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 […]
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 […]
DIY Emotions Story Stones: A Social-Emotional Learning Activity
Helping children understand and express their emotions is an important part of early childhood development. One fun and engaging way to encourage these conversations is with DIY emotions story stones. These painted rocks feature different facial expressions and emotions that children can mix and match to create faces, tell stories, and explore how people feel. […]
Counting & Sorting DIY Love Bug Rocks
I had been planning to do some rock painting with MB and the daycare girls in the upcoming days but due to a BBQ with friends and creative little school-ager we ended up with these AMAZING love bug rocks instead. One of our friends has a creative 2nd grader who saw the rocks and […]
Rock Art {Wordless Wednesday}
This week’s Wordless Wednesday is all about rock art! Simple but very fun!