Handwriting Archives - No Time For Flash Cards https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/tag/handwriting preschool activities, preschool crafts, and preschool books. Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:01:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/logo-square-204x204.png Handwriting Archives - No Time For Flash Cards https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/tag/handwriting 32 32 Fine Motor Skills Activities https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2023/03/fine-motor-skills-activities.html https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2023/03/fine-motor-skills-activities.html#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:01:29 +0000 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/?p=51136 Fine motor skills activities aren’t just useful for handwriting prep. They are more about all those self-help skills, like using utensils, doing up buttons, zipping coats, and eventually learning to tie those super cute and totally impractical lace-up shoes.  I include some fine motor work in every free choice setup and in many group lessons […]

The post Fine Motor Skills Activities appeared first on No Time For Flash Cards.

]]> https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2023/03/fine-motor-skills-activities.html/feed 1 Easter Writing Tray with Eggshells https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2022/04/easter-writing-tray.html https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2022/04/easter-writing-tray.html#respond Thu, 14 Apr 2022 21:33:20 +0000 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/?p=49988 For years my co-teacher has been doing a fun art activity with our PreK students to learn about symmetry. The activity uses crushed colored eggshells as collage material on butterfly cutouts. The students create the same designs on one side of the butterfly as the other for a lesson in symmetry. You can see an […]

The post Easter Writing Tray with Eggshells appeared first on No Time For Flash Cards.

]]> https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2022/04/easter-writing-tray.html/feed 0 Roll & Write – Handwriting Game https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2021/11/handwriting-game.html https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2021/11/handwriting-game.html#respond Thu, 04 Nov 2021 19:01:58 +0000 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/?p=49525 A large part of my preschool’s PreK curriculum is emergent and shifts depending on my students’ interests, strengths, and challenges. As I started this school year, I wasn’t sure how handwriting instruction would play out. At the start of the year, we began to work individually with students on writing their names, meeting each child […]

The post Roll & Write – Handwriting Game appeared first on No Time For Flash Cards.

]]> https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2021/11/handwriting-game.html/feed 0 How To Make Recycled Crayon Gems https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2018/10/how-to-make-recycled-crayon-gems.html https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2018/10/how-to-make-recycled-crayon-gems.html#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2018 03:03:44 +0000 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/?p=44117 Over the years I have made a lot of melted crayons from Frozen themed ones to vehicle crayons, crayons melted in the sun, to crayon snowmen for gifts but I think these recycled crayon gems might be my favorite because their shape and size are PERFECT for preschoolers. These make your own crayons are thick […]

The post How To Make Recycled Crayon Gems appeared first on No Time For Flash Cards.

]]> https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2018/10/how-to-make-recycled-crayon-gems.html/feed 4 25 Playful Ways To Work On Fine Motor Skills https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/09/playful-ways-to-work-on-fine-motor-skills.html https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/09/playful-ways-to-work-on-fine-motor-skills.html#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:09:57 +0000 https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/?p=19648 As parents we sometimes take things like reading and writing for granted.  For our young kids these skills are huge hurdles in the first few years of formal education. Whether your child is educated  at home or in a school much time and effort is spent on these basics. Working on fine motor skills can […]

The post 25 Playful Ways To Work On Fine Motor Skills appeared first on No Time For Flash Cards.

]]> https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/09/playful-ways-to-work-on-fine-motor-skills.html/feed 2