Can you make the voices for the Three Billy Goats Gruff? One of my favorite teachers growing up was the one who could do all the voices and would tell us the story from memory. She was an amazing storyteller. Stories make such powerful impressions on our kids! Read the…
It’s pretty easy to imagine teaching various math concepts with Lego® bricks. Numbers are a natural part of legos. But, have you ever thought about how your child could be learning the alphabet with lego bricks? This one is a little bit trickier, but it absolutely can be…
Lego® bricks are an incredible tool for learning. Children generally love to play with legos so the engagement factor is almost instant with a lego learning activity. Lego bricks are tactile, hands-on, sensory, and visual which means they touch on a variety of learning styles and can help teach…
Do you remember the first time you heard one of the Aesop’s Fables about a crafty fox? I sure do! I had one teacher in elementary school who made it her goal to read us as many of the fables as she could. Did you know there are…
One way to help your child learn the letters of the alphabet is to help him or her transform the letters through craft activities. These activities are hands-on and allow your child to create an incredible visual memory for each letter. Make a frog for this lowercase letter f…
You’re a busy mom with at least one preschool-aged child in your home, so one of the best things you can do for yourself is keep things simple. That goes for everything from meal prep to bedtime routines, to preschool at home. That’s why I…
When I think about teaching the sound of the letter e, the first word I think of is elephant. Little kids love these big, clunky, peanut-sipping animals! Our list of letter e books for preschool has several awesome elephant books your child will adore. Make this cute elephant uppercase…
Have you ever watched an egg hatch? First the egg starts wiggling, then depending on the animal inside you might see an egg tooth poke through, and eventually little cracks turn into big cracks and a new baby creature emerges. Its really quite exciting to watch! For our lowercase letter…
It’s okay to get a little messy for this hands-on activity. Shaving Cream color mixing will help your child learn colors and science. In fact, as you probably know, hands-on activities are almost always a good way for preschool children to learn. The tricky part is…
One of the first books I remember hearing read out loud in school was The Little Engine that Could. My teacher read it with such drama and kept us glued to the pages until the end. We begged her to read it over and over. Reading books out loud is…