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Teach Letters with Push Pins
This fine motor activity is a fun way to teach letters with push pins while working on fine motor skills…and it’s so much fun for kids, and a little out of the box. Teach letters with push pins in this push pin activity that builds fine motor skills. Sometimes, when teaching kids how to make…
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Learn and Play with a Muffin Tin
Learning at home with items you already have is easy when you think outside of the box. In the case of today’s blog post, we’re thinking outside of the muffin tin! Muffin tins are something that most of us have in a cupboard or closet and we use maybe once or twice a month. Unless…
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Sorting Sentence Types Activity Recycled Lids
We love using recycled materials in play, crafts, and learning (notice that “Recycled Fun” tab up there at the top?) so this lid learning activity is just one way that we’ve re-used something that we had around the house in learning. These recycled lids are just the plastic lids that your child gets at a restaurant. My…
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How to teach cursive writing with sensory textures
Cursive handwriting can be an incentive for kids to sit down and write. Many times, kids see older children or adults writing in cursive handwriting, or see a card that comes in the mail with cursive writing. They want to be able to read the writing and learn to write in cursive themselves. …
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Checkers Math Pre Coding without an App
Today we’re sharing how we use an every day game and household item like checkers in math for preschoolers and a pre-coding activity. Coding for kids is a new and very important skill. You can swing by our coding for kids Pinterest board for more ideas. Checkers are a basic manipulative that can be counted, patterned, sorted,…
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Learn with Play Year Round Learning Book
We are published in a book! I am so excited to introduce our book that we’ve had the honor to collaborate and help author. Introducing, Learn with Play: 150- Activities for Year Round Fun and Learning! This book is sure to keep kids busy and free from boredom with 150+ activities for year-round learning…
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Teach Fractions in the Kitchen
Kids can learn fractions while cooking with kids in the kitchen using tools you already have. We used measuring cups and measuring spoons to discuss parts, whole, and fractions while doing a little cooking with kids recently. We’ve been on a learning kick this month with our Learning with Free Materials series, part of the 31 Days of Homeschooling…
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Lemon Bars Mason Jar Cookies
Today in the Cooking with Kids A-Z series, we’re sharing L is for Lemons and our Lemon Bars made in a mason jar. These easy bars are fresh and sweet and perfect for summer baking, and even better for gifting in a cute and fun mason jar. Kids love to eat them up right from…
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Letter Formation Resistive Surface
Today I am SO excited to share our new favorite way to practice letter formation, handwriting, tripod grasp, strengthening, and up-cycling. (Yep, up-cycling at it’s finest, here!) We have been using foam vegetable trays for handwriting and letter practice a lot. If you purchase any fruits or vegetables in foam trays, SAVE them! They will…
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Learning with Recycled Plastic Containers
Sometimes finding materials at home for learning and play is as easy as grabbing a plastic container from the recycle bin! We put together this list of creative learning ideas using recycled plastic containers. Who knew you could use an old plastic bottle or food container in so many ways! This post is part of…
