Harold and the Purple Crayon Prewriting Tracing Pack

Probably my favorite type of activity that I like to create is book themed printable activities. Today, I am sharing with you a free prewriting and tracing pack with a Harold and the Purple Crayon theme. Be sure to give your child a purple crayon or marker to help connect the book to the activity!

This free printable pack contains 9 pages including line tracing, shape tracing, mazes and tracing pictures. The picture tracing includes pictures that Harold draws in the book, such as a boat, tree, hot air balloon, and a house.

Click here to Download your Free Harold and the Purple Crayon Prewriting Pack

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

Free Valentine's Day Learning Pack for Toddlers & Preschoolers

Get ready for Valentine's Day with this FREE learning pack! This printable pack is designed for toddlers and preschoolers to practice early learning skills such as alphabet and number recognition, counting, letter sounds, letter cases, size, shapes, patterns, visual discrimination, prewriting, scissor skills, puzzles and more!

This FREE Valentine's Day Learning Pack features 35 hands-on activities, and it is available for Free to all email subscribers. Here is what's included:

Literacy Activities:

-Letter Sound Matching

-Sight Word Matching

-Letter Case Matching

-Word tracing

-Letter H tracing

-Letter Sorting

-Circle all the things that begin with H

-Word puzzle

-Alphabet Sequence puzzle (upper & lower case)

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

-Sorting by Size

-Shape Matching

-Color by Number

Pre-Writing/Fine Motor:

-Trace the Shapes

-Trace the Hearts

-Trace Horizontal Lines

-Trace Vertical Lines

-Do a Dot Heart

-Heart Lacing Card

Visual Discrimination:

-Shadow Matching

-Which one is different?

Scissor Skills:

-Cutting straight lines

-Cutting zig zag & curved lines

-Several Cutting & pasting activities

Puzzles:

-Alphabet Sequence Puzzle (upper & lower case)

-Word Puzzle

-Numbers 1-5 Puzzle

-Numbers 1-10 Puzzle

-Numbers 11-20 Puzzle

This Valentine's Day Printable Pack is FREE for all Totschooling subscribers!

What can I expect as a Subscriber?:

-You will receive access to 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.

How do I get my Valentine's Day Pack after subscribing?:

-After confirming your email address, you will receive a Welcome Email which provides the link to the subscriber's page. This subscriber's page is where you can download the Valentine's Day Pack as well as ALL other subscriber freebies.

-Please check your email thoroughly for this email including spam folder, promotions folders, etc. If you still do not see it, please email me at totschooling@gmail.com and I will be happy to send you the link.

Free 4th of July Learning Pack for Tots & PreK

Get ready for the Fourth of July with this FREE learning pack! This printable pack is designed for toddlers and preschoolers to practice early learning skills such as alphabet and number recognition, counting, letter sounds, letter cases, size, shapes, patterns, visual discrimination, prewriting, scissor skills, puzzles and more!

This FREE 4th of July Pack features 32 hands-on activities, and it is available for Free to all email subscribers. Here is what's included:

Literacy Activities:

-Letter Sound Matching

-Sight Word Matching

-Letter Case Matching

-Word tracing

-Letter F tracing

-Letter Sorting

-Circle all the things that begin with F

-Word puzzle (flag)

-Alphabet Sequence puzzle (upper & lower case)

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

-Patterns

-Sorting by Size

-Shape Matching

Pre-Writing/Fine Motor:

-Trace the Shapes

-Trace the Stars

-Trace Horizontal Lines

-Trace Vertical Lines

-Trace the Flag

-Do a Dot Flag

-Do a Dot U.S. Map

-Flag Lacing Card

Visual Discrimination:

-Which one is different? (tots)

-Which one is different? (prek)

Scissor Skills:

-Cutting straight lines

-Cutting zig zag & curved lines

Puzzles:

-Alphabet Sequence Puzzle (upper & lower case)

-Word Puzzle

-Numbers 1-5 Puzzle

-Numbers 1-10 Puzzle

-Numbers 11-20 Puzzle

This 4th of July Printable Pack is FREE for all Totschooling subscribers!

Don't forget to download your Free Summer Pack also!

What can I expect as a Subscriber?:

-You will receive access to 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 growing collection of Board Book Printable Activities.

-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.

How do I get my 4th of July Pack after subscribing?:

-After confirming your email address, you will receive a Welcome Email which provides the link to the subscriber's page. This subscriber's page is where you can download the 4th of July Pack as well as ALL other subscriber freebies.

-Please check your email thoroughly for this email including spam folder, promotions folders, etc. If you still do not see it, please email me at totschooling@gmail.com and I will be happy to send you the link.

Fall Learning Pack for Toddlers & Preschoolers

Celebrate the Fall season with this FREE printable learning pack featuring all the fun things that Fall brings, such as pumpkins, apples, leaves and scarecrows. This pack is designed for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergartners to practice early math & literacy skills such as alphabet and number recognition, counting, letter sounds, letter cases, size, shapes, colors, patterns, visual discrimination, prewriting, scissor skills, puzzles and more!

