by Jaimi Erickson | Aug 4, 2019 | activities
Do you have some play dough in the house? Here is an activity that can extend its use: pasta imprints for fine motor and sensory play! It is a great toddler activity and preschool activity emphasizing fine motor skills. We had some old-ish homemade play dough in the...
by Jaimi Erickson | May 1, 2015 | activities
Toddler activities are the most effective when they are simple. Toddlers are very creative-that is why we often find them on top of tables, digging through the cupboards or tasting the water in the water table that may or may not have been in there a little too long....
by Jaimi Erickson | Jul 30, 2024 | activities
Office supply stores are a great resource for hands-on learning activities for little kids. Check the sale aisle for some colorful sticky tabs. These are the tabs used to mark pages in books. We had a bunch leftover from our college days, so I used them as a way to...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jun 21, 2023 | activities
Parents of toddlers know that keeping the attention of a toddler can be a challenge. We have so much power to teach toddlers learning activities to help them focus and work through a game or activity. But, this takes a lot of repetition and patience on our parts. This...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jun 4, 2023 | activities
Singing and playing name games are so fun and effective to teach toddlers how to spell their name. One of the joys of being at home with the kids is taking little moments of time to teach valuable bits of info. But it just looks and sounds like games! So the kids...