The youngest of my daycare kids is now just over a year so I’ve been adding simple activities for infants and toddlers that promote fine motor skill development and simple hand-eye coordination. Simple infant activities don’t require much and don’t have to be flashy. We made this activity from a recycled bottle sitting in our kitchen, I’m sure many of […]
Straw Painting Lion Craft for Kids (Virtual Book Club)
This lion craft is so cute! My daughter is getting more and more interested in crafts so today I’m sharing a fun craft we did recently with straws and paint! This craft was created as part of our Poppins Book Nook virtual book club. Poppins Book Nook is a monthly virtual book club connecting books with art projects and […]
Rainbow Salt Tray for Pre-Writing Skills Practice
In addition to all the letter learning activities we’ve been doing recently we’ve also started some activities to work on our pre-writing skills! For this particular pre-writing activity we primarily did it on the light table but below you’ll see it’s also fun for kids off the light table! Post contains affiliate links for your convenience, see disclosure for […]
Learn about Emotion With Rocks!
Learn about emotions with story stones! My daughter has been struggling to put her emotions into words or express them in effective ways lately so to help her better understand and articulate her feelings, so we’ve been talking a lot about emotions and doing kids activities that center on learning emotions. Kids love to explore with simple hands-on activities […]
Beaver Paper Plate Craft for Kids {Booking Across the USA}
Looking for a fun paper plate craft? Today I’m excited to share a fun USA geography book and an Oregon inspired paper plate craft for kids with you as part of a great series, Booking Across the USA, that helps children learn about the 50 states though reading and crafts! Our book was Travels With Charlie: Way […]
Light Table Nature Collages with Loose Parts
Today we are excited to share these simple light table nature collages with you! Our Light & Reflections Series, a collection of fun kids activities that incorporate light and/or mirror play, theme is “Nature & Animals” today so we got out our light table loose parts and created some scenes from nature! I liked using loose parts […]
Small World Play: Gnome & Fairy Garden
My daughter and the daycare kids love the peg gnomes & fairies from our fall nature table so much that they end up staying out all year long. They’ve been part of our calming sensory bin and our DIY felt play mats. This time they got their own small world to live in! Gnome & Fairy Garden: Small World Play […]
Glow in the Dark Letter Matching Cards
Do you like activities that glow in the dark? We do!! We recently played with these glow in the dark letters and revisited our favorite glowing shaving cream but the girls were up for something new so I threw together this easy letter matching game! DIY Glow in the Dark Letter Matching Puzzle Cards Post contains affiliate links […]
Dramatic Play: Spaghetti Shop for Kids
My daughter loves to play dress up and any sort of dramatic play activity. She’s especially fond of cooking and kitchen dramatic play activities lately. This spaghetti shop for kids pretend play activity has seriously been one of her favorites and she spent a long time (an hour and 20 minutes!) playing and exploring with […]