We love discovery bottles but we really haven’t made that many lately. Today, however, we were inspired to make a nature themed sensory bottle as part of this month’s Discovery Bottles Blog Hop hosted by Preschool Inspirations. Discovery bottles are simple sensory play activities for kids that are always a hit! Try one! Post contains […]
Winter Snowman Sensory Box
This fun snowman sensory box is so much fun! It’s Christmastime and for us, that means lots of Christmas books and activities. For this activity, we’ve joined up with 20+ other bloggers as part of the Christmas Read & Play Series to create fun Christmas themed activities that are inspired by our favorite Christmas books! […]
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 […]
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! […]
Community Helpers Recycling Sensory Bin
This recycling sensory bin has been such a hit! We’ve been reading lots of books about community helpers and careers recently in preparation for this month’s virtual book club theme of “What Will I Be When I Grow Up.” From Pirates to Folktales we’ve been exploring books and connecting fun activities all year as part of our book […]
Pirate Slime Recipe for Sensory Play
Ahoy! Are you ready for an adventure? This pirate slime recipe is sure to please those little pirate fans in your home! We’re back for another round of our Virtual Book Club, it’s a fun way to connect picture books with preschool art projects and learning activities! This month our book/craft theme is “Ye Old Pirates” […]
Forest Animals Sensory Bin
This forest animals sensory bin is full of fun and learning! I threw this activity together as part of our virtual book club. If you are not familiar with our virtual book club, it’s a set of engaging kids activities that connect to children’s books for preschoolers. Our theme this month is “The Great Outdoors,” so […]
Animal Washing Sensory Play for Toddlers
This animals washing sensory play activity is always a hit with the kids! Every. Single. Time. In general sensory play activities are some of our favorite activities. Last fall we did this another simple washing sensory play activity using pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. It had been the kids most favorite sensory bin until we discovered this one by accident. […]
Sensory Play with Colored Pasta
We love sensory play activities. From themed sensory bins to shaving cream and scented playdough my daughter loves to get messy and play with new textures and try new sensory bin fillers! Surprisingly we haven’t done a lot with pasta yet and it’s been on my list to try so when a daycare parent donated a […]