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Learning is always much more fun when you can incorporate more than one sense.  This counting and measuring activity uses the children’s senses of touch and taste.

Grade, Age Range or Specialized Learner: Multi-age, Preschool/Pre-K, 3-5 year old

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Candy canes symbolize that the Christmas season has arrived in many different places including the United States. Here's a fun candy cane craft to do with fingerprints. Add a little poem and a green bow for a festive holiday decoration! 

Candy Cane Craft and Poem

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Ocean and Graduation: The book a House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle is a great book to help children transition from preschool to kindergarten or from kindergarten to first grade.

La Parranda is a Christmas tradition in Puerto Rico in which musicians visit the homes of neighbors to sing and share food in celebration. Children can act out their own musical Christmas procession with these homemade Feliz Navidad tambourines. 

Feliz Navidad Tambourine Preschool and Kindergarten Craft

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Feliz Navidad celebrates the song of the same name written by singer-songwriter José Feliciano. The song commemorates childhood memories of La Parranda, a Christmas tradition in Puerto Rico in which singers travel from house to house playing instruments and serenading neighbors.