Bring the outdoors inside with light table flowers! Sometimes, the rain that is so necessary for flowers can make it impossible to play outdoors. These cheery light table flowers will lift the gloom off of any rainy day, and provide some essential learning skills as well! Light Table Flowers Skill: Fine Motor Practice Grasping and…
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Light Table Snowflakes
“Of all the forms of water the tiny six-pointed crystals of ice called snow are incomparably the most beautiful and varied.” — Wilson Bentley (1865-1931) Make learning about science “cool” by inviting your students to make their very own shimmering snowflakes at the light table. This is a fantastic way to introduce a winter lesson…
Color Theory on the Light Table
Beginning color theory is all about mixing colors to obtain new shades. As children are naturally attracted to bright colors, the light table is an exciting tool to help them understand color theory! It’s a bright and beautiful world, and children love bold colors. Recognizing the colors and identifying the color names is an important…
Autumn Trees on the Light Table
The light table is a wonderful way to engross students in an open-ended activity. It encourages language development, higher level thinking skills, and is a great tool for visual learners. It can also sometimes be a challenge coming up with different ways to use it. With a few simple additions, you can give…
Light Table Shapes
You know you’re a preschool teacher when… … you wander up and down each aisle of the craft store, dollar store, and party store looking for supplies that would look amazing on the light table! That’s exactly what I found myself doing at the party store recently while my son spent an hour poring over…
Light Table Building Challenge
Something recently caught my eye at the craft store. (It was AC Moore, but I imagine that you could find them anywhere.) They had a display of transparent picnic products — plates, pitchers, bowls, utensils, etc. I am always drawn to cheap transparent “toys” because I know that they look great on the light table….
Letter Construction on the Light Table
Young children needs lots of opportunities to play with letters, build letters and write letters. We know this, but it is sometimes difficult to think of new and different ways to give them the practice that they need. When I found this Letter Construction set, my heart skipped a beat! It’s colorful! It’s transparent! It…
Rainbow Discovery Bottles
Is there anything better than a dollar store find and some recyclable materials that can be transformed into something gorgeous and intriguing? I say no! These Dollar Store Rainbow Discovery Bottles offer young children a rich sensory experience, opportunities for science and fun light table play all rolled into one. Last week we made weighted…
Magna-Tiles on the Light Table
Magna-Tiles are a versatile and wonderful toy. We had the chance to play with them for the first time and the light table was the perfect surface! The students were so interested in the colors and shapes. They spent time lining them up and piling them on top of each other. As they became more…
Exploring Capacity
This simple light table center — transparent pony beads and tiny clear plastic cups with lids from the dollar store — created an engaging math activity for our preschoolers! Preschoolers just love to fill things up, don’t they?! Whether it’s the cups in the kitchen or bowls in the rice table, the simple act of…