Category: Thematic Units
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Finger Painting Pigs
I was trying to think of farm related art projects for each animal – though there are a lot of ideas out there, they either didn’t involve a lot of process from a child in the making of the project, or they were just pain weird. Then the idea came to me of mud and…
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Apple and Worm Counting {and Blog Hop!}
Johnny Appleseed’s birthday is coming up soon, the 26th of September to be exact. He would be 238 today! In honor of his birthday I have a cute apple counting activity for you! We just recently did a bunch of apple activities and I had an idea of doing something like this then, but it never…
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Farm Animal Puzzles
This super cute idea I found on pinterest from a friend over at I can teach my child. I figure what a more perfect way to kick off our week of talking about farm animals than this! Landon loves his duplos! Farm Animal Puzzles Duplos (2 per animal – the longer 8 “pegged” duplos)Farm Animal…
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Baked Cotton Balls
I came across this post on pinterest from Play Create Explore – I think it’s a super great idea, not only as a sensory activity, cooking activity and color practice, but a great way to get out a little aggression and pent up energy. As you may figure out by now we have allergy considerations due…
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Apple Sun Catcher
One thing about our new house that I totally love is the massive amounts of window space in the living and dining rooms. I love doing projects that we can hang in these windows that lets the light shine through. This can be a little involved, so make sure you have everything ready and prepared,…
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Handprint Apple Tree
Kids love to have paint on their hands. It’s a great sensory experience and the creation of their handprints is really limitless. I have several books full of ideas for making handprint art! Today we made an apple tree using only our hands (ok, arm too). Handprint Apple Tree Red, Brown and Green Paint Construction…
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10 Apples Up On Top Project
This is a cute 10 Apples Up on Top project I pulled from my files as a Kindergarten teacher. The kids LOVED this activity. Not only is the story a cute one this project allows children to practice counting, number writing, and number sequencing. Landon had fun with this too – so it’s totally modifiable…
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Apple Prints
Today we cut open some apples and used them to paint! One of my fond memories from early elementary school was cutting an apple horizontally and seeing the “star”. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you HAVE to do this. Apple Prints Apples Red, Yellow, Green Paint Paper Take 2 apples. Cut one…
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Apple Counting Game
As we were eating breakfast this morning, this idea for a counting game came to me. So while Landon was finishing up his breakfast, I whipped up this little activity. After we played it and I tweaked my original plan around, then came to the huge realization that the game had pretty much morphed into…
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How to make a volcano!
Part of talking about dinosaurs is where they lived and what their environment was like. A bit ago we had some fun playing with baking soda and vinegar, I thought making a simple volcano and making it erupt would be great fun. It was! Volcano Empty water bottle Playdough or salt dough Red food coloring…