It’s summertime! Let’s make building blocks that can cool your down! This is a simple STEM activity for kids that both my toddlers and preschoolers loved. It’s super easy, what’s simpler than making ice, and these ice building blocks kept my kids busy until the were nearly melted! Plus it’s a great way to introduce kids to simple science. Ice […]
Spring Flower Counting Cards for Toddlers
These flower counting cards are quick to make but packed with learning! And kid-approved! I love simple and hands-on math games for toddlers and preschoolers, like our counting with pom-poms activity or our ping pong ball counting game. These beginning math games are fun for that toddler or preschooler in your life but also teaches […]
Virtual Book Club & Bird Feeders Craft
Welcome to the March edition of the Poppins Book Nook! This month the theme is “Where In the World” and to go along with that we read a book about the outdoors and made some bird feeders! For those of you not familiar with Poppins Book Nook, it’s a monthly virtual book club created by Enchanted Homeschooling […]
Easter Egg Art Project with Rice
Rice + Easter eggs = Fun toddler Easter egg art project! Are you dying Easter Eggs with your kids? With my large group of toddlers in my home daycare, I’m not brave enough to do it this year but we are doing a bunch of crafts and art projects to make our own Easter Eggs! […]
Glow in the Dark Letter Matching Sensory Bin
Here’s a new twist on learning letter! Make a glow in the dark letter matching sensory bin! Sensory bins are always fun for kids, from infants to preschool and beyond, and we can’t get enough of them. My daughter and the daycare girls love to play in sensory bins. This simple glow in the dark […]
Seek & Sort Color Recognition Game for Toddlers
Do you have a toddler at home? Looking for a simple color recognition game that is easy to set up and providers lots of learning about colors? My daughter and daycare kids have been getting more and more familiar colors lately and they really enjoy any game or hands-on activity, like our bubbling color mixing […]
Painting with Cotton Balls For Kids
Do your kids like art activities? This painting with cotton balls activity is so much fun! We love any painting activity, especially fingerpainting, but the girls really enjoy getting to paint with more than just brushes. Our pipe cleaner painting was so much fun! With spring on the horizon, I decided to get out some cotton […]
Easy Paper Plate Crown Craft for Kids
Let’s turn paper plates into princess or prince crowns! This simple paper plate crown craft for kids has been a favorite of ours for some time. Partly because we love dress up and pretend play activities, which this craft lets you do when your crowns are dry! Any time we can do crafts that we […]
Fine Motor Activities for Toddlers: DIY Light Table Lacing Cards
We do a lot of fine motor activities for toddlers on the light table, like our cutting water beads activity or our loose parts play, but this week we did a simple fine motor activity with our easy DIY lacing cards. Fine Motor Activities for Toddlers: DIY Light Table Lacing Cards (Post contains affiliate links […]