This FREE Fall Learning Pack features 40 hands-on activities, and it is available for Free to all email subscribers. Here is what's included:

Literacy Activities:

-Alphabet sequencing (both upper & lower case)

-Letter Sound Matching

-Sight Word Matching

-Letter Case Matching

-Word tracing

-Letter A tracing

-Letter L tracing

-Letter P tracing

-Circle all the things that you see in the Fall

Math Activities:

-Numbers 1-5 Puzzle

-Numbers 1-10 Puzzle

-Numbers 11-20 Puzzle

-Counting 1-5

-Counting 6-10

-Patterns

-Sorting by Size

-Sorting by Color

-Shape Matching

-Color by Number

-Cut & Paste the apples on trees

-Numbers 1-20 sequencing

Pre-Writing/Fine Motor:

-Trace Horizontal Lines

-Trace Vertical Lines

-Trace the Shapes

-Trace the Circles

-Trace the Apple

-Trace the Pumpkin

-Trace the Leaf

-Do a Dot Scarecrow

-Do a Dot Pumpkin

-Do a Dot Fall tree

-Pumpkin Lacing Card

Visual Discrimination:

-Which one is different?

-Leaves shadow matching

Scissor Skills:

-Cutting straight lines

-Cutting zig zag & curved lines

This Fall Printable Pack is FREE for all Totschooling subscribers!

What can I expect as a Subscriber?:

-You will receive access to 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.

How do I get my Fall Pack after subscribing?:

-After confirming your email address, you will receive a Welcome Email which provides the link to the subscriber's page. This subscriber's page is where you can download the Fall Pack as well as ALL other subscriber freebies.

-Please check your email thoroughly for this email including spam folder, promotions folders, etc. If you still do not see it, please email me at totschooling@gmail.com and I will be happy to send you the link.

Ant Farm Mazes

Now that it's Spring, it seems that ants are everywhere! My daughters have become very fascinated with ants and have even requested an ant farm. This gave me the idea of creating a set of ant farm themed mazes for preschoolers. Help the ants make their way through each maze and reach their food. 

This set of FREE Ant Farm mazes includes 5 sheets, with 10 mazes in total. They are perfect for preschoolers to practice pre-writing and fine motor skills.

I recommend that you laminate the sheets, cut the mazes out and then give children dry-erase markers to solve the mazes.

Click Here to Download your FREE Ant Farm Mazes

For more bug themed printables, see our Bugs Letter Dot Marker Sheets:

Dinosaur Fun Preschool Pack

Dinosaurs are so much fun! With this pack your preschoolers can have tons of fun building their skills. This 37 page preschool pack is full of learning activities such as counting to 10, shapes, colors, letters, and so much more!

Here are some of the activities included in this FREE Dinosaur pack:

• Number puzzles 1 to 10
• My Dino Color Book
• Color matching mats
• Various worksheets
• Puzzles
• Graphing
• Patterns
• Shadow matching
• Letter case sorting
• Color by size
• Color by dino
• Shape tracing
• Counting
• ABC sequence
• and more!

Dinosaur Number Puzzles 1-10

Print and cut out each card. Cut across the dotted lines to form the puzzles. Great for counting, number recognition and one-to-one correspondence.

My Dino Color Book

In this activity children will learn to read a few sight words as well as color words and the word dinosaur. It's a super simple read with each page representing a different color. Kids can also color each dinosaur. Print out and cut out each page, then staple the book together.

Dinosaur Color Matching Mats

This activity is a fun way to practice colors and sorting. It also helps with one to one correspondence as each box has a spot for each block. Just print out the mats and cut around the dotted lines to separate the color blocks.     

Dinosaur Worksheets

Several work pages are also included to practice different skills such as shapes and writing practice. With the shadow match cards, the kids will be matching shadows to images. Just cut out the cards and get to matching. With the graphing page, the children will be learning how graph. There are also a few quiet time activities like a do a dot letter D. There are a few other activities in the pack, such as a find a color matching cards game, letter Dd sorting page, and a dino lacing card.

Dinosaur Puzzles

Puzzles are our favorite around here. I added a few different types of puzzles to this set. There is a count to 10 sequence puzzle, head to full body match puzzle, and cut the dino in half matching puzzles. Just print an cut around the dark lines and dotted lines. I would suggest lamination because puzzles tend to get manipulated a good bit and laminating them will help them last longer.

Why not add to this pack with a Dino Stomp free printable board game and a fun arts and crafts project Paper Mache Dinosaur piggy bank.

This Dinosaur Fun Pack is FREE for all Totschooling subscribers!

(If you are already a subscriber, you can find this pack on the Subscriber's Page)

What can I expect as a Subscriber?:

-You will receive access to 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 our collection of Board Book Printable Activities and Nursery Rhymes Sequencing Printables.

-You will receive 1-2 emails per week with new posts, freebies, sales and additions to the site.

-Your information will never be shared with anybody else.

How do I get my Dinosaur Pack after subscribing?:

-After confirming your email address, you will receive a Welcome Email which provides the link to the subscriber's page. This subscriber's page is where you can download the Dinosaur Pack as well as ALL other subscriber freebies.

