This free turkey feather shape tracing is great for those last minute learning centers or while waiting for Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey feather tracing is a great fine motor tracing activity for Thanksgiving. I’ve always love to change up how we do our fine motor and shapes. Since turkeys are always popular this time of…
Talk Like a Pirate Day is a great day to do some pirate themes with kids. And you can add some fine motor fun with this Pirate Fine Motor Flag for kids. You have 3 different fine motor templates. You have a pirate flag template, pirate flag tracing and pirate flag dot marker printable. All…
A fun fine motor activity using a q-tip painting for the American Flag. You can work on fine motor skills and paint the flag at the same time. The free Q-Tip American Flag Printable is a great Flag Painting Activity for Flag Day, 4th of July, and Memorial Day! Plus this is a great fine…
I’m always looking for new ways to work on things. Fall is a favorite theme for use and Fall trees are also a favorite. I wanted to do something fun that would be used in fall, summer or spring with trees. It is also great for Arbor Day! Plus I know people are always looking…
One of the earliest fine motor writing activities that kids do in preschool and kindergarten is working up to doing prewriting. There are many different fine motor writing activities that you can do with prewriting. I’ve made a few prewriting printables over the years and I wanted to share all of them with you. These…
The free spring prewriting printables are great change for the season. You have fun spring themes on each line These have lots of different types of prewriting lines to work with various ages on kids. You have thick prewriting lines and thin prewriting lines to use with kids at different levels of prewriting skills. Kids…
After enjoying our Rock Sensory Bin we wanted to do something different with the rocks. And thus this sensory activity can to be. We explored the different ways you can create artwork in the sand with rocks and made our own Zen Gardens. This is simple to set up and great for sensory play and…
Over the years, we have collected a lot of different Christmas crafts and activities for kids. We have had loads of fun doing them. Each year we have done something different and loved it. There are over 44 Christmas activities ideas you can find. There are arts and crafts, Christmas sensory bins, Christmas fine motor…
Handwriting does not have to be hard and can be made fun. These fun free snowflake alphabet tracing cards are perfect for working on letters. You have fun cards that work on uppercase letters and lowercase letters at the same time. Each card has three rows and three for tracing. You can have a blast…
One of our favorite Dr Seuss books to read is the Lorax. We have read it almost every year. We love the story and the truffula trees are so much fun. We have a simple and easy to make truffula tree art activity that kids of different ages can make. Torn paper makes a great…
Snowflakes are a great winter theme and so much fun for kids to explore. You can learn about their shapes and have fun making snowflakes as well. This is a simple snowflake painting with q-tips that makes a great winter painting and a great fine motor craft as well. We have included links to some…
Several years ago we did a rock sen garden and loved it! And now we are doing a twist and doing a pumpkin patch zen garden. A simple sensory activity that works great for a calm down activity that can keep kids active for a long time. Plus kids can be as creative as they…
The Prewriting Practice printable dice can make prewriting loads of fun for kids! This is a great prewriting practice center. You have two prewriting practice dice with different prewriting strokes for kids to make or trace. You can change up how they do their prewriting practice with this simple prewriting practice dice activity. We have…
The Olympics are starting soon! Can you believe it? There are so many ways that you can help kids learn about the Olympics. The Olympic flag colors are one great way to work on it. You can have fun learning the colors and symbols of the flag while making your own flag. You can make…
A great fine motor activity to make the Olympic Rings. You can have fun trace and cutting and making rings. This is a great craft to learn the Olympic Flag and the ring colors. We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via…
After the ABCs and numbers, I’ve had more requests like those, so we have some shape tracing printables today. You can have fun tracing twelve large shapes on the page. They are easy to print and use as a shape tracing worksheet for kids. These shape tracing printables are simple to use and work great…
I think spring has to be one of my favorite times of the year. I love all the changes from winter to spring. You go from bare trees to trees full of blossoms to trees filled with leaves. We have don’t several spring trees over the years. And After we did the model magic apple…
Earth Day has so many great themes. We love having activities and this min Free Earth Day Pack is loads of fun. It has a tree and flower themed throughout the pack with a mix of fine motor tracing, coloring, and dotting activities. Each of the activities is a great way to work on fine…
Easter has so many fun themes and I love Easter Eggs. It is a fun theme to have in the spring. Plus kids love them. We are always having fun with new activities for Easter every year. This is a great new set that has prewriting, shapes, ABCs, and numbers. It is a fun collection…
I know that we love having fun seasonal activities to learn with. And a favorite on the site for wintertime has been penguins. And it is fun to change things up, but have similar activities. I had more requests for themed prewriting pages, ABCs, shapes and I thought well why not have more fun pages…
History can be loads of fun to learn about. Each part of history teaches you something. This is one thing I love about the Magic Tree House books. They are always teaching you some small part about history. This time we are in the ice age and see so many fun ways of life and…
Every season change is always fun and Christmas is one of my favorite holidays! I have so many activities and printables to pick and choose from! We always have a blast with it. Today we have a fun new model magic Christmas tree. We love Christmas trees at our house. They are always so much…
We working the alphabet in many different ways. I know that tracing letter is something some kids need. There are many ways to do this. I also hear loads that people don’t want uppercase and lowercase letters together. That their kids learn one case at a time. And that is a need for these types…
There are so many fun themes to use during Thanksgiving. I love having new things to use. And the dot the number and counting the number have been fun to have for the different seasons. Today I’m showing up 3 new set the turkey, corn, and pie. Each of these is a great theme for…
Prewriting can be something that not all kids like to do. This newest prewriting printable is something to make prewriting a little more fun. It lets you change up the normal ways you do writing and add something fun into it. The free Q-tip Prewriting Printables are fun and great for kids to use. These…
Fall has so many great themes. We have always loved apples during this time. My girls love doing crafts and I love giving them something fun that might sneak in another skill they are needing. Today’s model magic apple trees are a great way to work on a fun craft and get some fine motor…
Money is something kids start working on early. There are many ways to learn about money. Today I have a really fun task card activity that has also a fine motor activity. The Fine motor money matching task cards is a great way to learn coins, their amounts and have some fine motor fun. This…
I know that kids always struggle with prewriting and there is never enough prewriting changes to meet the needs of kids. I also know that one of our all-time favorite themes has been space! I want to add some fun for those space loving kids out there. Kids can have fun exploring space with free…
Dot markers have always been a hit at our house. We use them often. I love having different activities to use with the markers. I think my favorite has always been the dot marker words. We have used them a lot. Today I have a fun dot marker set with CVC word family words that…
Every year we make new wreaths to hang around the house. They are loads of fun to have. This year we change it up and went with a favorite at our house of torn paper wreaths. Even with older kids, I love having fine motor activities that don’t look like we are working on a…