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Help give preschoolers, kindergarteners, and lower elementary students a head start on understanding history with this easy, hands-on activity. Print and cut out the images of the three phases of French history. Give your student time to look at the pictures and ask them what seems older, more recent, etc. Ask them what they notice and what clues they see (i.e. taller buildings, electrical lights, etc.) Then help them place them in the correct chronological order and glue them into place.

Help toddlers work on counting and the concept of one-to-one ratios with these gold coin themed counting cards. Grab a pack of gold coins, print and cut the cards, and watch your toddler become more comfortable with counting. Great for St. Patrick's Day.

Help introduce primary aged students (and even preschoolers!) to three BROAD phases of Canadian history. Simply print, cut out the images, and have children place them in order. Help them notice different features in each photo to help identify which era each picture belongs to.

Use these cards with four distinct geographic regions to ask preschoolers where crops would grow best. Ask them what crops need to grow and then ask them which of these cards would meet those requirements. A great way to get kids to start thinking about physical geography in a very concrete way. Extend the learning with having them place the cards on a large map of the United States.

Use these pinecone themed counting cards to help toddlers and preschoolers count to ten.

Have toddlers or preschoolers sort national park animals to their proper habitat.

Help preschoolers practice number recognition by gluing sunflower petals on this template. Have them match up numbers on the petals and glue them on in numerical order.

Have students sort national parks into three different biomes. Great for toddlers and preschoolers.

Help introduce preschoolers to history by introducing three VERY BROAD phases of Mexican history and having them match an image to each of the phases to put the phases in chronological order. Encourage them to look at how they can tell which buildings are older and which buildings are newer to start to sort the phases.

Leaf-themed counting cards (1-10). Great for teaching kids how to count and to understand one-to-one correspondence.

Apple themed counting cards (1-10)

Ocean animal themed counting cards