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A fun reading nook idea to compliment a castle theme for preschool!

Reading Nook Ideas: Cardboard Box Castle

April 22, 2015 •

It's a new week of the Playful Preschool Series .  This week's theme is castles.  This month we have already explored balls, space and Earth. We had so much fun creating this fun reading nook idea View Post

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Literacy Activities in the Kitchen: Rocket Pizza

April 1, 2015 •

Our Playful Preschool Series  continues with a space theme this week. Building literacy skills in the kitchen is just one of the many ways we learn about language, reading and writing.  Today our View Post

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Learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and build language skills at the same time.

Butterfly Life Cycle Story Board

March 25, 2015 •

It is time for this week's Playful Preschool Series .  Our theme is life cycles. This science and literacy activity is a fun way to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and build language View Post

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Literacy Activities for Preschoolers: Beginning Sound Hats

March 18, 2015 •

This week's Playful Preschool Series  theme is hats. This literacy activity is a fun way to play with hats and stuffed animals.  Best of all your preschoolers will be learning about beginning View Post

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A playful preschool song for teaching children about different types of clouds.

Preschool Songs: I’m a Cloud

March 11, 2015 •

Our Playful Preschool Series  theme this week is weather.  We have featured a few preschool songs in this series including "I'm a Hungry Spider" and "The Leaves of of the Trees".  This week we created View Post

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Alphabet Activities: Transportation Maze

February 25, 2015 •

Our Playful Preschool Series  theme this week is transportation.  We have explored  so many fun themes this month including puzzles, kindness and pancakes. This alphabet activity is the perfect View Post

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Alphabet Activities: Snowman Mitten Match

January 21, 2015 •

Our Playful Preschool Series  theme this week is snowmen. We are practicing letter recognition this week with a fun and playful indoor alphabet activity. Snowman Alphabet Activity Why We Chose View Post

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