Growing Play
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Open Ended Problem Solving
Our local school district every year sponsors a learning fair for students grade 4th through 6th. Basically, students complete a project at home and share it at the Learning Fair usually on a poster, table top or a demonstration. The whole idea is for the students to come up with a question or problem and […]
Simple Outdoor Tag Game
Here is a simple outdoor tag game for children of all ages. Similar to Red Light, Green Light but Wolves and Sheep is even easier (and less cheating and arguing). How to Play: 1. Pick one person to be the wolf. This person stands on one side of the yard. 2. All the rest of […]
Lotion Love
Some children enjoy playing with lotion. This activity offers a pleasant sensory experience as well as an excellent learning opportunity to explore body awareness, body part identification (for the young ones), crossing midline to help with using both sides of the body correctly and right/ left discrimination. This can get messy but most children really […]
DIY Pirate Swords
This is a great way to make pretend foam swords. I made these years ago for my son’s birthday party and they still get tons of play time. Now I know you can buy foam swords in the dollar store but they are not nearly as good as these. These homemade swords are much longer, […]
Tiny Treasures
If your children enjoy playing doll house or any type of pretend play with figures you have to check out this website where the creator offers loads a tiny accessories to print and create. The creating part is definitely for adult fingers. It is tedious to work with such small pieces of paper with lots […]
DIY Magnet Wand
Here is a super simple activity that will intrigue your little ones and even the older ones. Just tape a refrigerator magnet (or a stronger one if you have it) on the end of a large popsicle stick. Put down some lightweight magnetic objects such as bingo chips or paper clips. Wave the “magic wand” […]
Crayon Fingers
After seeing this blog post about finger painting with melted crayons, I remembered how much I used to love sticking my finger tips in the cooling wax of a candle as a child. I had to do this with my children. We melted some old broken crayons in disposable cupcake holders. It only took a […]
Keep life simple. Build sand castles.
Cracker Cookies
I love to cook with the children in the kitchen but I have to be in a certain frame of mind. Some days I want to create something with them that does not involve a lot of clean up or baking time. We came up with cracker cookies. All we did was melt some chocolate […]
Ball of Surprises
After seeing this idea on Pinterest about making surprise snowballs, I thought my toddler would enjoy this any time of year. So I just wrapped up a few trinkets from around the house inside some crepe paper to make a large ball. Just start with a small trinket and start rolling. I tucked the last […]