Christmas Picture & Word Tracing Printables

Christmas is approaching quickly and I'm here with another set of printables to celebrate the season! These Free Christmas themed Picture & Word Tracing sheets are perfect for practicing handwriting and fine motor skills. Kids can trace the word, then trace the picture and color it in!

m here with another set of printables to celebrate the season Christmas Picture & Word Tracing Printables

This Free Christmas Tracing pack includes 7 sheets, featuring Santa Claus, Rudolph, Christmas tree, snowman, gingerbread man, candy cane and Baby Jesus.

This is a no-prep activity - just print and give to your child. However, if you laminate the sheets or put them in page protectors, they can be wiped and reused over and over again.



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For more handwriting practice that includes reading and tracing CVC words, see our CVC Word & Picture Tracing Cards.


Christmas Tree Learning Activities for Toddlers & PreK

Let's get into the Christmas spirit with some fun, hands-on Christmas Tree Learning activities! These FREE printable activities are designed for toddlers and preschoolers to practice math and literacy skills such as counting, number recognition, number quantity, shapes, alphabet recognition, letter cases, visual discrimination and more!

s get into the Christmas spirit with some fun Christmas Tree Learning Activities for Toddlers & PreK

These Christmas Tree Learning activities are available for FREE to all email subscribers. Here is what's included:

Math Activities:

Number Tree Puzzle, including 1-10, 11-20 and 10-100 in both color and black & white.

s get into the Christmas spirit with some fun Christmas Tree Learning Activities for Toddlers & PreK

Roll & Cover Game: Includes 2 difficulty levels. For an easier game, roll 1 die and cover the correct number (1-6) with a candy, pom pom or any other small object. For a more challenging game, use 2 dice, roll and add them up, then cover the correct number (2-12). Keep going until all numbers are covered.

s get into the Christmas spirit with some fun Christmas Tree Learning Activities for Toddlers & PreK

Christmas Tree counting and matching 1-10 with pom poms. Includes both color and black & white, so can also be used for color matching. Printable comes in 2 halves that you tape together. 


Christmas ornament shape matching. Includes 10 shapes. Can be done as a cut & paste activity, or cut out the shapes for your child.


Literacy Activities:

Letter matching, both uppercase and lowercase included. This can be a cut and paste activity or the letter can be glued to bottle caps. Kids can match uppercase letters, lowercase letters, or uppercase and lowercase letters to each other.

s get into the Christmas spirit with some fun Christmas Tree Learning Activities for Toddlers & PreK

Letter Case Sorting. Use the same letters from the previous activity and sort all the uppercase letters on one tree and all the lowercase letters on the other tree.


Visual Discrimination Activities:

Visual Discrimination matching. Print 2 copies of the sheet, leave one copy intact and cut the other one. Match the loose cards to the images on the sheet.

s get into the Christmas spirit with some fun Christmas Tree Learning Activities for Toddlers & PreK

Memory Game. Use the same cards as above. Print 2 copies of the cards, cut them all out, put them face down, and play a classic memory game. Use only a few cards for an easier game.


These Christmas Tree Learning activities are FREE for all Totschooling subscribers!


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Christmas Art Skills Printables: Cutting, Tracing, Coloring

Kids love coloring pages, but sometimes they can be a bit... boring (gasp!) so I created these FREE Christmas Art Skills Printables that work on scissor skills, tracing and coloring at the same time!


 so I created these FREE Christmas Art Skills Printables that work on scissor skills Christmas Art Skills Printables: Cutting, Tracing, Coloring

These FREE Christmas Art Skills Printables include 3 scenes: Santa riding his sleigh above a skyline, Santa next to a Christmas tree, and a nativity scene.

Directions:
-cut paper along the thick gray lines
-assemble the puzzle and glue onto the blank page
-trace along the dotted lines
-color the picture!


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For more art skills practice check out The Ultimate Art Skills Pack for ages 3-6 years. This is a unique set of 20 printable activities to help kids practice ALL of their art skills at the same time: Cutting, Gluing, Tracing, Coloring and Drawing!

New Year's Coloring Party Hats

Whether your kids will be staying up until midnight or not, they can still celebrate the New Year with these fun Coloring Party Hats! Just color, decorate and turn them into party hats. Kids will love this fun and creative way to ring in the New Year!


