Simple Preschool Activities to do at Home Whether you homeschool preschool or supplement after school. You can do so much at home, simply! Activities that teach do not have to cost a lot of money, or take a lot of time to prepare. I believe you can be a non-crafty mom and still prepare your preschooler for kindergarten. As a former preschool teacher, enrolling your child in … [Read more...]
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32 Free or Cheap Summer Activities for Kids
Here are the most up-to-date free or cheap activities to do with kids this Summer. There are 32 ideas here! Summer vacation has started in our house, and I am ready to find some free or really low-cost fun for us to do with the kids. We keep things pretty relaxed in the Summer. I love having all of my kids home…although there is more sibling rivalry and we get a … [Read more...]
DIY Shape Mats for Shaving Cream Sensory Play
Does your toddler or preschooler like to play with shave cream? This idea adds another dimension of learning to the messy play, and you will see from my pictures that the mess did not spread too far. I have sensory-loving children who enjoy anything squishy and messy, but I have to be in the right frame of mind to allow messy play because in my house it has to be supervised, … [Read more...]
100+ Popular Toddler Activities
This list of easy to set up, inexpensive toddler activities is a huge resource for parents of toddlers! I absolutely love this age because learning happens so fast, but the endless energy can lead my toddlers to explore in all the wrong places. These 100+ toddler activities cover your children from 13 months to 3 years old...and almost all can be done with preschoolers too! … [Read more...]
Complete Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms: Simple-to-Prep Kids Activities
This BIG collection of simple-to-prep kids activities includes hundreds of activities for infants, toddlers and preschool as well Montessori activities and free printables. These activities for kids will help you engage your child at home in learning and fun without spending a lot of money or time preparing! Engaging your child in simple-to-prep kids activities at home whether … [Read more...]
20+ Toddler Activities to do at Home
Toddlers. They can be tricky! Not quite ready for sitting down and doing focused learning activities, this group is active, always exploring and needs their own fun activities to keep them (I don't like the term busy) investigating the right things rather than getting into the wrong ones. It does not take complicated activities to get toddlers interested in fun play. If you … [Read more...]
One Item Activity: Tissue Paper
I love sharing activities that are super easy, really frugal, and perfect for different ages. Many of us have children in different ages and stages, so finding activities that they all can do together-for any length of time-is very helpful. It is so fun watching all four of my kids play together even though they are in very different developmental stages-school age, preschool, … [Read more...]
Indoor Hopscotch Game
Getting enough time to play outside is essential to my children maintaining positive behavior...and let's be honest, it helps my behavior too! This indoor hopscotch game (made from a yoga mat) is a reusable activity that helps kids move to burn energy even when indoors. Moving our whole bodies helps us get exercise, burn off excess energy (which, frankly, as a mom I do not … [Read more...]
Learning About Trees: Activities for Kids
Time playing outdoors does not have to be disconnected from the learning we do indoors. I think children naturally notice so many things about nature – plants, sounds, textures, light, shadow – that observing their discoveries and expanding on them is a nice way to keep the focus on our child’s interests. We can use what we find outdoors to create and learn with fun indoor … [Read more...]
9 Tips for Painting with Infants
This post is sponsored by Language Launchers. All opinions are my own. Please see my disclosure. Painting with infants does not have to be scary and it is a great way to explore with your baby at home. Many moms are always searching for activities to do with their infants. I decided to expand my list of tips for painting with … [Read more...]
Cotton Ball Snowball Math and Art Activities for Kids
We had a lot of snow last year in northern Virginia allowing for some snowy fun outdoors, but if you live in a snow-free area (like we do now in southern California), use cotton balls to learn and create with these cotton ball snowball math and art activities for some fun, indoor learning. My then 3-year old and 6-year old completed these and had a great time (and a full … [Read more...]
Infant Activities for Autumn
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure. I have rounded up some fall-themed infant activities. It can be hard to get crafty with the littlest ones, but this list will allow some seasonal exploration. Only do what you know your infant can handle with your supervision. Next to each one I noted what ages I think are ready to explore that activity. … [Read more...]