by Jaimi Erickson | Feb 18, 2015 | activities
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...
by Jaimi Erickson | Jan 26, 2015 | activities
Do you happen to have an old calendar? Does it have a few big images of animals, or trucks, or even nature scenes? You can use it for this simple learning activity that can be adapted for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Even my first grader had some...
by Jaimi Erickson | Nov 25, 2014 | parenting
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure. Have your kids entered the age where technology use has become one more thing to think about each day? I recently read a statistic that said the average child in the US engages...
by Jaimi Erickson | Oct 17, 2014 | activities
Time playing outdoors does not have to be disconnected from the learning we do indoors. These activities for learning about trees use all the domains in a preschoolers learning. Children naturally notice so many things about nature – plants,...
by Jaimi Erickson | Aug 27, 2014 | activities
Need an a activity for preschoolers and school aged kids that involves no prep? This is one that will work. One item activity with clothespins will get the fine motor skills working and the creativity flowing. Jamie at hands on: as we grow inspired me to think up a...
