4th of July Preschool Activities

I meant to get this posted before the 4th, but life got crazy and I didn't get it done in time. However, I decided to go ahead and post now, so that I'll have ideas in the future (and anyone else will).

His artwork and books for the week. Scrambled States Book was the best loved book.

Playdough bin had some rollers and cutters, a star extruder, USA and star cookie cutters, beads and stars (cut from beaded necklaces from past parades), red and white "diamonds" and blue glass gems, and star buttons.

We did this super simple wreath craft. I just cut a "wreath" out of a stiff piece of sparkly felt (using dishes for the circles) and gave him a bag of felt star stickers.

Felt flag "puzzle" on the Nugget.

4th of July Cuisenaire Templates

This was our first attempt at marble painting. I forgot to include a pic of the final result, but it was fun. Next time we might need to use slightly thinner paint. The marbles tended to get stuck in the thick globs of paint.

Painting with his star roller.

Fireworks Addition Roll and Cover

I got out this US States tray puzzle, not sure if he was ready for it. The first day we mostly did it together, but he has done it on his own almost every day since. In fact, we ended up going out to buy some other continent puzzles because he liked it so well. We're also now working on learning the Fifty Nifty States song. I like this Youtube Video because it shows where the states are on the map.

 

4th of July Cuisenaire Templates

As part of trying to do a lot of hands on math with Archer, we've been using our Cuisenaire Rods a lot. He's great at comparing their relatives sizes and enjoys using them. To keep encouraging him and provide some variety, I made these 4th of July templates for him.

Each page also has a place to count up the number of each rod used.

While I made a version of each with patriotic colors, Archer prefers the blank ones.

Print the 4th of July Cuisenaire Templates HERE

 

4th of July Tot School Activities

Archer was 25 Months

Since the 4th of July is this weekend (how did that happen already??) I decided to post our activities a before we've actually finished them. That way, if anyone else still needs some ideas they have them.

This was Archer's book shelf. It had a 4th of July book I made and some other related books.

Play dough included, some star fondant cutters, design rollers, dough letters U, S and A (similar to these), a star extruder and some cut up bead necklaces.

I made this letter stamping page for him (free here) and got our our See and Stamps.

These were the shelves for the week. On top I had a pasta drying rack and some US Toob figures. Shelves on the left have 4th of July Vocabulary Cards, number cards, pom pom tweezing and a pom pom magnet activity. Shelves on the right have two part puzzles, spool threading, cookie cutters, math cubes, bottle cap letter cards and a bin of vehicles.

4th of July Vocabulary Cards

Number tile cards (free here) have been a really big hit so far. I use plastic number tiles, but you could print some too. For the cards with more objects, I have to point while he counts so he doesn't accidentally re-count things. Other than that, he does great.

Pom poms, tweezers and an ice cube tray. This is the first time I've had out a one to one correspondence activity where he actually uses the tweezers/tongs the whole time. He's gotten it out multiple times already this week (and I've cleaned pom poms up from the playroom floor multiple times already).

Flag page from Making Learning Fun. I have pom poms on dot magnets. I plan to use it on our little magnetic easel.

Matching puzzles for my letter obsessed little guy.

Craft spools and a pipe cleaner for threading.

This tray just has a bunch of star shaped cookie cutters to hang on the pasta drying rack.

Red, white and blue math cubes. I made a pattern for him to try to match, but he will probably spend the week just building with them. 

Bottle cap letter cards (free here) . I use bottle caps that I wrote on with a Sharpie, but you could use other letters as well.

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4th of July Printables

As I was prepping trays this week for Tot School, I realized I didn't have as many activities for Archer as I would have liked. I decided to throw a few together and made this 4th of July Learning Pack. It has number tile pages, coin identification, spotting the difference, bottle cap cards, a stamping page and a connecting the pairs page.

Print the 4th of July Learning Pack Here

4th of July - 3 years old

We had a very light school week this week, but we did do some patriotic activities that I thought I'd share... mostly in pictures. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend and I am incredibly grateful to our founding fathers and wonderful military for making and keeping us all free!

Flag with Design and Drill

I picked up an erasable map from Lakeshore recently, so we got it out with some Landmark flashcards and some landmarks from toobs.

 

Independence Day Themed Play Dough 

Sensory Play

I whipped up a batch of foam dough (about equal parts shaving cream and cornstarch).  I threw it on a tray with some patriotic cookie cutters, some beads, and some red, white and blue squigz.

4th of July Parade!

Holding his own sparkler for the first time... when did he get big enough for that?!

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