Whether your kids will be staying up until midnight or not New Year's Coloring Party Hats
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Things you will need:


These Free Printable Party Hats are a perfect easy activity for kids to do while waiting for the New Year. You can print these on regular paper or cardstock for extra durability, then have the kids color and decorate. After they finish their artwork, cut them out, tape or glue where the tab is, and attach a ribbon or elastic. 


*These party hats have been updated to 2019!*



For another fun coloring activity, check out these New Year's Color by Number Worksheets:



Free FROZEN Alphabet Cards

My girls absolutely love the movie Frozen and anything to do with it. So I created these FREE Frozen themed Alphabet Cards to help them learn their alphabet and letter sounds. We also play a lot of fun educational games with these cards. The possibilities are endless!

My girls absolutely love the movie Frozen and anything to do with it Free FROZEN Alphabet Cards

These FREE Frozen Alphabet Cards include 26 images and words, one for each letter of the alphabet, featuring either a main character from the movie, or an object or idea with a movie scene as the image.

Just print them out, laminate each sheet, then cut out the cards. Here are some ideas for playing with these cards:

-Create an alphabet flip book that you can look through and practice reading the letters and/or words.
-Hang the cards on the wall to create a decorative alphabet chart.
-Play a memory game: make 2 copies of each card, lay them face down and play the classic game.
-Play a bingo game: Lay down a set of 9 or 16 cards to create a large bingo mat. Then, call out letters and have the child put a token on the correct card.
-Talk about each character or what is happening in each picture. Great for language development, imagination and memory.

These cards are excellent for many different stages of development. For toddlers it is a good introduction to the alphabet. Preschoolers will benefit from practicing letter sounds, and emergent readers can use these as simple words to practice reading.


If you enjoy this printable, take a look at our


15+ Snowman Learning Activities for Preschoolers

Here is a fun collection of Snowman learning activities, including literacy, math, sensory and science!


Here is a fun collection of Snowman learning activities 15+ Snowman Learning Activities for Preschoolers

Literacy

Snowman Letter Matching Puzzles by Totschooling

Name Snowmen Preschool Craft by Fun-A-Day!
Snowman Sight Word Bingo Craft by The Imagination Tree
Read a Word, Build a Snowman by Teach Mama
Snowman Listening Game by Pre-K Pages
Build a Snowman Dice Game by Toddler Approved
Snowman Addition by Handmade Beginnings


Sensory

Melted Snowman Slime by Little Bins for Little Hands

Magic Foaming Snowman by Fun at Home with Kids

Science


Winter Science: Melting Snowman by Little Bins for Little Hands

The Snowman Experiment by Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
Snowman in a Bottle by Teach Preschool

Free Winter Printable Pack for Toddlers & Preschoolers

Winter is in full swing and my girls are starting to get restless from spending more time indoors. This Winter themed printable pack will be great to keep them busy and learning on those cold winter days! This pack is designed for toddlers and preschoolers to develop early learning skills such as alphabet and number recognition, counting, letter sounds, letter cases, size, shapes, colors, patterns, visual discrimination, prewriting, scissor skills, puzzles and more!

Winter is in full swing and my girls are starting to get restless from spending more time  Free Winter Printable Pack for Toddlers & Preschoolers



This FREE Winter Learning Pack features 45 hands-on activities, and it is available for Free to all email subscribers. Here is what's included:

Literacy Activities:
-Cut & Paste the Missing Letter
-Letter Sound Matching
-Sight Word Matching
-Word tracing
-Letter Sorting
-Matching letter cases
-Labeling Snowman Parts
-Circle all the letter W
-Circle all the things that begin with W
-Word puzzle
-Sight Word tracing and cut/paste

Math Activities:
-Numbers 1-5 Puzzle
-Numbers 1-10 Puzzle
-Numbers 11-20 Puzzle
-Counting 1-5
-Counting 6-10
-Cut & Paste the Missing Number
-Number to Quantity Matching
-Patterns
-Cut & Paste in Order from Smallest to Biggest
-Sorting by Size
-Shape Matching
-Color by Number

Pre-Writing:
-Trace the Shapes
-Trace Horizontal Lines
-Trace Vertical Lines
-Maze tracing
-Word Tracing
-Snowman Tracing

Visual Discrimination:
-Matching Snowmen
-Matching Winter Kids
-Matching Snowflakes
-Sorting by Color
-Sorting by Picture
-Circle all Winter things

Scissor Skills:
-Cutting straight lines
-Cutting zig zag lines
-Cutting & pasting numbers & letters
-Cut & Paste Build a Snowman

Puzzles:
-Word Puzzle
-Numbers 1-5 Puzzle
-Numbers 1-10 Puzzle
-Numbers 11-20 Puzzle


This Winter Printable Pack is FREE for all Totschooling subscribers!


