Add The Button Game to the list of button activities. This game is simple and fun! Line up 21 buttons (or a different object you have a lot of). When it is your turn, you can take away 1, 2, or 3 buttons from the line. Continue taking turns. The person that picks the last …
Introduction to Estimating Each morning for the past few weeks I’ve put a handful of something in a clear, plastic jar for our family to guess the amount of. So far I’ve tried 1-20 of the following objects: bouncy balls, dominoes, pom poms, noodles, coins, buttons, and ketchup packets. Dad has …
Carrot Puzzle One night when you are cooking dinner, cut a carrot into a few chunks to make a carrot puzzle and challenge your child to put it back together.
Calendars are on sale right now and the possibilities are endless! A few things that we’ve tried are: *Cut one month of days apart and have your child match and glue the numbered squares. (pictured above) *Cut several of the small pictures out from the back and write a story about them. Glue them into a book …
Anything can be a puzzle! Even Popsicle Stick Puzzles! I got this idea from Crafts-N-Things for Children. Head over to read her detailed tutorial on how to make your own. Basically, you print an image, use modge podge to glue it to craft sticks and then cut the sticks apart. Number the sticks and you have a puzzle …
I finally found a huge pair of dice at Dollar Tree that we can use to play so many of our games. There’s just something about the big dice that makes it so much more fun. What We Played: Each player rolls a die. Whoever rolls a bigger number wins (or gets a point). We’d …
I saw this Paper Bag Neighborhood idea in Highlights (High Five) Magazine, the December 2010 issue. They provided house and store front doors, windows, and signs to make a paper bag neighborhood. B glued the pieces to the front of paper bags and then we stuffed them with newspaper and stapled them closed. It was a fun craft …
Quick Car Game #4 A Game of Numbers I’m thinking of a number that comes between 2 and 4. What is it? or I’m thinking of a number that comes after 3. What is it? or I’m thinking of a number that comes before 7. What is it? or I’m thinking of two numbers that …
Quick Car Game #3 I’m thinking of a __________. What goes with it? For example: I’m thinking of a garbage truck. What goes with it? (garbage, trash can, etc.) I’m thinking of a flower. What goes with it? (vase, bumble bee, water) I’m thinking of a soccer ball. What goes with it? (goal, player, field)
Quick Car Game #2 If you could be a __________, which one would you be? For example: If you could be a super hero, which one would you be? If you could be an animal, which one would you be? If you could be a color, which one would you be? If you could be …
I’ll do anything to keep everyone happy when we are stuck in traffic or in the car right before nap time. So we have started playing different games in the car. This week I will feature simple games to try with your toddler or preschooler to keep them happy, thinking, and learning in the car. Quick …
Happy Kids = Happy Traveling! Here are a few simple activity ideas to make your holiday traveling easier. (Note: Starting Monday, a week’s worth of simple, verbal car game ideas!) Toddlers *Drop small erasers (from Dollar Store) into a water bottle. Shake them, dump them out, or practice twisting off the top. *Cut a slit into …