Young children will learn all about the colors of the rainbow during these FREE virtual preschool circle time lessons. Each lesson includes a 30-minute video and an enrichment play pack. Be sure to print these bonus resources for ideas of ways to extend the play and learning at home. During the lessons this week, children…
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Rain on the Green Grass: Spring Poem
Poems and nursery rhymes are such a fun and effective way for young children to develop their language skills. If you are looking for an engaging, cute, and skill-packed spring poem to share with your preschoolers, try this version of “Rain on the Green Grass.” To begin, recite the poem and place the corresponding picture…
Virtual Preschool – Rain and Weather Circle Time
This week during virtual preschool, we will learn all about rain and weather. Get out your umbrella and start singing, “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring!” Each day, there is a welcome song & dance, a mini-lesson or flannel board story about the topic of the day, a fingerplay, games, and a story. Parents (and teachers) can…
Painting with Flowers
Spring is a fantastic time to discuss flowers and plants. Painting with flowers is a great way to engage preschoolers in process art while giving them a chance to experience some natural elements. And, as a bonus, it’s simple and the results are beautiful! Painting with Flowers Setting Up the Materials: Paper plates tempera paints…
Flower Art on the Light Table
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…
Butterfly Sun Catchers
Spring is in the air, the preschoolers are starting to get restless and you need an art project that requires no special supplies or preparation. Enter these creative butterfly sun catchers! Butterfly Sun Catcher supplies are simple: wax paper colorful tissue paper glue sticks The process is simple, too: Cut the wax paper into butterfly…
Wind & Rain Process Art
We love any art project that is process-based, and can be transformed into something fridge-worthy that we can send home. This Rain & Wind Process Art project is the perfect example. The kids made so many observations about the paint as they worked, so it turned out to be a good science experiment and oral…
Flower Shop Dramatic Play Center
This flower shop dramatic play center is a perfect spring activity for preschool or pre-k. Turn your basic dramatic play area into something wonderful. Rotating dramatic play centers and pretend play centers keeps the children’s interests while also providing literacy and math opportunities. Bring some sunshine into your classroom and integrate essential math and literacy…
Spring Circle Time
Preschoolers love circle time. It’s a few minutes of their day where they can practice participating in a whole group activity, and learn a new song or rhyme at the same time! Here are a bunch of fantastic circle time activities that will keep your 3-5 year olds singing, moving, and learning at the same…