What can I expect as a Subscriber?:
-You will receive free printables that are not available for download on the website. This includes holiday and seasonal packs, as well as other themed activity packs.
-You will get access to a collection of Board Book Printable Activities and Nursery Rhymes sequencing.
-You will receive 1-2 emails per week with new posts, freebies, sales and additions to the site.
-You will receive a special subscriber discount for the Online Store.
-Your information will never be shared with anybody else.

Thawing a Frozen Heart: Sensory Science for Kids

It's no secret that my kids love Frozen! In fact, their favorite part of the movie is when Anna gets turned into ice and they come to the realization that "an act of true love will thaw a frozen heart". Since Valentine's Day is coming up, I thought it would be fun to do a sensory and science activity where they can thaw Anna's frozen heart! 

(If you're new to the blog, also check out our Frozen Learning Pack and Frozen Alphabet Cards!)

 their favorite part of the movie is when Anna gets turned into ice and they come to the r Thawing a Frozen Heart: Sensory Science for Kids

This activity was so easy to set up, and it was great for introducing my 3 year old to science concepts such as phases of matter (ice/ water), temperature (hot/cold) and buoyancy (float/sink), all while pretending she was rescuing her favorite Frozen character, Anna!

What you'll need:
-ice cube tray
-water
-hearts cut out of red construction paper

1 - First I cut out 16 hearts from construction paper. (however many ice cubes your tray holds) The fastest way to do this is to take one sheet of red construction paper and fold it in half and then in half again and keep folding until you get a square small enough to fit in an ice cube tray. Then you can cut several hearts with one cut. I got all 16 in one shot by doing this.

2 - Fill the ice cube tray with water and add a heart in each space. 

3 - Let freeze overnight.


The first thing I did was let my daughter touch and play with all the frozen hearts. This was a great sensory experience and she really enjoyed it!



Then, we tried several ways to thaw the hearts: 

1- Putting one frozen heart in a glass of water and letting it sit there. (You can even have one glass of warm water and one with cold water and see which one melts faster)



2- Putting one frozen heart on a plate and using a dropper to pour drops of water on it.



3 - We also tried thawing one heart by holding it in our hands and letting body heat melt the ice.


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4 - Another thing that we didn't try but would have been fun is adding salt to the frozen hearts and observing what happens.

The heart that was floating in the glass of water finally thawed and we realized it wasn't floating anymore. It sank to the bottom! Apparently, paper hearts do not float.



More Frozen Ice Activities:
Frozen Fractals Art Activity by A Little Pinch of Perfect
Melting Elsa's Frozen Hands by Happy Hooligans
Frozen Fractals Ice Sculptures by Happy Hooligans
Elsa's Ice Castle Science Play by Preschool Powol Packets
Frozen Water Magic Science by Preschool Powol Packets
Sven & Kristoff Ice Block Races by Mom Endeavors
Frozen Ice Castles from Sand Castle Molds by Kids Activities Blog
Frozen Sensory Tub by Nurture Store
Frozen Sensory Play with Shaving Cream & Ice by Learn Play Imagine
Invitation to Build: Elsa's Ice Palace by Left Brain Craft Brain (not real ice but just as cool)

Conversation Heart Valentine's Day Printables

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There are so many learning activities you can do with those little candy hearts that you see everywhere this time of year. I created some free printables specifically for use with these conversation hearts. This is a fun way for preschoolers to practice counting, patterns, color recognition, and letters while working on fine motor skills!


This post contains affiliate links for your convenience Conversation Heart Valentine's Day Printables

These conversation heart printables were so fun for my 3 year old that she didn't even try to eat the candy!

