A couple of quick announcements this week! [Something new and different, huh?]
I’m teaming up with BabbaCo this month. And I just want to quickly announce that they’re having a giveaway for their Annual BabbaBox Membership! So hop 
Hands on Weekly: Dirt Patch
June 9, 2012 by 4 Comments
A Relaxing Post-Holiday Week
June 2, 2012 by 2 Comments
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Upcycle a cereal or cracker box into a puzzle. Make two of them by utilizing the back as a number counting puzzle!
It’s Playtime!
Lots of Water Activities this Week! Plus more!
May 26, 2012 by 1 Comment
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Henry’s imagination has been in full gear lately with tons of stories. He’s been pretending to drive tractor and go to work, all on our couch.
George got into some
This Week: Sorting, ABCs, & Things that Go!
May 19, 2012 by 2 Comments
One of the simplest and oldest activities. Letting the kids rummage through the tupperware drawer. This time we did some sorting and matching with lids and tubs.
A learning maze for the order of the alphabet. Check out the movie
Mother’s Day Week of Activities
May 12, 2012 by 1 Comment
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Our Mother’s Day gift that the boys and I made. A yarn wrapped vase to make it complete.
We always seem to make flowers for Mother’s Day. So I collected 10 Flower Ideas for Mother’s Day! We’ll have plenty
Play Dough, Painting, ABCs & Hunts
May 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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I set out some play dough and the boys added their construction equipment and they were busy, for literally hours, creating a complete play dough construction site.
A learning scavenger hunt! Matching up letters and numbers to their
Creating, Learning & Playing this Week
April 28, 2012 by 2 Comments
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We are on top of things this year and already have [part] of our Mother’s Day gift ready for Grandma. The boys absolutely loved creating these watercolor coffee filter flowers.
Learning with Legos! We did two activities with
Lots of Activities this Week!
April 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Henry had a birthday last weekend! He’s 4! And he had a semi truck birthday party, complete with semi cake and activity.
Toddler activities I think are the hardest to come up with. So
A Fine Motor Learning Week of Activities
April 14, 2012 by 12 Comments
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It was a Fine Motor Learning week it seems…
Using egg cartons for play! Add pipe cleaners to the mix and we had a fine motor activity, and made a train to play with!
Pipe cleaners again!
This week’s Activities
April 7, 2012 by 2 Comments
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We’re getting outside as a family this month and set a few goals for ourselves. I’m also challenging you to do the same. Are you up for it?
Henry and I really got into making some paper
Our Week of Hands on Activities
March 31, 2012 by 2 Comments
Keep the kids busy with a simple activity with ribbons. Go get something done!
Another very simple activity with some newspaper! Throw balls in the house!
A collage of tissue paper on contact paper – cut into a cross just for
A week of Hands on Activities
March 24, 2012 by 2 Comments
Another request for an experiment brought about this “What Dissolves in Water?” experiment. Great activity for predicting and observing what happens.
Henry learned a little with his wooden blocks by sorting by shape and size. And building as he did it!
Speaking
Our Hands On Activities
March 17, 2012 by 9 Comments
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10 Hurdles to overcome so you can be hands on with your kids.
Creating some flowers to get us in the mood for spring. Using 3 easy art techniques.
7 St Patrick’s Day activities
The Week’s Activities & St. Patty’s Day Fun!
March 10, 2012 by 2 Comments
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It’s Playtime was all about rainbows. Four rainbows are featured; sensory, activities, crafts and art.
George got in on some fun with a soapy sensory jar!
“How do you live like The Lorax?” Nine hands on ways
The Kids Activities this week.
March 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Henry had his first bit of homework for his 100th day of school. We made an activity out of it and made sand sensory art, indoors!
I found these neat crayon paint samples and used them for a color matching and
A Week of Fun Activities!
January 29, 2012 by 1 Comment
Henry practiced counting and stacking blocks with a fun number game!
Henry and I made our dining room pretty with these pretty strings of hearts!
Need to have the kids work on their fine motor skills? Here’s 30 materials and activities that
Activities from the Week
January 8, 2012 by 2 Comments
A fun week this has been. Its been wonderful to take a break in December and over the holidays, but now I’m back and refreshed. I think this year is going to be wonderful!
This week, there’s loads of activities for kids!
Find hundreds
