🧩 A few of us over at #adaptmyplay are getting together every week to show parents different interpretations of play using common toys. 🪁 Our goal is to get you brainstorming how to adapt these toys for your own little one, depending on their level of ability, interest, and learning goals! 🚂 If you don’t own this common toy, no need to purchase it, because some of us give options on how…
My sister-in-law took one look at this and asked if we were making caterpillars 🐛 . While the reality couldn’t be further from the truth, I could see why she thought so and recommend this activity as part of a STEM station during a butterfly 🦋 unit (or anytime, really). To start, I had B help me set this up. She selected the placement of the toilet paper rolls (great…
While engaging on #festiveseasonplayideas I came across two different posts, one from @r.lees_mumma_to_the_sullivans and another from @apprenti509 that inspired me to try my own love potion water sensory play with B, which proved to be a big hit. Instead of dying the water with food coloring, we used passion fruit tea bags which smelled delicious, provided lots of opportunities for language, and gave way to natural science experiments throughout…
Your child takes one look at the materials available to her, and decides to create her own activity. Bonus: This one in particular kept her occupied for a good 30 minutes while I prepared breakfast. “What exactly did she do?” you may ask. She took the tiny colored clothes pins and matched them to the colors of her favorite Paw Patrol friends. Clipping them on became a fine…
Months ago I saw this activity on @keep.kids.busy who was kind enough to share this and other activity details with me through DM. Just recently, @iracreativeengine posted her version and I was reminded that I should bump it up on the seemingly endless list of activities that I want to try with B. I am so glad I did, but it comes with a warning. 🚨 This 💯 fun educational…
I have tried multiple ways to make snow over the last few months, and none of them have impressed me. So, I decided to try 2 more ways…at the same time. Today we used baking soda and shaving cream for recipe #1 and cornstarch 🌽 and white conditioner for recipe #2 (using tinted conditioner may change the color of your snow). I asked a lot of guiding questions and B…