Here is what's included in this pack:

  • Alphabet tracing - capital letters A-Z
  • Color sorting hearts
  • Patterns
  • Counting 1-10
  • NEW! ABC matching heart

Note: This pack was originally created to be used with Necco's Conversation hearts, but has now been updated to accommodate Brach's brand which is slightly larger. (make sure you get the "tiny" ones)




If you enjoyed this activity you will LOVE our Goldfish Math & Literacy Pack which includes 20 hands-on early learning activities with kids' favorite snack!


Click Here to browse through ALL of our FREE Valentine's Day printables, or click the image below:




Valentine's Day Q-Tip Painting Printables

My 3 year old daughter really enjoyed the Valentine Sculpture for Kids by Left Brain Craft Brain
Christmas themed q-tip printables I made, so I decided to make some for Valentine's Day. Painting with q-tips is a different and fun way of painting, and it's great for fine motor skills!

 so I decided to make some for Valentine Valentine's Day Q-Tip Painting Printables
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Love is in the air! These Free Q-Tip Printables include giraffes, ladybugs and fish couples. Perfect way to celebrate the holiday!

Supplies:
Just print these sheets, grab some q-tips and paint, and you have a quick & fun activity for your preschooler or young child!


 so I decided to make some for Valentine Valentine's Day Q-Tip Painting Printables


For more Q-Tip painting printables, see the following posts:

Valentine Sculpture for Kids by Left Brain Craft Brain
Valentine Sculpture for Kids by Left Brain Craft Brain

Valentine Sculpture for Kids by Left Brain Craft Brain
Valentine Sculpture for Kids by Left Brain Craft Brain


Click Here to browse through Valentine Sculpture for Kids by Left Brain Craft Brain
ALL of our FREE Valentine's Day printables, or click the image below:


Valentine Sculpture for Kids by Left Brain Craft Brain


Check out some more awesome Valentine's Day art activities from the Love to Learn Linky:

Valentine Sculpture for Kids by Left Brain Craft Brain
Secret Message Valentine Painting by A Little Pinch of Perfect
Tissue Bleed Valentine Hearts by Powerful Mothering
Valentine Sculpture for Kids by Left Brain Craft Brain
Paper Towel Stained Glass Hearts by Simple Fun for Kids
Valentine Sculpture for Kids by Left Brain Craft Brain
Valentine's Day Alien by JDaniel4's Mom
Valentine Sculpture for Kids by Left Brain Craft Brain
Valentine's Nature Suncatchers by Raising Wild Ones
Valentine's Tin Foil Painting by Little Bins for Little Hands

Groundhog Day Shadow Matching Activity

Match the groundhog to its shadow! Here is a fun little free printable activity for toddlers and preschoolers to practice visual discrimination skills while celebrating Groundhog Day.

 Here is a fun little free printable activity for toddlers and preschoolers to practice  Groundhog Day Shadow Matching Activity

There are several ways to do this activity depending on your child's age and skill level.

1. Easy - Print off 2 copies of the color cards and cut them out for your child. (laminate if you wish) The child then finds the matching pairs.

2. Medium - Print the shadows and the color cards, cut out the color cards for your child. (laminate if you wish) The child then places the color cards on top of the matching shadows. 

3. Advanced - Print the shadows and the color cards. The child cuts the color cards on their own and glues them on top of the matching shadows.

4. Alternative - Print 2 copies of the color cards and play the classic memory game!


For another Groundhog Day activity, see our FREE Groundhog Day Fun Pack:



Letter and Number Heart Puzzles

My daughter has always loved puzzles. She gets very excited when I come up with something new for her to put together and solve. With Valentine's Day coming up, I recently created this free printable set of heart puzzles for her to practice letters, letter sounds, numbers and counting.


