Preschool

Free Letter I Printable Do a Dot Pages

June 2, 2020 by Sarah

Today I have some letter I free printable do a dot pages that will pair perfectly with your letter of the week program for the letter I. These letter I printable worksheets come in eight variations with uppercase, lowercase, black and white and color and even some options for writing practice too.

Scroll down for some ideas on how to use the letter I do a dot printable beyond do a dot markers and then download yours at the bottom of this post.

Letter I Do a Dot Printable Pages

Teaching letter formation with your child is important information for your child as they begin their journey towards reading and writing. And do a dot pages are great for teaching letter recognition because they allow the child to follow the lines of the letter as they fill the dots.

But the great thing about do a dot pages it that you can use more than just dot markers with them. I love dot markers and so do toddlers and preschoolers. But if you want to make things more interesting and throw in a bit of variety as you work through these do a dot pages, then there are lot of other ways to use these do a dot pages too.

Below I’ll share just a few ways that you can use your letter I is for Igloo printable dot pages and then you can scroll to the bottom to grab your dot pages to print.

Letter I Printable With Do a Dot Markers

While you don’t have to use do a dot markers, I always like to start here because they’re just plain fun for kids. They come in a lot of different colors like rainbow, ultra bright, brilliant, and even shimmery options. There are other brands that sell them too in even more colors like these, these, or these. So if you stock yourself up on a variety of these then your preschooler will have a ball using them for their dot pages and even other craft projects too.

Letter I Do a Dot Printable With Do a Dot Markers

Letter I Printable Dot Page With Do a Dot Markers

Letter I Printable With Play Dough

Another fun way that you can use these is with play dough. I love these little play dough tubs, they’re just the right size. Just laminate the page or stick them in a dry erase pocket and you’re good to go. Have your preschooler form the play dough into little balls and place them on each of the dots. This is not only fun for them but great for practicing one-to-one correspondence and vital fine motor skills.

Letter I Do a Dot Printable With Play Dough

Letter I Printable Dot Page With Play Dough

Letter I Printable With Crayons

If your preschooler loves to color then you could always use the letter I do a dot printable as simply a coloring page. Have them practice staying in the lines as they color and now it’s a great fine motor exercise. As they work on coloring the page talk about the letter I, the sound it makes, and what words start with the letter I too (like I is for Igloo).

Letter I Do a Dot Printable With Crayons

Letter I Printable Dot Page With Crayons

Letter I Printable With Glass Gems

The last way I want to show you how to use this letter I printable dot page today is with glass gems. These are often used for vase fillers but they are the perfect size (3/4″) for dot pages and really fascinating to kids. They come in all sorts of colors too. You can often find some at the Dollar Tree, but if they don’t have the color you’re looking for, you can find a lot of great colors online too (like red, yellow, green, gold, silver, and more). Just be sure to get the 3/4″ ones.

Letter I Do a Dot Printable With Glass Gems

Letter I Printable Dot Page With Glass Gems

Download Your Letter I Free Printable Do a Dot Pages

Now that you have several ideas for how to use these free I is for Igloo printable dot pages, you’re ready to download. Keep in mind there are a lot of other great ways that you can use these pages. Just keep it light and fun and exciting and your child will learn while they’re having fun.

Download your letter I printable do a dot pages by clicking the button below. Then just print and laminate them if you’d like. Enjoy!

Need more letter of the week ideas for letter I? Then be sure to check out my other letter I printables and resources here too.

Looking for more alphabet do a dot printables? You can view the next letter J printable dot pages here.

Ant Activities for Preschoolers

June 1, 2020 by Sarah

Doing an ant theme unit for homeschool? Then I’ve got all the ant theme preschool activities you need to make your ant theme fun and enjoyable for your child. These ant activities for preschoolers and young children are sure to be a big hit as you learn about ants.

Ant Theme Preschool Activities

My five year old has recently been very vocal about making requests for our next weekly homeschool units. And it’s been fun because he’s choosing some great topics. First he asked about doing a cat theme week so I rounded up a bunch of cat themed books and put together a lot of great cat activities to enjoy while learning.

Now he’s requested an ant theme unit because now that summer is approaching we’ve started seeing some ants around our house and he’s curious about them. While I dislike having ants in the house, I do love this kind of learning! This is what homeschool is about to me, embracing my child’s interests in order to seize those opportunities for learning and growth. It’s so much fun.

