Interest, motivation, curiosity, engagement, attention, connection - whatever you want to call it - there HAS to be a spark to transform the mind from "not here" to "here". From unfocused, to laser sharp. From "don't want to", to WOW!
You will find lots of ways to create the spark here at KidSparkz.com
Hundreds of FREE curriculum pages and preschool activities to download instantly. Start with these ideas:
A comprehensive developmentally appropriate learning program for children aged 18 months through 36 months, and their teachers, caregivers, and parents - over 1600 pages!
62 separate themes that are intrinsically interesting to young children. Each theme consists of a set of written activities, and linked games, pictures and photos that can be accessed by the click of a mouse. Hover the mouse over the written activities to find links to related games and printables.
Each theme contains between 18 and 45 pages. The linked printables are not worksheets – they are hands-on games and learning activities that you print and make, to use with the children.
For each theme, there are activities for Creative Art; Songs and Finger Plays; Language and Early Literacy; Number and Logical Thinking; Science and Nature; Sensory Discrimination; and Physical Development. There is also a list of quality books (available at a library), and a theme poster for each theme. There are enough activities to last for at least a year, they can be repeated any number of times, and can be used with older preschool children, or those with special needs.
4 sets of age appropriate teaching posters for Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
Simply written and easy to use, with little or no preparation time, using only supplies and equipment found in a normal home or classroom, plus a short list of creative art and activity supplies.
The Curriculum is created in Adobe PDF file format, and is sent to you as a digital download link, OR recorded on a CD and mailed to you. All pages in the curriculum can be printed and used as many times as needed, for any number of children. Works with both PC and Mac computers.
Check out our FebruaryCurriculum - 196 pages of daily preschool activities, and co-ordinating printables...
The themes for February are:
Groundhog Day
Chinese/Lunar New Year
Valentines
Red/Pink
Communication
Vehicles and Transportation:
On the Road
Trains
On Water
Air Travel
Space Discoveries
Community Helpers
Planning ahead? Take a look at our March curriculum - 183 pages of daily preschool activities, and co-ordinating printables...
-The themes for March are:
Science Discoveries:Wind and Air
Science Discoveries:Water
Science Discoveries:Tools
Science Discoveries:Magnets
St Patricks Day
Forest Animals
Bears
Deer
raccoons
Wolves, Foxes and Coyotes
Arrival of Spring
Bunnies and Easter Eggs
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DINOSAURS Theme Curriculum - 111 pages of activity ideas, games and creative work sheets. Everything you need to present an DINOSAUR theme/topic/ unit to preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten age children. Ideal for teachers, home daycare providers, and parents working with children at home. This is a HUGE collection of professionally designed written activities and hands-on activity pages.
Cut and Paste Activity Pages- 78 pages of cutting and pasting activities for matching opposites; rhyming words; initial sounds; upper and lower case letters; words to pictures; colors; shapes; numbers to sets; sets to sets; patterns; basic letter combinations; preschool Dolch words; and theme related pictures.
DINOSAURS Theme C
??102 pagesof activity ideas, games and creative work sheets. Everything you need to present a SPIDERS theme/topic/ unit to preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten age children. Ideal for teachers, home daycare providers, and parents working with children at home
This is a collection of 101 activity pages
Our Jumbo Pack 2: KidSparkz All-Included Resources (CD or instant download) contains over 11,500 pages and EVERYTHING that is currently for purchase on this site - all curriculums, skillbuilders, activity pages, provider helps PLUS MUCH MORE... This is the big one - you want this collection if you would like it all! (Also includes all the files in the Toddler Curriculum for the Year).
The Kissing Hand -53 pages of literacy extension activities and manipulatives for this wonderful children's favorite book. Perfect for extending the enjoyment and learning in the story, creating a take home book bag, or for making activitiesfor the Literacy Center in your Pre-K or Kindergarten classroom. Instant download. Print as many pages as you need, whenever you need them.
The Half-price SALE for this Curriculum has been extended!!
This is our most popular collection - comprehensive curriculum for months September through June, plus Summer, plus Alphabet, plus Number, plus tons of activity pages - over 2100 pages, in fact....
You will receive the link to download this product INSTANTLY, immediately after your payment is received. The curriculum is also available recorded on a CD.
Everything you need for a creative learning program: over 2100 pages on an organized CD, or as a download; 10 full months plus a summer program. Each daily plan contains themed and developmentally appropriate suggestions for Creative Art, Discovery and Exploration, Group (or individual) Discussion, Story, Games, Music, and a specific Spark! activity to focus curiosity and interest.Each monthly set of lesson plans includes between 120 and 200 activity pages.
Save valuable prep time: use the clickable calendar for each month INSTANTLY linking to daily lesson plans and coordinating activity pages
the original activity pages are creative and challenging, and can be used in different ways depending on the needs and creativity of the teacher. They are NOT just for "coloring"!!!
Includes a collection of over 100 teaching charts and posters for letters, numbers, shapes and colors
Includes a collection of hands-on learning games - letters, opposites, rhymes, go-togethers etc
in Adobe PDF format - print as many pages as you want at any time
it is not necessary to follow the suggested themed monthly plan - use whatever activities or printables that suit your particular situation - print only what you need
Childcare providers love this program, because they have an instant, professionally designed learning program for their mixed age group, and they can show the parents that the children are not "just playing" all day
Preschool teachers love this program, because they can use it "as is", or use it as an inspiration to add to their own personally designed classroom program, whether child-initiated, Project Approach, or Head Start focused. All National Standards are addressed.
Parents working with their children at home love this program, since they do not have to have an ECE educational background to use it. Everything is described simply and clearly, step by step, and learning happens!!!!
***2 extra files have now been added to this collection - Teach the Alphabet (375pgs) and Numbers 1-10 Curriculum (270 pgs)!!
Just a reminder (although I'm sure you don't need it) - even though these activity pages are free for you to use in your learning environment, they are still copyrighted, and may not be redistributed by any means, including posting them to other websites and discussion boards. Please pass along the name of this site, so others can access the free activities.
Free Activity Pages organized according to Learning Focus
Note: I have simply not had enough time to add all the newest printables into both the Themes categories (above), and the Learning Focus categories (below). In order to create and post as many printables for you as possible, all printables created since July 2011 have been added only to the Themes categories. That means that you will find MANY more printables if you search for what you need, according to its Theme.
When I have time I will duplicate all printables into their Learning Focus category.
Example: The printables inluded in the theme of Rain were added after July 2011, so you will only find those particular printables here. They are not included in any of the areas below..
Our mission here at KidSparkz.com is to provide a central, content-rich resource to support teachers, childcare providers, and parents of young children. We offer a full spectrum of free and low-cost preschool curriculum, lesson plans, activity pages, free printables and guides to use for and in the education of young children ages 2 to 6+, specifically for preschool, pre-K, and Kindergarten ages. If you don't see what you need here already, you will see it soon. Educational tools and resources are added often.
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