Practicing sight words doesn't have to be boring--you make it fun by turning it into a game! One of our favorite ways to move and learn with sight words is to play Sight Word Stomp! Sight Word Stomp Game: sight word cards a kid Yep. That's it! It is a very low prep activity that makes it perfect for all of us with kids. I spread the sight word cards around the floor and called out a word. My kindergartner had to find it and stomp … [Read more...]
Conversation Heart Candy Science Experiments
It is so much fun to do science experiments with candy! With Valentine's Day coming up and conversation hearts everywhere we decided to experiment with them, but you substitute any type of candy if you can't find conversation hearts. Candy Science Experiment Supplies: conversation hearts or other candy water vinegar honey (or other sugary substance) salt/salt water microwave or freezer bleach The supplies can be easily … [Read more...]
Rainbow Loom Valentines for Kids
My kids love making Rainbow Loom bracelets and wanted to pass them out to their friends as valentines. We brainstormed different valentine-themed puns for a printable and came up with "I'm over the loom that we're friends!" Super cute, right? DIY Rainbow Loom Valentines: Rainbow Loom Printable Valentine (click and print!) paper cutter or scisors band bracelets colored washi tape Download the valentine printable and print out as … [Read more...]
How to Make Slime without Borax
We love to play with slime! Last year we even made homemade Happy Valenslime's Day valentines for my son to give to his friends. If you want to play with slime with your kids but are worried about Borax, never fear! I have a super easy Borax-free slime recipe you can try. How to Make Slime without Borax: 6 teaspoons of Metamucil 3 cups water 6 drops of food coloring (optional) Dissolve the Metamucil completely in the water by … [Read more...]
Sticky Hundreds Chart Math Activity
A hundreds chart is a classic math tool that can be used to teach tons of math concepts. To play with some number concepts and show my kids just how fun a hundreds chart can be I made them a big, sticky one out of contact paper! Hundreds Math Chart: 2 large sheets of contact paper permanent marker card stock shapes tape To make the sticky hundreds chart I used my hole punch to make 100 red circles and then numbered them from 1 to … [Read more...]
Snow Crafts and Activities for Kids
We don't get snow at our house so are always on the lookout for fun snow themed crafts and kids activities! We love making snowmen out of our sparkly white play dough and playing with our squishy sensory snow and last week even did a shaving cream snowball big art activity! I know my kids would have so much fun doing these snow activities I found on last week's After School Linky! Snowman Kids Crafts: These shredded paper snowmen and sticky … [Read more...]
Shaving Cream Snowball Big Art Activity
Big art is a great way for kids to use their gross motor skills to explore different properties in a fun way. I also love doing them with my kids because even though they are different ages they all enjoy doing big art! We don't get any snow at our house so I thought it would be fun to do some sort of snowball art project. I looked around to see what we had that was snowball-like and decided our wiffle balls would be perfect! Snowball Painting … [Read more...]
20+ Homemade Play Dough Recipes
One of our favorite after school activities is to play with play dough! We love to make homemade play dough recipes--especially when it is too cold to play outside. Lately we have really been enjoying our Sugar Cookie Play Dough Recipe and plan to try some new recipes this month. Here are over 20 fun play dough recipes I know my kids would love to play with! Homemade Play Dough Recipes: Sugar Cookie Play Dough Recipe from Coffee Cups and … [Read more...]
