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Drawing on Tree Bark
The tree outside our house is "shedding" it's bark, and our front yard is covered in the stuff. Mostly we've just been stepping on it for that satifying crunch sound, but yesterday we gathered...
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Sandy Art
I found some leftover colored sand, and I left it up to Kay to decide what to do with it. She had an answer right away, "We could put glue on the paper and make pictures." Okay, works for me. I got...
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Easy Homemade Letter Puzzles
I made these simple alphabet puzzles for Kay. Using index cards, I cut each in half, trying to use a different design each time. Then I wrote letters on them - the uppercase on one side, lowercase...
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You need to know about: Kwickeye
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A Bucket of Loose Parts Fun
I love watching young children play, and the creative things they come up with. Today I got to see the theory of loose parts in action. (As Amy from The Wonder Years puts it: "The term 'loose...
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Our First Sensory Bin...with Shaving Cream
We finally tried our first sensory bin...and I'm so glad we did! It was a hit! I went the shaving cream route. Nothing extravagant - in fact, it couldn't have been any less extravagant. Just...
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Summer Fun for Preschoolers
Hey, summer's not over yet! Links to some fun activities that your preschooler will love! Cool Fun (to cool off) *Excavating Toys From Ice from Chasing Cherrios *Giant Ice Cube Awesomeness from...
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Backyard Bike Wash
Building on the success that washing her play car in the yard was met with (Backyard Car Wash link here), on another recent hot day I suggested she have a "bike wash." Her handles were sticky...
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Water Station
We haven't used Kay's water table all summer, mostly because it was filthy and partly because she's getting too tall. But she dragged it out the other day, wanting to play with it, so we worked on...
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Clothes Hanger Scale
A rainy day in the house, with Kay starting to get restless (after having been up since 5 o'clock, at least an hour earlier than usual). I got her busy with something and then quickly put together...
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Ice Cream Sensory Bin
I had an idea to make an ice cream sensory bin, using pom poms, a melon-baller, and a 'cone' made from construction paper. I folded up the construction paper to make a cone-ish shape, and taped...
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You Need To Know About...Barnyard Book Club
I was lucky enough to win a contest recently, with the prize being my choice of a book/craft package from the Barnyard Book Club. I chose the book "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs," mostly...
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Alphabet Hide-and-Seek
I wrote the letters of the alphabet on construction paper shapes (squares, triangles, diamonds, hearts, and not-really-round circles). Our construction paper stock needs replenishing, so I I only...
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Ooey-Gooey Slime
I found an old recipe for green slime while I was cleaning out some drawers, so I planned on doing it the next day. The recipe I found called for 1 cup of cornstarch and 1 cup of water, plus some...
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Frozen Dinos
When Kay got up from rest-time, I told her that someone needed her help and she might need her toolbox. She immediately thought that her daddy had come home early, so I had to temper those...
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Washing Clothes
Looking into ways to strengthen fine motor skills, the word 'clothespins' pops up again and again. So I picked up a package at the dollar store and decided we would "wash clothes." I set everything...
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Super Simple Sensory Bins
What I love about sensory play is that almost anything goes - and there is no right or wrong way to do it. You can find some pretty complex ones online but it can also be as simple as a water table...
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Nature Collage
I can't believe the leaves are already starting to change colors. I mean, come on, it's still August! But sure enough, we've managed to spot some leaves that are in the process of turning those...
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My (Not-So) Awesome Marble Run
I've always been intrigued (and majorly impressed) with the homemade marble runs I've seen on other blogs made with toilet paper rolls or cut-up pool noodles. So when I was feeling a little...
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