Archive for the ‘Learning Activities’ Category

  • Clothespin Game: A Small Motor Activity

    on Jul 17, 11 • in Colors, Evolving Kids, Games, Learning Activities • with 5 Comments

    PSmall motor skills activity

    I’m a sucker for things like pipe cleaners, brand new pencils, pom poms in every shade of the rainbow, school glue, popsicle sticks and clothespins. I buy these random things without plans for how they will get used. I just know that at some point an idea will strike and Maddy and I will be in for some fun. You can imagine the supplies I have stashed all over the house I am sure. Armed with my package of clothespins and a few other simple supplies I have managed to make a few fun games

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  • The Incredible Egg Carton Octopus!

    on Apr 19, 11 • in 123's, Animals, Arts & Crafts, Everyday, Evolving Kids, Learning Activities • with No Comments

    Egg Carton Octopus

    Eggs are incredible. We go through a lot of eggs each week in our house. So of course we also go through a lot of egg cartons in our house as well. Luckily egg cartons are pretty incredible too. So what to do with some of this egg carton stockpile? Well, in honor of Easter and Earth Day we decided to tackle some egg carton crafting. With a little cutting and hole poking we turned some plain old pieces of an egg carton into a colorful octopus family. A pretty incredible octopus family if

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  • Crafting With Recyclables: ABC Game Pieces

    on Apr 18, 11 • in ABC's, Evolving Kids, Games, Learning Activities • with 3 Comments

    Homemade Alphabet Matching Game

    I tend to keep things. Things that most people would probably just toss in their recycle bin or throw away. When I look at things I see their crafting potential. Bubble wrap pulled from packages can make awesome texture for an indian corn project. Yogurt tubs, empty toilet paper rolls, paper shopping bags and egg cartons all have potential to become something else with a little imagination. We have one of those can openers that takes the whole top of the can off instead of cutting the top of the lid. I’ve been saving the

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  • Preschool R is For Rabbit Activity

    on Apr 6, 11 • in ABC's, Evolving Kids, Learning Activities • with 3 Comments

    R is for rabbit

    Spring. Easter. Sunshine. Flowers blooming. It is definitely a cute little rabbit time of year. R is for rabbit and coincidentally the letter R makes for some terribly cute rabbits. Supplies needed for Rabbit Rs: Construction paper with a Capital and lowercase R drawn in block letters Pom poms in pink, white, gray or brown (for noses and tails) Rabbit fur colored crayons, (brown, gray, white, and black are good) Brown, black, or white pipe cleaner cut into about 2 inch pieces (each R pages needs 4 whiskers for each r) Construction paper in a

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  • Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse

    on Apr 5, 11 • in Evolving Kids, Learning Activities • with No Comments

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    27 times. That is the number of times Maddy listened to Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse, by Kevin Henkes, this morning.Okay I’m not positive it was 27 times but that is what it seemed like. We checked out this audio book during our trip to the library yesterday. We had read the book before and I thought she would enjoying hearing the story read to her by someone other than mom. Kevin Henkes is one of my favorite children’s authors. I love his characters. I love his humor. I love his spot on stories filled with

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  • Alphabet Hide and Seek

    on Mar 30, 11 • in ABC's, Evolving Kids, Learning Activities • with 3 Comments

    Alphabet activity

    We have a bag full of stuffed felt letters I found at a garage sale a couple of years ago and couldn’t pass up. The letters are about 4 to 5 inches tall and are various colors.We love playing with the letters and making up fun ABC learning activities. The girls pulled these letters out the other day and were pretending to deliver them to people. Of course these people were imaginary and the game mostly consisted of placing letters randomly around the house. Watching them I was struck by an idea. After Easter last

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  • D is For Dinosaur

    on Mar 9, 11 • in ABC's, Evolving Kids, Learning Activities • with 2 Comments

    D is for Dinosaur Activity

    Preschool Alphabet Activity We have a seriously love of all things dino around here. Pteranodon flying. Giganotosaurus roaring. Brachiosaurus leaf eating. You get the point. We also get a lot of egg hatching. As in Maddy curls up in a ball pretending to hatch out of an egg followed by running around roaring, squawking or screeching like a baby dinosaur. It’s pretty awesome. A little noisy, but pretty stinkin’ awesome. Cute. Adorable. Fun. You get the point. D is for dinosaur. Also d is for dinosaur. Dinosaur, dinosaur, dinosaur. Supplies need for Dinosaur Ds Construction

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