Follow the Arrows… For this fun and simple treasure hunt activity, cut arrows out of construction paper. Hide an object and place the arrows on the floor leading your child to the hidden object or treasure. We had so much fun with this. After we tried it a few times, B had a turn …
Make your own egg carton game for your toddler or preschooler. I’ve seen egg carton games all over the internet so I decided to give it a try. I cleaned the egg carton and put numbered, dot stickers in the bottom. I used a bead and had B close it and shake. …
When N was a baby, I made sensory bottles for her. She has since grown out of them so I turned them into play kitchen spices (pictured above). These have been a hit! In the bottles I used beads, pom poms, noodles, beans, and rice. I didn’t write the names of spices on the bottles …
To be honest, I never thought about buying a barrel of monkeys for B. Grandma introduced him to his first barrel and I thought it was a big mess for one little game. Fast forward 3 months and I’m so happy that we had those monkeys! B came up with so many different ways to use them. …
This clothes pin game was a good excuse to have B work with clothes pins (great for motor skill development), but it turned into a fun way to practice counting too. Materials: clothes pins, 1 die, something to clip on (shelf from pantry shown above) Here’s how to play: Roll the die. Clip the corresponding …
This lacing with water noodles activity from My Little Gems is awesome! Grab a few of the water noodles that are hopefully on sale right now and make them into a large lacing activity by cutting the noodles into pieces. photo courtesy of My Little Gems I have had this activity on my “to do” list …
I got this mini ice cube tray from the grocery store and saved a dropper from an empty medicine bottle for this mini water transfer activity. B had fun transferring water from a bowl and filling up each of the sections. I drew small circles on wax paper with a Sharpie for this water transfer activity. I challenged B to squeeze …
Last week I featured a few activities that you can do with bottle tops. I wanted to include this sorting bottle tops activity too because it is great for vocabulary! I had B sort the tops into 3 piles (small, medium, and large). It was neat to see him figure out which pile they should go …
Bottle Top Fish is an easy activity to set up and fun to play for your toddler or preschooler! With the extra bottle tops I had, I drew fish on them and floated them in a bowl. I gave B a slotted spoon and he transferred them to another container. He also tried to transfer them …
An easy way to work on shapes is to go on a shape hunt. I cut 5 shapes out of construction paper and had B look around the house for items of each shape. Quick, simple, and fun!
This color hunt activity was a fun way to combine colors and counting all at once. I cut and laid out colored pieces of paper (as shown above). B went on a hunt and found 1 black object, 2 yellow, 3 orange, etc. Simple, fun, and quick! This could also be a great way to …
I bought this pack of cards from the Target dollar spot awhile ago and B has been interested in them lately. I love that it gives us the opportunity to talk about same and different, but there are so many possibilities on each card that I think it is a bit much for B. So I decided to …