by Jaimi Erickson | Feb 6, 2012 | activities
Creating patterns can be taught to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Clapping your hands and encouraging your infant to mimic your claps is exposing him/her to patterns. If your toddler falls down, stands up and does not cry, and you applaud them saying,...
by Jaimi Erickson | May 9, 2025 | activities
When you consider the impact of toys on early childhood development, the choice of materials matters, the design matters, and the educational value matters. Eco-friendly educational toys not only support cognitive growth but also nurture an awareness of environmental...
by Jaimi Erickson | Apr 7, 2025 | activities
Toddlers and Preschoolers need play materials that they can touch, move and explore their imaginations. This lapbook cookie sheet play idea is perfect to keep the play less messy and it can be used as a travel toy too. A dollar store cookie sheet is the main item you...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jun 18, 2024 | activities
Teaching number writing skills to preschoolers and kindergarteners can happen more organically than you think. Not every activity has to perfectly connect with the last. That is how my daughter and I stumbled upon this counting and writing number activity. Counting...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jun 10, 2024 | activities
Accidental learning activities are the best. This was one of those. In our preschool time, we accidentally made color wheel color cards and they were all painted by my 2-year-old. You can set this up intentionally to talk about colors, color identification and color...