So here are all of the awesome ant activities for preschoolers that I came across as I was doing my own homeschool planning. I hope you enjoy doing a few of these for your own ant unit as well.

Ant Activities for Preschoolers

Now for the ant theme preschool activities! Fire up your printer and get your laminator ready because I’ve rounded up some really adorable and fun ant activities that your family is going to love and learn so much from. Enjoy!

1. Let’s start with some scissor practice. This simple trail of ants scissor practice activity will be so much fun for your preschooler while they practice a valuable fine motor skill. Little Family Fun

2. Give your preschooler the opportunity to practice their letter recognition with this adorable ant farm letter matching activity. It’s a great way to learn letters while staying on theme. Turner Tots

3. Roll up your sleeves and give your child the chance to build their own ant hill for plastic ants with this simple and fun ant sensory bin that uses kinetic sand. Kinetic sand is perfect for this kind of activity because it will form a really neat ant hill that will hold its shape. 3 Dinosaurs

4. Have a board game night with this fun STEM building game, Engineering Ants. It’s a cooperative game to help teach team work and working together in a way that ants do too. Peaceable Kingdom

6. Counting Ants Fine Motor Sensory Game

5. Learn about the ant life cycle with these free ant life cycle printables. Pick up some ant life cycle figurines (we have these ones) to use with this and it will really kick these printables up a notch. 1Plus1Plus1Equals1

6. Get messy while having your preschooler exercise those fine motor skills with this simple and fun counting ants fine motor sensory activity. Easy setup and loads of fun. Stir the Wonder

7. While making ants on a log for snack time is an old past time, this fun little step-by-step ants on a log snack instructional page can help your preschooler learn how to participate in helping to make their own ant snack. Education.com

8. You and your preschooler will have loads of fun putting together this ants at a picnic craft. Even your older kids will enjoy putting this one together with you. Just be sure to pick up a couple of food magazines that they can browse through for good picnic food. I Heart Crafty Things

9. Put together several of these adorable and easy ant puppets and then have an ant puppet show with your preschooler. Toddler Approved

10. Review your preschooler’s colors with them as they have a ball with these oh-so-cute and colorful dot marker ant pages. And don’t forget, there are so many ways you can use dot pages if you don’t have dot markers on hand. Mrs. Plemons’ Kindergarten

11. If you have a preschooler whose already doing simple adding and subtracting or have a kindergartner who wants to participate, this fun ants on a log tray activity will be a lot of fun for them while teaching them about simple math. No Time for Flashcards

12. Print out these adorable ant placements and laminate them to use for your preschooler’s placement for snacks and lunch during your ant theme preschool week. These also come with some other fun games you can use the placements to play too. Monae’s Speech House

15. A is for Ant Honey Science Experiment

13. Help these little ants find the food in the ant farm with these clever and cute ant farm mazes. Great for pre-writing practice and building logic and reasoning skills. Tot Schooling

14. Get crafty with this easy and fun egg carton ant craft. Your preschooler will love seeing their very own ant come to life as they put this one together. Ducks n a Row

15. Let your preschooler get up close and personal with how hard ants work to collect food. You’ll want to take this simple yet incredible A is for ant science experiment outside. But all you need is some honey and a spot in your yard with willing and able ants. To Be A Kid Again

16. Make learning the parts of an ant fun and practice some number recognition with this great printable body parts of an ant game. Squizzel Box

18. Ants Go Walking Cutting on Lines Fine Motor Practice

17. Take your preschooler on a pretend picnic as these cute little ants help them to learn their letters with this adorable alphabet ants letter formation activity. Life Over C’s

18. Help your preschooler practice their scissors skills as they help these sweet little ants get back to their ant hill with this free ants go walking cutting practice activity. KidSparkz

19. This cute a is for ant craft has all the things preschoolers love: googly eyes, painting, and even crumpled up tissue paper. They’ll be in craft heaven as they put together their own little ants. Create With Carol

20. Pull out a kid favorite and let your child’s imagination run free with this clever play dough invitation with ants. Stir The Wonder

21. If you love to do Montessori inspired trays then you’ll really love this roundup of Montessori inspired ant activities and printables that you can put together for your ant theme preschool shelf. Living Montessori Now

