I still have my children hand-write their school work. They use pencil and paper every day for math, writing, language arts and Bible study. Handwriting practice is not old fashioned. It is a skill with many benefits for our children. You will be surprised by these reasons why handwriting helps with academic success. I have quite a few activities that are fun for kids to get … [Read more...]
Yarn Pictures Art Activity: 100 Days of Play
Yarn pictures art activity for kids is a simple exploration of abstract art and a fine motor exercise. This is a fun summer indoor activity. It is also good practice using glue! Included is a book recommendation that inspired this creative art project for kids. Yarn pictures can be completed indoors or out. If you have a beautiful day outside, take your supplies outdoors. Sit … [Read more...]
Learning Greater Than Less Than with Playing Cards
Learning greater than less than with playing cards builds number sense and math skills with a hands-on activity for kindergarten and early elementary age kids. Math skills are crucial to school success - and real world adulting let's be honest. Helping even preschoolers develop a love for learning numbers and math skills builds their future math success. We started with … [Read more...]
K5 Learning Program for Children: 2 Weeks Free
This is a sponsored post. This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure. I have to admit, I am not always jumping to pay for activities for my kids. Often our budget does not allow for that extra spending. You know me with the free/cheap kids activities! Have you seen all the commercials for computer-based learning programs for children and wondered if they … [Read more...]
Sorting and Classification Activity for Young Children
While in the midst of homeschooling my older two, I have to balance the time my preschool aged twins need to learn too! Activities that support learning in multiple age groups are a key. I like simple learning activities that are perfect for my 3 years olds and build on big concepts like this button sorting and classification activity for young children. The preschool age is … [Read more...]
Easiest Pumpkin Activity for Toddlers-Ever!
The title is true. This activity for toddlers or activity for preschool is the absolute easiest activity ever for kids. So easy, I was not sure I should even share. I thought it might be too easy! But, in the spirit of this blog, no idea is too easy or too simple to share-if it works....and this easy pumpkin activity for toddlers or preschool works! If you need an activity … [Read more...]
Preschool Name Spelling Activity with Paper Plates
Using paper plates for fun learning activities is always handy with preschool aged children. This activity combines art, letter identification and one-to-one correspondence to make learning to spell their name fun for preschoolers. I have a preschool child who is not really interested in sitting with a worksheet and tracing her name. In fact, I have had to get creative to … [Read more...]
Book-Based Activity and Craft Kits for Kids
This post contains affiliate links. This post was sponsored by Ivy Kids, LLC. Please view my disclosure. Finding the right gifts for kids, within a budget, can be hard. We want to give our children things that they want and at the same time we want that to be money well-spent. How we spend our money is important. My children have bins of toys, and we sort through them … [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...]
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...]
Activities with Cardboard Tube Apple Trees
It can be tough to combine learning activities for multiple ages of children. As a mom of 4 where my kids ages spans from kindergarten to infants, we have to get creative to make learning time successful. You can make seven learning activities with cardboard tube apple trees. From shapes to basic math, this Fall themed kids activity grows with your child. Learning … [Read more...]
Cupcake Topper Math Facts Activity
Cupcake toppers are fun decorations, but they can be turned into a simple math facts activity for young elementary school aged kids. Often you can find seasonal items like these Spring cupcake toppers in the dollar aisles and discount bins in your local store. I found little spring flower themed cupcake toppers in the wonderful Target Dollar aisle, and created a math facts … [Read more...]