Cinco de Mayo Preschool Mini Unit

Simple Preschool Activity Bean Counting 1

Here are a few simple Mexico/Cinco de Mayo themed ideas to do with your preschoolers! Have fun! Art These FREE Printable Coloring Pages are great because not only are they free but they are fun to color AND help kids learn about the symbols associated with Mexico and the Cinco de Mayo holiday. At (almost) [Read On]

Mexican Flag – Preschool Activity

Cinco de Mayo Preschool Activity

I love the colors of Mexico! The flag’s green, white and red are vibrant and fun for kids. Cinco de Mayo provides a wonderful opportunity to work with these colors, working the senses, and also provides a foray into learning about Mexican culture, history and geography. The meaning behind the colors: Green: represents hope for [Read On]

Nature Collage & Texture Table

Nature Collage

We love creating out own texture tables! This project was hands on, got us outdoors, a great sensory experience and created a beautiful piece of artwork. The best part is that it was easy AND fun! My sons and I collected various items in a basket on a walk throughout our neighborhood. We chatted about [Read On]

DailyBuzz Moms 9×9 :: Earth {A Play Date}

Design Your Own Reusable Bag

I am honored to be a part of the DailyBuzz Moms April 9×9 challenge. As you know, Earth Day was last Sunday. I have always appreciated Earth Day but now, with two young children, the significance has newfound meaning. We celebrated with raw enthusiasm this year. As a finale, we hosted a “Celebrate the Earth” [Read On]

Get Outside & Get Dirty – Tulip Festival

Get Outside & Get Dirty

Each week I like to go on an excursion to introduce something new to my boys. Today we drove 60 miles North from where we live to experience the lovely local Tulip Festival. A few words: breathtaking, colorful, eye bending and refreshing. How could something – a tulip – bring so much joy, so much [Read On]

Preschool Pencil Stamp Art – The Earth

Pencil Dot Earth

Pretty simple project but one that works fine motor skills and has a beautiful result. Grab pencils with erasers, ink pad (we used our Melissa & Doug pad) and a print out of the Earth. We used this FREE printable, the same one we used for our resist painting guest post at The Lone Home [Read On]