Rocks rock! They are a cheap, plentiful, natural material that can be used for so many fun kids activities. Here are 17 ways to learn, create, and play with rocks from The PLAY Group...rock on! Rocks can be used for just about any activity and can be an addicting material once you start using them! There are tons of learning, art, and play activities that you can so with them and I've rounded up 18 awesome ones from the The PLAY Group for you … [Read more...]
Language Experience Stories {Get Ready for K Through Play}
Starting Kindergarten can be both fun and overwhelming for kids {and parents!} To help make the transition as smooth as possible a bunch of kid bloggers and educators have teamed up to bring you Get Ready for K Through PLAY! During this weekly summer series we will be sharing simple, hands on learning activities that will help your child develop the kindergarten readiness skills they need in a FUN and playful way. We're kicking things off this … [Read more...]
ABC Activities: Fun with Animal Flash Cards
Preschoolers and toddlers love ABC activities that involve play! Traditional letter cards often contain animal pictures that add to the fun. Artist and graphic designer, Julie Rustad, took ABC letter cards to a new level when she became a mom, she painted a series of animals that he son could actually see where he lived in Arizona! I have know Julie for years and became obsessed with her Desert Dwellers series when she first announced it, in fact I … [Read more...]
Busy Bag Activities for Preschoolers: Ladybug Math Game
Preschoolers love hands on math activities and need many opportunities to try out and practice new skills. That's why busy bag activities for preschoolers are so effective, they give kids a chance to play and have fun with math concepts. This ladybug math busy bag lets kids work on number identification, counting and more. Ladybug Math Busy Bag Supplies 10 oval rocks red and black acrylic paint black Sharpie marker Mod Podge … [Read more...]
Old School Summer Bucket List
Even though we've never done one before we've decided to make a bucket list for the summer! Usually we like things to be low key and laid back in the summertime, but then we came up with the idea of old school activities for children! You know what I mean--all of the fun summertime activities that we used to do when we were younger. We decided to come up with an old school summer bucket list! Some of the activities on … [Read more...]
Frog Jump: Measurement and Gross Motor Activity
We have have been having fun learning about frogs and the frog life cycle. On a recent day I decided to extend the frog learning with a measurement and gross motor activity...Frog Jump! To play I marked a starting line with painter's tape on the floor and gathered a frog cut out and a measuring tape. The kids took turns standing at the line and jumping forward as far as they could. I had my oldest demonstrate how to bend her legs and jump and … [Read more...]
Frog Life Cycle Books for Kids
We are having fun learning all about frogs at our house! The kids have loved learning about the life cycle of a frog and have been pouring over the nonfiction books we checked out of the library. It has been so cool to see them grab a frog life cycle book to look up a tadpole or frog fact while they are pretend playing! There are tons of frog children's books out there, but not all of them teach about tadpoles and the life cycle of a frog. If … [Read more...]
Frog Life Cycle Sensory Bin
My kids have been obsessed with learning about the life cycle of a frog. We have read lots of books about frogs and even tried to find a way to raise our own tadpoles. That didn't work out so we decided to create our own small world Frog Life Cycle Sensory Bin! The kids love it and have been having a blast playing with the frogspawn, tadpoles, and frogs! To make the sensory bin we searched to see what we could find around the house for our … [Read more...]
