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 …
Do you have one of these shelves in your pantry for stacking cans? I took that out and a handful of ribbons and introduced ribbon weaving to B. This ended up being too hard for B. I could tell because he wanted to watch me do it but didn’t want to try it on his own. This …
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 …
I’ve seen this opening and closing activity all over the internet and have been so excited to try it with B! I saved up quite a few containers that open in different ways. I put a penny in each container and told Blake he could put the pennies in his bank if he could get them …
I finally bought some dot painters from Amazon and they are a big hit. We are addicted! Here’s what we’ve done with them so far….. We love using these Magnet Pages from Making Learning Fun! They also have these Do A Dot Marker Pages but we haven’t tried them yet. Letter Searches from Prekinders We’ve …
Your toddler or preschooler will love this ice cube transfer activity. Put a little food coloring in your ice cube tray so that your child can see them in the water. First, fill ice cube trays with water and food coloring. I used a couple of Christmas shaped trays from the dollar store and made …
My friend J, made this toy for her daughter when our kids were really little. It was our favorite handmade toy then and it is STILL one of B’s favorites to pick up and play with when we go over there. Use a large formula container (or something similar) Cut a slit in the lid …
Need a simple activity to challenge your child while you prepare a Thanksgiving feast? Try this pouring challenge. Draw a line on a plastic cup and fill another cup with water. Challenge your child to pour the water and stop exactly at the line. B spent a long time working on this. It was tricky …
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 …
Use pom poms, glue, and cardstock to make a Pom Pom Caterpillar developing fine motor skills and creativity. There was a suggestion on my Activities with Pom Poms post to make a pom pom caterpillar. I thought this would be a perfect activity for more practice with glue. Another idea given to me was to …
An inexpensive activity that promotes the development of motor skills is to play and experiment with nuts and bolts. Get 3-5 bolts of various sizes, the corresponding washers, and the corresponding nuts. Let your child figure out which ones fit together and practice screwing on the nuts. I started with 3 of them for B. …