These flower counting cards are quick to make but packed with learning! And kid-approved! I love simple and hands-on math games for toddlers and preschoolers, like our counting with pom-poms activity or our ping pong ball counting game. These beginning math games are fun for that toddler or preschooler in your life but also teaches […]
Virtual Book Club & Bird Feeders Craft
Welcome to the March edition of the Poppins Book Nook! This month the theme is “Where In the World” and to go along with that we read a book about the outdoors and made some bird feeders! For those of you not familiar with Poppins Book Nook, it’s a monthly virtual book club created by Enchanted Homeschooling […]
Easter Egg Art Project with Rice
Rice + Easter eggs = Fun toddler Easter egg art project! Are you dying Easter Eggs with your kids? With my large group of toddlers in my home daycare, I’m not brave enough to do it this year but we are doing a bunch of crafts and art projects to make our own Easter Eggs! […]
Letter Matching Sensory Bin for Preschoolers (Plus a Glow-in-the-Dark Twist!)
Looking for a hands-on way to help preschoolers learn their letters? This letter matching sensory bin combines sensory play with early literacy skills to create an engaging alphabet activity children will want to play again and again. Best of all, you can easily transform it into a glow-in-the-dark learning experience with a blacklight for even […]
Seek & Sort Color Recognition Game for Toddlers
Do you have a toddler at home? Looking for a simple color recognition game that is easy to set up and providers lots of learning about colors? My daughter and daycare kids have been getting more and more familiar colors lately and they really enjoy any game or hands-on activity, like our bubbling color mixing […]
Painting with Cotton Balls For Kids
Do your kids like art activities? This painting with cotton balls activity is so much fun! We love any painting activity, especially fingerpainting, but the girls really enjoy getting to paint with more than just brushes. Our pipe cleaner painting was so much fun! With spring on the horizon, I decided to get out some cotton […]
Easy Paper Plate Crown Craft for Kids
Turn an ordinary paper plate into a colorful crown kids can decorate and wear! This easy paper plate crown craft is a fun, low-prep art activity for toddlers and preschoolers—and you don’t need a printable crown template to make it. Children can paint their crowns, add colorful gems and sequins, and then use them for […]
Fine Motor Activities for Toddlers: DIY Light Table Lacing Cards
We do a lot of fine motor activities for toddlers on the light table, like our cutting water beads activity or our loose parts play, but this week we did a simple fine motor activity with our easy DIY lacing cards. Fine Motor Activities for Toddlers: DIY Light Table Lacing Cards (Post contains affiliate links […]
Shape Art; Painting with Toilet Paper Rolls
Painting activities are always simple art activities I can pull together easily and the kids really enjoy them. We’re always on the lookout for new ways to play with paint, like our glow in the dark painting or our painting with pipe cleaners. This week I used toilet rolls for some shape printing! Shape Art: […]
Spring Flower Sensory Bin with Water Beads
Celebrate spring with this fun water bead and flower sensory bin for kids! Have you played with water beads yet? They are seriously some of our favorite sensory materials! The girls loved it when we got to cut and squish them on the light table and even just simple water bead play is always a […]