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Family Craft For Mother’s Day – Updated 2025

Allison McDonald — Sat, 03 May 2025 15:02:17 +0000

This family craft is perfect for Mother’s Day. In a preschool classroom, you can do it all at once or work on different parts slowly. I’d do the cutting for toddlers, but I’d require my preschoolers to do the cutting themselves. This craft was originally shared in 2009 so printing pictures at home/school wasn’t as […]

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Books About Families for Preschool

Allison McDonald — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 05:43:58 +0000

Talking about families is pretty standard in most early childhood classrooms, especially this time of year. While I love The Family Book by Todd Parr I wanted to encourage you and myself to break from the familiar and read and use other family books in our classrooms. I decided to compile this huge list of […]

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Preschool Valentine’s Day Craft

Allison McDonald — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 22:41:42 +0000

This simple little preschool Valentine’s Day Craft is my new favorite. It’s minimalist, but children can create their own family out of paper hearts, googly eyes, and markers with wide boundaries. While creating this little heart family, they work on important fine motor skills, pre-writing skills, and building pride in their family. Children can make […]

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Easy Family Portrait Craft – Video

Allison McDonald — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 20:17:19 +0000

I love making family portraits with my students; seeing all the families in our classroom is a wonderful reminder of our community that isn’t with us, but are a part of us none the less. Having and showing pride in their family is part of having pride in themselves and young children’s developing sense of […]

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Family Activities for Preschoolers

Allison McDonald — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 21:52:17 +0000

In November one of the things, we spend some time learning about our families, our own and other people’s. Learning about families in preschool lets children connect with who they are, feel pride in themselves and their families, while also setting down a foundation for understanding others. Preschoolers are pretty focused on their view of […]

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