Do you use a home center in your classroom or homeschool? Creating a space for learners to mimic cooking and other household chores has so many benefits from preschool to first grade (yes - still in first grade).Providing your little learners with home center activities that promote social, cognitive, language and physical development is essential to see

We love dramatic play. It's one of our favorite activities. One of the best things we did this year was create a pumpkin patch. Naturally, that somehow morphed into a Pumpkin Patch/Stand/Kitchen combo... We typically study pumpkins in November. We like to keep our pumpkins as decor through Thanksgiving and October is usually full of spiders, bats, witches, etc, so this is the perfect time for a pumpkin study! Our patch was filled with different sized pumpkins, hay, and sunflowers to pick and…

Fall themed dramatic play printables with math and literacy for preschool, and kindergarten classrooms.

Use felt to create play food apple, pumpkin, and blueberry pies! The best part is that you can actually pretend to “cook” and assemble the pie since the crust and filling are separate pieces. Janie and I have been having a blast lately creating felt play food. Well, I’ve been doing most of the creating […]

What am I doing for Apple themed week in my preschool classroom? Oh, I am so happy you asked because I would love to tell you! I'm about to spill the beans on all the super-easy, super-fun activities that will light up your preschool classroom during Apple Week! Why Apple Week is Perfect for Preschool: Apple Week is a

Kindergarten blog for teachers in the classroom. Ideas for homeschooling as well. Free files to your with your students.

Let your pretend play kitchen area come to life this fall with this simple soup activity. This fall dramatic play idea lets your preschoolers pretend to make soup by following the recipe. It includes labels for the dramatic play area to expose your little ones to print. Click to add this easy to prep dramatic play idea for the fall to your lesson plans.

Apple Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten. Felt Apple Pie for Pretend Play

A printable Dramatic Play Pie Stand set that can be used to make paper pies, felt pies, and pie making play dough mats. Includes pie fixings and printable pie stand accessories.