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Sight Words Egg Hunt
We're just starting to get into sight words. What started as a little experiment of my own (would Kay be interested in learning words?) continues because - yes, she wants to, much to my surprise....
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Cardboard Tubes main page
Month 3 of Project: Recycle & Create was all about - you guessed it - cardboard tubes. There's just so many things you can do with these things, and there always seems to be an abundance of them...
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10 Toys from Cardboard Tubes
There are many things you can make with cardboard tubes, from a simple megaphone to complex crafts that wow. But today we're focusing on toys. These are ones that are made to be played with! Marble...
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50 Ways to Play and Learn with Plastic Eggs
There are so many fun things to do with plastic eggs, that I just couldn't narrow it down to 10! (And this is already excluding crafts!) So I present to you the top 50 ways to play and learn with...
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We Love Weekends 4-4
With the weather finally nice enough, we've been able to play outside more this week than we have for months. We've also got some planting done (we used beans because they always tend to grow!) and...
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Apple Experiment for Preschoolers
We do love our food science over here. After working with chocolate and marshmallows, this one is one of the healthier options when it comes to food experiments. We eat apples all year round,...
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Egg Carton Fairy Houses
Kay got a letter from her pen pal mentioning a "fairy garden" in their backyard, and Kay's imagination went into overload. Since then she always wants me to write, "Have you seen any real fairies?"...
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Using cards to learn math skills
I have long-since noticed that card games can be a great way to work on math skills in a playful way. Go Fish helps with number recognition and matching, War works on greater than and less than and...
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Preschooler Anger - How We Deal With It
I'm proud to be guest posting over at The MaMade Diaries today. Michelle writes about parenting, kids activities, and product reviews, so hop on over and check it out! How do you help your child...
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Repurposing Plastic Bottles
Kara from ALLterNATIVElearning is creating an Ultimate Earth Day Education Guide with posts on various topics related to teaching children about helping the earth. I feel fortunate to be a part of...
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Ladders - just playing?
Our yard is always messy. My husband is a "collector" (read "semi-hoarder") and our backyard is where he stores his...well, let's just call it junk, shall we? Tools, scrap metal, buckets galore, all...
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We Love Weekends 4-11
The nice weather finally found it's way to New England and Kay has been taken advantage by riding her bike and swinging on her swing constantly. On the schedule for tomorrow...picnic! I hope it's as...
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Chromatography for Preschoolers
Chromatography is so cool! Go ahead, ask me is I even knew what it meant a month ago! So...what is it? Simply a technique used to separate mixtures. And since markers are mixtures of colored...
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The Square Game for Preschoolers
I post simple, sometimes ridiculously obvious, activities on this blog. And the reason behind that is that sometimes adults forget that simple is often best or we forget the little games or toys we...
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Super-Easy Pool Noodle Marble Run
I wanted to title this "Marble Runs for Dummies" or something similar, but didn't want to be unintentionally insulting. Of course, the insult really goes to me. I love the super-simple, no...
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Egg Smash Painting
I was excited to try this idea out with Kay. She's always open to a bit of process art and if it's messy, all the better! I filled up some plastic eggs with washable tempera paint, adding a splash...
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Bunny Peeps Race Cars
These cute sweet treats have been floating around Pinterest. They looked easy enough so we gave them a try. Peeps + race cars? Oh, Kay was very pleased! Our spin on it was that I wasn't going for...
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We Love Weekends Linky 4-18
Welcome back! What do you think of the blog's new design? (I love it!) Let's get right to some favorites from last week... Mosswood Connections discovered a simple way to remind her son how much...
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Learning About Nature - Saturday Science
With spring in the air here (sometimes...) I love thinking about how we'll be getting outside again, playing in the dirt, looking for worms and planting a garden. Toddlers and preschoolers, with...
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Follow the clues - find the prize
When my sister was younger, we used to play this simple indoor scavenger hunt game. I would give her a clue, each clue would lead to a new clue until she found...the prize! She loved it, so of...
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