Fish crafts! Are you ready? Do you love a fun and easy craft for kids? We do! We love simple kids activities and this craft was super simple! We recently got a new fish and the kids have been very interested in all things related to fish so I pulled together this simple craft so we could make […]
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 […]
Weaving with Straws on the Light Table
Are you ready for more light table activities? We did some fine motor work recently by weaving with straws on our light table as part of our monthly series with some of my favorite blogging friends! This month’s Light & Reflections Series theme was “Motor Skills” so we focused on fine motor skills with our light table. Weaving with […]
Letter Recognition Practice with Rocks
Ready for some hands-on letter recognition Practice? Grab some rocks from your yard and our free printable below and you are ready to get learning! In preparation for learning to spell names, we’re starting to focus on the letter recognition activities. This simple activity is one of our favorite letter recognition practice games because it helps familiarize the […]
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” […]
Glittery Frozen Water Balloon Sensory Bin
Let’s shake things up with a frozen water balloon sensory bin! It’s summer and the weather outside is getting hot! Hot summer days mean ice and water play at our house! This glittering frozen water balloon sensory bin is sure to cool off your kids and be super fun! It’s colored ice with glitter! You […]
Symmetry for Kids with Rainbow Blocks & Mirrors
We’re back this week with a new installment of our Light & Reflections Collaborative Series! This month’s theme is ‘Build & Construct” so we grabbed some of our favorite blocks and a mirror and went outside to do a simple lesson in symmetry for kids. It’s so easy to set up and it’s full of fun building and […]
10 Fun Pirate Books for Kids
Arr! Ahoy Matey! Are you ready for some fun pirate books for kids? We’re sailing off on a pirate adventure! My daughter and daycare children are really into pirates lately so we’ve been busy hitting up the library and book stores, collecting all the pirate books we can find. These pirate books for kids are […]
DIY Tactile Counting with Craft Sticks
This fun tactile counting with craft sticks activity for toddlers and preschoolers is super simple to make but are packed with learning potential! We do a lot of hands-on counting activities that my daughter and the daycare girls really enjoy but I’ve been wanting to make something more hands-on so this simple kids activity was […]
DIY Water Wall! Summer Fun for Kids
It’s officially summertime! The weather has been warming up here which means it’s time to pull out the water play activities and get the summer fun started! I’ve been wanting to make a water wall forever so when we forgot to set put our overflowing recycle bin on recycle day I decided it was the […]