I came across this clothes pins activity at Her Cup Overfloweth and right away knew I had to try it. We tied a string between two chairs and used clothes pins to hang up pieces of fabric/felt. I was surprised at how much help B needed at first to get the clothes pins to …
These pattern blocks and printable mats are so much fun! I found these awesome, FREE, printable pattern block mats HERE at prekinders.com. At first, B wasn’t interested in the mats and just wanted to make his own designs like snowmen and houses (I mean he made snowmen for MONTHS!). We also use them for sorting …
I stumbled upon this Printable Apple Activity here and immediately printed it out. It is supposed to be a file folder game (which would be great for traveling or a Busy Bag) but I wanted to play it right then so I just cut them out into cards. The card will show a certain …
B has been really into his shadow lately. He loves to watch it “chase him”. So today we had fun with shadows and tracing them. (B’s shadow is on the left and B traced mine in pink on the right). For B this experience was just about experimenting with chalk and practicing the skill of …
I went to a birthday party the other day and my friend had a painting table set up for the kids (brilliant!). At that moment I realized I had never given B the opportunity to experiment with paint (other than watercolor). I must admit I was afraid of the mess BUT once I saw how …
You call THIS an activity? Yes! We did this activity a few months ago and I never wanted to post it because I thought it was a little lame to actually be considered an “activity”. However, I figured since it involved paper, glue, one-to-one correspondence practice, and letters that those things made it official …
I made Ice Treasures by freezing a few of B’s toys in a bowl of water and letting him use his tools to get them out. The hammer and chisel method is what we were teaching and hoping he’d use, but in the end it was just the hammer that B had the most fun …
Spin to Win with these games and activities! Pick up a spinner and give some of these activities a try or click here to make and print your own spinner. Have you ever bought anything at the store and you had no idea what you’d do with it but knew you’d come up with …
There is a lot of talk right now out there in blogger world about organization (must be back to school time) and I wanted to show you the one inexpensive organizational tool that is working for us right now in this room of organized chaos. My hubby bought a big heavy duty cardboard cylindar from …
I’ve heard great things about Letter Factory from other moms so I bought it online to take on vacation with us and let me just say, Letter Factory is my hero! After 10 days of vacation, B (28 months) knew almost all 26 letter sounds (he already knew the letters but can now name them faster) …
I found these old outdoor placemats. They are a woven, rubber like material. I read in one of the parent magazines that you can cut these into different shapes and once wet they make fun and easy bath toys that stick to the sides of the tub. I cut them into shapes for sorting, a puzzle, …
Shaving Cream Fun is a great sensory experience for toddlers and preschoolers! When I was teaching we would use shaving cream for cleaning desks. Before we wiped off the shaving cream, we would use it for working with words (writing them with our fingers on the desk etc.). I thought that would be a fun …