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…
If you know me, you know that I try my best to infuse “teachable moments” anywhere I can. The children play with Play-Doh every morning by choice, so on this day, all I did was provide some cardboard letters (courtesy of @experiencecurriculum, although if you’re handy with a blade and cardboard boxes, it would probably be easy to make your own) and invited them to use them in…
Give a child a brown paper bag, some markers, and a small paper bear 🐻 to decorate, and watch the dramatic play begin. Want to spruce it up? Add some sticks and leaves 🍃 collected from the outdoors. And of you want things committed to memory and concepts more fully understood (such as hibernation), pair these activities with a story, like Bear Has a Story to Tell by Phillip C. Stead (pictured…
On this day, we rolled out of bed a little reluctant to start the day, and B requested dot markers. The beauty of exposure is that she now has a pretty good idea of what she has available to her. I outlined a Christmas tree 🎄 and she decorated it with dot “balls.” After that, it was mostly independent play with her requesting help from me to cover every square inch…
It may not be Van Gogh’s Starry Night, but it’s got the right color scheme and stars. ✨ When introducing little ones to letters, I always ask if the letter is made up of straight lines or curvy lines, because it’s absolutely a good idea to introduce any concept that may help them commit it to memory. 🧠 As for the star ⭐️ stickers, peeling them off doubles as a…