This fall jack-o-lantern preschool activity is so much fun! It’s also a great way to help young children learn about big emotions and how to manage them. This simple learning activity was created based on one of our favorite pumpkin-themed fall books: It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff. It’s a classic story that is […]
Sticks, Bad Guys, & Guns Oh My! Playful Aggression in Early Childhood
“Put that down!” “No sticks!” “Don’t throw that!” “No pretending that’s a gun!” “Sticks are dangerous!” “We don’t play guns!” “We don’t play bad guys!” “We don’t play jail!” …and many more I’m sure you can add. Have you found yourself saying that? As someone who started her early education career in a large traditional daycare […]
10 Fun Halloween Books for Toddlers
Amazing Halloween books for toddlers! It’s October at that means that it’s time to break out those Halloween books! Who doesn’t love a few fun and [mildly] spooky books? We sure do! Halloween is one of our favorite times of the year so we have a huge stockpile of Halloween books for toddlers & preschoolers. Of that stack these […]
Potato Jack O’ Lantern Prints
Pumpkins are part of our fall activities but with Halloween approaching we’ve started learning about carving pumpkins and creating Jack-O-Lanterns. We’ll be hitting up the pumpkin patch soon so we can use real pumpkins but until then we’ve been having fun making our own pumpkins with different materials. Today we used potatoes! Our garden yielded an excessive amount […]
DIY Nature Slides for Kids for the Light Table (or window!)
These DIY nature slides for the light table are so easy to make! It’s a hands-on way for kids to learn about plants and flowers in your own neighborhood! PS- If you don’t have a light table, no problem! Just use a window or white table to explore your nature slides! Being outside and exploring […]
Fall Felt Board Play: Fall Tree
A new felt board project! Our fall tree! We’ve been talking about and observing how the leaves are changing around the neighborhood and at our local parks so I made this for our felt board. I used the clip art templates to make the trunk and the leaves that I found through a quick Google search. […]
Pumpkin Counting Activity & Light Table Play for Preschoolers
This pumpkin counting activity for preschoolers is perfect for fall! Kids are back in school and the weather is getting cooler! As fall begins we’re seeing pumpkins pop up everywhere and the kids love learning about them. To go with our introduction to counting and numbers I made this simple Montessori-inspired pumpkin counting set. It’s super easy to […]
Easy Autumn Nature Table
Fall is here and it’s time to put tother our autumn nature table. We don’t necessarily follow the Waldorf method in our home but I know nature tables are a big part of Waldorf homes. As a kid my grandmother always had a what she called a “nature shelf” in her entryway. It was an […]
Grass Seed Sensory Bin
We’ve been working in our yard lately to get it ready for winter. One project we’ve been working on is moving the garden to a better location and reseeding the current garden area. We also have to reseed an area of our yard that got destroyed this summer by all the kids and the dog. The […]