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Leapfrog Learning for Preschoolers on Netflix

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Leapfrog Learning for Preschoolers on Netflix

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It can be challenging to keep little ones busy, engaged, and learning when you choose to do preschool at home. It's so rewarding, though, to keep your kids home for preschool, even if you don't choose to homeschool long-term. It gives your little ones one on one attention from the person they love most for just a little bit longer.

Keeping kiddos with short attention spans busy all day long is tough - no matter what your situation. And, while I know that screen time for littles is a controversial topic - we've found that, by making informed decisions, streaming shows on Netflix can really kick-start our little one's learning. My preschoolers take turns using our iPad with its kid-friendly case to stream their shows. Ultimately your kids are your responsibility, so you need to make the best choices for your own family.

We love Netflix. And we love educational programming. So, I've taken some time to pull together a collection of some of our favorite preschool learning shows that are currently available on Netflix for you to enjoy with your kids.

Leap Frog

This has to be my favorite of all the preschool programming available on Netflix. Leap Frog is responsible for my youngest three learning their letters and sounds. You can find great preschool shows like:

PBS Kids

There are some fabulous preschool series from PBS Kids on Netflix, too. I really like that the kids can watch their favorites over and over again from quality offerings like:

Other Great Shows for Preschool at Home

While this is not a comprehensive list, we've found several other shows and series we love. Some of our favorites include:

If I'm going to give my kids screen time during their preschool at home years, though, I'm going to extend that learning through targeted play, activities, and other resources. You can find preschool units studies, science activities, along with toys and kits we love on our preschool resource page.

I've also pulled together a free printable of the above titles, links to them on Netflix, the subjects they cover, and additional resources like learning games, printables, and more.

To get your FREE Preschool at Home with Netflix printable, simply enter your email address into the form below. A link to download the file will be sent right to you. If you do not receive it within 24 hours, please email me, but please check your spam folder first. Please note, download links expire after three attempts or three days. Take a moment to save the download to your computer so you don't lose it.

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Do you use Netflix to teach preschool at home? What are your favorite shows? Did I miss any? Let me know and I'll add them to this resource. Enjoy those little ones - the preschool years are so magical.

I am a member of the #StreamTeam, which means that I was provided a Netflix subscription in exchange for writing about the ways we use it in our home and homeschool. All opinions are mine, though, and actually, we've used Netflix in our homeschool since the beginning. I love it, and had been a subscriber for years before joining the team. It's fun to have a reason to share about these great resources now...

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It can be challenging to keep little ones busy, engaged, and learning when you choose to do preschool at home. It's so rewarding, though, to keep your kids home for preschool, even if you don't choose to homeschool long-term. It gives your little ones one on one attention from the person they love most for just a little bit longer.

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This page is a collection of resources that you might find helpful during this time. I know it is a very confusing time for all families, and I do not want to overwhelm you with information.
We miss you all very much! <3

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Visual Daily Schedules helps create a sense of safety by providing a predictable pattern and displaying it in an easily accessible way. In this atmosphere of uncertainty, fostering safety through predictability is especially important.

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A visual daily schedule helps create a sense of safety by providing a predictable pattern and displaying it in an easily accessible way. In this atmosphere of uncertainty, fostering safety through predictability is especially important.

Adults think in words; however, children think in pictures. Using pictures to show children what comes next provides the consistency their brains require in a visual form they can easily understand. This printable from Master Instructor Elizabeth Montero-Cefalo makes the process easy!

Watch Elizabeth's webinar Visual Daily Schedule to learn more about why and how to use this resource.

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Creating predictability and safety

Reducing conflict and power struggles

Building executive skills such as prioritization and time management

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Tool to help families create a visual daily schedule for their children

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Instructions and 4-page printable

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Give your preschooler a little boost in school with easy and fun ways to practice name writing! They'll be ready to go for the first day of school!

One of the first things your preschooler will learn is how to spell and recognize their own name. Your little learner will be discovering how to spell it.

And that means writing it down.

Instead of using a name writing practice sheet or worksheet, add a little bit of fun to name writing practice.

Hands-on writing is much more exciting for preschoolers than putting pen to paper and writing the same thing over and over again.

