ABC Scoops

I saw this over on Pinterest HERE, but she doesn't have a printable so I decided to make one up to share and to have for L-Pad to practice. Who doesn't love icecream, YUM!

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**if you would like the blank templates for the scoops and cones, please comment here or go to the Facebook group to comment with your email. Thanks!!**
You could use the blank templates for:
~compound words (sandbox, applesauce, butterfly, etc - HERE is a list of some compound words)
~numbers and their "dots"
~or HERE is an idea to practice words that start with... A, B, C, etc

Cheerio Stacking

I found this from somewhere on Pinterest and loved the idea to work on fine motor skills and it's something I had everything on hand for so we did it this morning, it was a good 10-15 min activity, and L-Pad enjoyed himself and his towers.

Materials Needed:
~Playdough or other moldable clay
~Cheerios
~Raw Spaghetti Noodles

Farm Matching Mat

Print off 2 and cut one around each card and have a matching game. You can put it into a file folder to make it easily transportable or just have it has a table activity. Enjoy!

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And just a little side note, if you are into sewing here are some ADORABLE "Old McDonald" Puppets with a free patterns.

A for Alligator

Alligator Paper Piecing

Photo and Idea Source: Meet the Dubiens

~Teasing Mr. Alligator - Paint or color a clothespin green and add 2 googly eyes for Mr. Alligator (or use sharpie to draw eyes). Print 5 monkey clipart images and cut them out. Laminate your monkeys.

Place a small ball of playdoh or sticky tack on the back of each monkey and “hang” them from a tree (a fireplace mantel, edge of a chair or table). 

Say the rhyme below and each time, have your preschooler snap or clip that monkey right out of that tree with the clothespin Mr. Alligator!

Five little monkey swinging in a tree

Teasing Mr. Alligator, “Can’t catch me!”

Along comes Mr. Alligator, as quiet as can be

And SNAPS that monkey right out of that tree

Alphabet Bingo

Materials Needed:
~printouts of the bingo boards
~markers for the letters (beans, bingo chips, etc)

Call out a letter and the kids put their markers on the letter if they have it on their card, first one to get a bingo wins.
(Oriental Trading has some awesome "prize" stuff in bulk)

Each board is missing one letter so not everyone can get a bingo. I have a boy so there are more boy cards then girl but I figured the animal one could count for both. Each will fit on an 8.5x11 page.

The download is of all of them, just pick which numbers you would like to download corresponding to the preview. Questions? Leave a comment or go to our Facebook Page.

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Outer Space Mural

L-Pad would love this craft, not sure how well the spray bottle would work with him doing it but if it's outside, maybe it wouldn't be so bad.

Photo and Idea Source: I Heart Crafty Things

Materials you will need:
-Black sheet of card stock paper
-spray bottle ( Wal-Mart .97)
-white paint
-water
-a variety bright colored pieces of card stock paper
-glue stick
-crayons
-glitter glue
-star stickers

Put a small amount of white paint into the spray bottle and dilute with some water. Spray it onto the black paper, let dry (abt 10 minutes). Draw different sized circles onto the different colored papers. Cut out and glue the circles onto the black paper. Then add any details and goodies to the circles you want.

Storytelling Game

Photo and Idea Source: Chasing Cheerios

Get the wooden figures from Walmart, Michael's or Joann's, put them into a bag. Take turns pulling a figure out and start telling a story about that figure. Ex: Pull out a lion, "There once was a lion walking through the grass (pull out a butterfly) then a butterfly flew by" etc