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*Tissue paper rainbow
Letting students tear tissue paper to use for this craft is half the fun. When they have enough colors have them scrunch up the tissue paper and glue the pieces on paper in a rainbow shape. You can also cut paper plates in half, and cut out a small semicircle out of the bottom for a rainbow shape. Then students can glue their tissue paper on.
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Rainbow Handprint
Paint hands in the colors of the rainbow and make prints. If desired children could add other elements around the rainbow.
This is also an excellent time to practice hand washing! *Teacher Tip: Whenever children are fingerpainting get a handprint to use later in craft projects. |
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Paint a Rainbow on the Window
This is a fun opportunity to explore window paint. Paint a rainbow on the window . Discuss the difference between painting on the window and painting on paper. Does it feel different? Does it look different?
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Rainbow Unicorn
Provide a simple horse shape cutout, rainbow color yarn, paper tube and craft sticks for children to create a fun rainbow unicorn or other animal of their choice.
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Fingerprint Rainbow
Make a rainbow outline for children to fill in with fingerprints. Discuss the different textures created by the fingerprints. Ask if they notice the swirls in the fingerprint, make comparisons.
A dot marker could be used for children that prefer not to get their hands messy. |
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Rainbow Chalk
Take the rainbow fun outside and draw rainbows on the sidewalks for all to enjoy.
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Rainbow XylophonePreschool xylophones commonly come in a rainbow theme. Introduce this fun music instrument to your preschoolers and encourage free exploration.
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*Sort & Match Rainbow Laundry
Add a variety of single color clothes to your dramatic play space (socks, t shirts, or even washcloths).
Have your students practicing matching and sorting by color. |
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Rainbow Farmers MarketAdd a variety of play food to your dramatic play area. Set up a Rainbow Farmers Market that feature a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables. Preschoolers can sort the play food into rainbow order.
This is a great lead for discussing healthy foods. |
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Rainbow Block Play
Place a Variety of Colored Blocks and Rainbow blocks in your Construction Space this week. Add Blue Sheer Fabric, and Cloud Shaped Felt. Place your construction space near a window this week, and add Acrylic Prism's, or Prism Bricks to the area.
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*Rainbow Cup Stacking Challenge
Practice stacking rainbow cups! Take a closer look at our Rainbow Cup stacking challenge.
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*Build rainbowsThese curved rainbow blocks are so much fun! Challenge preschoolers to try to use them in different ways.
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*Rainbow Uppercase & Lowercase
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Rainbow Color Word Match-upPreschoolers can practice recognizing color words and matching them with this hands-on activity.
This activity is included in the Rainbow Activity Pack from PKPF. |
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*Rainbow Writing Tray
Use this free rainbow printable to make your own rainbow writing tray for writing practice and a fun sensory experience—a perfect addition to your
Sensory writing trays are an excellent tool for encouraging handwriting and fine motor practice. They offer a tactile sensory experience to help preschoolers learn in a multi-sensory way. And, they are easy to set up and change out for different themes and lessons. Below are directions to help you get started with a rainbow writing tray. Grab your free Rainbow Tracing Cards on my blog |
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Rainbow Name WritingPractice rainbow writing your name. Trace your name over and over again using all of the colors in the rainbow.
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Rainbow Candy Letters
Provide colorful jellybeans or other colorful candies for children to practice letter formation.
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Spell, Build, and Sort Rainbow Letter BlocksRainbow letter blocks are a classic preschool toy and so versatile. Invite preschoolers to put them in alphabetical order, sort by color, spell their name and build!
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Rainbow Number MatchingWith this activity from the Rainbows Activity Pack from Pre-K Printable Fun young children practice matching number words, and counting.
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Rainbow Counting MatsTen frames are a precursor to learning place value and giving a visual for number sense for preschoolers. Combine them with your favorite math counters!
This set of mats is included in the Rainbows Activity Pack from Pre-K Printable Fun |
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*Rainbow Flip and Count
Practicing counting to 20 using this flip and count Rainbow Mat found inside our rainbow activity pack! Use with Rainbow Mini Eraser's or your favorite rainbow
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Rainbow Number Puzzles*Practice ordering numbers and build a rainbow! This activity can be found inside our Rainbow Activity Pack.
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*Rainbow positional phrases
Use a rainbow printable or toy along with people or animal figures (or cotton balls for clouds) to practice positional phrases.
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*Create a rainbow pattern
Use pom poms (or your favorite set of rainbow colored manipulatives) to create a (ROYGBIV) rainbow pattern. For those looking for a challenge you can mix different sized pom poms to create a more complex rainbow pattern.
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Rainbow Color Sort
Provide manipulatives and a tray with color cards or an assortment of colored bowls for children to practice their sorting skills (the tongs add some extra fine-motor and hand-eye coordination development).
