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5 Fall Tot School Themes + 3 Fall Crafts!

Fall Tot School Themes & Fall Tot Trays

Thanks for checking out our fun fall tot school activities! Don’t miss what we’ve done this year in preschool: Fall Preschool Trays | Pumpkin Preschool Trays | Fall-Inspired Sticky Dough Play |  Halloween Zen Garden Fun Fall Tot School Themes! Pumpkins, Apples, […]

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Apple Learning Activities

Looking back at our favorite apple learning activities in tot school and preschool!

Apple Learning Activities for Tots & Preschoolers Over the past couple years we have loved apple learning activities, especially in the fall, but also when learning about healthy foods! Here we are highlighting some favorites! Favorite Fine Motor Apple Learning […]

Posted in Favorites, Preschool, Tot School Tagged apples, fall, fine motor, math 2 Comments

15 Thanksgiving Preschool Trays

Thanksgiving Preschool theme!

Here is our last fall-inspired theme of the year — Thanksgiving! Last year’s Thanksgiving tot trays were quite simple as it was just another of those busy times. We had a little more time for the theme this year and […]

Posted in Holidays, Preschool, Preschool Themes, Trays Tagged autumn, coloring pages, crafts, fall, math, sight words, thanksgiving, tracing 3 Comments

16 Halloween Preschool Trays!

Zen garden, fine motor learning, measuring and more with our 16 Halloween Preschool Trays!

As I write this a few weeks post-Halloween, well, what a season this was! Our town had trick-or-treat events ALL month, giving E many opportunities to show off his homemade SKUNK costume. (Homemade? more like home-glued. But still! It was […]

Posted in Holidays, Preschool, Preschool Themes, Trays Tagged autumn, crafts, fall, fine motor skills, halloween, magnets, math, patterns, sight words, tongs, unifix cubes Leave a comment

16 Apple Preschool Trays!

Celebrate fall with an apple preschool theme!

It’s been fun/nice to have several of the themes lately pre-determined for me. And following last year’s apple tot trays, it’s appealing to have a fall-tinged theme free of leaves and pumpkins. There are free printables and ideas galore here, […]

Posted in Preschool, Preschool Themes, Trays Tagged apples, fall, healthy foods, matching, sight words, stickers, unifix Leave a comment

Easy Halloween Zen Garden

Easy Salt-based Halloween Zen Garden Sensory Bin!

Other than black beans, salt is by far my favorite sensory medium, as it is basically dust-free, easy to color, and best of all, low in price! Both black beans and salt star in this very easy Halloween Zen Garden […]

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14 Pumpkin Preschool Trays!

Ideas for a pumpkin preschool theme!

It’s time to revisit yet another tot school theme: Pumpkins! This mostly jack-o-lantern free week of school again coincides with early October and when that first trip to the pumpkin patch is in order. (Don’t forget to wash those pumpkins!) […]

Posted in Preschool, Preschool Themes, Trays Tagged fall, math, perler biggie beads, pumpkin, seasons, sight words, silhouette cameo 1 Comment

11 Fall Preschool Trays!

Fall preschool theme ideas!

Hooray, it’s time to celebrate Fall! I was going to say that it doesn’t quite look like Fall around where we live. But, if I compare to last year, it seems more like the season for fall preschool. It’s a […]

Posted in Preschool, Preschool Themes, Trays Tagged fall, measuring, play dough, pumpkins, seasons, sensory bin, sight words, sorting, writing Leave a comment

Potted Plant Soil Bug House Preschool Nature Activity

Repurposing materials with this preschool nature activity!

The outdoor cleanup between summer and fall is more entertaining with a kid in the house. I learned this weekend that even the root-infused soil that provided us herbs and lettuce this year can promote a fun preschool nature activity! […]

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Fall-Inspired Sticky Dough Play

Sticky fall play dough!

Cleaning out the pantry is a generally unfulfilling task. You come across that snack that you were sure would be a hit in your house (not) some new grain that looked tasty (wasn’t!) and some buy 1 get 3 free […]

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13 Apple Tot Trays & Activities!

13 apple tot trays!

I see why there are so many apple-themed preschool activities on Pinterest — it’s so fun! (If you would like, fast forward to our own apple preschool trays, or see other fun fall tot trays, too!) Outside of his apple […]

Posted in Tot School, Tot Tray Themes, Trays Tagged apples, autumn, fall, play dough, seasons, sensory bin, tot trays, tracing 3 Comments

Scrubbing Pumpkins! Fun Fall Sensory Activity

Cleaning Pumpkin Activity

We are lucky to live somewhere where pumpkins and gourds are in abundance and best of all, quite inexpensive! It’s fun to get several the first week in October. At Jo-Ann last month I saw a pumpkin bath scrubber on […]

Posted in Fun Activities Tagged autumn, cleaning, easy, fall, practically free, pumpkins 1 Comment

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