I’ve been guilty of thinking I need to buy something in order to create a desired activity, but the reality is that there’s a lot we can do with what we have around the house. Want to blow really big bubbles? Borrow a page from Aya’s playbook, and make your own with a plate, a hand-held strainer, and some bubble solution. The kids were as amazed…
On the same day as our fine motor play with leaves activity (see previous post), we followed up with this math related leaf activity. I used a dice from @orientaltrading that came with this month’s @experiencecurriculum box, and the children took turns rolling it, to place that many leaves on the tree. At the end, they enjoyed trying to cover the tree with as many leaves as possible, and…
The children collected some leaves in their wagon while playing outdoors. When play time was over, I had them pull the wagon to their table, which was prepped with scissors ✂️, magnifying glasses, 🕵️♀️ and hole punchers. What ensued was pure magic. 🌟 We enjoyed a beautiful afternoon outdoors ☀️ 🍃 while doing something educational. We’ll definitely be repeating this activity in the future…
These last few months have given us a great excuse to step up our outdoor play game. We’ve reorganized our space multiple times and spent a ton more time outside as a family because of it. One of our favorite things to do is to use our water table, specifically because @busytoddler gave us the idea of adding tear-free body wash to it to make bubbles, and we…
My husband recently got our daughter into car washing since it’s both a first-world necessity as well as something that keeps her entertained. Initially, it was our actual family car, but today he promised our daughter that after he was done with work, they could wash her toy car. She was excited about this ALL day! In reality, we have things that need to get done in our…