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Finding Spring ABC Letters Games. Pley.
Spring Flowers Letters Matching Games for KidsWe tried to catch the sun and enjoy the pop of colors on the window while playing and reviewing our ABCs with spring flowers. Our snowman is standing...
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Doc McStuffins Doctor's Play Kit Easter Basket Stuffers
Doc McStuffins Easter Basket IdeasMy Firefly loves pretend play doctors. All things play medical tools and supplies are never enough. We found some new things at the dollar store and online to make a...
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Peacock Paper Plate Lacing Card Craft for Kids
Fine Motor Skills Fun PeacockThe beautiful diversity of birds can be confusing for the little ones. Are chicken, penguin, and peacock all birds? We practiced our fine motor skills while making a...
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Happy Beaver Earth Day Craft for Kids
Beaver Lacing Craft for Earth DayWe talked about rivers and lakes, learned about beavers, and had fun lacing with yarn while counting up 1 to 25 and down 25 to 1. These activities were inspired by the...
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Fun Ideas for Easter Basket Stuffers for Kids
Our Top 5 Cool and Inexpensive Ideas for the Easter BasketDoc McStuffins themed Easter basket, colorful and smooth mess free sidewalk chalk, Pley gift card, the new favorite Easter book, and a cute...
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Lacing Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten
Benefits of Lacing Activities for PreschoolersKids love playing with colorful ribbons, laces, and yarn - they can be pleasant to touch and explore. My daughter was like a little kitten when she got her...
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Our Top 10 Princess Books for Preschoolers
A new princess book is always exciting for our four year olds. In this article, we are featuring our top ten princess books. This list does not include Disney princesses. Though beautiful and loved,...
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The Rook: First Chess Games for Preschool and Kindergarten
Introduction to Chess for KidsMany benefits of chess for kids remain unique and valuable. While playing hands-on, collaborating as a team, children exercise problem solving and planning, concentration...
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Happy Chicks on Grass Preschool Art Collaborative Project: Decorating with...
Decorating Chicks with Lines, Dots, and PatternsStraight and wavy lines, horizontal and vertical, dots, making patterns with colors and shapes were the focus of this fun painting chicks on the grass...
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Dandelion Art Project for Kids
Dandelion Playful Hands-on Exploration Outdoor ActivitiesDandelion art project was a lovely outdoor explorations followed by the painting project. We explored and reviewed light and dark colors yellow...
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Mail Delivery Dramatic Play: Preschool and K Engineering and Math
Mail Delivery Pretend Play Quick Set UpThis fun quick set up using supplies at hand turned out awesome for engineering a mail delivery services and playing with math. Some activities included: building...
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Smart Bananas Math Activities for Preschoolers
Preschool and K Hands-on Math ActivitiesSmart Bananas Math: building and playing with a number line, counting down the number line, circles, measuring length and weight, heavier - lighter, compare and...
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Thunderstorm Art Project with Mr. Brown for Preschool and K. Thunderstorm...
Thunderstorm Safety Art for KidsYesterday we had great opportunities to observe thunderstorms and hail from the safety of the house. Today was for fun activities to reflect on the experience and to...
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Dandelion STEM Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten
Why Dandelions Are Weeds and Other STEM ActivitiesDandelion Math activities: counting, sequencing, comparing, building shapes, measuring length with the ruler, introducing addition and subtraction...
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Zookeeper Dramatic Play: Introducing a Question and a Question Mark
Building a Question for the Zookeeper Preschool and K Dramatic PlayDramatic play with a zoo keeper and animals are always exciting for preschoolers. Today we engineered a gate to the zoo and set up a...
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Tangram Activities with Three Little Pigs for Preschoolers and up
Hands-on Geometry with TangramsThree Little Pigs based pretend play with tangrams was our awesome introduction to this fun family game. We reviewed some geometry, did some meaningful counting, and...
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Sunset on the Fields Art Project for Kids Inspired by Vincent van Gogh
Exploring Light and Dark Colors, Light and Shadows with Vincent van GoghSunset on the Fields, a gorgeous, cheerful, and relaxing painting by Vincent van Gogh, turned out to be great for hands-on...
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Sense of Time, Observation Skills, and Math with Cats Preschool Activities
Waiting Games and Cat's Lunch Dramatic PlayWaiting is not an easy task for preschoolers. How long can I wait if one minute feels forever? "Waiting" is a wonderful book that inspired us to compare and...
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Fun STEM Challenges in the Block Center for Preschool and Kindergarten
Easy Engineering and Math Challenges for PreschoolersPreschool engineering, math and art are at play here for some awesome STEM challenges and kids' creative solutions. The variety of materials to...
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Fun Introduction to Sentence. Summer Learning Games for Kids.
Soup Can Word Towers on Sentence StreetIntroduction to finger spaces between the words, capital letters at the beginning of the sentences, and punctuation at the end sounds boring and complicated for...
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Smart Beavers Water Play and Engineering for Preschoolers
Build a Dam Like a BeaverWe recycled a plastic table cloth to build a river in the yard. It turned out to be a fun engineering activity, river exploration, and a water play. We were able to explored...
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Tasty Volumes of Juice: Measure Liquids Math Activities for Kids.
ice Math: Volume, Taste, Color, and MixOur introduction to volume was refreshing and fun. We used our senses to explore juice drinks, measured them, and created our new favorite mixes.STEM challenge:...
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Math Games We Love for Preschool to Second Grade
Fun with Math and playful explorations of the early Math concepts: our little ones are into Math recently. Math can be so much fun at this age! Some of our favorite games are here; as well as links to...
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Elephant and Piggie Christmas Ornaments
Elephant and Piggie Celebrate ChristmasWe made Christmas ornaments inspired by our very favorite Elephant and Piggie books. These fun characters are a pleasure to have for some quality dramatic play...
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Fairies on Cherries Christmas OrnamentFairies and Unicorns Celebrate ChristmasWe made this year's Christmas ornament inspired by our current favorite unicorn book. Unicorns and fairies immediately...
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