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A guide to the perfect treasure hunt
Whitney Hollingshead is back today with some more fun ideas! Last time she contributed some great ways to have a Western-themed party for kids. Today she's sharing how to plan the perfect treasure...
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Messy Play - Weekly Kids Co-op
I'm (finally!) back with the Weekly Kids Co-op and so glad to be! It's such a great collection of ideas each week that I'm proud to be a co-host. With the new blog design, I also want to have a...
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We Love Weekends linky 4-25
For those of you who celebrate, I hope you had a lovely Easter! And for everyone - thanks for joining us again with the We Love Weekends linky! Have any great and exciting plans for this weekend?...
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Growing Bean Seeds in Bags
It wouldn't really be spring if we didn't do something with seeds, right? This is the first year my grandmother isn't with us for planting season, so it's a little bittersweet, but it leaves me all...
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Why we don't hatch chick eggs
When I was in grade school, my grandmother got chick eggs and we did a science experiment hatching them. We had an incubator set up, diligently turned them ever so gently, held them up to a light to...
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Road Work Ahead: Construction Small World
My little girl loves to play with her construction trucks. It's the cutest thing to see her in her fancy Cinderella nightgown...playing with trucks! No gender stereotyping here! So for this...
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Loose Parts and Mirror Play
I've wanted to try mirror play for awhile. I love the idea of it giving a whole different perspective on an otherwise routine activity. And then I read a post from Racheous (not the exact post I...
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Simple Rice Sensory Bin
Sarah of Little Bins for Little Hands had the great idea of a blog hop based on a very simple sensory bin challenge - using rice. Just rice. Not colored, no elaborate set-up, no piles of toys. Just...
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Storytelling with Stickers
Preschoolers are great storytellers, for better or worse. They can tell you all about that blue unicorn they saw at the park and say it with conviction or they can tell how their imaginary friend...
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We Love Weekends linky 5-2
Am I allowed to brag here? Oh, wait. Of course I can! Kay has been doing a great job writing her name (almost) and even coloring in the lines. It always amazes me that I worry she's falling behind,...
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Thank you, Baby - a letter to my daughter
Disclosure: This post was made possible by Double Duty Divas and Pampers. I was provided the featured product free of charge to facilitate this post, but all opinions are 100% my own. Getting a...
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Exploring seeds with preschoolers
To continue our seed exploration, I left a few green bean seeds wrapped in a wet paper towel for several days so that it would start to sprout. (It took much longer than in the plastic baggie, since...
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"Dave Loves Chickens" and so do I
Today is International Respect for Chickens Day, a day to raise awareness about these wonderful creatures. In celebration, Vegan Publishers has kindly sent me this book to review. All opinions are...
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Screen-free fun for toddlers and preschoolers
I've never participated in Screen-Free Week before, or even paid much attention to it, to be honest. But this spring, on those few beautiful days we've had so far, Kay didn't want to go outside to...
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Bottle Cap Art
Project: Recycle and Create is back and this month is all about bottle caps! We had some creative fun with various caps I've been saving. (I just "knew" they'd come in handy...for something!)...
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5 Crafts for Preschoolers - Weekly Kids Co-op
Screen-Free Week is coming to end, but that doesn't mean the screen-free fun has to! Every week on the Kids Co-op there are great ideas for play and learning, minus the TVs and video games. (That's...
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We Love Weekends WOW Linky 5-9
Hooray for warm-weather that allows us to play outside and make the days fly by! Hooray for sunshine! Hooray for active preschoolers who never get tired! (Pushing it on that last one, I know!) 50...
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Erupting volcanoes for preschoolers
I've been putting off our next attempt at a volcano until we could do it outside. I also wanted to have an ample supply of vinegar on hand. Well, both things fell into place this week, and I even...
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DIY Geoboard
Geoboards are great for fine motor skills, making and identifying shapes and they're just fun to play with (ahem...for me to!). And there are several great DIY ones I've seen on other blogs, but...
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Love to read with ZooBean
Disclosure: I received a subscription toZooBean for the purpose of this review. All opinons are 100% my own. I've been bursting to tell you about Zoobean for over a month, so - phew - very glad I...
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