22. Re-enforce how the letter A looks with this cute and fun letter A is for ant letter formation craft. Supply Me

23. Pick yourself up some plastic ants and play this fun and simple ant-inspired basic subtraction math activity with your preschooler or kindergartner. Pre-Kinders

24. Practice simple patterning needed for kindergarten with these fun ant pattern strips. They include 84 different ant pattern strips to practice all kinds of patterns like AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, ABCD, AABB and ABAC. Frogs and Fairies

25. Print out this simple four piece ant puzzle from this set of free insect puzzles that match alongside the Safari Insects TOOB. Pinay Homeschooler Shop

26. This ant printable worksheets pack would be a great compliment to your ant theme preschool week. With 60 ant activities focused on essential preschool skills you’re sure to find something your preschooler will love. Gift of Curiosity

27. If your preschooler is already playing with LEGOS (my five year old is obsessed with them right now! lol) then they will love this LEGO ant life cycle activity idea. And if they aren’t ready for LEGOS then you might be able to replicate this with Duplos too. Stir the Wonder

28. Throw a little math into your ant unit and give your preschooler some counting practice with this cute and simple counting ants printable activity. Mrs. Jones Creation Station

31. A is for Ant Activities for Preschoolers

29. This ant farm fine motor activity is really easy to put together and you probably already have all the supplies on hand. Plus it’s a great exercise for those little pincher grasps. The Inspired Treehouse

30. Put together an enticing ant science table for your preschooler to learn and explore everything there is to know about ants. Pocket of Preschool

31. This page has all sorts of great A is for ant activities that you can print out including ant themed printables to help re-enforce essential skills like size sorting, shape matching, and more. Confessions of a Homeschooler

32. This funny ants in your pants craft is adorable to make and will have your preschooler laughing the whole time as they add ants to the pants with their little fingers. The Blooming Mind

33. Entertain and amuse your little preschooler with this adorable walking ant craft. Includes a template to make it easy to make. They’ll love watching this little guy bounce around. Kid’s Craft Room

34. Help your little one to practice their pre-writing skills as they help these little ants find food with these free ant mazes ranging in skill level depending on the age and level of your child. Gift of Curiosity

35. Give some ants a taste of some sweet colored sugar water and let your preschooler watch in fascination as their abdomens turn colors with this amazing colorful ant science experiment. Life With Moore Babies

36. Practice some basic preschool math as you and your preschooler have fun with this clever ant hill counting game. The first one to the end wins. Ducks N A Row

38. Ants Theme Activities and Printables

37. Your preschooler will absolutely love painting, gluing, and using pipe cleaners to make their own adorable ant out of a spoon with this spoon ant craft. 123Homeschool4Me

38. To round out your ant theme preschool unit here are some ant theme activities and printables great for preschoolers and kindergartners. KidSparkz

39. Teach your toddler about counting while playing this fun little counting ants printable game. They’ll love counting all the ants eating your pretend food at your pretend picnic. Glued to My Crafts Blog

40. No ant theme preschool activities list would be complete without an ant farm! And while there are a lot of great ones on the market, here is a great DIY ant farm option you could try on the cheap too. Rule This Roost

Know of any other good ant theme preschool activities?

Be sure to share any other ant activities for preschoolers, toddlers, and even older children. I’d love to hear what you and your children have enjoyed doing during your ant unit. Drop a comment below to share! 🙂

Free Letter N Printable Do a Dot Pages

May 29, 2020 by Sarah

If you’re working on letter N for your preschooler’s letter of the week program then you’ll love today’s free letter N printable. It’s a set of letter N free printable do a dot pages including uppercase, lowercase, color, b&w, and versions with and without handwriting practice. This letter N do a dot printable features N is for Nose!

Letter N Do a Dot Printable Pages

Do a dot pages are so fun to do with your preschooler for your letter of the week program. They incorporate so many things that help to teach your child as they are learning about the letter for the week. While they do their letter N printable for the week they’ll practice their fine motor skills, one-to-one correspondence, and more!

And do a dot pages aren’t just for do a dot markers! They can be used for so much more than that. But for today I’d like to highlight four different ways that you can use this letter N do a dot printable with your toddler or preschooler. Then you can download the letter N free printable do a dot pages at the bottom of this post.