Plus, preschoolers might not be ready to grip the pencil and be able to write in this way yet.

And that's okay.

Okay, quick disclaimer, I know that just sounded like I know what I'm talking about, and kind of sounds like it's from a teacher's perspective, but it's not.

I'm a parent, not a teacher. I never have been a teacher.

This is just information that I've gathered through experience and through researching for many years on my own.

Practice Name Writing in 12 Fun Ways for Preschoolers

Making name writing practice a hands-on experience can be so much more meaningful.

Over the years, I've done many of these in some shape or form. I hope you enjoy these 12 ways that kids can practice name writing.

Best of all, you can use these ideas at home or school. It will make learning fun for them without adding pressure!

Ways for Preschoolers to Practice Name Writing:

1. Highlighters are awesome for tracing anything! Add in glue and yarn and it's a hands-on experience, or triple the name tracing fun!

2. Buggy and Buddy loves to rainbow write their names! Writing their name over and over again in different colors to make a rainbow. Make it big and fun!

3. Another twist on rainbow writing is rainbow name painting from NurtureStore! Paint over and over in different colors!

4. Discover Explore Learn traces letters with paint and Q-tips, put this to their name and the kids will love it!

5. Jen's OT for Kids uses glitter glue to practice name writing! (Get glitter glue here, affiliate link)

6. Practice writing their name on the chalkboard, but with water to erase it away!

7. Make a sensory bag to practice pre-writing skills to write the letters of their name (from Play at Home Mom)

8. Fingerpaint their name! This idea from Creative Tots is a great one for kids struggling to grip a pencil yet.

9. Practice writing their name in a salt sensory tray! Great idea from Bounce Back Parenting. No salt? Try flour!

10. Get out the watercolors and trace the letters of their name with a paintbrush! This is a pretty one from Play to Learn Preschool!

11. Teach Preschool has a fun name writing game to do on the whiteboard.

12. When all else fails, break out a can of shaving cream. This idea from Gift of Curiosity always wins! Write their name in a tray!

12 Ways to Practice Name Writing
Not quite ready to practice name writing yet? Try some of these name activities to start recognizing and spelling their name first.

What are your favorite ways to help your child practice name writing?

These affiliate products are non-worksheet ways for kids to practice writing their name.

Here are 10 more ways to prepare your little ones for school (that have nothing to do with academics!), from TheSaltyMamas.com.

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Pre-writing activities for preschoolers not only help our youngest learners learn the shape and structure of the letters in the alphabet, but they also serve a number of other functions as well. According to education blogger Lisette, from Where Imagination Grows, pre-writing practice teaches directionality in writing, encourages fine muscle development and coordination, and also helps students process sensory information critical to the writing process.

Here are 22 super fun, easy-to-make activities that your preschoolers will love!

1. Squishy Bags

Source: Learning4kids

All you need to make these awesome sensory bags is resealable zipper storage bags, flour, water, and food coloring. Kids can use cotton swabs or their fingers to draw shapes, lines, and letters on the bag.

2. Bubble Wrap

Source: Coffee Cups and Crayons

What a great way to recycle all that leftover bubble wrap! Simply write letters on sheets of bubble wrap with a Sharpie and let kids pop their way to letter recognition.

3. Play-Doh Snakes

Source: In My World

Kids can't resist the sensory lure of Play-Doh! For this activity, kids can roll small balls of dough into long snakes and form letters by bending and joining the snakes together.

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4. Play-Doh and Drinking Straws

Source: KidActivitiesBlog

Flatten out a medium-size piece of Play-Doh on a flat surface. Then use a sharp object to draw a letter on the flattened area. (Make sure that the letter is large enough to be easily recognizable when filled with straws.) Cut plastic straws into one-inch segments. Let kids "trace" the letters with the colorful straw segments.

5. Dot Markers

Source: 3 Dinosaurs

Students use dot markers to practice the mechanics of writing and get used to the angles and curves of letters. Click on the link above to download 12 free pages of pre-writing dot marker worksheets.

6. Cotton Swabs and Paint

Source: Lessons Learnt Journal

This is a fun activity to help kids work on their fine motor skills and get the hang of the all-important pencil grip.

