Halloween is getting closer and one of our favorite things to do is celebrate the holiday with friends! If you have little ones, how about gathering some of their buddies together for a morning of learning and fun? With some simple dollar store materials, you could host a Halloween tot school! Tray Activities Tray …
Halloween is such an exciting time for toddlers and preschoolers! Fill your month of October with a Halloween countdown featuring Halloween themed activities. 1. Weave a web with paper plates and yarn Easy Preschool Crafts 2. Make a mini-book about pumpkins growing Preschool Alphabet 3. Bat Themed Roll and Color Game Making Learning Fun 4. …
This Leaf Counting Game is the perfect way to welcome Fall while identifying numbers, sequencing, and counting. Materials: 10 leaves (silk or real) and write the numbers 1-10 on them with a permanent marker. First, put the leaves in both hands and throw them up in the air as high as you can. This …
photo courtesy of BaileySmithPhotography.com Do your children LOVE to cook and help out in the kitchen? Do they want to try it ALL and ask questions like “What’s next?” or “How long do we need to wait?”. Then “Cooking to Learn ~ Recipes for Beginning Readers” is the eBook for YOU! During …
Roll and Draw was a fun game for both of my children. I initially wanted my 2 1/2 year old to experience the game so that she could practice drawing lines in a fun way, but I quickly realized that my 5 1/2 year old had just as much fun with it. Materials: a kleenex …
Is your child curious or learning about the United States of America? Here are some games, activities, printable worksheets, that will be perfect for learning about the different states! Right now B is really interested in the United States. His interest really peaked when we discovered the app “Stack the States“. I wanted a …
My husband and I total DIY-ers so one thing that we always have around the house is painter’s tape (either the blue kind or the newer green Frog Tape). Aside from M stacking the rings of tape, we love to use it and create some physical activities for M (5) and G (1). Here’s how …
These learning activities with Legos are sure to be a hit with your preschoolers! Today N (2.5) and I sorted our Legos by color. Afterwards, we stacked each color and counted to see which color had the most. I also found fabulous Lego Learning Printables at Geocities. The printables include patterning, graphing, and counting …
Everyone has stickers (some of us too many)! From the alphabet to counting and listening to puzzles, there’s an activity idea here for you. Here are 12 creative ways to learn with stickers. Paper Towel Tube Letter Matching Making Patterns Quick Sticker Puzzles Sticker Scenes …
Around our house, we are just in love with these squeezy food packets and we love learning with lids! They come in so many flavors, they are low mess, and I don’t have to worry about glass breaking or packing a spoon. Oh, and the lids provide some super awesome learning experiences! I started out …
Shopping with kids isn’t my all time favorite thing to do. But if I must, you bet that I’m going to sneak in some learning fun for all. Here are my favorite Grocery Store Learning Activities. TODDLER/PRESCHOOL My favorite section of the grocery store to teach my toddler in is the produce section. There are so many …
If you have pretend food items in your play kitchen then you need these Pretend Play Shopping Lists for kids! The wooden and plastic pretend food that goes with our play kitchen is a disaster! It’s usually all over the floor and it makes me want to walk right back out of the room or throw …