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Ground Hog Day Theme Puppet Play
Our Groundhog Day Puppet Show! Today is Groundhog Day! I’m not sure if people who are not from Pennsylvania even know about this day, but we in Western PA look forward to this day when Punxsutawney Phil comes out to see if he can see his shadow to predict how many weeks there are left…
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DIY Lacing Cards (from a carry out container!!)
We had a clean take out container that was just asking to be made into something 🙂 Lacing Cards, of course! Lacing cards are so important for pre-schoolers and kids of all ages to use in development of so many skills: Fine Motor Skills (tripod grasp), Motor Planning (figuring out how to pull the string allll the…
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Share it Saturday #4
Share it Saturday #4 It is hard to believe January is coming to an end. It seems like time just goes by at lightening speed, especially when you have little preschoolers/toddlers to keep up with. Sometimes (most times) it is pure exhaustion, but we wouldn’t change it for the world. Here is a week in…
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Textured Shaving Cream Sensory Play
There is something about kids and a pile of shaving cream…They Looooove to play in it! We added some old sprinkles from last Easter to give this Indoor Play Idea a different twist. They loved feeling the texture of the sprinkles on their hands while they played. It probably has a great exfoliating factor too…
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Polar Bear Science and a craft
We had some fun with Science and Polar Bears today… Did you know Polar Bears don’t have white skin? They actually have black skin and white, hollow fur. The hairs of their fur are hollow to absorb the sun’s light and keep the Polar Bear warm in those freezing arctic temps. When light from the…
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Polar Bear Activities
You may have noticed a polar bear theme here on the website in the past few days. Here, you’ll find all of these linked in one place so when you are creating a therapy theme, you have everything you need for polar bear crafts, polar bear sensory activities, polar bear gross motor ideas, and more.…
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Valentine Door Banner
With Valentines Day approaching, we decided to make a cute little banner out of some empty tissue boxes. We had two pretty cute boxes that I thought would be perfect for a project like this. My daughter pulled the boxes apart and I helped her cut out hearts of different sizes. Cutting through the cardboard…
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Share It Saturday 1-19-13…and Love This Chaos Week in Review!
It’s Saturday again and we had so many great ideas submitted last week for the link up party. It’s tough to choose just a few of our favorites! But first… This week went by in such a flash, I wanted to share a few snapshots of our week gone by. We had a Teddy Bear…
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Snow Patterns
Learning Shapes and Patterns in the Snow! We have a shape sorter toddler toy that was perfect for making some shapes in the snow. Working on patterns… Push the shapes all the way down and you get some “snow brownies” 🙂 They are good enough to eat! This would be fun with cookie cutters too…You…
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Snow Kitchen Pretend Play
Did you ever make a snow kitchen when playing outside in the snow? We did just that one winter day! Making a snow kitchen is a great way to pretend while playing outside and kids develop many fine motor skills through scooping and pouring the snow into pretend food! This is a great winter fine…
