Here’s a great way to work on spelling (or basic math) with little more than a pen and a stack of post it notes! Preschool Project of the Week – Post It Note Spelling (or Math) Preschool Skills: Letter recognition, letter sounds, sight word recognition Does it really need any explanation? :D With the restickable adhesive on the post …
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Here’s another great craft from Momondealz’s Kids Frugal Fun page! Perfect for your little Olympics fans at home! Olympic Ring Toss Materials: Toilet Paper Roll Cardboard Paint (red, green, black, blue, yellow) Yellow and Orange Card Stock Scissors Directions: 1. Cut “flames” from orange and yellow card stock. 2. Glue or tape the “flames” to a toilet paper roll. 3. Cut circles from card board (I …
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Got a little one that needs prepping for preschool? Zulily is having a sale on great items for Prepping for Preschool ! New stock has just been added but the sale ends at 6am pdt on Sunday! Click here to shop now! (When you get to Zulily, click on the “last day” tab to …
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National Ice Cream Day is always the 3rd Sunday of July so this year that will be 7/22! Momondealz’s has provided us with a fun Ice Cream in a Bag recipe for this special day! Materials: Rock Salt-6 tablespoons Vanilla-1/4 teaspoon (we also made some with lime juice and it was yummy) Ice Cubes Sugar-1/2 tablespoon Milk-1/2 cup Big Ziploc Bag Small Ziploc …
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Summer means ice cream and we’ve been eating a lot of it! Here is a less fattening kind of ice cream that is also educational. I like this craft because it’s versatile. I decided for Bug that we were going to use the Ice Cream craft to start color word recognition. Ice Cream Scoop Learning Craft Supplies: Colored …
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We do a preschool unit titled “Learning about Signs and Symbols”. In this unit we learn that different things (signs, symbols, flags) stand for or mean certain things. Identifying a stop sign is probably the first “meaning” of a sign a child ever learns. With the Fourth of July tomorrow, it’s a good time to talk …
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I have a new favorite product! Or products, actually. It’s the greeting cards from Letter Learning! Letter Learning has combined the necessity of improving kids’ reading, writing, handwriting and spelling skills with the importance of (what I feel) is lost art: written notes and cards. I am appalled at the number of functions I attend …
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Each week Momondealz’s shares a fun educational craft with us! Materials: Cardstock Markers Scissors Tape Directions: 1. Discuss with your child a design they would like for their glasses. For us, it’s a no brainer~my son is crazy about rockets right now so we chose to have “rocket glasses”. Any shape you can come up with will work. 2. Draw your design on …
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Eversave has some hot deals on kid’s magazine subscriptions. I have to admit, I’m a sucker for a good magazine deal, whether for me or Bug. Bug has as many magazine subscriptions as I do! But despite that, I know he would LOVE the Disney Junior magazine subscription (he is allllll about Jake and the …
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Eversave has some hot deals on kid’s magazine subscriptions. I have to admit, I’m a sucker for a good magazine deal, whether for me or Bug. Bug has as many magazine subscriptions as I do! But despite that, I know he would LOVE the Disney Junior magazine subscription (he is allllll about Jake and the …
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Eversave has some hot deals on kid’s magazine subscriptions. I have to admit, I’m a sucker for a good magazine deal, whether for me or Bug. Bug has as many magazine subscriptions as I do! But despite that, I know he would LOVE the Disney Junior magazine subscription (he is allllll about Jake and the …
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Each week Momondealz brings us a kids craft that is fun, educational, and frugal. June 9th is Donald Duck’s birthday so here is a fun craft centered around this loved character! Donald Duck Antonynm Boats Materials: Sponges Straws Scissors Printouts of Donald Duck’s picture Directions: 1. Cut the sponges in half. 2. Cut the straws in half. 3. Poke holes in the middle of the sponges. 4. …
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I have been a preschool teacher for 8 years and I have a three year old son. Each week I will share an idea with you that I have used at school and/or at home. Learning can be fun for preschoolers and it’s important that they learn to love learning at a young age! Check …
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We are renewing out National Geographic Little Kids magazine with this deal. We got a subscription for this the last time this Mamasource deal came around and Bug has LOVED this little magazine! Right now, Mamasource is offering a one year (6 issue) subscription to National Geographic Little Kids magazine for $10, PLUS you can get …
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We are renewing out National Geographic Little Kids magazine with this deal. We got a subscription for this the last time this Mamasource deal came around and Bug has LOVED this little magazine! Right now, Mamasource is offering a one year (6 issue) subscription to National Geographic Little Kids magazine for $10, PLUS you can get …
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We got this deal last time it came around and Bug has LOVED this little magazine! Right now, Mamasource is offering a one year (6 issue) subscription to National Geographic Little Kids magazine for $10, PLUS you can get an extra $2.00 off when you use code NGLK2OFF at check out! You may purchase one subscription per …
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