Tag: at-home activities
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How Process Art Helps Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten!
I have been an advocate for process art for a long time and see the value in allowing children the opportunity to create freely. It is an essential tool for fostering creative expression and even developing expressive language…2 things that will serve them well in their school years and beyond! But he other day, while…
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Ten Frame Activities: Supporting Early Numeracy Skills Using Ten Frames
*This post contains affiliate links. Ordering through these links means that I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you* When it comes to building number sense in our young learners, it is about so much more than memorizing numbers. When we provide opportunities to explore number concepts in hands on and playful…
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5 Ways to Play with Puzzles!
My boys have been super into puzzles lately! In an effort to go off of their lead and follow their interests while still keeping things challenging, I have tried to make use of our puzzles in a variety of ways. With my youngest, who is 22 months, we are really focusing on his language, communication,…
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Rainbow Skittles Experiment: 2 Ways!
With Spring and St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, tis the season for all things rainbow! Here is a fun experiment (or rather 2 experiments) using these colorful candies that is sure to wow your little ones. The best part…it only takes two ingredients! Before starting the “experiment” part of this activity, squeeze in a…
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Valentine’s Day Playdough 3 ways!
Playdough is a go-to activity for us all year round. It is perfect with a tray of loose parts and cookie cutters with custom colours to go with every season or holiday! If you haven’t made your own play dough yet you need to check out our cooked play dough recipe here! It turns out…
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Valentine’s Day Countdown: 14 Days of Valentine’s Play!
Our Playful Holiday Advent Calendar was such a hit with the kids, so I knew we needed to recreate it for Valentine’s Day! They loved the idea of opening up a surprise activity every day, and I loved the idea of having 24 days of activities ready to go! For our playful Holiday Advent Calendar,…
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DIY Art Journals: The perfect way to honor your child’s creativity!
As a Kindergarten teacher and mom of 3, there are two things I know for certain…first that kids love to create…and second that loose papers everywhere drive me a little bananas!! I know it can be hard to balance the desire to keep every single piece of artwork and also wanting to keep the clutter…
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Countdown to Christmas: 24 Playful Days Advent Calendar Ideas
The Holidays are a time filled with family, friends, and joy no matter how you celebrate, so why not add to that excitement by counting down to Christmas with 24 days of holiday play! For our DIY advent calendar this year, I filled 24 paper bags with the items needed for a new activity each…
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7 Easy Halloween Play Ideas
7 easy activities to inspire some Halloween Fun! *This post contains affiliate links* 1. Ice Monsters This one was a huuuge hit with my 3 year old! The ice Monsters are just food colouring, water and googly eyes frozen in an ice tray, super simple to make! For this set up, I chose to mix…
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Our Family Summer Bucket List
After the past couple of years we’ve had, now more than ever is the perfect time to create a “Summer Bucket List” with our little ones to make sure it is a summer to remember! Our 10 year old loved helping us come up with ideas to add to the list, and I know it…
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