The Making Music activity kit from Kiwi Crate is full of instruments for kids to make! Time to make some music!
I got this chance to review a Kiwi Crate, they offer single crates, or activity kits, to order [instead of the 
Hands on kids activities for hands on moms.

The Making Music activity kit from Kiwi Crate is full of instruments for kids to make! Time to make some music!
I got this chance to review a Kiwi Crate, they offer single crates, or activity kits, to order [instead of the 

Rainbow activities are awesome for learning colors, but we added another learning element by making this a sort by size activity as well!
This one took a little prep work by me. I think you could include a preschooler in part of 

A simple sort by color activity for toddlers. This is simplified to make it as easy as it gets for toddlers just learning their colors.
George has been slowly learning his colors. Ever so slowly. Some days it seems like he gets it 

Trisha of Inspiration Laboratories submitted this fun way to learn phonics with a Letter Sound Race!
My favorite activities in one. Learning and getting the kids moving! This phonics race can be adapted to many levels, 


Sensory activities are almost always a no fail activity. It opens the door for free play. It lets the kids explore a material. And its just fun!
Sensory activities tend to end in a mess at our house. But if you’re not a 

This is one water activity that actually just grosses me out… I have a thing against certain items being wet… bread especially, but paper isn’t much different. The wet newspaper is not something I’d like to touch myself.

We love scavenger hunts! I took this rainbow one a step further than we usually do and made it a scavenger hunt with clues!
I even made the clues a printable for you to print off yourself to do your own rainbow 

This is a quick block activity to promote fine motor skills for the toddlers that just loves blocks! Add in an everyday item such as your kitchen tongs, and it makes it fun and exciting to just pick up blocks!

This is a fun rainbow craft for kids to practice their colors. Use whatever colored cereal you have to make this colorful rainbow!
Rainbows are a great medium for kids to practice their colors, you could also go on 
I’ve created a free printable activities planner to share with my loyal hands on : as we grow readers! I also want to quickly update everyone on how you can follow hands on : as we grow since social media is ever 

Interactive books are great for really getting the kids involved in what they’re reading.
What Do We Do All Day? is generously sharing 12 of the best interactive books for kids!
Get the kids interactive by reading books on the iPad too!

How to make play dough when you don’t have any flour on hand? I came up with a simple, on the spot play dough recipe for when you just don’t quite have the right ingredients.

Make your very own homemade heart shaped bird feeder to feed the birds this February for Valentine’s Day and National Bird Feeding Month!
I’ve been seeing these a lot around blogs lately so I wasn’t sure if 

Match up Scrabble letter tiles to candy hearts for a letter learning activity that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day!
The boys have been begging for a water activity lately. And seriously, I am just blank lately!

This heart button craft is a colorful and pretty Valentine craft and can be a fun learning activity for kids too!
I know I said the Valentine Tissue Wreath was one of my favorite Valentines craft, but this button craft is my favorite!

Learning activities for toddlers are pretty much as basic as it gets when it comes to intentional learning activities.
These learning activities are more to introduce a concept to the toddler, then to test his knowledge on it.