-Please check your email thoroughly for this email including spam folder, promotions folders, etc. If you still do not see it, please email me at totschooling@gmail.com and I will be happy to send you the link.

This pack was created by one of our fabulous contributors:

Becka from Miniature Masterminds:
I'm a homeschooling mother of 3 who loves being creative. Miniature Masterminds is the blog where I share my knowledge from years of Early Childhood Education classes and past experience working with young children in the classroom, as well as being my much needed creative outlet. I love sharing free printable activities, crafts, and ideas to help others in their work with young children. Miniature Masterminds also showcases the activities I do with my preschool daughter, elementary school age son, and middle school daughter in our home education journey.

Fire Safety Worksheets for PreK & Kindergarten

Learn about fire safety and emergency procedures, plus some fun number games and tracing with this set of free worksheets for preschool and kindergarten. 

This FREE Fire Safety pack includes the following activities:

• STOP, DROP & ROLL Sequencing
• Hot or Not
• 911 tracing & coloring
• Water hose tracing/pre-writing
• Roll & Color Number Game with dalmatian dog (2 versions)
• Fire Truck 1-10 Puzzle

These printables are perfect for Pre-K & Kindergarten kids who are learning about fire safety, or for kids who love firetrucks and firefighters!

Click Here to Download your FREE Fire Safety Printables

For more Fire themed printables, see the following posts:

Preschool Fun for Groundhog Day

The further we get into winter, the deeper I long for spring. So, I am one of those crazy people who pays attention to Punxsutawney Phil. I'm always hoping he won't see his shadow so we'll see an early spring.

Preschool Fun for Groundhog Day

These no-prep activities are perfect for your homeschool preschool activities. All you need to do is print the pages out. Then, your preschoolers are ready for some groundhog themed activities.

How to Use the Pages

Graphing Fun: Little ones will cut out the groundhog images on the bottom of the graphing page. Then, they'll glue them in the correct column on the graph. Next, count the groundhogs in each column, and write the number on the lines.

Letter Identification: This activity features the letter Gg for groundhog. Using crayons or dot markers, little ones will search for and color the box containing "G" and "g".

Shadow Matching: One big aspect of Groundhog Day is whether or not Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow or not. This activity features several groundhogs and their shadows. Preschoolers will draw a line matching each groundhog with his shadow.

Pencil Control: Each of the three pencil control activities on this page is designed to help preschoolers work on pencil control and fine motor skills. They will trace a curvy line with a pencil. This is a great pre-writing or beginner handwriting activity.

One more tip:

You could laminate the pencil control, letter identification, and shadow matching pages. If your preschoolers use a dry erase marker to complete these activity pages, they can be wiped clean and used again and again.

Click Here to Download your FREE Groundhog Day Fun Pack

This post was contributed by:

Tara from Homeschool Preschool

Tara is wife to Matt and homeschool momma of three. She has successfully homeschooled her oldest two, and is currently homeschooling her youngest. Though her children are older, she is always looking for an opportunity to create educational activities and content for young learners. She blogs about homeschooling, preschool activities, and other educational topics at Homeschool Preschool.

For another Groundhog Day activity, see our Groundhog Day Shadow Matching here:

Fall Prewriting Activity with Squirrels & Acorns

Do you see a lot of squirrels during Autumn/Fall? They work extra hard during this time - gathering up enough food to keep them well fed throughout Winter when food is scarce. Help these squirrels to their acorns and practice pre-writing skills too!

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Pre-writing practice is important for toddlers and preschoolers and helps develop fine motor skills needed for writing- correct pencil grip, pressure control, control over movement and direction etc.

"In short, pre-writing skills are the lines and strokes kids need to master and know BEFORE learning how to print the alphabet."- Growing Hands-on Kids

There are a variety of ways to practice these skills. One should not only use paper-based activities but hands-on activities like drawing lines in a salt/sand tray, too. (See this example.) Use this fun printable worksheet to give opportunity for pre-writing practice. (If you are able, place sand in a tray with acorns for extra sensory learning and copy the lines of the cards in the sand.)

Simply print the sheet (there are a color version and a black & white version). Then laminate it to make it reusable. Cut out in strips and provide a dry-erase/whiteboard marker.

Ask the child to help the squirrel to the acorn by following the line. This involves those skills needed for writing and the directional awareness to write from left to right.

There are a variety of lines on this worksheet. Depending on the age of the child, choose which ones he/she will master. Start off with the straight horizontal lines, then zig-zag and only then the squiggly lines (most difficult). The aim is to follow the lines without lifting the pen, practicing writing fluency. But, keep the age of the child in mind at all times.

This is a cute printable worksheet that your young child/ren can work on those pre-writing skills during Fall! Pair it with a sensory tray as suggested above and you have a multi-sensory activity to practice pre-writing.

Click Here to Download your FREE Squirrel & Acorn Prewriting Activity!

This post was contributed by:


Nadia from Teach Me Mommy
Nadia is a South African mommy of two and a therapist at a elementary remedial school. She blogs over at Teach me Mommy about easy and playful activities with the aim to teach. You can follow along on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.