Open Minds & Messy Hands
With just a muffin tin and some fine motor tools you can use household ingredients to work on counting and motor skills! Because we have been working on winter-themed projects, we used cotton balls and marshmallows as our counting materials. I like to use tweezers and large tongs for
Continuing our ice and snow exploration for January, we put together an arctic small world complete with a block of ice, water, ocean animals and ice skaters. A small world is simply a miniature play scape intended to evoke imaginative play. We used the freezing temperatures outside
I can’t believe I actually attempted another gluten-free playdough after our very wet pumpkin playdough experiment…but I did and actually succeeded! I wanted to set up a pretend gingerbread cookie making station for the kiddos today. We had some cold, wet weather and I was
We always have a few bum apples leftover after apple picking with the kids. They seem to always find some that are bruised or slightly rotten among the bunch. These provide us with the perfect opportunity to do some painting with apples. What a fun fall activity for kids!
We have been celebrating Shark Week in our house! While I haven’t actually shown my kids much of the actual shark week on Discovery Channel…shark week is all around us so we are celebrating as well. If you have followed my blog at all, you might know by
This article has been updated since it was originally published in July, 2014. This post contains affiliate links, for purchases made within it, this blog receives a small commission. I have a spirited kid. From the moment he was small, I scoured the internet to find some of the
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Today activity inspiration was letter A! I decided to use this opportunity to introduce Mack to some different artists and some famous artwork. His attention span was kind of short for this so we looked at a couple of books from the library and
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Today’s letter M project was magic milk! This is one of our favorite science experiments to do at home. It’s super easy to set up and so much fun for the kids! As you might know, we are focusing on the letters in Mack’s
My most recent obsession is teaching phonics and letters in a fun and meaningful way! My 3 year old is really benefiting and connecting to this while my 1 year old is thoroughly enjoying the art projects, its a win-win all around! Tape resist art is
Today’s post is all about Ava! I had this activity planned as one of ‘The Letters in My Name’ theme for the month but Mack decided that he was too tired today (pretty out of character so I gave him a pass!). I decided to let Ava