At the Gardner School of Louisville, they talked about deserts and had the children paint desert-scapes with watercolor paint. It was a fun aspect of their unit on deserts! Materials needed for the watercolor desert painting To do this activity you will need: Watercolor paint...

At Paula's Home Daycare they did this fun smiling pumpkin craft that the kids loved and you can do at home with your children as well! Materials Needed for the Smiling Pumpkin Craft To do this craft you will need: Orange, black, green, white, and blue construction paper...

At Learning Years Day School - Hawthorn Farms in Hillsboro, Oregon they had an assortment of shipping boxes available and were deciding what they should do with them. The class decided it might be fun to build rocket ships out of the boxes and worked together to build-up the...

At Peter Pan Schools in Almeda, California the young students learned about Wassily Kandinsky and then were invited to work at recreating his style of art in a fun activity! Wassily Kandinsky was actually among the initial group of abstract painters of art in history. During his...

At Noblesville Methodist Preschool & PDO located in Noblesville, Indiana they were having Pet Week! The 3's-4's classes talked about the animals we call out pets such as dogs, cats, and birds. Early in the week, the classes had a lot of fun taking a field trip to a real...

At First Step Childcare Center in Watertown, Massachusetts they spent the month of February talking about animals and their habitats! They spent one week comparing the rainforest to the desert and the students had a fantastic time doing assorted learning activities! Check them out...

At Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School in Layfayette, Louisana the first-grade class celebrated the 101st day of school! To mark the occasion they did a theme related to the classic Disney movie, "101 Dalmatians. " The kids dressed-up like dalmatians and then did fun math activities...

At Little Blossoms Day Care Nursery Ltd in Keighley of the United Kingdom, the class solved a mud-related mystery! They got to be detectives in the, "Butterfly, " classroom due to the fact someone had brought mud into the class on their shoes. but who was it? The class...

The 2nd-grade students at East Washington Academy in Muncie, Indiana loved reading the storybook, "Vincent Van Gogh's Cat. " It imagines a scenario where Vincent Van Gogh's cat goes from a stroll that happens to take him through several famous paintings. These students...

At Weldon Elementary Global Academy in Weldon North Carolina, the Pre-K teacher--Ms. Latonia Sykes Vincent--did this exciting DIY musical instrument craft with the kids! The class discussed how U can stand for ukulele and practiced being musicians in the making! After assembling...

At Peter Pan Schools in Alameda, California the children were, "Invited, " to create New Year Dragons for the Chinese New Year. Kids love colors and exciting creatures such as dragons. For this activity, a variety of dragon heads were set out along with tempera paint and gold...

At Little Lamb Daycare in Eugene, Oregon they spent the day reading and discussing, "Jack and Beanstalk, " as their topic of the day! The class made magic beanstalks then traced over capital, "B's, " with an assortment of beans, and then they all pretended to be in a giant's...