As I noted in a post last week, we are focussing on learning about the body at the moment. As part of that, I decided to focus on blood and breathing. We did the first of our learning with the theme – What is Blood? and had a What is Blood Experiment. I wanted the…
Pre-Schooler Activities
What is blood? Experiment
Christmas Tree Maths
I’ve been thinking of ways to introduce the idea of number bonds and addition for Mr D and at the end of last week hit upon this Christmas tree maths game. To play our Christmas tree counting game you need: Felt for the tree – I have a pack of different colours like these. buttons/pompoms…
Quick and Easy Geo Board
Earlier in the week I wanted a bit of 1-1 time with Mr H, so I set up this quick and easy geo-board activity for the older two to do. It was really simple to set up and kept them both entertained for a good hour. To set this up you will need (affiliate links…
Letter Recognition Game
I’ve been a bit lax in recent weeks sorting any sort of structure to our days but I did devise this letter recognition game for the children earlier this week which they both loved so I thought I’d share it here. To set up this simple letter recognition game I used a pack of sticky…
Bottle Rockets for Pre-School
Over the weekend Mr D, Miss E and I made some bottle rockets. This is a really simple craft to do and one that is great for pre-schoolers as they can do much of it independently. For this activity you will need (affiliate links): Empty plastic bottle Cards Coloured tissue paper Foam shapes Space themed…
Laundry Basket Web Fun
Last week I quickly set up this laundry basket web game for the children – it took all of three minutes to set up and has kept them entertained all week! To set the game up you need (affiliate links below) Laundry basket String or wool Plastic bugs Jumbo Tweezers I quickly threaded the wool…