These Turkey rhymes are fun for you and your toddler to say together. Great for language development, rhyming, and vocabulary. FUNNY TURKEY The turkey is a funny bird. It’s head goes wobble, wobble. All it knows is just one word And that is gobble, gobble! -Traditional     WALK LIKE A TURKEY (A movement rhyme) …

Making bead snakes and counting with beads using pipe cleaners and pony beads are two great activities your preschooler will love. I bought a package of these beads at the Dollar Tree and B had so much fun threading them onto pipe cleaners (a great activity for motor skill development!). I started by modeling how …

Here are a few Home Depot materials you can pick up for your child that make great activities. PVC Pipe – In my 4th grade classroom I used these for students who preferred or needed to read out loud. They hold the pvc pipe like a phone and it magnifies their voice so much that …

How cool is this bean funnel and sensory box made out of recycled containers and large thumbtacks!? I read about this on Little Hands, Big Work. My husband and B put this together and there were HOURS of fun to be had! Kids of all ages have walked into the playroom to see this and …

I just couldn’t come up with anything creative for Muffin Tin Monday and then B announced that it was Brown Bear’s birthday. So we had a party. I used old, stale ice cream cones as my muffin tin with applesauce, yogurt, and fruit in them (all with sprinkles). I just had to include a picture …

Our family lives across the country and we won’t get to see them for Thanksgiving so B and I made some simple Thanksgiving cards to let them know we are thinking of them.  I painted B’s hand and he stamped the paper to make a handprint turkey.     On the inside I printed and …

This letter sort activity works on letter identification (in different fonts), sorting, and classifying capital and lowercase letters.   A graphic organizer is a great learning tool and classifying/sorting is an effective way to reinforce any concept. B feels confident with his lowercase letters now so I thought I’d give this letter sort a try. …

Today, I had B hunt for things in the playroom to see if they would sink or float. (He was so excited that he was collecting EVERYTHING so we had to stop and talk about things that could get wet and things that couldn’t.) After he put the object in the water, I had him …

You can play this describing objects game with any 5 objects you find around the house or in your playroom. Set out 5 objects (cars, animals, letters, books, blocks, etc.). Tell your child you are going to play a guessing game. Describe one of the objects and see if they can pick out the one …

Let your child go fishing for letters, numbers, shapes, or colors. What a fun way to learn through play!   Getting Ready: Print the cards and cut out the fish. Punch a hole where the mouth would be. Thread a paper clip through the mouth hole. Use a magnetic fishing pole (from the dollar store …

Muffin Tin Monday – Outer Space Raisin bread and cream cheese sandwich, cheese moon, cheese fire, grape stars, raisin stars, candy pumpkin stars, fruit snack stars The theme for Muffin Tin Monday this week is “Outer Space”. B has minimal background knowledge about space so we went with a really simple tin. He gobbled it …

Here are Pumpkin songs that B loved as a toddler. Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pumpkin, pumpkin Sitting on the wall. (Child sits on the floor.) Pumpkin, pumpkin Tip and fall. (Child tips and falls over.) Pumpkin, pumpkin Rolling down the street. (Child rolls on the floor.) Pumpkin, pumpkin Trick – or – Treat.   Pumpkin Play (tune: If …