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Spring Measure, Graph, and Compare
Preschoolers are learning a large variety of math skills including measuring, graphing and comparing objects.
Support these math skills while exploring rainbowswith our fun Spring Measure, Compare & Graph pack |
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*Survey
What’s your favorite color in the rainbow?
Place a large jar on a shelf along with a container of colorful pom poms. Invite preschoolers to vote for their favorite color by dropping a pom pom of their chosen color into the jar. Count them up as a group and graph the results. |
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Experiment with Mixing Colors
Set out a rainbow of liquid water colors along with eye-dropper tools to see what happens when the colors are mixed.
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*Rainbow Prisms
Add prisms to your discovery area. Allow children to explore how to light reflects out of different areas. Don't have a prism? You can also create "Rainbows" using a glass/jar of water!
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*Walking Rainbow
Your preschoolers will love this walking rainbow science experiment!
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Rainbow Water Play
Bring the rainbow into your water play by adding a variety of colorful accessories like these caps pair with a strainer.
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Rainbow Sensory Bin
Rainbow Rice plus manipulatives plus tweezers and tongs makes for excellent discovery, math, and fine motor fun!
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Skittle Color Experiment
Place skittles in a pattern around the edge of a white plate. Add warm water to cover the skittles and watch to see the results. Before the experiment ask what students think will happen, or even draw their hypothesis.
Engage in discussion about why this happened, what goes into the food we eat that would make this happen? |
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*Rainbow Fruit Cereal Bracelet
This colorful and yummy activity is great for building engaging and persistence, small motor, and patterning skills. Simply string your favorite "Rainbow" cereal onto pipe cleaners for a fun fine motor activity and a tasty snack!
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DIY Rainbow Puzzle
Work together to create a rainbow puzzle using markers and cardboard. Then enjoy assembling the creation over and over.
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Manipulatives Rainbow Color MatchInvite preschoolers to sort out manipulatives or pom poms by color using tweezers or tongs.
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Rainbow Clay
This week provide clay in rainbow colors for children to create with. Challenge them to create a rainbow in a unique way.
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Rainbow Scavenger Hunt
Go on a rainy day rainbow scavenger hunt! Love this idea, so simple and combines math, literacy, and gross motor fun!
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*Rainbow Dance Ribbons
Make your own rainbow dance ribbons and use them, while you dance to your favorite music.
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*Rainbow HopscotchCreate a rainbow hopscotch using sidewalk chalk. This activity is great for number recognition and fine motor development.
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Friendly Rainbow
Work with a friend to paint a rainbow, take turns painting each arch and adding other elements.
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*Work together to make a rainbow inspired snack
Create a fruit rainbow snack. Work together to cut up some of your favorite rainbow fruits. Arrange them into a "Rainbow" pattern, and add some vanilla yogurt "clouds" as a dip.
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Rainbow Pop itPreschoolers love pop it toys and they are a great addition to the calm down space. Incorporate your theme into your calm down space with a rainbow theme pop it.
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This Rainbow themed preschool activity pack contains a variety of easy to assemble Math, Literacy, Fine Motor, and Science activities perfect for creating centers, file folder activities, or morning work for the preschool aged children in your care.
This printable pack includes the following activities
Also included: Directions, Sample Lesson Plans, Cover, TOS, and Graphics Credit
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Get your early learners excited about writing and word building this spring with our fun and engaging printable preschool activity pack! This Spring Word Wall Activities pack features a variety of colorful and interactive worksheets that will keep your kids entertained and learning. From tracing letters and words to building words with letter cards, this pack is perfect for developing early writing and literacy skills. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or homeschooler, this printable activity is sure to bring some springtime joy to your young learners!
Inside this 65-page PDF you will find:
Reproducible Writing Sheets:
Also Included: Directions, TOS, graphics Credit
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Spring Fine Motor Sand Sweeping
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This set includes themed daily sign in and sign out attendance activities for your whole year! These activities help young children learn to recognize their names in a fun way. Your students will love finding their names each day. Simply laminate, add velcro and hang on a wall (or place in a binder).
This editable .pdf file includes an automated class list to make it easy to customize your sign in activities. Simply fill in the form and all of the activities will automatically update with your student names.
Inside this editable set you will find the following themed activities:
TOS & Graphics Credit
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Our Rainbow Cup Stacking Challenges activity pack is a fun way for preschoolers to explore planning, predicting, recording data, and summarizing information.
Simply add colored cups and set up as a class activity, for use with partners, or as an independent play STEM kit.
This activity pack contains the following printables:
Also included: Each activity set includes a directions page which includes assembly information, activity direction, alignment with the Pre-K Printable Fun Early Learning Standards, and Extension Ideas.
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This Spring introduce early math concepts to your early learners with the measurement, graphing, and comparing activities included in this 55-page PDF
Included printable activities:
Sort & Compare Measurable Attributes
Data Analysis
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