A Starbucks activity perfect for your little one The other morning I met a friend for coffee at Starbucks. I bought their $1 reusable cup (mostly because I thought it was a good deal for a travel coffee cup) and grabbed a couple of coffee stirrers for N in case she got bored with her …
It’s November and Thanksgiving is quickly approaching – my favorite time of year! I love the ideas I’ve seen all over Pinterest about having a “Thankfulness Tree” for our family during the month of November or playing an easy gratitude game. If you haven’t seen them, the idea is that family members add a leaf …
G loves his Busy Boxes oh-so-much! Here are our November Busy Boxes: 1. Transferring pompoms into a paint tray with a long-handled spoon 2. Pushing the peg through the wood (Dollar Tree) and then balancing a marble on top of the peg 3. Play dough and new tools 4. Sort pebbles by size …
When M was born (6 years ago!), I quit teaching. I LOVED teaching but my heart was at home with her. We made it work for a long time but recently, an AMAZING part-time reading specialist position opened up AT HER SCHOOL and I accepted. But, it means leaving Big G (2 years old) and …
We’ve had a lot of fun with Doc McStuffins Pretend Play so I decided to add to it with these easy to assemble Doc McStuffins Themed Learning Activities. I printed these Doc McStuffins Character Cards and used those to write the “diagnosis” on for each activity. Doc, what’s the diagnosis? SORT-a-tosis (Sorting straws into play …
Your curious toddler will love this simple toddler sticker activity. Draw circles or use dot markers to make circles randomly on a page. Give your toddler a sheet of stickers and show her how to put one sticker on each circle. Taking the stickers off of the page is great fine motor skills practice. Quick …
Activities for Toddlers is organized by age and is an amazing resource for Moms of little ones to make learning fun and to keep toddlers engaged in fun activities. The most common question The Activity Moms are asked is “What can I do with my toddler?”. Here are a few purposeful activities for toddlers. …
Finally, this Summer my kids are best buddies and it’s fun for me to find multi-aged activities that appeal to BOTH of them! Here are three of our top faves this summer: We love to do science experiments. One that always elicits excitement is baking soda and vinegar, which I …
Summer Activities for Your Toddler will keep your toddler engaged and learning this Summer. Pom Pom Push Flip over stacking cups (we like THESE) and have your tot push a pompom through the correct color. I promise it’ll be exciting as he “finds” the hidden pompom and it’s really taught G his …
I love the idea of an “Invitation to Play and Learn” and was inspired by Learn with Play at Home to make it a theme for the Summer Challenge. The idea is to set out the materials in an inviting way for your baby, toddler, or preschooler and give them the opportunity to play and …
I’m always looking for fun things to make with the kids and this was definitely fun… and MESSY! The good thing (other than the fact that it DOES clean up easily) is that you only need TWO ingredients: 2 Ingredient Cloud Dough Equal parts shaving cream and corn starch. I gave each …
With the weather being so gorgeous out, we haven’t been doing AS many busy boxes as usual. But, here are the July Busy Boxes we have set up for this month! I popped a package of sparkly glitter glue (Dollar Tree) and rolled up some paper to stick in a box. He …