The key for infant activities is a lot of communication and a lot of repetition. Research has shown that the nerve pathways in the brains of infants light up when they hear familiar phrases! Make those brains shine by utilizing these activities for infants designed to help keep you actively engaged together at home. This list of activities are all created with simple … [Read more...]
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Toddler Activities
Try these activities with your toddler to engage them in developmentally appropriate learning activities at home. Click on the categories or images to visit that activity. This list of toddler activities is created for children ages 18 months through 3 years old. Many preschoolers will enjoy them too. … [Read more...]
Rainy Day Activities for Kids
Here are a few rainy day activities for kids that have helped my children and me survive the rainy days or days where it is too cold or hot to play outside. I hope they can be a benefit to you as well! … [Read more...]
Preschool Activities
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...]
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...]
Learning to Count Activity for Preschool
We have created a few unique learning to count activities with play dough in our house. It is fun because I like finding new ways to use up our homemade play dough before it is tossed away in the trash. It takes a little effort to make play dough, but is so inexpensive and a great sensory and fine motor tool for play for Toddlers and Preschoolers! Let me tell you about … [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...]
Winter Time Activities for Kids
Whether you live in a snowy climate or not, these simple winter time activities for kids will allow children to explore art, math, and sharing (if siblings or a playdate is involved)! We had a lot of snow one winter when we lived in northern Virginia! My son's school was canceled for an entire week after the twins were born, so I created a few activities to try to prevent cabin … [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...]
Spin-Off Activities: No Lesson Plan Required
How can one activity spring off into multiple others? It happens a lot in our house! It’s exciting to follow the interests of our children to expand their learning. First, we had dyed egg shells when were did the dying egg shells activity. When I was cleaning up our supplies, my son asked, “What color will it be if we pour them all together?” He was talking about all … [Read more...]