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Category: Colors and Shapes

Age 3+

Pom Pom Matching! AGES 3+

This activity is great for fine motor and spatial reasoning skills.  Strong spatial reasoning skills in preschool help support math learning in elementary school. Materials: Pom

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Age 3+

Patterns 2 Ways! AGES 3+

We have been working on patterns this week. In this activity, the kids created a pattern with the counting bears. Then they represented their patterns

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Age 3+

Candy Land! AGES 3+

Great game for color recognition and turn taking! If you loved playing the Candy Land board game when you were a child, you can share

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Age 2+

Feed Santa! AGES 2+

This activity is great for fine motors! You can also incorporate counting and color recognition. Materials (affiliate links): Santa Face Printable ( 1 Santa face)Tweezers

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Age 2+

Lids and Jars! AGES 2+

Great for math and fine motors! Opening and closing jars and containers is great for strengthening fine motor muscles. Adding lids to this loose parts

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Age 2+

Chalk Paint! AGES 2+

This is a fun process art activity. Make your own chalk paint! The colors come out very vibrant! Materials (affiliate links): Cheese Grater (I bought

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Age 2+

Cookie Cutter Match! AGES 2+

This activity is great for spatial reasoning! Strong spatial reasoning skills in preschool help support math learning in elementary school. Materials (affiliate link): Cookie Cutters

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