Number identification and counting is a process, and fine motor skills are a constant work in progress. On this day, we combined both with some dramatic play, which is a given anytime our bear 🐻 counters come out to play, and squeezed in some turn-taking to boot. These particular numbered stars are from our curriculum, but you can use anything from cardboard to Post-it notes. Have the children arrange…
Depending on the age and creativity of your littles, this activity could turn out a dozen different ways. Draw or print out a Christmas tree 🎄, add some paint 🎨, and use a fork 🍴 as a paintbrush 🖌 to give it the texture of pine needles. It also gives the kids an opportunity to experience painting with a different medium, mixing colors if you use more than one, and the supplies are something…
@iracreativeengine gave me the idea of drawing a simple stick tree onto which B could press her fingerprints to make a beautiful image. The original post used stamp pads, which turned out great, but because B loves finger paint and we have a ton of it, that’s what I opted to use instead. I 💯 recommend this activity, which took almost no time to prep, but be prepared for an…
Using painter’s tape and @postit notes, we created a giant number line which served as a launching pad for our homemade paper airplanes. ✈️ The children then took turns walking down the number line (reinforcing counting and one-to-one correspondence), and later launching their airplanes from a starting line to see which airplane design would make it the farthest. When we were done, we parked our planes at the…
I came across this activity via @funwithrashikaarav the other day and HAD to try it. @moorethanhappy was kind enough to indulge me by laying out the tree with painter’s tape, and Bianca grew weary as I raided the art supplies for potential decorations…until she realized what it was for and became excited. The great part? ANYTHING can be a decoration! Cut up pieces of tissue paper and felt…
This week I was invited to be a guest host for #festiveseasonplayideas @festiveseasonplayideas , which has given me so many wonderful holiday activity ideas. One of those happens to be a themed invitation to play tray, which although new to me, seemed both valuable and fun. B loved that I allowed her to mix Play-Doh colors and seemed to enjoy experimenting with items that I had never included in her…