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Preschool Field Day Supplies
Yesterday I shared a list of games for Preschool Field Day. Here are all of the supplies that you might need for those games and a fun, easy field day – plus a few things that add to the joy! All links are affiliates. Plastic Balls Colorful Buckets Bean Bags Ice Pops Award Ribbons Hula Hoops Easy Fill Water Balloons
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Preschool Field Day Games
Field day is a much loved end of the year tradition – it signals summer and warm weather! Children look forward to the opportunity to spend extra time outside playing games with their friends and teachers. Keeping them active and engaged is key to a successful preschool field day. That means finding the right combination of games that are both fun for little ones and fairly simple to set up and run for teachers and parent volunteers. This comprehensive list of game ideas gives tons of options so that you can rotate through them over multiple years! What else would you add?!
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Preschool Camping Supplies
I’ve shared resources and ideas for fun camping activities, no here are my favorite products! These are all of the classroom supplies for camping that make learning even more fun. All of the links are affiliates. Kids Playhouse Tent Coleman Kids Mini LED Lantern Melissa and Doug Campfire Smores Playset Kids Binoculars Classroom Set Find and Seek Scavenger Hunt Kids Headlamps 5-pack Bug Catching Kit Tree Stump Stools Glow in the Dark Star Stickers
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Printable Preschool Camping Activities
Camping is one of my favorite summer activities, so it makes perfect sense that I’ve always loved sharing this topic in the classroom too. Camping supplies lend themselves perfectly to math an language activities, and it’s so fun to find authentic materials to supplement these activities. Here are my favorite camping activities for the classroom – all of these are printable and available HERE!
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Preschool Camping Theme
One of my favorite things about camping as a learning theme is that there are so many ways for children to interact with the supplies, materials, and activities that are actually part of a real camping trip. It’s all very authentic, and even the youngest children appreciate that! It also lends itself well to spending a ton of time outside, which everyone wants after a long winter! Beyond setting up a dramatic play center, here are some ideas for helping children explore camping. Set up a tent. Tents are tons of fun to play in, but actually putting them up is where the learning happens – following directions, working together,…
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Celebrating Student Birthdays
I’m a huge proponent of recognizing student birthdays. I know that all families do not celebrate birthdays in the same way, but in my classroom this is one way to help children feel valued and important. It’s a way to build that classroom community and acknowledge that we all bring something special. Over the years trends have definitely changed when it comes to recognizing birthdays in the classroom, but here are the things that I’m loving to share with students on their big days right now ( all links are afifliates)>
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Birthday Treats for School
Over the years I’ve seen so many different birthday treats that children of all ages have shared with the class. Some are absolute hits – and others make teachers want to cry (I’m looking at you neon frosted cupcakes…). Here are some of the easiest ideas that are an absolute hit with kids. This year my daughter is taking Stitch stickers in to her classmates for her birthday – It’s easy for her teacher to manage and they cost me less than $7. I call that a win!
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End of the Year Preschool Activities
We’re deep in the “Maycember” season over here! I’m all about this recognition that May includes a lot of different things, graduations, assessments, parties, finishing projects and investigations, and looking towards the following year (on top of Mother’s day and Memorial day). There are a few different resources that I have leaned on every single year at this time, so I thought they might make your life a little easier too. Here are my favorite materials for the end of the school year. I’ll have an in-depth look at my Kindergarten prep materials later this week, but this is my absolute favorite resource to share with families. Every parent wants…
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Summer Must Haves 2026
I’m so looking forward to summer! Part of that means stocking up on the things that we use over and over all summer long. Here are all of my must-haves for summer 2026! All links are affiliates. Elastic strap swim goggles – My daughter will only wear these goggles. She loves that they cover her nose and that they have the soft elastic strap that doesn’t pull her hair. Handheld digital microscope – This is the best for exploring outside! Children can watch insects, look closely at flowers, tree bark, and blades of grass, and just generally get a better understanding of the world around them. Sand toys with mesh…
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Summer Plans for a 9 Year Old
As my daughter has gotten older our summer plans have gotten more personalized. After kindergarten and first grade my goal was to keep her busy and mitigate the summer slide. After second grade she was old enough for more camps, so we added those in and focused on her favorite places to visit during the summer. Now that she is finishing third grade, summer is going to look a little different. This year she has a sleep away camp scheduled and 4H projects to complete. Those will take up the beginning of our summer, so I have the days planned out to ensure that we fit all of those tasks…