Letter N Printable With Markers

The first way you can use your letter N do a dot printable is with markers. This is super easy to setup and is a great way to help your preschooler practice coloring in the lines. If you’re not comfortable with them using markers yet, then you could always have them use crayons or colored pencils (these triangular crayons are great for pre-writing and re-enforcing a pincher grasp).

If you print the letter N dot page out in black and white then they can have more to color, or you can print it out colored for more defined circles they need to stay within. Then if your child is ready for writing practice you can print out the version with handwriting practice too.

Letter N Do a Dot Printable With Markers

Letter N Printable With Play Dough

Another super fun way to use these letter N do a dot printable worksheets is with play dough. Pick a fun color to go with the page, stick the page into a dry erase pocket or laminate it, and have them practice making play dough balls for each circle. So much fun for them and great fine motor practice.

Letter N Do a Dot Printable With Play Dough

Letter N Printable With Glow in the Dark Paint

Kick your letter N dot pages up a notch with glow in the dark craft paint! This can be a really fun little experiment for your preschooler and it can help them to really see the shape of the letters when they’re glowing. Just have them paint each dot with the glow in the dark paint using a q-tip. Encourage them to stay in the lines as best as possible even though it’s hard to see the paint.

Now the key to getting this paint to actually glow is to make sure it soaks in lots of light before trying to turn off the lights. It’s not going to glow immediately. Let it sit under your stove light or out in the sun for several hours before trying to see if it will glow.

Letter N Do a Dot Page With Glow in the Dark Paint

Letter N Printable With Glow in the Dark Paint

Letter N Printable With Magnetic Push Pins

The last super awesome way that you can use these letter N printable dot pages is with magnetic push pins! These are so much fun to use with these because kids LOVE to use magnets. They’re absolutely fascinated with them. So place your letter N do a dot page onto a cookie sheet and give them some push pin magnets. They come in all sorts of great colors but for my N is for Nose printable I decided to just use the clear ones.

Letter N Printable Dot Page With Magnetic Tacks

Letter N Do a Dot Pages With Magnetic Tacks

Download Your Letter N Free Printable Do a Dot Pages

So now you’re armed with some awesome and fun ideas for how to use these N is for Nose printable dot pages with your preschooler. There are so many other great ways that you can use these, but these are just a few. You just can’t go wrong as long as your child is having fun and learning along the way. I hope you and your child enjoy them!

To grab your letter N do a dot pages just click the button below to download, print, and laminate them (if desired). Have fun!

If you’re in the midst of your letter of the week program for letter N then also be sure to head over to my other letter N printables and resources that you can use alongside this dot printable.

Looking for more alphabet do a dot printables? You can view the previous letter M printable dot pages here, and the next letter O printable dot pages here.

Free Letter M Printable Do a Dot Pages

May 28, 2020 by Sarah

Today I have a free letter M printable for you. They are letter M free printable do a dot pages. This freebie comes in eight variations including uppercase, lowercase, color, black and white, and I’ve also included a tracing and non-tracing version for if your preschooler (or kindergartner) is learning to write. Learn more about different ways you can use it and then grab your free letter M do a dot printable at the bottom of this post.

Letter M Do a Dot Printable Pages

Do a dot pages are great because they can be used for so many different activities with your preschooler. While you might think that you can only use them with do a dot markers, that’s just not true. There are a lot of ways to use them to keep them fun and interesting for your toddler and preschooler.

Below I’m going to show you just a few of the fun ways you can use your letter M do a dot printable. Then you can download yours at the end of the post and enjoy!

Letter M Printable With Dot Stickers

Usually I start off by by showing you how you can always remember to use these pages with do a dot markers. But I don’t have a brown one (I have these ones). Although I now have my eye on these dot markers because they come in more colors. Or even these ones because I love the metallic colors included with them.

But since I don’t have brown dot markers right now, instead I’ll first show you how you can use this letter M do a dot printable with dot stickers. They come in all kinds of colors, just make sure you get the 3/4″ ones and they’ll fit great with these dot pages. This is a great way to use the pages because kids LOVE stickers and it takes some fine motor practice to line them up just right with each dot.

Letter M Printable With Pom Poms

Another way you can use your letter M is for Monkey printable is with brown pom poms. I found these great ones at Michael’s that come in all kinds of sizes and textures but I couldn’t find a link to them. But either way pom poms are great for fine motor grabbing as well as one-to-one correspondence. Plus, like with the other dot a dot activities they are learning the formation of the letter (in this case the letter M).

