Muffin Tin Monday – Things to Dip peanut butter sandwich slices to dip in Jelly, carrots to dip in ranch, pretzels to dip in cheese, and apples to dip in peanut butter So our theme is “THINGS TO DIP”. What kid doesn’t like to dip? I did a silent “YAHOO” as he picked up the …
Make this DIY learning activity using pipe cleaners and a Pringles can. I saw this idea at LearningWith Bella. Take a Pringles can and punch holes in the lid. Use permanent markers and color around each hole. Find 2-3 pipe cleaners of each color and let your child put the pipe cleaner in …
Try this Teddy Bear Rhyme with your baby. Use a favorite teddy bear or your child’s hands to do motions to act it out. Teddy Bear Teddy Bear Teddy bear, teddy bear Turn around Teddy bear, teddy bear Touch the ground Teddy bear, teddy bear Reach up high Teddy bear, teddy bear Touch the sky …
Lately, B has really been interested in numbers so he has been enjoying the book Chicka Chicka 123. By enjoying I mean we have been reading it OVER and OVER again and tried this Chicka Chicka 123 Activity. One morning he got out his number magnets and started retelling the book with the …
I found this Printable Animal Matching Game (intended for ages 2-4) at Homeschool Share. It is actually a file folder activity (directions to make it into a file folder activity are included) but it was easier for me at the time to cut the pieces out and just use it as a matching game on the …
I bought these puzzle cards a long time ago from the dollar store, but whenever we got them out to work with them it is too overwhelming (there are so many cards and each card has a picture on the front and back). Instead, I made this Puzzle on the Go (with just a few …
Muffin Tin Monday – Circus This week’s theme for Muffin Tin Monday is “The Circus”. B didn’t have any background knowledge on the circus so we went to the ringling.com website to the Create Your Own Circus link. Fun! I didn’t really get creative with the food and introduce new and exciting things (which is …
B is obsessed with these Itsy Bitsy Printable Letter Books! He keeps them in a little collection and loves to read through them (I kind of sing the book to the tune of The Letter Factory song). Everyday he asks to print one and is crushed that they don’t have all of the letters (vowels …
I love an activity that you can throw together and experiment with what you have. For this experiment we used a wrapping paper tube, pom poms, and a bucket. We tucked it in the corner of the couch at an angle and experimented with sending pom poms down the tube. At first, B just enjoyed …
This activity works for me for a long car ride or a long wait. Use a piece of sand paper (8 1/2 X 11) and yarn (different lengths) to create different designs/pictures on the sandpaper. The yarn sticks to the sandpaper, but you do have to press it down. I cut the yarn in …
I found these Movement Cards at The Home Teacher and love them! There are 3 different sets you can choose from to print out. I chose this set because I liked that it had one movement for each letter of the alphabet, the pictures really went with each movement (so hopefully one day B can …
Muffin Tin Monday – People and Faces. yogurt smoothie (milkshake), chips, dog shaped peanut butter sandwich, pretzels, pickles, turkey dog, cheese cubes, and grapes B has really been into the concept of “Our Family” lately so I drew these little toothpick family members and let him choose which food was our favorite. Simple I know, but …