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 […]
Ping Pong Ball Run {101 Kids Activities Book}
My daughter loves ball drop and ball run games and when I saw this in our new book, 101 Kids Activities by Rachel Miller and Holly Homer I knew it was perfect for us to make! I swiped the ping pong from our ping pong counting game and set out to make this! Post contains affiliate links […]
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 […]
Easy Pony Bead Crown Craft for Kids
Let’s make a crown craft together!! If you have kids like my daughter and her friends then crown crafts are all the rage. My daughter loves all things princess and crowns are the ultimate craft for her. She loved the paper plate crown until it got left behind at the park. This simple pony bead crown craft […]
Watercolor Resist Preschool & Toddler Art Activity
We do a lot of open-ended toddler art activities, a lot that don’t usually make the blog because my daughter and the daycare kids have access to paint, markers, crayons, and other various art materials throughout the day. Occasionally we do a planned art activity but either way, art is a popular activity around here. Post […]