Playing with baking soda and vinegar is fun all year, but it adds a spin to it when you make your “volcano” inside a pumpkin.

Living Life and Learning shows how to make a pumpkin into a bubbling science activity… Read More...

Things can get a little crazy in the classroom this time of year, but sometimes it’s good to embrace the madness and turn it into a learning activity.

These ideas for Halloween learning centers from Pocket of Preschool are charming … Read More...

This cute printable for a spider roll and play game from Life Over Cs is a fun way to play with numbers.

Just print out the spiderweb, gather some plastic spiders or little spider erasers and some dice and you’ll … Read More...

Everything’s more fun with apples in the fall, even learning activities.

Check out these cute number tracing printables from 3 Dinosaurs. They use numbers from 1 to 20 and include tracing for both the number and the word.

Use them … Read More...

Bats are interesting creatures to study any time of year, but it’s especially fun to talk about bats around Halloween.

This brief bat unit study from Royal Baloo features seven pages you can print out for kids who can read … Read More...

This little project would be a lot of fun to add to a center during the fall or just to have to play with at home.

Buggy and Buddy has the full instructions for making these inverted Halloween tops from … Read More...

There are so many fun crafts and activities you can do with a Halloween theme.

Salt painting is a lot of fun and easy for little kids to do, and you can give it a semi-spooky twist by following the … Read More...

The Dr. Seuss book 10 Apples Up on Top is super silly, and it’s a fun one to read with preschoolers (and older kids!) this time of year when apples are everywhere.

Little Bins for Little Hands has collected some … Read More...

harry potter arithmancy codeArithmancy isn’t really a school subject like it is in Harry Potter, but using numbers to decode messages is still a fun test of logic for kids at Halloween or any other time.

Teach Beside … Read More...

I love Lego challenges because they are a really easy STEM activity to do with items that we all already have at home or in our classrooms.

Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls has instructions for making a Lego jack … Read More...

When kids are learning numbers and counting it is great to use lots of different activities and games to reinforce those concepts.

This simple kindergarten counting activity from Planning Playtime is easy to teach to kids and to modify in … Read More...

We know that bugs are important to have in our yards and gardens when our plants are growing, but bugs need safe places to live throughout the year.

Making an insect hotel at home or at school is a great … Read More...

Tanagrams are a lot of fun for kids to learn shapes and how the shapes can go together to make different shapes.

These printable tanagram mats from Simple Everyday Mom are adorable and a great addition to the fall classroom.… Read More...

Kids love to punch holes, and it’s a big deal for a lot of kids when their hands are strong enough to work a hole puncher.

Whether the kids make the punched holes themselves or you do it for them, … Read More...

Let’s face it, we can’t always get the kids outside as much as we would like, or as much as they would like if they are real nature lovers. But the learning about the outdoors doesn’t have to stop just … Read More...

A big part of preschool and kindergarten is learning about routines, and knowing how a calendar works is part of that.

Learning the days of the week, months of the year and number of days in each week and month … Read More...

Sometimes I feel like my daughter — who is about to enter third grade — is going to surpass my math skills at any moment. Then we’ll be learning the math skills that I never quite mastered when I was … Read More...

Yes, making ice cream is educational!

Have you ever made ice cream in a bag? If you haven’t these instructions from Freebie Finding Mom have it all covered. My daughter did this recently in a summer camp and said it … Read More...

Little kids all seem to be really interested in the world around them and how things work. It’s why they ask “why” a thousand times a day.

So preschool age is a great time to introduce science centers that are … Read More...

There are so many fun ways to play with shadows with kids, but one idea that is sure to stick with them is using their bodies and their shadows as a sundial.

This is a no-prep activity but you do … Read More...