Free Preschool Worksheets to Print – The 4 Seasons

Here are some preschool worksheets I just uploaded to my website. Over the next few days, I am going to post some of the new worksheets here too. As always, these worksheets are free to print and I always have a collection of black and white and color print for you to choose from.

These are what they look like:


Spring Preschool Worksheet - Black and White Print

Spring Preschool Worksheet - Color Print

Summer Preschool Worksheet - Black and White Print

Summer Preschool Worksheet - Color Print

Fall Preschool Worksheet - Black and White Print

Fall Preschool Worksheet - Color Print

Winter Preschool Worksheet - Black and White Print

Winter Preschool Worksheet - Color Print

Note: These preschool worksheets were created with the clipart provided by Microsoft. If you have a valid copy of Microsoft Word, you can easily create your own worksheets too!

Strong National Museum of Play Video – Sarah and Sesame Street

This short video clip is from our trip to the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY. It doesn’t have any sound, but is still kind of cute.

They have a Sesame Street exhibit and lots of mini-activities inside. One is where your child can appear on television with Sesame Street characters, like Elmo. I thought this was really neat! Here is my daughter. She kept trying to hug Elmo.

Outdoor Fun for Preschoolers: Water Balloons & T-Ball

In my last post, I mentioned how I bought a really cheap, but neat T-Ball set from Wal-Mart for $10. Yesterday, we found another cool use for it. Instead of hitting the baseball, we hit water balloons.

We rent an apartment. Although we do have a yard, we are unable to have a swimming pool. We do have a kiddie pool, but my daughter is getting a little too big for it. So, we like to use water guns and water balloons to cool off. Instead of just tossing the water balloons around, we put them on the t-ball stand. Whoever wasn’t hitting the ball would stand a few feet away from the T-ball set. Both my daughter and I got wet, no matter who was hitting the water balloon. This is a cool spin on water balloons, T-ball, and staying cool outside. It is also a fun outdoor preschool activity at home.

I didn’t dare try to take a picture of the preschool activity (lol water was going everywhere and I didn’t want to ruin my camera).

Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Outdoor T-Ball Fun

My daughter is in full day pre-k at the elementary school. I mistakenly assumed she couldn’t pay t-ball this year because she wasn’t in kindergarten. Apparently, I was wrong and a couple kids in her class are playing. She was quite devastated and (of course) I felt terrible. Although it isn’t the same thing, I went to Wal-Mart and bought her a cheap t-ball set.

I didn’t think to take pictures of it in the package, but it is in the summer toys section. It retails for $10. The set comes with a baseball, t-ball stand that attaches to a hard plastic base, and a baseball bat. There are many colors to choose from. We opted for pink.

We have had this cheap t-ball set from Wal-Mart for about 3 weeks now and it is my daughter’s favorite thing. Every time we go outside, we have to hit the ball a few times (lol even when walking to the car)!

For $10 we got loads of family fun already and are sure to get more.

Valentine’s Day Flowers

This is a great preschool craft project for Valentine’s Day. Instructions coming later today.

The Opinionated Parent Doodlestix Giveaway: Check It Out!

So lately I have been entering a lot of contests online. It is a lot of fun. I only wish I got started sooner because if I won, some of these items would have made great Christmas gifts.

Anyways, today I came across a giveaway that I think fits readers of this blog. The giveaway is hosted on The Opinionated Parent website (check it out it is a great website). Right now, they are giving away a 12 month subscription to Doodlestix.

What is Doodlestix you ask? It is a twice a month letter service. Your child gets a message from a fictional pen pal. Your child always receives a positive message and you can even have it personalized to include information about your child.

The Opinionated Parent is hosting the contest until MST on December 17, 2008. Be sure to read the rules and restrictions, as there are some. Even if you don’t win or enter too late, I still recommend checking out this subscription service. I know I will. My daughter is so excited when her Highlight’s magazine arrives in the mail. I bet she would love something like this.

Preschool Craft Project: Handprint Footprint Reindeer

This craft project is not only affordable, but very easy to make. There are also many options. We took the simplest approach.

Lol, your project is supposed to look like a reindeer. My daughter calls ours the red moose.

Supplies Needed:

2 Sheets of Construction Paper (Different Colors)
Scissors
Glue Stick
Markers or Crayons
Craft Eyes (Optional)

Directions:

1 – Trace both of your child’s handprints on a sheet of colored construction paper. You can use any color (we chose brown).

2 – Trace the outline of your child’s foot on the other sheet of colored construction paper (we used red).



3 - Cut the outlines. If your child is good with cutting, they can cut along the outline of their feet. The hands are hard due to the fingers, so you may want to do this yourself.







4 – Position them to look like a reindeer. The footprint goes on the bottom and the hands are the antlers.








5 – Remove the foot cutout and have your child glue the bottom of the hands. Put the foot cutout back on and press down, so that the glue sticks.







6 – Have your child glue craft eyes to the reindeer. If you don’t have these, just let them draw eyes.



7 – Draw the rest of the face. If your child wants to make Rudolph, a red craft pom pom works great as a nose.

Preschool Craft Project: Paper Plate Snowman

Supplies Needed:

2 Paper Plates (1 Small, 1 Large)
Glue
Tape
Scissors
Construction Paper
Small Craft Popsicle Sticks or Craft Pipe Cleaners

Note: If you do not have the small sized paper plate, just take a large paper plate and cut it to a smaller size.


Directions:




1 – Help your child glue the two paper plates together. The smaller plate goes on top (this is the snowman’s head). Add tape for extra reinforcement.






2 – Draw the outline of a hat on colored construction paper and cut.

3 – Have your child glue the hat to the small plate (the snowman’s head).



4 – Have your child draw a face on their snowman. Craft eyes, if you have them, work great.










5 – Cut out four small circles from construction paper. Have your child glue them to the snowman’s body for the buttons. They can also just draw them on too.







6 – Use either craft pipe cleaners or popsicle craft sticks to create the snowman’s arms. Have your child flip the project over and tape them to the back. Tape is easier than glue for this step because it holds better and quicker.

Preschool Craft Projects for the Holidays

With Christmas quickly approaching, you may want to tailor your preschool craft projects to the holidays. Over the next few days, I will be highlighting a few craft projects that my daughter and I did together. They all have Christmas themes.

So, what should you do with these crafts? Of course, you should save them. They make great treasures for a memory box. But, if your child really likes a craft project, make extras. These can always be given to family members as gifts.

Painting Leaves: A Great Preschool Activity

If you are still able to collect a few leaves with your child, there are a number of preschool craft projects you can do with them. One is painting leaves.

What we did was take a sheet of paper and glue leaves to it. Then, my daughter painted the leaves.

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Doing Craft Projects with Leaves

Pretty soon, the leaves will start falling. In fact, they have already started to do so here. What does that mean? The perfect opportunities for preschool craft projects with leaves. So, take your child for a walk, gather some leaves, come home and let the creativity flow!

Preparing Your Child for Preschool: A Fun Preschool Activity

Hat Day

Do you have a lot of hats in your home? You may. If so, gather all of the hats in your home, including baseball caps, sun hats, rain hats, cowboy hats, or whatever else you may have.

Next, have your family sit down and try each hat on. You can talk about the hat or makeup stories about it. For example, the person wearing a cowboy hat can talk about being the greatest cowboy in the west or the person wearing a baseball cap can talk about a homerun they hit in the last game.

This activity encourages your child to use their imagination.