We have been spending a lot of time outdoors lately trying to some energy out after the big kids are in school all day. Outdoors is also a great place to do some homework practice. While the big kids are practicing their math facts and spelling words my preschooler has been having fun with numbers! To set up the game I drew a line down the sidewalk with chalk and then marked off the numbers from 0 to 25. At first my preschooler practiced walking … [Read more...]
13 Fun Fall Activities for Kids
I am ready for fall! I love the fall scents, the fall holidays, the fall food, and the fall activities. It's such a fun time of year. There are tons of ideas out there to get you in the autumn spirit and here are some of our favorite fall activities for kids. Try them and let us know your kids' favorites! 13 Fun Fall Activities for Kids: 1. Make a Fall Tree Hand Banner. 2. Create a Fall Art Collage. 3. Make a Fall Tree Snack. 4. Play … [Read more...]
Polar Bear Activity and Cupcakes
Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr. is one of my kids' favorites books! The repetitive text and animal sounds make it especially appealing to preschoolers. There are so many fun ways you can play and learn with the story that we just had to choose it for this month's Virtual Book Club for Kids! The story is very similar to his Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? book except that instead of seeing a new animal on each … [Read more...]
Handwriting Practice with Dirt and Sticks
Handwriting is a skill we need to practice in our house this year. My kindergartner gets bored practicing writing on paper so we like to mix it up. One of his favorite ways to practice is writing in dirt! He used a stick to write with--so if you have dirt and sticks in your backyard you are all set! We don't have any dirt patches so I added some dirt to an aluminum foil pan that could be used inside or outside. After awhile we added a little … [Read more...]
Gross Motor Sight Word Game: Cup Crash!
Knowing how to read sight words helps kids to read more fluently and better understand what they are reading. Kids learn many sight words just by being exposed to them during shared reading, but there are those tricky ones that need some extra practice. To make memorizing sight words more fun we like to play games! Last week my kindergartner played Sight Word Swim in the pool and he had so much fun we came up with another game we could play with … [Read more...]
Building Block Busy Bag with Pool Noodles
All three of my kids love to build and create and ask to take their Lego bricks with them into the tub and the pool. To give them blocks that can easily go in and out of water and won't get lost down the drain I made them blocks made out of pool noodles! My kids had so much fun with them that I decided to make sets to give out to my friends at one of our Moms Night Out Busy Bag Swaps! To make the bags my husband and I cut up pool noodles into … [Read more...]
Sight Word Swim Game for Kids
Playing games is great for kids to learn sight words. If you have a child that needs to learn them for school you already know that practicing can get old very quickly! In order to make practicing more fun for my 5 year I decided to incorporate swimming, one of his favorite activities, into our game! To prepare the game I wrote 12 of the kindergarten sight words that he didn't automatically know on some of our ball pit balls. We have hundreds and … [Read more...]
ABC Ice Cream Gross Motor Game
My preschooler is in the process of learning her uppercase and lowercase letters. To make practicing more fun we decided to play an ice cream themed game. All of my kids LOVE to play pretend and kitchen and restaurant play is a favorite so this ice cream game was a hit! To make the game I used 12 ball pit balls and 4 paper towel rolls. I cut the rolls into thirds to make the cones and wrote lowercase letters on the front. Then I used a … [Read more...]
