore there is fun to be had together as a family! That garden was one of the ways my Dad made sure he was "raising good apples" in us kids. I think the satisfaction of gardening is a lot like creating an art masterpiece. You first have to prep for your masterpiece and gather all of the supplies you will need...

  

Tissue Paper Tulip Kids Craft (with printable pattern)

Tulips are one of my favorite flowers in spring time. I love all of their vibrant, pretty colors! We made cupcake liner tulips a few days ago but I thought it would also be fun to create a Tissue Paper Tulip Craft. I created a simple pattern and am offering it free for download to make the craft super simple for you. We have a local tulip festival that we plan on taking a trip to this next week so it's made for perfect timing for all of our flower crafts.