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Free Letter B Printable Do a Dot Pages

June 4, 2020 by Sarah

Looking for a letter B printable worksheet to use with your preschooler’s letter of the week? I have a fun B is for Bee do a dot printable for you today. It’s some letter B dot pages that are great for teaching letter recognition and re-enforcing other critical preschool skills. This set of letter B free printable do a dot pages includes uppercase, lowercase, color, black and white, and even options for practicing handwriting skills too.

Continue reading for some fun ideas on how to use the pages with your preschooler and then you can grab yours at the bottom of this post.

Letter B Do a Dot Printable Pages

Teaching the letters of the alphabet to your preschooler can be a lot of fun with the help of the right ideas, activities, and printables. And do a dot printables are a fun way to easily incorporate a simple letter B activity into your letter of the week. They are easy to setup and don’t get too messy (usually).

But do a dot pages aren’t just for using with dot markers! No, there are so many wonderful and fun ways that you can use these pages with your preschooler. And in this post I’d like to show you a few different ways you can use this letter B printable worksheet with your child.

Letter B Printable With Do a Dot Markers

The first way that you can use this letter B do a dot printable is with dot markers. I know I said I would share other ways to use it and I’ll get there. But you also just can’t go wrong with dot markers. So I wanted to start here. They can be a lot of fun for kids to use and come in a lot of different colors. If you print out the black and white version of the worksheet with the word tracing area then you can extend the activity to have them color the page with triangular crayons for practicing pincher grasp, and then trace the letters with a marker or pencil.

Letter B Printable Dot Page With Do a Dot Markers

Letter B Do a Dot Printable With Do a Dot Markers

Letter B Printable With Glass Gems

Another way that you can use this adorable B is for Bee dot page is with glass gems. These come in lots of different colors. In this case I used yellow glass gems to kind of represent honeycomb or pollen. You can also get them from the dollar store in several different colors. Although if you can’t find the right color there then you can also find all sorts of colors on Amazon too. These are fun for kids to use and a different kind of way that you can use these pages.

If you don’t want to laminate your dot page then stick it in a dry erase pocket and you can even take the opportunity to pull out your dry erase markers and give your preschooler a little handwriting practice too.

Letter B Printable Dot Page With Glass Gems

Letter B Do a Dot Printable With Glass Gems

Letter B Printable With Dot Stickers

If your preschooler loves stickers and you want to keep clean up to a minimum then using dot stickers with these letter B do a dot pages is also a lot of fun for kids. Not only does it help to teach them the shape and form of the letter B, but it also is great fine motor practice as they remove the sticker from the sheet and carefully place them on each dot.

Letter B Printable Dot Page With Dot Stickers

Letter B Do a Dot Printable With Dot Stickers

Letter B Printable With Mini Bee Shaped Erasers

Another really cute and fun idea is to use these letter B do a dot pages with mini shaped erasers! For this letter B is for Bee dot page little bee shaped erasers are perfect. Kids love these things and they are another great way to practice fine motor skills. If you get the mini erasers that are about 3/4″ in diameter then they will fit best with these worksheets. So fun!

Letter B Printable Dot Page With Mini Bee Erasers

Letter B Do a Dot Printable With Mini Bee Erasers

Grab Your Letter B Free Printable Do a Dot Pages

Are you ready to try out some of these fun ideas with your preschooler to help them learn about the letter B? There are lot of fun ways that you can use these letter B printable dot pages to teach letter recognition, fine motor skills, and one-to-one correspondence. Just have fun with it.

To download your letter B do a dot printable pages click the button below. Then simply print, laminate, and enjoy!

Need additional ideas for teaching the letter B as you plan out your letter of the week? Check out my other letter B printables and resources here too.

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

Free Letter A Printable Do a Dot Pages

June 4, 2020 by Sarah

If you’re in need of a fun letter A printable for your letter of the week program then you’re in luck. I have a set of letter A free printable do a dot pages for you! These letter A do a dot printable pages come in eight variations including uppercase, lowercase, color, black and white, tracing, and no tracing.

Read on for some fun ideas on how to use these letter A printable dot worksheets and then you can scroll to the bottom of the post to grab them for yourself.

Letter A Do a Dot Printable Pages

Learning letter recognition and formation is an essential preschool skill children need master. And do a dot pages are a great activity that you can do with them to help them to learn what their letters look like and even how they sound if you talk to them about the letter and it’s sounds as you do the worksheet with them.

But these pages aren’t just for dot markers. While those are fun to use, and I’ll even show you how awesome these A is for Apple worksheets look with them below, it can also be fun for your preschooler to mix it up a bit and give them other ways to form and explore the letter A.

Let’s have a look at just a few of the many ways that you can use these letter A do a dot printable pages with your child.

Letter A Printable With Do a Dot Markers

First let’s start with the most obvious. These pages are wonderful to use with do a dot markers. The dots are the perfect size and using dot markers gives your child the opportunity to form the letter, use their fine motor skills, and have a little fun painting in the process.

I also love that dot markers come in so many wonderful colors that you can utilize with these pages. The ones pictured here are some of my favorites (the rainbow dot markers by Do-a-Dot brand). But they also come in lots of other colors like ultra bright, brilliant, and even shimmery. And if you want to branch out to other brands there are a lot of great options too like these, these, or these.

Letter A Do a Dot Printable With Do a Dot Markers

Letter A Printable Dot Page With Do a Dot Markers

Letter A Printable With Dot Stickers

Another great (and less messy) alternative to dot markers are dot stickers. These are also just the right size (the 3/4″ ones) and come in a lot of different colors. I personally like these ones or these ones. I have both of these sets of color coding circles because there’s a few different color variations between them and they’re both great. They even come with a handy pouch to keep them in.

If you want to expand on this activity even further then print out the black and white version with the handwriting practice area. Then your preschooler can not only fill in the dots, but work on coloring in the page (I love these triangular crayons for promoting pincher grasp) and tracing the letters (I prefer to do the tracing with markers or pencils rather than crayons). Great practice! I’ll tell you, it’s a challenge to color around the circles even for an adult, so it would be great fine motor practice for them too.

Letter A Do a Dot Printable With Dot Stickers

Letter A Printable Dot Page With Dot Stickers

Letter A Printable With Pom Poms

This A is for Apple printable was just BEGGING to be used with pom poms. Because they look like little apples! Picking up and placing the pom poms is a great fine motor activity as they learn about the letter A formation. Also if after you’ve printed out your letter A printable dot pages you stick them in a dry erase pocket (or laminate them) then you can even have them do a little writing practice with dry erase markers too.

Letter A Do a Dot Printable With Pom Poms

Letter A Printable Dot Page With Pom Poms

Letter A Printable With Round Magnets

Another great way that you can use these letter A printable dot pages is with round magnets. Boy do kids love magnets! They are super fascinated with them. And using these has the same effect as any of the other ways you can use these dot pages. It allows them to get familiar with the shape and look of the letter A while promoting good fine motor skills. I like to use these magnets because they come in a lot of great colors and are just the right size.

Letter A Do a Dot Printable With Power Magnets

Letter A Printable Dot Page With Power Magnets

Download Your Letter A Free Printable Do a Dot Pages

So now you know that you can use these fun letter A printable dot pages for more than just do a dot markers! There are so many fun ways that you can use them as you teach your child to recognize the letter A.

To grab your letter A do a dot printable pages just click the button below. Then print, laminate (or use them in dry erase pockets) and have fun!

If you need more ideas for teaching the letter A, then be sure to check out my other letter A resources and printables here too.

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

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.