Your Toddler: Reading Skills
The word “read” is define by the Encarta World English Dictionary as the ability to interpret: written material, printed signs, body language, and by understanding intuitively. Despite the normal...
View ArticleCounting: Handful of Buttons
Counting a Handful of Buttons This simple counting activity helps emergent counters work towards: Correctly counting collections of up to ten objects Consistently matching one number word to one item...
View ArticleLearning How to Measure
Learning how to measure is an important science skill. Measuring is used in science data collection. Measuring is also a necessary life skill. Think about how often you measure something. You employ...
View ArticleChalk Drawings – Creating a Face
Your driveway can become the perfect canvas for creating a portrait. All you need is some chalk and a few treasures from around your yard. Chalk Drawings A simple chalk drawn oval in the color of...
View ArticleEarly Learning: How To Tie A Shoe
A Fun Way to Learn How To Tie A Shoe Is your child at that stage where they are learning to lace but still haven’t mastered tying? Lacing and tying are excellent activities for children to develop...
View ArticleEarly Learning: Mystery Box
Early Learning for Toddlers and Preschoolers Toddlers and Preschoolers have so much to learn about the world around them. Seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, and smelling – their five senses are in...
View ArticleHow Do Muscles Work?
Nicholas has been learning about the muscles in his body. He’s learned about the tree types of muscles – smooth, skeletal, and cardiac. He is working on learning the names and locations of some of...
View ArticleBack to School Activities
It is hard to believe that we are talking about Back to School already! The summer always seems to fly by, filled with fun activities, play dates, and staying up late. So to commemorate one last week...
View ArticleCool Math Game: With a Fly Swatter
We love cool math games, especially for our kids who don’t like “school” – you know the sit and learn from a book “organized” school? We homeschool so I am constantly looking for ways to bring the...
View ArticleScience for Kids: Make a Balance
Figuring out how to balance objects is something that fascinates children. Whether it is trying to balancing the same type of objects on either side of a balance or trying to find two objects that have...
View ArticleMonster Trucks: Math and Art
Monster trucks are all the rage at our house and have been for quite a while. Recently, my son Bear {4 yrs} and I created a fun new game called Monster Truck Bowling. It was a huge hit! So I...
View ArticlePaper Activity: Shape Monsters
My son, like many kids I know, loves monsters. He likes to pretend monsters are coming over for parties. He likes to paint monsters. He was thrilled when I made him these 3D paper monsters from an...
View ArticleAlphabet Activity Using Noodles for ABC Formation
An alphabet activity that is hands-on allowing young children to move and wiggle aids in early learning…and is a lot of fun. Throwing away the pencil and using bendable household items for abc...
View ArticleBest Apps for Kids
We collect lots of things, acorns, artworks, stones from various places we have visited AND lots of great apps for kids. These are just a few of the apps in our collection. Kim, another Quirky...
View ArticleFine Motor Skills Develop with this {Easy} Montessori Method Activity
Young children are still developing fine motor skills which are so important in learning to write. This Montessori Method activity helps them build those skills while having fun at the same time....
View ArticleTravel Around the World {3 Times In One Day}
We aren’t traveling this season, but wish we were! Here is an activity we created so that we could travel around the world – from the comfort of home. Recently we took a few trips around the world,...
View ArticleLiteracy Activity: Learning Pronouns
A literacy activity can solidify a child’s understanding of a concept while they are having fun. Learning pronouns is a perfect example of a time to bring in a fun activity like this. Kids Activities...
View ArticleLearning to Be Kind {Kindness for Kids}
Learning to be kind is an essential life skill for kids. Not only can kindness for kids help them behave better, but it allows them to cope with more knowledge when they are not shown kindness by...
View Article10 Reading Games for Kids to Make Learning Fun!
Reading games can help your child read! Beginning words for kids like sight words can be made much easier to learn {and fun} when reading games are part of the day. Kids Activities Blog loves making...
View ArticleActivities For Babies ~ Add Yours
It’s link up time again! We want YOU to link up your favorite Activities for Babies. As always, only family-friendly posts accepted. Link Up Your Favorite Activities for Babies! By linking up you...
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