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Beach Sensory Play and Small World

July 3, 2013 By Shaunna Evans

The theme this week for Discover & Explore is Beach. We are inviting you to share your favorite beach activities, crafts, snacks, tips, and resources for kids at the end of this post. After making our mini play house we were eager to use it for some of our beach activities, so we decided to set up a beach small…

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Summer Fun and Learning

Blueberry Orange Popsicle Recipe

Blueberry Orange Popsicle Recipe

Under the Sea Suncatcher Summer Art for Kids....great for an ocean theme or summer camp activity!

Ocean Craft Suncatcher

Free Printable Summer Theme Alphabet Scavenger Hunt-Popsicle ABC Activities for PreK and Kindergarten

Popsicle ABC Scavenger Hunt

Watermelon Sensory Bin-water bead sensory play for preschool and kindergarten. Summer fun for kids! #watermelon #summer #sensory #sensoryplay

Watermelon Sensory Bin

Turtle Books~Great fiction and nonfiction books to teach kids about turtles

Turtle Books

Summer Fun Water Play Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Water Play

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Back to School Fun and Learning

Questions to Ask During Meet the Teacher-Make the most of your time visiting your child's new classroom by asking these questions.

Things to Ask at Meet the Teacher

Back to School Sleepover Ideas-Say goodbye to summer and welcome the new school year with a back to school sleepover

Back to School Sleepover

Books About Kindergarten

Books About Kindergarten

Books About Fun at School~14 great books about riding the bus, picture day, teachers, art class, and so much more

School Books About Teachers, Recess, the Bus and More

Free Back to School Printables-Save time and get ready for back to school with these first day of school signs, back to school checklist ideas, morning routine charts, after school ideas, first day teacher gifts, school lunch planning printables, lunchbox notes and more

Free Back to School Printables

Free Printable First Week of School Memory Book with First Day of School writing activities. #preschool #kindergarten #freeprintable

My First Week of School Printable Book

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Fall Fun and Learning

Baking Bread with Kids

Easy Fall Bread Recipe-Cooking with Kids

Tissue Paper Art Apple Tree Craft

Pumpkin Craft Fall Decoration

Books About Apples-Preschool Apple Theme Book List #preschool #preschoolthemes #apples #booklist #kidlit

Books About Apples

Try one of these fun fall play dough activities with kids to encourage pretend play and sensory exploration during autumn in preschool and kindergarten.

Fall Play Dough Activities

Pumpkin Theme Books for Kids

Pumpkin Books

Free Printable Football Helmet ABC Scavenger Hunt - Alphabet Activities for Pre-K

Football Helmet ABC Scavenger Hunt

Making Words with Free Printable Apple Letter Cards-Practice making CVC real and nonsense words with these free printable apple letter cards. A quick literacy activity for fall.

Free Apple Letter Cards for Making Words Activities

Apple Activities for Fall

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Math Fun and Learning

Free printable Jack and the Beanstalk Math Number Games...practice counting, making sets, and comparing numbers with this hands-on printable for preschool and kindergarten #preschool #kindergarten #freeprintable

Jack and the Beanstalk Math Activity

20 favorite counting books for kids. Most-loved counting books for teaching kids to count to 10 and beyond

20 Favorite Counting Books for Kids

Months of the Year Song Videos for Kids

Months of the Year Song Videos

Buy Now-Fizz Pop Bang ebook with 40 projects for ages 3 to 8 and 20 free printable resources

Fizz Pop Bang New Math and Science eBook

Vegetable Math Game

free printable roll and color fall math games for kindergarten and first grade

Free Printable Roll and Color Fall Math

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Literacy

Encourage Kids to Dream Big -free printable response sheet

Encourage Kids to Dream Big

Children's Books About the Library

Books About the Library

Free Printable Reading Log for Fall #preschool #kindergarten #earlylearning #literacy

Fall Reading Logs for Kids

Itsy Bitsy Spider Sticky Wall

Free Printable Night Sky Journals~Writing and Drawing journals that include pages for scientific observations and imaginative stories about outer space

Free Printable Night Sky Journal

free printable snowflake emergent reader for preschool and kindergarten-fun math art and literacy winter activity in one!

Winter Counting Art Snowflake Emergent Reader

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Alphabet Fun and Learning

Ten Apples Up on Top Play Dough Invitation

Ten Apples Up on Top Play Dough

Lemon Taste Test Science Investigation

Lemon Foods Taste Test Science Investigation

Invitation to Create Monster Faces~Creative open-ended play for Halloween

Monster Art and Fine Motor Play

Letter flowers for preschool alphabet activity

Picking Flowers ABC Game

Wiggly Worm Sensory Play-Preschool Messy Play for Spring or Letter W Activities

Wiggly Worm Sensory Play

Bug Play Dough Invitation

Bug Play Dough Invitation

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Sensory Fun and Learning

20 Favorite Fall Sensory Bin Ideas for Toddler and Preschool Fall Sensory Play Activities

20 Must-Try Fall Theme Sensory Bins

Duck Pond Play Dough Invitation for Kids

Duck Pond Play Dough Invitation

Rainbow and Gold Pom Pom Water Play for St. Patrick's Day

Rainbow and Gold Pom Pom Water Play

Water Play for Toddlers

Simple Pond Small World Sensory Play

Everything You Need to Know About Loose Parts Play-Learn the how and why behind loose parts play for kids. Tips for getting started. Where to find materials and more!

Everything You Need to Know About Loose Parts Play for Kids

Valentine Sensory Bin made with materials from the Dollar Tree

Valentine Sensory Bin and Learning Activities

Painting on Textures Sensory Art for Kids~And a new book full of super sensory invitations to play!

Painting on Textures Sensory Art and a New Book

Preschool Mummy Activity

Sticky Wall Mummy Craft

Marble Painted Snowflake Craft Winter Art for Kids

Marble Painted Snowflake Craft Winter Art for Kids

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Creative Art Ideas

Ladybug Activities

Painting with Rocks

Creative Ocean Crafts for Kids. Fun kids craft projects for an ocean theme or summer activities.

Ocean Crafts

Tissue Paper Art Fall Tree Craft

Fall Sticker Scene Invitation to Create

Fun Fish Crafts for Kids-Make these after a visit to the beach or an aquarium. Or use them for a fish theme, ocean theme, or Letter F activity for preschoolers

Adorable Fish Crafts for Kids

Winter Tree Art for Kids. Nature Art Project for preschool and kindergarten #winter #kidart #preschool #kindergarten

Winter Tree Art for Kids

Spring flower art invitation for preschool flower theme and spring activity for kids

Spring Flower Art Invitation

Chrysanthemum Preschool Name Art

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Popular Themes

Preschool activities for penguin theme

Penguin Theme Preschool Activities

Preschool Rock Theme Lesson Planning Guide #preschool

Preschool Rock Theme Activities

Preschool Tree Theme Lesson Planning Guide #preschool

Tree Theme Preschool Activities

Preschool Monster Theme Activities-Planning guide for preschool monster theme. Lesson plans, songs, free printables and more #preschool #monsters #halloween

Monster Theme Preschool Activities

Preschool Leaf Theme Lesson Planning Guide #preschool

Preschool Fall Leaf Theme Activities

Preschool Spider Theme Planning Guide with preschool lesson plans, free printables, videos and more #preschool #halloween #spiders

Spider Theme Preschool Activities

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