Hands on Kids Activities for Hands on Moms.

Preschool Activities

Preschool activities are more advanced than most of the activities marked for toddlers. While a lot of them are learning activities, they don't necessarily have to be.

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Homemade Fizzy Sidewalk Paint Recipe

This sidewalk paint recipe has come in handy a number of times. Its great for the kids to paint with, but its also easy for me to use when I’m setting up an activity and need something more prominent than just sidewalk

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Listening Activity with Blocks

A listening activity was much needed… I hate to admit how bad my kids have been at listening lately.

They totally either tune me out completely or just plain ignoring me unless I’m yelling at them. And I hate that.

Completely hate it.

I figured

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Learning Upper and Lowercase Letters on the Sidewalk

This week continuing on our journey to reading this summer, we went outside to review [& learn] upper and lowercase letters!

A Mom with a Lesson Plan [check out her new look, oolala!], is sharing easy ways to read 20 minutes a day today,

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Homemade Wind Chimes the Kids Can Make!

These are some fun to make, homemade, upcycled wind chimes that the kids can make!

Henry and I rummaged through our recycling bins to find some tin cans in various shapes and sizes, including some lids. Believe me, there’s a

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Nature Scavenger Hunt: Perfect for Young Kids

The boys and I had a much needed evening in our yard doing a nature scavenger hunt!

To be honest, ever since I started working on the Camp Mom: Summer Activities Pack, I haven’t spent nearly enough time playing with my kids.

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Learning Activity with Dominoes

I found another quiet activity for Henry to do at nap time! It’s a simple learning activity with Dominoes and it makes me so excited because Henry is actually excited for nap time each day and

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Magic Letter Learning!

As part of the Summer Reading program I’m doing alongside A Mom with a Lesson Plan and Creative with Kids, I’m going to work through the areas of learning that needs to be learned before actually reading.

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