Here is a simple pretend play idea – animal rescue. The kids pretended to open an animal rescue center. The first step was to arrange a veterinarian visit for the rescued animals. Then mini habitats were created for shelter while they healed before releasing them back into the wild. This was a nice learning experience […]
On Pinterest, I came across this great recipe for baking soda clay from the NewNew blog. We have since made two batches of this wonderful clay. Here is why I love it – very easy to cook up, cheap supplies, nice to touch and white! We have made salt dough in the past and I […]
I am so excited that I finally finished creating this Candy Shop download. You can download some Candy Bucks to print and play Candy shop with for free. The Candy Shop complete download is on sale for $2.49 until 6/2/12. Let your children’s imaginations grow with this pretend play download to create their very own […]
Yesterday, I posted about an indoor fort with lights (pouring rain two days ago). Today it was a beautiful day out and my 6 year old decided to take fort building outdoors. Using the parachute, scrap wood and fabric scraps she created this awesome fort. She made a seat for herself and even a guest. […]
Grab some battery operated colored lights and toss inside a homemade tent. Your toddler will be amazed while learning cause and effect and color recognition. Turning on and off the lights was so much fun and evoked lots of talking (“on…off”). This was loads of entertainment for my little one lasting throughout the day.
Our local school district every year sponsors a learning fair for students grade 4th through 6th. Basically, students complete a project at home and share it at the Learning Fair usually on a poster, table top or a demonstration. The whole idea is for the students to come up with a question or problem and […]
Here is a simple outdoor tag game for children of all ages. Similar to Red Light, Green Light but Wolves and Sheep is even easier (and less cheating and arguing). How to Play: 1. Pick one person to be the wolf. This person stands on one side of the yard. 2. All the rest of […]
Some children enjoy playing with lotion. This activity offers a pleasant sensory experience as well as an excellent learning opportunity to explore body awareness, body part identification (for the young ones), crossing midline to help with using both sides of the body correctly and right/ left discrimination. This can get messy but most children really […]
This is a great way to make pretend foam swords. I made these years ago for my son’s birthday party and they still get tons of play time. Now I know you can buy foam swords in the dollar store but they are not nearly as good as these. These homemade swords are much longer, […]
If your children enjoy playing doll house or any type of pretend play with figures you have to check out this website where the creator offers loads a tiny accessories to print and create. The creating part is definitely for adult fingers. It is tedious to work with such small pieces of paper with lots […]