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Summer Fun for kids!
Our most popular post this week was by far, our Outdoor Lawn Games post. If you are planning a party or picnic this summer…or just want to get outside and play in the yard, be sure to check out this post! Let’s see the fun stuff… Seashore Theme for Preschoolers by Sorting Sprinkles Water Gun Fireworks Painting by JDaniel4’s…
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Red, White, and Blue Goopy Dough
This was the coolest sensory play! It was play dough. And it was Goop. Combined! We were given a HUGE (uncolored) bag of extra homemade play dough one day after our day at Vacation Bible School. One of the VBS volunteers made this and I got a little information about it. It had flour…
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Toddler Red, White, and Blue Easel Art
Use this toddler red, white, and blue easel art activity to address skills needed for fine motor skill development, visual motor skill, bilateral coordination, and visual processing. An easy easel activity like this one is a vertical surface activity that can be done indoors or outdoors for a low-prep developmental activity for kids. We have…
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Relaxing Lavender Water Bin
We have big plans for our Summer Play series this month! You may have seen our post Play The Summer Away: Water Bin Play by The Sugar Aunts post last week where we let everyone know we are joining Jaime over at Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails in this fun water bin play series. Each Monday in…
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Learning Through Play with 60+ Sensory Bins
Looking through the features for this week, we noticed a running theme. It seems lots of folks are enjoying their days with their kiddos by doing fun and educational… Sensory Bins! If you’ve been following this blog for any amount of time, you probably know that we love any sensory inspired play and sensory bins…
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Driveway Sensory Drawing: Wet Chalk!
Drawing with wet chalk on a driveway is such a fun sensory experience for outdoor play and one that develops so many areas of gross motor skills, fine motor skills, and visual motor skills through sensory play. Drawing milestones like coloring with chalk is part of childhood but this driveway chalk activity builds many skills!…
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Patriotic Craft Fingerpainting Fireworks
This finger painting fireworks craft is a great July craft for toddlers that can be used to celebrate the Fourth of July with toddlers and preschoolers! Add this one to our favorite creative painting ideas! Finger Paint Fireworks This weekend I had 5 kids (ages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) and I had to…
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Share It Saturday
Playful Learning Once again you brought us loads of fun and creative links. We chose a handful of posts to feature that just look like FUN to do with our kids. We only have our kids as little ones for such a short time. It so much fun to play with and explore new things. We can’t…
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Taco Empanadas
This taco empanadas recipe is a quick and delicious meal you can make using leftover ground beef, chicken, or ground turkey. Leftover taco meat is perfect for making taco empanadas! This Mexican empanada dish is a delicious one for all ages. If you are looking for a cooking with kids recipe that the whole family…
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“I Spy” sight word sensory bottle
We made this sensory bottle and sight word “I Spy” bottle for an easy little learning activity. Two of us Sugar Aunts were together one afternoon for a little play session with the kids and this was quick and easy to put together. One bottle of sand. A handful of foam sheet shapes (we wrote…
