A new thing for us. Henry’s learning sight words! This has been such a treat to practice with him. I set up a simple ‘assignment’ [wow, am I the homework mom now?] to begin learning sight words.
Henry mastered his 
Mixing Colors on the Window
March 25, 2013 by 1 Comment
I set up an activity for mixing colors, without actually mixing them physically, just with light.
As you may know, I love activities and crafts for the window. We have a huge picture window in our living room that just
Scavenger Hunt with Alphabet Photos
March 14, 2013 by 2 Comments
I always love scavenger hunts. The boys love them. Not sure why, buts it’s always fun to hunt for something!
Fun at Home with Kids shared this fun way to search for the alphabet with photos! How creative!
Egg Scavenger Hunt to Make Words
March 12, 2013 by 4 Comments
I set up a fun scavenger hunt with plastic eggs, with a twist of making words by matching up the found letters.
Set up for the Egg Scavenger Hunt:
I wrote a few spring related words on a piece of
Learning with Blocks: Shapes & Colors
March 6, 2013 by
I went back to the basics for George to learn shapes and colors with a block activity since he’s been all about the blocks lately.
A very fast setup [excuse the scribbles on the paper!]. While the boys were
3 Math Games: A Hands on Mom Feature
February 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Math games using the number mat from Melissa and Doug! Great ideas submitted by The Pleasantest Thing.
Sort by Color Button Activity
February 24, 2013 by 1 Comment
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
A Race to Learn Phonics: A Hands on Mom Feature
February 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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,
Fruity O’s Rainbow Color Craft
February 14, 2013 by 24 Comments
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
Valentine Letter Learning & Matching Activity
February 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
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 is what I came up with… though I
Valentine Heart Button Craft for Kids
February 1, 2013 by 21 Comments
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!
I
14 Learning Activities for Toddlers
January 31, 2013 by 3 Comments
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.
Some basic things an older toddler
Upper & Lowercase Letters: Heart Matching
January 25, 2013 by 5 Comments
Recognizing letters and learning their ABCs is one thing for a preschooler to learn, but learning both upper and lowercase letters I found is completely another.
I had no idea what Henry knew at this point when
Match Upper & Lowercase Letters Bracelet
January 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
Henry matched upper and lowercase letters to make a bracelet for Valentine’s Day using letter beads and Valentine’s Day words.
He often comes home from school with a bracelet that he made. He is always so incredibly proud of it, and wears it
6 Learning Activities on It’s Playtime
January 2, 2013 by 1 Comment
Learning activities enforce a child’s knowledge of what they’re already learning through play.
These activities are usually best received when your kid is interested in the topic already. It is almost impossible to force a child, of preschool age or younger for sure,
Counting with Dice & Blocks
November 12, 2012 by 1 Comment
With just some blocks and a pair of dice, Henry practiced one to one correspondence counting, as well as building towers! And even a little bit of patterning, all on his own!
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