preschoolers Archives - Books and Giggles Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:24:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://booksandgiggles.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-BG-favicon-23-3-32x32.png preschoolers Archives - Books and Giggles 32 32 Fall Writing Tray Activity with Cornmeal https://booksandgiggles.com/fall-writing-tray-activity-with-cornmeal/ https://booksandgiggles.com/fall-writing-tray-activity-with-cornmeal/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:48:14 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10665 Inside: Preschoolers can celebrate the harvest with this story-based cornmeal writing tray activity and free printable letter formation cards. Add this to your Little Red Hen unit! This week, I stumbled on a fun, multicultural companion story to read aloud after your kids hear The Little Red Hen. Then, I created a hand-on early literacy...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/fall-writing-tray-activity-with-cornmeal/feed/ 0 Birdhouse ABC Activity https://booksandgiggles.com/birdhouse-abc-activity/ https://booksandgiggles.com/birdhouse-abc-activity/#comments Mon, 19 May 2025 19:01:25 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10568 Inside: a free printable birdhouse ABC activity where kids put alphabet bird cards into a birdhouse. Includes a letter spinner, uppercase letter cards, and recording sheets in both uppercase and lowercase letter versions. Spring and summertime are for the birds! Here in Texas, we love watching barn swallows build nests over the grandparents’ porch every...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/birdhouse-abc-activity/feed/ 2 Preschool Pot of Gold Craft for St. Patrick’s Day https://booksandgiggles.com/preschool-pot-of-gold-craft-for-st-patricks-day/ https://booksandgiggles.com/preschool-pot-of-gold-craft-for-st-patricks-day/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:56:20 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10400 Inside: Grab the free printable template and make an ABC or torn paper “pot of gold” craft with your preschool or kindergarten students. Today is your lucky day! I have a free printable “pot of gold” craft for you just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. There is the ABC version shown above, or you...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/preschool-pot-of-gold-craft-for-st-patricks-day/feed/ 2 Seasons Playdough Mats {Free Printable} https://booksandgiggles.com/seasons-playdough-mats/ https://booksandgiggles.com/seasons-playdough-mats/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:46:59 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=7671 Inside: free printable seasons playdough mats for preschoolers along with conversation starters to use with students. Today I’m sharing playdough mats that you can use when you’re teaching about the seasons. This activity exercises those little fingers and reinforces the letters w, s, and f and their initial sounds. Playdough is one of my all-time...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/seasons-playdough-mats/feed/ 0 Christmas Letter Sound “Gifts” https://booksandgiggles.com/christmas-letter-sound-gifts/ https://booksandgiggles.com/christmas-letter-sound-gifts/#respond Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:57:21 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10273 Inside: Free printable Christmas letters sounds cards that are hands-on interactive! Use these to help preschoolers learn letters and letter sounds this holiday season. Get ready for some festive learning fun with this Christmas-themed free printable! Children can practice naming letters (and their sounds, if they’re ready) before unfolding a ‘present’ to reveal a hidden...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/christmas-letter-sound-gifts/feed/ 0 Apple Taste Test Activity with Free Printable Hats https://booksandgiggles.com/apple-taste-test-activity-with-free-printable-hats/ https://booksandgiggles.com/apple-taste-test-activity-with-free-printable-hats/#comments Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:36:37 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10108 Add these educational hats to your apple unit, and work on science, math, and literacy concepts with your preschool and kindergarten students. It’s apple season! Here’s a fun activity you can use with your apple unit, and it includes a cute free printable that adds a literacy element as well as science and math. Choose...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/apple-taste-test-activity-with-free-printable-hats/feed/ 6 Playdough Name Mats {Free Printable} https://booksandgiggles.com/playdough-name-mats-free-printable/ https://booksandgiggles.com/playdough-name-mats-free-printable/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:17:32 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=10001 These free editable playdough name mats are a fun, hands-on way for preschoolers to learn about the letters in their names. If you’re teaching kids about their names, you’ll want some fun activities in your bag of tricks. In addition to making name crafts and reading aloud books about names, your students will enjoy working...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/community-helpers-line-tracing/feed/ 2 Firefly Flashlight Name Activity for Summertime https://booksandgiggles.com/firefly-flashlight-name-activity/ https://booksandgiggles.com/firefly-flashlight-name-activity/#respond Tue, 21 May 2024 02:11:40 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=9968 Grab a little flashlight for your preschoolers to practice spelling their names with this interactive summer name craft and activity. Summer means staying up late, and that means fireflies! At least it does in some places (unfortunately we don’t have many here, but we see them when we visit cousins back East). If your kids...

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]]> https://booksandgiggles.com/firefly-flashlight-name-activity/feed/ 0 All About Me Printable for the Summer Games https://booksandgiggles.com/all-about-me-summer-games/ https://booksandgiggles.com/all-about-me-summer-games/#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 15:40:19 +0000 https://booksandgiggles.com/?p=9957 The Summer Olympics are July 26th – August 11th this year (2024) – right in time for Back to School season! With that in mind, I thought it would be fitting to make a summer games themed All About Me worksheet for you. You might also like these free First Day of School Name Crowns...

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