7. LEGO Blocks

Source: Wildflower Ramblings

Blocks! Young kids can't get enough of building and creating with them. Put their creative energy to good work with these free printable letter cards.

8. Shaving Cream

Source: Mess for Less

This classic activity is a great starting place for pre-writers. All you need is a tray and a can of shaving cream.

9. Glitter Glue

Source: Growing Hands-On Kids

Pre-writing lines are important building blocks for any preschooler to master before learning letter formations. Download this glitter glue pre-writing line practice for preschoolers activity.

10. Beads

Source: Artsy Momma

Just like the one above, this activity builds fine motor skills that your young students need to begin writing. Instead of using glitter glue, though, students use inexpensive pony beads (found at any craft store) to follow the lines.

11. Sand Tray

Source: Our Little House in the Country

One of the simplest activities to put together for your students to practice pre-writing is a sand tray. Kids can use their fingers or an unsharpened pencil to practice writing. As an alternative to sand, you can fill your tray with salt, flour, cornmeal, or rice.

12. Squeeze Bottle

Source:: Playdough to Plato

Fill a plastic squeeze bottle with salt or sugar and let students trace letters on cards.

13. Rainbow Tray

Source: Where Imagination Grows

This resource is so simple to make, and kids love it! Simply tape colored tissue paper in a rainbow pattern to the bottom of a clear plastic tray. Fill it with sand, and as the kids trace lines and letters, the colors below are revealed. The image above shows the tray on top of a light table, which adds another dimension of fun to the activity!

14. Masking Tape

Source: And Next Comes L

A roll of colored masking tape and a clear surface make this a fun center activity at writing time.

15. Magnet Board

Source: Days with Gray

Tape letters onto a magnet board and let your little ones trace them with magnets. In the example above, the teacher made the letters into roads, and the students drove their car magnets along them.

16. Lacing Cards

Source: Teaching Mama

Grasping a string between tiny fingers and threading the end through the holes in a lacing card is great fine motor practice for preschoolers. It also begins to build muscle memory for holding a pencil properly.

17. Buttons

Source: Learning4Kids

Preschoolers will have so much fun creating patterns, swirls, squiggles, and zig-zags with colorful buttons. And they'll be building skills while they're at it!

18. Sticker Line Up

Source: Busy Toddler

Preschoolers need to use a pinching motion, which builds fine motor skills, to peel sticker dots off the page. Then, they use hand-eye coordination to place each sticker on the drawn line. This activity would be perfect for a writing or free time station.

19. Fingerprint Writing

Source: Happy Toddler Playtime

Some kids may not like to get their fingers this messy, but others will adore it! For this activity, you will need poster paper and a palette of washable ink. Draw letters, shapes, and lines on a clean piece of paper. Then, show kids how to dip their pointer finger onto the ink pad, then follow the lines dot by dot.

20. Clothespin Clipping

Source: Teaching Mama

Using a clothespin takes a lot of grip strength. This image shows a student using a clothespin to choose the correct answer to a number problem, but any activity that involves clipping will help them build the fine motor skills required for writing.

21. Cutting

Source: Play of the Wild

Cutting and snipping activities with scissors are excellent ways for children to practice fine motor skills and control. Give your students lots of opportunities to practice their cutting skills with paper, string, card stock, even Play-Doh!

22. Scrunching Paper

Source: Gympanzees

Scrunching paper into a ball is great for building hand strength. Let your students use computer paper, newspaper, tissue paper, or wrapping paper. Then play a game of paper ball tag!

What are your favorite pre-writing activities for preschoolers? Share in the comments below.

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For more than 200 years, the White House has been more than just the home of the Presidents and their families. Throughout the world, it is recognized as the symbol of the President, of the President's administration, and of the United States. The White House is the only private residence of a head of state that is open to the public, free of charge.

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In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt began a major renovation of the White House, including the relocation of the president's offices from the Second Floor of the Residence to the newly constructed temporary Executive Office Building (now known as the West Wing). The Roosevelt renovation was planned and carried out by the famous New York architectural firm McKim, Mead and White. Roosevelt's successor, President William Howard Taft, had the Oval Office constructed within an enlarged office wing.

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