Here are some fun hands-on activities to do with your preschoolers for St. Patrick's Day! Make a fun fine motor math center with number cards or dice, mini erasers or gold coins, small pots, and tweezers! The child can either roll the dice or pick a number card, identify or count the number, and use the tweezers to put the same amount of mini erasers or gold coins in the pot. Click on the ... Read More about Preschool St. Patrick’s Day Activities

Every task that includes the small muscles in the hand, wrist, and fingers is a part of fine motor development. This includes many skills including picking up small objects, holding utensils, hanging onto equipment on the playground, and throwing and catching a ball. There are also other tasks that go along with fine motor skills that include other parts of the body as well. This includes skills ... Read More about 5 Things You Need to Know About Fine Motor Skills

February is Black History Month and here are some resources and ideas for activities to do in your classroom! Of course, diversity should be taught throughout the year and a variety and books and materials should be used, but February is the time to discuss important black public figures and contributors in history.  Download this FREE workbook to introduce each person and use as a guide ... Read More about Black History Month Activities for Preschool

Visual timers, like the one shown here, are great to help manage time at home or in the classroom with young children. Here are five different ways in which these will help make life easier and help young children be able to manage time more easily: Clean-up Countdown Clean-up time can be challenging for young children, it is very hard to have to put away the toys that they have been ... Read More about 5 Ways to Use a Visual Timer in Your Classroom