F is for Frogs

Frog Pond Water Play

Cut out a supply of lily pads out of craft foam, add plastic frogs and small fish nets to the water tables or water tubs.

Jump Frog  Jump book with props

Find different items such as bean bag toys and small soft dolls to create a story tell kit for the children to retell the story on their own.

Color Frog Sorting Mats 

Make a supply of color mats for the children to sort all the different color frogs with.

Five Little Frogs Story Telling Glove 

Make a story telling glove out of craft foam and wiggle eyes.

Jump Frog Jump Color Floor Game  by Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers 

Counting Frog Math Mats   by Kids World Exploration 

Props for the Circle Time    by Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers

Frog Art   by Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers 

S is for Spaghetti

Letting children explore the world of spaghetti

We cooked a batch of spaghetti and placed the spaghetti with a little oil into separate bowls so that the children could explore the texture.

Some of them even tried to see what it would feel like on top of their heads.

Winter Sensory Table

Fill your sensory table with different types of pack peanuts.

Make indoor snow, take rolls of toilet paper (charmin ultra works the best) and tear into pieces into your sand/water table, grate ivory soap into the table and add water.  Let it sit over night and drain any extra water off. Let the children squeeze the mixture with their hand and mold it and reshape.  It is good clean fun.

Sandman Sensory Tub

Let your children create sandmen in the sensory table or tubs. Bring in some sand and shovel it into some plastic tubs or dishpans. Add corn starch or flour and dampen the sand with water the corn starch/flour will help it stick together better. Place different sizes of ice cream scoops, melon scoops, measuring spoons, cookie scoops, bowls and empty water bottles. Cut the bottles in half so the children can utilize both ends. Provide the children with buttons, goggle eyes, pipe cleaners, twigs, pieces of rectangular fabric, milk caps, craft straw hats and felt craft hats.



Watch the sculpting begin, your children will be creating their own version of the Sandman.


Some children do not get to have the opportunity to build snowmen, but they see the symbol of snowpeople all around, so give them the opportunity to build one out of sand, who said that they can only be made from snow. Some times it just the experiences that is meaningful.