summer activities
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Preschool Theme – Bees
Children have very strong opinions about bees – usually related to the fear of being stung. That’s understandable, most adults spend a fair amount of time warning children to stay away from bees so that they don’t get stung. There is so much more to bees than their defense mechanism though. They’re a super important part of our ecosystem, which makes them a great topic to explore in the classroom. Here are some easy printable activities to support children’s learning in this area. Click on the picture for more information.
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Summer Science – Ice Tie Dye
My daughter and I tried ice tie dye earlier this summer and it was such an easy way to create really awesome tie dye art. Usually I’m NOT a tie die fan because you just can’t avoid a serious mess. Ice tie dye was totally doable with minimal mess. Here’s the idea – You either band the item you want to tie dye just like you usually would OR just crumple it up for a different look. Then you set the item on a baking rack and balance the entire rack over a bin (you’ll want something to catch all the dye as the ice melts). After setting all of…
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Classroom Recipes for Summer
One of the most useful tools for the classroom that I’ve ever put together is my Classroom Recipe Book. This collection of recipes gets used over and over again throughout the school year, but summer is a time when they can really shine! Summer gives us the opportunity to slow down a bit an really play. Play with all of these ingredients, make messes, explore and then explore again, and try something totally different. That’s what these recipes are all about. Some of my favorite recipes for summer (that are included in the book of course) are: All of these are wonderful to use outside and kids absolutely cannot resist…
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Preschool Summer Themes
There are so many fun themes to explore in the classroom during the summer! If you’re looking for a little inspiration , or some easy resources click on the images below – they’ll make the planning easy so you have more time to do a little relaxing by the pool!
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Camping with Kids
We just got back from a weekend camping trip and we are all exhausted because we played HARD. Camping has always been a favorite for our family – our daughter’s first camping trip was when she was only a month old. Over the years we’ve learned so much about camping with kids at different ages and stages. Here are some of the things that work for us. Pack intentionally. We try not to take TOO much stuff with us when we camp (that’s kind of the point), but there are definitely things that make life easier when you’re traveling anywhere with little ones. The areas that I really focus on…
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June Bucket List
When I first started blogging it was really popular for one blogger to share an image with prompts and others to fill it out, then everyone would write a post about their responses and all of the posts would be linked together. I even used some of these in the classroom, it was so fun. I thought I’d bring it back this summer. I’ll share a bucket list and you use the image however you like! Here’s the template for June – you can download the PDF or copy and past the image above. This is what’s on MY bucket list for June:
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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!
