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Name Recognition Activity Using Beans
This activity focuses on recognition of a child’s very own name. It’s very special to them and they feel so proud to be able to recognise or even spell it. You can use anything you have at home to cover letters, like, stickers, stones or...
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Flip Book Phonics Activity
Easy to make phonics flip book improves reading skills in an engaging and fun way. Alex loved going through pages of mini notepads to find letters and blends to create familiar words.
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How to Make Your Own Books
For about a week Alex was making books. We have plenty of them now. One book is about everything mommy loves. There is an educational one with tests, tracing and colouring tasks. But my favourite is a cookbook with a recipe how to make a...
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How to Make a Sensory Ball
I helped Max to make a sensory ball using a balloon and water beads.
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How to Make Colours Appear from Words
How cool is this activity with magically appearing colours from words! You would need regular markers, a permanent black marker, paper towel and water.
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Fine Motor Skills Activity: Nuts and Bolts
Nuts and bolts aren’t something you would first think to offer your kid to play with. But they are great for developing fine motor skills and just super fun.
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How to Make a Balancing Butterfly
We have made a butterfly with Max from a piece of hard paper that can balance on a tip of a pencil. Now Max is looking for magnets to explain why it doesn't fall.
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Scissors Activity: Haircuts
This is simple and fun cutting activity for preschoolers or toddlers. Using scissors a child can make different haircuts.
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How to Make a Catapult with Popsicle Sticks
Today we made easy-to-make catapults from popsicle sticks and rubber bands for hours of fun. When I showed this catapult to Max for the first time he was very excited to play with it as it looked like an aeroplane. He was a bit...
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Art Activity: Blow Paint
Another way to paint for my young artist Alex - Blow Painting!
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Hammering Activity for Preschoolers
What child doesn't like to bash things with a hammer? So I made a surprise activity for Max this morning and he loved it. I used a piece of foam packaging from last night delivery, wooden sticks and a toy hammer.
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Math Activity for Preschoolers: Addition and Subtraction Matching
You'll need pegs, marker and paper to make this activity.
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Making a Number Ordering Game
Another creative way to use straws in a fun ordering number game.
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Oral Motor Exercise: Pom Pom Launcher
It is always fun to throw pom poms around the room, but here is a way to blend that fun with an oral-motor workout.
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Number Matching Activity for Toddlers
This fun matching activity can be easily adapted to any child. Max continues matching numbers with dots.
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Breathing Exercise with Ping Pong
There is a simple way to get a ping-pong ball from a glass without touching it. Turning this idea into a fun blowing game with Alex.
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Fingerprint Counting Activity for Preschoolers
This fun activity is based on a fact that children instinctively count things using their fingers.
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Lion Craft Ideas for Preschoolers
Are you ready to roar? Here is a simple craft idea for children with a bit of colouring and a bit of cutting that we have done with Max this morning.
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Earth Day Activity with Cotton Discs
Making tiny copies of planet Earth from cotton discs
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DIY Craft: Magnet Fishing Game
This is, perhaps, the simplest and the funniest magnet fishing game with paperclips! I taped a magnet to a pipe cleaner and attached it to the front of a cap with a clothespin. After that, boys were ready to catch colourful paperclips...
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DIY Number Game with Paper Plates
This is an easy-to-make game that gives parents a chance to come up with their own variation that suits their child best. I made 2 plates. The first one was meant for Max with a challenge to make a marble to go thru every number in the...
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DIY Craft: Day and Night Paper Plate
Max and I made this fun Day & Night Model. There are countless ways to use paper plates, but we love to use them for crafts.
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Tape Activity for Preschoolers
I want to share with you this fun activity Max couldn't stop doing the other day. At first, it might not look like a challenge for a child, but it does take a lot of concentration. You would need a lot of tape, but it is great to explain...