Activities for kids

Things to Save for Play

April 23, 2013

“What are you doing?” “I’m putting this away.” “By why???” Ok so my little stash of plastic scoops may be a little odd to some people, but to me it [...]

Acorn Season – Why Collecting Stuff is Good for Kids

April 16, 2013

It’s acorn season. We live in an area where huge old oak trees are everywhere, stretching their ancient branches heavy with acorns and covered in luminous green leaves almost down [...]

Snippets of Play – Scooping

April 11, 2013

We often do elaborate, new and ‘exciting’ activities with the big kids, and Noah (who is coming up to three years old!) happily tags along and joins in. Sometimes I [...]

Printable Playdough Garden

April 9, 2013

Right before Easter, in a last minute rush, I made some printable bunny cupcake toppers. A day or so later I spied those very same little bunnies hopping through a [...]

Bouncy Balloon Painting

April 2, 2013

I don’t like balloons. Well actually I don’t mind balloons on their own, but when you combine balloons with kids, it always ends in tears. Well almost always… In a [...]

Happy Eggs

March 29, 2013

A basket of eggs from this morning, and a couple of restless kids… Add some permanent markers… Happy eggs for the lucky friend who gets this half dozen today.

Five Ways to Get Started With Imaginative Play

March 26, 2013

Noah is two years and 9 months old and suddenly his imagination has gone into over drive. He has gone from limited and very simple imaginative play such as a [...]

See-Through Paintings

March 19, 2013

I love the idea of painting on windows with my kids, but the only child height window we have is… ahem… still not painted, so letting my kids loose near [...]

Six Simple Fine Motor Activities

March 12, 2013

Fine motor skills are what we early childhood educators talk about when we mean all the small muscle, refined movements of the hands. It also relates to thinks like eye-hand-coordination [...]

Finger Leg Puppets

March 5, 2013

For the month of February my new school boy has had Wednesdays off. It has been lovely to have this extra day with my boy, and he has appreciated the [...]

Free Printable Hexi Cards

February 26, 2013

Every now and then an idea pops into my head that turns out to be great. It doesn’t happen very often mind you. Most often my ideas are total flops. [...]

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