10 Easy Ideas for Sticky Notes

Aug 25, 20224 min read

There's just something about a sticky note, isn't there? Well, maybe it is just for my kids? Anyways, I almost always have a sticky note on hand. Such a cheap, convenient tool to have when it comes to making up kids activities on the fly. Maybe it's the colors. Maybe it's the small size. Maybe it's the fact that they're basically a glorified sticker......I digress, whatever the reason, my kids are obsessed with them

I've collaborated with my genius friend, and fellow "activity-prep-must-be-under-2-minutes prepper", Emily from @sandboxacademy to bring you some fun and EASY at home ideas that you can try out with sticky notes! We both vouch that it'll take less than a few minutes to pull this one out of your mom tool box to keep the littles occupied with a purpose.

Emily and I recently started chatting all things preschool, and being that my middle born is doing PreK3 this year, and having looked at

her Playbook longingly for a year, I decided to become an affiliate with Emily's company. Meaning, if you purchase from her website using my link I do get a kickback (at no cost to you). But, honestly, even before we were affiliated, I have recommended Emily's Instagram and content10/10 for a couple of years now! She's the author of an extremely useful, reputable, and manageable activity mom blog.

Sandbox Academy is known for it's Preschool Playbook and Co-Op Boxes. They literally are planned out for you and with the Co-Op boxes, she even sends you everything you need to do it. Like I said, genius.

Idea #1 Sticky Note Name Sort

Grab some large butcher paper or tape separate pieces of paper together if you don't have it (that's what I did in the photo) Write individual letters of your child's name onto the separated spaces, and onto sticky notes. Hide them around the house or stick them around the big paper, and let them sort. For my early preschooler, I coordinated the colors I wrote his name with the sticky notes. For my late preK/early Kindergartner, I mixed up the letters onto various colored sticky notes and wrote the letters in one color on the big paper. That way he wasn't sorting by color but really had to look and analyze each letter as he sorted.

Idea #2 Letter or Number Sort?

Seems veery basic, but take several sticky notes and write letters and numbers on them For my preschooler, I wrote numbers on one color and letters on the other. Since he had mastered his colors, this served as a help to him, afterwards we could talk about each letter and number. For the letters, I did the ones in his name. For my Kindergartner, when I set this up, I did both apples and all of the sticky notes in one color so that he would have to actually know "is this a number or a letter?" Bonus: identify the number, letter name or letter sound.

Idea #3 CVC Word Checklist

I'm thinking late preschool, and kindergarten on this one. But, you can make it more simple if needed by switching it to individual letters instead of CVC words.

Ok, back up? What's a CVC word? Consonant Vowel Consonant words, for example, cat, dog, mom, box, jog, ok you're following me.

Write the CVC words onto sticky notes. Record the same words onto your child's "checklist" in coordinating colors. Let them hunt the house/room (or sticky them on the table like my photo) pick a word, read the word, color in the word.

Idea #4 Sticky Note Patterns

Use a notebook or paper and draw out some patterns. Leave enough room for a sticky note to fit at the end. Talk about the patterns. What is a pattern? Say the colors of the pattern together. Hmmmm, what comes next? Let your little use the sticky note to finish the pattern. My boys even wanted to use glue to glue them down to keep in their learning journals.

Idea #5 Sticky Note Puzzles

Draw shapes onto sticky notes and cut them into halves. Let your child find the matching pairs and identify the shapes. My kids also love to do Sticky Note Puzzles with Stickers using the same concept. Add a sticker to the sticky note. Cut in half, mix them up and let them put the back together. Quite satisfying actually.

Idea #6 Color Graphing

Draw up a graph and divide into colors. Let your child sort onto the graph. Such a great introduction to graphing! Afterwards, talk about the colors and count them together.