This post is sponsored by Moose Toys. The older my kids get, the more they enjoy making things. While they still love doing art just for the sake of experimenting and creating, they also love to make plans and work on inventing and creating a finished product. This kind of STEM or STEAM activity (science, […]
Ten Ways to Encourage a Child Who Doesn’t Like Drawing.
I was asked this question a lot when I was teaching preschool, and even now friends, family and blog readers still ask me – “My preschooler doesn’t like to draw, what should I do?” The short answer to that question is ‘nothing’. And the long answer? Well… Sure, drawing is a great way to work […]
Easy Leaf Printing
I’m all about the easy art project. Every now and then we go all out and do some kind of spectacular, messy, or fancy art activity, but mostly I’m for quick to set up, easy to do, low mess activities. If it takes more than five minutes to organise or requires some fancy item we […]
The Best Free Fonts to use with Beginning Writers
Over the years I’ve created and printed lots of things for my own kids and I’ve also created lots of free printables for preschoolers and beginning readers and writers. I am often asked which fonts are good to use with beginning writers, so today I’m going to share some of the best. I am not […]
The Very Best Paper Plane Ideas
It’s not safe to walk down my hallway these days. Even sitting quietly at the table eating my lunch is fraught with danger. No, my house is not full of venomous spiders, or man-eating cockroaches, it’s full of kids who are obsessed with paper planes! Every where I look there are paper planes – piles […]
BIG Bubble Wrap Painting.
It’s Sunday afternoon – I have four kids who all want to kill each other, and a massive role of bubble wrap. How can I combine these things into something good? Painting and printing with bubble wrap is loads of fun, but I needed more than just ‘fun’. To change the mood from cranky, to […]
Four Recycled Tubs, Three Easy Ways to Play
Setting up an invitation to play for my kids is fun, it can be a great learning tool, and it encourages independent play, but if it takes too long to organise then it kinda defeats the purpose. If I’m after a little time to do other things I want to set up an activity that […]
DIY Train Track Scenery
My eight year old has taken to browsing my pinterest boards looking for cool things to do! One Sunday afternoon he came across these very cool train tracks from Pepeto and his eyes lit up! “Can we make these for our train tracks?” he asked enthusiastically. We didn’t have enough felt, or enough foam board, […]
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