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Fine Motor Play with Keys
If you’re a frequent visitor to this blog, you know that we LOVE our fine motor play activities! We are very into playing with household items and recycled materials (aka FREE stuff) in our play, crafts, and activities. We’re joining so many other bloggers in 26 activities using everyday household items with one focus: Fine…
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Monochromatic Water Bin Color Play
We love playing all kinds of learning through water on the water table. We’ve played lots of other materials too…sand, nature, and even snow have made their way into our water table. Recently, we explored a single color with water play in the water table. Monochromatic learning through water play is such a great summer play activity,…
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S Themed Sensory Bin: sticks, sand, stones
We’ve been on a bit of a sensory bin kick lately. Summer weather permits tons of outside play and the water bin is the way to go during hot sunny days. This sensory bin is one in a series that we’ve been working on and will continue to add to over a (probably) loooong time. …
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This Little Piggy Went to the Market craft
Is there a song or nursery rhyme that is a huge hit in your house? You know the one that is said over and over (and over) again? Right now we are on a This Little Piggy Went to the Market kick. Baby Girl (age 2 and a half) loooooooves This Little Piggy. She will…
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Visual Motor Scanning Activity to Color Match
Visual Motor Integration is also known as eye hand coordination. Essentially, this skill is the ability to coordinate the hand in an effective manner directed by vision. When relying on visual motor skills, a person coordinates their movements based on what they see. A child requires effective visual motor skills in order to do so many…
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Outdoors Small World Pretend Play
Ok, so you know we like sensory bins and pretend play, right? Small world pretend play is such a fun way to invoke imagination, language, fine motor skills, confidence, and so many more important skills in kids. This small world activity is one of our favorite ways to play outside. (AND, it’s perfect for those…
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Styrofoam Building Shapes
Styrofoam isn’t just for packaging! We saved a few sheets of these packaging sheets before they went into the trash and created a learning and play activity a while back. Styrofoam building shapes I cut a couple of sheets into different shapes and showed the kids how we could make pictures on the table. We made houses,…
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Teaching Math Through Play
Math is such a fun subject for kids to learn. They begin at such a small age with sorting, patterns, and then grow in their skills during each step of development. It’s been really cool to watch Big Sister this past school year as she started to learn Kindergarten math skills and then become confident…
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Fireworks Art
Summer brings cookouts, backyard parties, swimming pools, and fireworks! We were in the mood for some summer fun and creating these fireworks painting art did the job. A little bit of sparkle made the artwork really pop. And what art isn’t better without a little glitter, right?? This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Your…
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Sparkle Collage Art Painting
Do you have a little one who LOVES all things art and painting? Baby Girl is all about painting and will get messy with paints every day. In fact, she asks almost every day to paint (and so we do, almost every day!) This is a great fine motor creative painting tool to support fine…
