5 Little Snowmen is one of our favorite Winter rhymes and is so fun to repeat and act out! Download and print the 5 Little Snowmen Puppets. Cut out the snowmen and tape them to craft sticks or plastic spoons. Use your puppets to sing or tell the story of the 5 Little Snowmen …
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#1 Early Learning – Top Activities for Your One Year Old Early Learning – Activities for Your One Year Old was the most popular post of 2013! So many great ideas to get your one year old started learning through play.
I found a package of colorful learning links at the Dollar Tree and knew they’d be great learning tools for G (2 years old). Here are some ways we used them for learning link activities: Patterns Making AB patterns was totally new to him, and it took a few tries, but he totally got the …
Here is a quick and simple Christmas matching game to play with your little ones! (My daughter is in a serious matching phase right now – she loves it!) Simply print the colored Christmas light cards, laminate (optional), and cut them apart. Then, let the matching begin! Other Ways to Play Add letters or …
I LOVE crafting with my toddler (he’s 2 years old and loves to craft, too!) but some things require a little tweaking so that it’s an enjoyable experience for everyone! Here are some of our favorite Christmas crafts and tips for adapting Christmas crafts for toddlers! Originally, I’d wanted G to cut the strips of …
Christmas looks a little differently when you have little ones running around. We keep the decorating to a minimum (the 10 month is crawling and eating EVERYTHING and the 2 year old has an affinity for throwing balls that crash into things). But, that doesn’t mean that you can’t establish some super fun Christmas traditions …
It’s Busy Box time! With me teaching part-time and my mother-in-law watching the boys, these boxes have become even more valuable! They are packed and ready to go, which is a great thing for both the 2 year old and the Grandma! Here are the December Busy Boxes we have been using: …
Opportunities to sort with your toddler will often pop up without any planning (and often it is the most meaningful). Instead of sorting the monkeys by color into a tray or piles, sort them as you hang them. Hanging the monkeys with their same colored friends instantly becomes a game. Your toddler …
As adults, we sometimes take simple concepts for granted. That is, until we try to explain or teach them to someone else! Some things come so naturally now, that it is easy to forget that we haven’t always known how to do them. This was a lesson I encountered over and over as a teacher, …
How can you use toys to help develop vocabulary and your toddler? My 17-month old, like most toddlers, I’m sure, is fascinated by “big kid” toys. So when my in-laws walked in with a Princess Palace playset, I knew she would be very interested. According to the ages listed, she is a little young for …
Your toddler or preschooler will love this beaded turkey craft! Roll a ball of play dough. Draw (or print) a turkey face and stick it onto the top of a toothpick or food pick. Use pipe cleaners as the turkey’s feathers. Thread beads onto the pipe cleaners. We decided to sort the beads and …