 She gets very excited when I come up with something new for her to put together and solve Letter and Number Heart Puzzles

These puzzles include two levels of difficulty:

2-piece heart puzzles:
- matching uppercase and lowercase letters
- matching number to quantity 1-15

3-piece heart puzzles:
- matching uppercase and lowercase letters, as well as pictures that begin with each letter sound
- matching number to quantity, and number words 1-15




Click Here to browse through Light Up Circuit Valentines by Left Brain Craft Brain
ALL of our FREE Valentine's Day printables, or click the image below:



Light Up Circuit Valentines by Left Brain Craft Brain

For a set of winter themed puzzles, try these Light Up Circuit Valentines by Left Brain Craft Brain
Snowman Letter Matching Puzzles:

Check out these other heart-shaped learning activities from the Love to Learn Linky:

Light Up Circuit Valentines by Left Brain Craft Brain
Valentines Heart Hide & Seek Game by A Little Pinch of Perfect
Light Up Circuit Valentines by Left Brain Craft Brain
Sprinkle Math Fine Motor Activity by Sugar Aunts
Valentines Counting & Color Sorting by Teaching 2 & 3 Year Olds
Valentines Fine Motor Activities by Pre-K Pages
C is for Color Connections by Eager Ed
Heart Number Puzzles by Mom Inspired Life
Valentine Name Puzzle by How Wee Learn
Valentine Counting Activity by Spark & Pook

20 Chinese New Year Crafts & Activities for Kids

Today I'm featuring a round-up of my 20 favorite Chinese New Year activities and crafts for kids! This includes free printables, arts & crafts, and Montessori inspired learning activities.

 favorite Chinese New Year activities and crafts for kids 20 Chinese New Year Crafts & Activities for Kids

Printables

Chinese Dragon Masks by Itsy Bitsy Fun
Chinese New Year Packs by Royal Baloo
Chinese New Year Do-a-Dot Printables by Gift of Curiosity
Chinese New Year Coloring Pages by Gift of Curiosity
Dragon Puppet with Free Printable by Red Ted Art
Handprint Dragon Craft & Dragon Puppet with Free Printable by Pink Stripey Socks
Dragon Puppet with Free Printable by Red Ted Art
Free Printable Chinese New Year Book for Kids by Artsy Momma
Chinese Zodiac Boxes by Kutchuk

Crafts


Dragon Puppet with Free Printable by Red Ted Art
Paper Bag Chinese Dragon Puppet by Fun Handprint Art
Dragon Puppet with Free Printable by Red Ted Art
Chinese New Year Dragon Art for Toddlers by Learning and Exploring Through Play
Dragon Puppet with Free Printable by Red Ted Art
Paint & Paste Chinese Dragon Craft by No Time for Flash Cards
Dragon Puppet with Free Printable by Red Ted Art
Recycled Chinese New Year Dragon Puppet by Pink Stripey Socks
Egg Carton Dragon by Activity Village
Chinese New Year Drum Craft by Gift of Curiosity
Chinese Lantern Scissor Skills Craft by Nurture Store


Montessori


Dragon Puppet with Free Printable by Red Ted Art
Chinese New Year Unit by Every Star is Different

20 Learning Activities with Q-Tips

Q-tips are one of those things that you know would be great for so many different activities, but you just can't think of any. Well, I am here to help and to offer some inspiration! I collected 20 educational activities that are done with Q-Tips, including math, literacy, fine motor and science. 


tips are one of those things that you know would be great for so many different activities 20 Learning Activities with Q-Tips


Math & Literacy

Pre-Writing Q-Tip Printables by 3 Dinosaurs

Q-Tip CVC Words Printables by 3 Dinosaurs
Q-Tip Alphabet Painting Printables by From ABCs to ACTs
Q-Tip Number Painting Printables by From ABCs to ACTs
Tracing Letters on Chalkboard by I Can Teach my Child
Painting the Alphabet by Structured Play
Letter Q Craft by Fantastic Fun and Learning
Building Shapes with Q-Tips by Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
Q-Tip Painting and Learning Numbers with Printable by Learn with Play at Home
Putting Q-Tips inside Straws by Mess for Less
Putting Q-Tip in Playdough by Mess for Less
Putting Q-Tips inside grated cheese container by Peaceful Parenting
Q-Tip Blow Dart Game by Kids Activities Blog
Q-Tip Snowflake Busy Bag Printable by Playdough to Plato
Q-Tip Valentine's Day Printables by Totschooling
Q-Tip Christmas Printables by Totschooling

Science


Handprint Q-Tip Skeleton Craft by Crafty Morning

Q-Tip Dinosaur Skeletons by Family Theme Days
Magic Milk Experiment Color Explosion by Happy Hooligans