We went on a turkey feather color hunt to Move and Learn about colors and patterns! This one was super easy to set up and the kids can keep playing with it all month long. Color Hunt Activity: construction paper feathers in a variety of colors kids who are ready to move I cut a bunch of paper feathers out of construction paper and scattered them all over the yard. Then the kids ran around and collected them (like a bunch of turkeys who … [Read more...]
10 Hands On Science Experiments for Kids
My kids love to do hands on science experiments at home! There is something so empowering about causing a reaction in an experiment or suddenly grasping a science concept. It gives kids confidence as a learner and is just plain fun! 1. Air Pressure Experiment: Make it easy for kids to see how air pressure works with this fun activity from Kids Activities Blog. 2. Floating Egg Science Experiment: Fantastic Fun and Learning experimented … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Fruit Turkey Snack for Kids
There are so many sugary treats out this time of year! Halloween brings non-stop sweets that last all the way through Valentine's Day. Fun food like this Thanksgiving Fruit Turkey get kids excited about eating some of the healthy stuff too! Thanksgiving Fruit Turkey Supplies: pear or apple for the body raisins carrot peanut butter grapes or favorite cut up fruit wooden skewers These turkeys are easy to make and great for … [Read more...]
Teach Kids to Follow Directions with Relay Races!
Kids need to learn how to follow directions just like they learn to do anything else--by practicing! A fun way to practice following directions is by turning it into a game or activity. We decided to turn relay races into an indoor following directions activity! Following Directions Activity To set up the activity I gathered a bunch of random items from the house and divided the kids into two lines. They had to walk across … [Read more...]
Candy Play Dough Sculptures
We all know candy is great to eat, but did you know how much fun it is to play with? We used some of our Halloween candy this year to make play dough sculptures! Playing and creating with play dough is a great after school activity for big kids too! Many times we only think to get it out for the little ones, but there are so many benefits to getting it out with your older kids also. That makes it a great activity for siblings to do … [Read more...]
Spider Party and Play Date Ideas!
Spiders are such a fun theme for a preschool birthday party or play date! Kids love to sing The Itsy Bitsy Spider song and you can use that excitement for a party theme. My sister had a spider themed 3rd birthday party for my niece and it was both easy and fun! The key to preschool parties and play dates is to keep them simple and set up multiple stations or activities for the kids to wander around to. That way the kids can play and have fun … [Read more...]
Sight Word Soccer!
We are soccer crazy at our house right now. I thought I could use this enthusiasm to make practicing sight words more fun and it totally worked! My kindergartner had so much fun playing this sight word game that he kept going back and playing it again all evening. Definitely a rave review! Sight Word Soccer Supplies: index cards with sight words on them cones (or bucket or cups or sticks) soccer ball soccer goal or marked goal … [Read more...]
Candy Science for Kids: M&M Experiment
Candy is everywhere this week so we wanted to use it for some after school learning! We did another dissolving science experiment, but this time the goal was to dissolve the M off of an M&M. Have you tried this one before? It is really cool! M&M Candy Experiment Supplies: M&Ms Bowl of water That's it! Put a couple M&Ms in the water with the M side up and observe what happens. We talked about how the coating on the … [Read more...]
