Ed Emberly's Fingerprint Drawing Book

I checked out Ed Emberly's Fingerprint Drawing Book from the library and my 7 year old daughter has had so much fun with it!  I equipped her with a smock, stamp pads, wet rag, scratch paper, and construction paper.  She wasn't satisfied with her beginning practice but I told her to keep trying and look closely at the drawings and after a while she proudly showed me her page full of fingerprints!  She also made two birthday cards and was inspired to create a fingerprint drawing of her own (big dipper)!

The pictured directions for each fingerprint drawing are easy to follow.  The fun includes holidays, seasons, garden, and feelings.  Ed Emberly's Fingerprint Drawing Book would make a fun kid gift!

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Home Preschooling Helps

I did 2 years of Home Preschool with my daughter and will be doing the same with my son. Babyzone has a good article about this choice.  The best tip I have is to stay on top of lesson plans and get your prep work done at least the weekend before.

If Home Preschooling isn't on your mind these links can be helpful in finding toddler and preschooler fun! This list of resources was compiled long ago but I try to keep it updated. 

Alphabet and Reading:
Starfall- ABC's
Starfall- Learn to Read
Starfall- ABC Practice Printouts 
KidZone- Alphabet Recognition and Printing Practice
ChildFun- Sets of Alphabet Coloring Pages  (scroll down a little)
Fisher Price- Alphabet Coloring Pages

American Sign Language:
Starfall
ThinkQuest

Preschool Themes:
Everything Preschool- Preschool Themes
Preschool Express- Preschool Themes
Activity Idea Place- Activity Themes
ChildFun- Activity Themes
Preschool Education- Theme Topics
First School- Preschool Themes
Gayle's Preschool Rainbow- Activity Central
Child Care Lounge- Activities and Themes

Miscellaneous:
DLTK- Number Buddies
Activity Idea Place- Fingerprint Fun
StoryPlace- Pre-school Library
FamilyFun- Arts and Crafts
Kinder Friends- Free Resources
dmoz- Open Directory: ABC's and 123's
Online Preschool- Toddler Activities & Games

Learning Fun:
Tessy & Tab Fun for Kids
National Geographic Little Kids
Kids National Geographic
NASA Kids' Club
StarChild

Other Helps:
Lakeshore Learning- pre-k/4 yrs. products
Free printable file folder games- File Folder Fun

Here's what we did with the Fingerprint Fun at Activity Idea Place.