And remember as with any of these dot page activities you can use these handy dry erase pockets if you don’t want to laminate them. They’re great to have on hand.

Letter M Printable With Dry Erase Markers

The last way I want to show you how to use your letter M printable is with dry erase markers. Whether you use them in dry erase pockets or by laminating them, this is a great way to allow your child to color them while still being able to re-use the page for something else. They come in a lot of great colors and kids always get a kick out of erasing them when they’re done.

Letter M Do a Dot Printable With Dry Erase Markers

Download Your Letter M Free Printable Do a Dot Pages

Now you have several neat ideas for how to use your M is for Monkey printable dot pages with your toddler or preschooler. There are lots of awesome ways to use them that will help to not only teach your child the letter but also help them work on fine motor skills and other valuable skills they need when they get to Kindergarten and beyond.

To grab your dot pages just click the button below to download them, print them out, laminate (if desired), and enjoy!

Are you working on the letter M for your preschooler’s letter of the week program? If so, be sure to check out my other letter M resources and printables here that you can use in your letter of the week activists with your preschooler.

Looking for more alphabet do a dot printables? You can view the previous letter L printable dot pages here, and the next letter N printable dot pages here.

Free Letter L Printable Do a Dot Pages

May 27, 2020 by Sarah

If you’re working on the letter L with your preschooler then you’ll love these letter L free printable do a dot pages featuring an adorable lion. This free letter L printable includes versions for uppercase and lowercase, color and black and white, and even a tracing (and non-tracing) option. Read more about the many different ways that you can use the letter L do a dot printable worksheets included and then scroll to the bottom to download yours.

Letter L Do a Dot Printable Pages

Do a dot pages are a great tool to have in your teaching arsenal. Because they are surprisingly useful and can be modified in a lot of different ways. Rather than just using them with do-a-dot markers you can have your preschooler try them with a lot of other different manipulatives to help keep things interesting, fun, and give them a bit of variety.

While there are a lot of great ways that you can use these letter L printable pages, let’s explore just a few different ways you can use them before you grab your download.

Letter L Printable With Do-a-Dot Markers

Before I get into all the other ways that your preschooler can use the letter L do a dot pages, let’s not forget that using them with good ol’ do a dot markers is a safe bet. If you have them on hand then your preschooler will more than likely love seeing you pull them out. They are fun, usually easy to clean up and come in a lot of cute colors.

Letter L Printable With Dot Stickers

Another great way to use these dot pages is with coding circle stickers (like these or these). They come in a wide variety of colors that you can try to match to your worksheet and they can be a lot of fun for kids since kids love stickers. Just make sure you get the kind of circle stickers that are 3/4″ diameter. I personally use and like these ones and these ones because they each have a few different colors in each on that the other one doesn’t.

Letter L Do a Dot Pages with Dot Stickers

Letter L Printable With Dry Erase Markers

You can also use the letter L free do a dot pages with dry erase markers! These come in a lot of different colors (these are the ones pictured below). And it can be a fun way to let your child color the picture without having to waste paper since you can still re-use it later. If you don’t want to laminate them then you can always use these handy dry erase pockets. They come in a lot of fun colors and allow you to do these kinds of activities without using a laminator if you don’t want to (although I do recommend laminating for longevity).

Letter L Dot Pages with Dry Erase Markers

Letter L Printable With Play Dough

Another really fun way to use the letter L do a dot printable is with play dough! This is always a hit with toddlers and preschoolers and it gives them some really great fine motor practice as you have them form the play dough into small balls to place on each dot. I love these handy little play dough tubs for these types of activities. They are affordable, good quality, the perfect little size, and come in so many great colors.

Letter L Printable Pages With Play Dough Balls

Grab Your Letter L Free Printable Do a Dot Pages

So after you download your L is for Lion printable dot pages I hope you have a lot of fun using them with your toddler or preschooler. You can use them in so many great ways that will teach your child letter recognition while working on other key skills they need.

Click the button below to download the dot pages, print them out, laminate them (if desired), and enjoy!

If your letter of the week is letter L, then also be sure to check out my other letter L printables, activities and resources that you can do with your preschooler.

Looking for more alphabet do a dot printables? You can view the previous letter K printable dot pages here, and the next letter M printable dot pages here.