Pencil and Paper Drawing Game: Grab a pencil and paper and play this silly sketches drawing game by yourself or with a crowd! All you need to do is follow the 6 directions to see what kind of a silly sketch you will draw. Directions: Provide each player with a blank piece of paper. Make […]
This free, Easter egg coloring page is from the Easter Egg Coloring Pages download. You can download it below. I love this simplicity of this picture. The dark outlines allow room for error so children don’t have to color exactly inside the lines for the pictures to still look great. The coloring page can be […]
Did you know that a newborn baby’s retina can only detect large contrasts between light and dark? As our eye sight develops we begin to distinguish many different shades of light and color. Babies like contrast and contrast helps send strong signals to the brain so babies can learn. I created a set of baby contrast […]
This activity is from the new, digital download, Brain Workouts Volume 1. Challenge visual discrimination skills with this no prep, printable – Find the Insect: Bees. Just print and play. Count how many of each bee is pictured and record it in the circle. Activities like this are perfect to entertain the children when […]
The older I get and the busier I get, my memory seems to get worse. And since 46 is not that old (at least not to me), I’m a bit concerned at how forgetful I have become. If I don’t write it down, it is gone from my memory rather quickly. I drive my kids […]
It has been a long time since I posted a Creative Brain Series question. Today’s creative brain question is: A common phrase is “love birds.” How many things can you think of that are associated with the words “love”, “birds” or both. You must say the word each time. For example you could answer “I love you” […]
Using cereal, pipe cleaners and marshmallows, my youngest enjoyed sorting colored cereal and making some edible rainbows. Print out the color sorting mat (see below). Place Fruit Loops or other colored cereal in a bowl next the mat. The child can place each colored fruit loop into the matching color circle. After the cereal is […]
Keep life simple. Seems easy enough right? Wrong… It is so hard to slow down these days. Children are bombarded with information overload, over scheduling and high expectations. Parents, in turn, are left to deal with managing the hectic schedules and maintaining a work home life balance. Sometimes we all just need to take a […]
With the start of the new year, I am trying to “make today amazing” by staying more focused and organized with these free planning pages. Owning a business and taking care of 6 children, I have a limited time frame when I can sit down at the computer and get work accomplished. I tend to […]
Download the Happy New Year Categories Game for FREE from Growing Play. Every year we are always looking for some ideas to add some fun to New Year’s Eve. This year I was trying to create a few games for the night but it looks like I only had time to create 2 – Happy […]