I don’t know what your house looks like after Christmas or a birthday but ours is littered with cardboard boxes and packaging. Rather than just tossing it out into the recycle bin I decided to throw a few scraps into our art area and let the kids do some process art with it! Process Art For Kids […]
Preschool Activities
Learning activities, art activities, and fun crafts for preschool aged children.
Arctic Animals Small World on the Light Table
Looking for winter activities for the light table? Try this arctic animals small world activity today! Our Light and Reflections series is focusing on winter related activities this week and we have lots of fun activities for you to try. This theme is perfect for us because my daughter and daycare kids have been very interested in arctic animals […]
Wooden Blocks for Kids: CitiBlocs Review
We love blocks! My daughter and the daycare kids play with the wooden blocks daily and I’m always looking for new sets to inspire creativity and imaginative play. I’m picky with toys and blocks because I want quality toys that will last and allow the kids to easily create with them. Recently we were given a […]
Doughnut Shop Pretend Play With Homemade Playdough
Let’s be bakers with this doughnut shop pretend play prompt! This month the theme for the Poppins Book Nook (a virtual book club for kids) was “In The Kitchen” so we set out to find cooking related books and activities. My girls love to help in the kitchen but none of the kids cookbooks at our library caught […]
Build-a-Snowman Light Table Play Activity for Kids
Do you want to build a snowman but don’t have any snow? Then give this snowman light table play activity a try! It’s so easy. Our light table gets lots of use this time of year because its getting dark earlier and it’s so much colder outside. Plus winter crafts and activities are perfect for […]
Space Sensory Play for Kids: Star Slime
We’ve been reading all about stars, astronauts and space for this month’s Poppins Book Nook (a virtual book club joining books with learning) because this month our book club theme was “Beyond Our Planet.” The kids picked out a fun book about stars and we made some star slime to go along with our book! The girls loved […]
Earth Science for Kids on the Light Table
We love to explore with natural materials and items we find out in our yard or parks. The girls have been especially fond of rocks lately so to encourage this interest we rounded up some rocks and agates and pulled out the light table. Exploring rocks and agates is a great, hands-on way to introduce […]
Halloween Crafts: Ghosts on the Light Table {Read & Play}
If I haven’t mentioned it before (I’m sure I have) we love Halloween! We’re swimming in Halloween crafts, Halloween books, and Halloween activities during this time of year. This week we’re teaming up with a great many bloggers for the Halloween Read & Play Series! This series will bring you a bunch of fun Halloween books […]
Simple Farm Small World {Wild West Book Club}
This month we’ve been reading children’s books about cowboys, farms, and the Oregon Trail as part of our virtual book club’s “The Wild West” theme. If you’re not familiar with the Poppins Book Nook Series, it is a virtual book club featuring numerous activities that connect books with hands-on learning activities. It’s so much fun! […]