Preschool fun

I love teaching preschool. It's so low stress due to not having to worry so much about what they're learning, and just so much fun. Painting, cutting and pasting and cute games are my forte! Unfortunately, I just haven't done as much with Thea as I did with Ashton and Landon. The schooling of the older 3 seems to take up the time I have for that. However, with us being sick the last week or so, we've stayed home from activities during the week and I've found more time to "do school" with Thea. I have really missed it and if I'm not careful a little bit of bitterness can sneak up on me about not being able to spend more time cutting out felt and using the finger paints. If I could just learn to manage my time better, I would have plenty of time for those things!


Here is Thea with the dinosaur game. I printed out the dinosaurs and put spots on them. Her job is to count how many spots the dino has, find that number and put it on the dinosaur.

Here's a closeup. I think i had planned to laminate these or attach them to felt, but it never happened!

Hungry Caterpillar sorting toy. Each of my kids have used this. They sort toys or pattern blocks onto the corresponding oval. I use this a lot when I'm schooling olders to occupy the littles.

Here's a sick Thea with her foamie set for the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do You See?
As I read the book she finds the animal. She was not so into it this time due to a nasty ear infection :(

Another favorite of mine is the 5 Little speckled frog foamie set I made. It was originally made for Landon on Christmas when he was 2. We've all enjoyed it :)

I found a blog called The Artful Parent and it has really motivated and encouraged me to get back into these fun learning games and activities again. I'm excited to try some of her ideas and let them be creative!