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Why Do Activities With Your Children?
Why do I do activities with my daughter? Why not just let her come up with her own ideas? When I was a kid, we used to play in a puddle and were HAPPY about it. We even had to sleep there! (Okay, not...
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Bath Tub Sensory Painting - Process Art
Kay has always looked at paint as more of a sensory experience than a creative endeavor. Sure, the older she gets, the more effort she puts into making a "picture" but sometimes she still likes to...
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Having Fun with Number Lines
Kay would come home from kindergarten this year eager to show off what she'd learned. I've found her quietly writing on her easel making up math problems and solving them. Sometimes she needs to ask...
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Celebrate Summer with Ice Pop Party
Disclosure: This post has been sponsored by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions and ideas are mine. #OutshineSnacks #CollectiveBias Summer, to us, means water play every day, flip...
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Shaun the Sheep Craft Ideas for Kids
Disclosure: I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Lionsgate. I received a promotional item to thank me for my participation. However, all thoughts and opinions...
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The Funnest Free Printables for Kids
Thanks for HP and MomSelect for sponsoring this post. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own. I just got my printer to start working again after a long spell of nothing. (I think my printer...
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Random Acts of Summer Kindness
I want Kay to know that the little things matter. Small, seemingly simple acts of kindness can make a big difference. That's why I put together a "month of kindness" during July. It really helped...
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Preschooler Road Trip Survival Guide
Suitcase? Check. Directions? Got 'em. Antsy preschooler? Yep, got that one, too! Kay is not one of those kids who can quietly gaze at the clouds as we drive along. She likes to move and sitting in...
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Butterfly Small World
We haven't done a small world set-up in a while and I had a lot of fun preparing this butterfly one. (Possibly more than Kay had playing with it, but that will be our little secret!) Kay has been...
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Homemade Montessori Material Ideas
Today I'm welcoming Gabriella Diesendorf who has some great ideas for adding homemade Montessori materials to a playroom or bedroom. Even if you don't follow the Montessori philosophy exclusively...
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Fine Motor Bead Art
As soon as I saw these awesome beads I had this project floating in my mind. It's not complicated, but it comes out pretty and all that gluing and bead-placing is great for fine motor...
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Big Art for Preschoolers
It's art. And it's big. (Forgive me - I get my odd sense of humor from my father...) What is "big art"? It's that kind of art that uses the jumbo-sized paper, where you have to use your whole...
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DIY Sound Sensory Blocks
I've been intrigued with those sound blocks (affiliate link) for awhile.They seem like such a great multi-sensory and fine-motor-strengthening toy. But, not wanting to buy them (hey, I'm cheap!), we...
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Sidewalk Chalk Literacy Games
You don't need much to play these fun outdoor games. Some sidewalk chalk, a kid or two, and you're good to go. The best thing about these is it's easy to adapt them to whatever level your child is....
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Alphabet Free Play
Activities like this one are some of my favorites. They have no intended purpose, no set goal in mind. They're just for fun, and if a little learning happens in the process all the better! We used...
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Top 10 Awesome Science Ideas for Fall
Fall. The leaves. The colors. The science! Wait...science? Sure! This season offers loads of questions to answer, information to discover. Kids will love answering these top ten questions about...
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Alphabet Rescue
Kay still loves putting on her superhero cape and mask and racing around saving people or things that aren't in any danger. I absolutely love it. And since playful learning works best when it's...
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Sight Word Knock-down
What do you get when you mix remote control cars with sight words? A learning game kids will love!I'm excited to be guest posting over at Hands on: as we grow today. This was one of the first blogs I...
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Lunchbox Notes for Pre-Readers
When Kay started kindergarten, I was eager to start sending notes in her lunch box. However, she could only read a few simple sight words, such as at, mop, little, and had. It's not easy to write a...
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Bakery Pretend Play
B is for...bakery! We had some fun with this pretend play and craft idea rolled into one! Hmm...smell the aroma of baking cardboard cookies? Okay, so it's not exactly gingerbread, but these were a...
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