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Playful preschool and kindergarten activities for fine motor skills, early literacy, math, and hands-on learning.

23 Thanksgiving Fine Motor Activities – November Morning Tubs

The activities in the Thanksgiving Fine Motor Pack are a great way to engage your preschool and kindergarten students during the excitement of the holiday season! Perfect for November morning tubs, bins, and turkey themed centers! Your students will love working with interesting tools and engaging manipulatives while developing pre-writing skills essential for proper letter and number formation. ... Read More about 23 Thanksgiving Fine Motor Activities – November Morning Tubs

7 Prewriting Skills Activities to Get Your Students Ready for Handwriting

As teachers, we know how important prewriting skills activities are for fine motor muscle development necessary for writing. In my Montessori classroom, we offered children many opportunities to naturally develop and refine those fine motor muscles. Activities like playdough, geoboards, push pinning (pokey pin art), and hole punching are all wonderful for developing fingers and hands, spatial ... Read More about 7 Prewriting Skills Activities to Get Your Students Ready for Handwriting

Thanksgiving Activities for Preschoolers

These Thanksgiving activities for preschoolers are fantastic for celebrating the harvest season while sparking your learner’s interest! Likewise, channel your students' Thanksgiving holiday energy into some fun thematic math and literacy centers! For example, these hands-on centers are great for independent morning work, morning baskets, quiet boxes, and busy bins! Including 30 printables, this ... Read More about Thanksgiving Activities for Preschoolers

Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarten Centers and November Morning Work Tubs

Channel some of that Thanksgiving excitement into some fun Thanksgiving activities for kindergarten! November morning work tubs are a great way of freshening up your centers. There are 37 printable activities included in this pack! Plenty to choose from, including number sense, numeration, one to one correspondence, addition, phonics, and handwriting. Many of the Thanksgiving Kindergarten ... Read More about Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarten Centers and November Morning Work Tubs

5 Coloring Handwriting Practice Worksheets to Help Your Students Master Letter Formation

Handwriting for kindergarten students can be challenging at times, to say the least. I want my students to be successful and know how to form letters correctly without having to think too much about it. However, rote handwriting practice worksheets can be tedious for young children. I finally started to think of ways to encourage handwriting without making it seem so... stifling. Kids LOVE to ... Read More about 5 Coloring Handwriting Practice Worksheets to Help Your Students Master Letter Formation