Activities

Young children love helping in the kitchen and starting with simple recipes can be a really fun introduction to the kitchen. I have created a free apple sauce recipe card that is perfect for little children to follow using pictures and simple words. The goal…

A while back I purchased the Montessori stamp game to keep as a math manipulative for my children as they get older. The game basically has small wooden squares with ones places, tens place, hundreds, and thousands. Although I do not have any formal Montessori…

Over the winter, my husband and I set up a movement zone in our unfinished basement. We live in RI and our winters can get pretty cold and the weather is very unpredictable. Which means getting outside isn’t always possible or even enjoyable. This movement…

Since apple picking season is upon us, I created a simple and easy way to incorporate a little learning in a sensory bin. I used this activity in my Exploring Through Play program and it was a hit. As a subscriber to my website you…

I have seen other people create pretend ice cream activities for their kids and it really inspired me to create my own. My kids have been patiently waiting for me to finish this over the past month and were so excited to play once it…

I recently made these peg people for my kids to use during sensory play and I love how they turned out! I originally got this idea from here and thought they were amazing. They are really easy to make yourself and it is a great…

Have you ever used water beads in your sensory play?!? My family and I LOVE them, I even used them during my Exploring Through Play class that was canceled this past year due to COVID. The small water beads are great especially for sensory bins.…

My kids are really into dramatic play, especially my oldest who is almost 6. I have been trying to make an effort to play more with my kids and this activity was the perfect way to bond. It has been set up for about a…

I created this activity for my kids last year and they absolutely loved it. Since it is Spring, I figured I would bring it back! It is a super simple set up and really inexpensive. I bought everything, including the birds at the dollar store,…

My oldest daughter is going to turn 6 in June and I have started to come up with new activities geared towards her age group. I am so used to teaching toddlers and preschoolers, but now it is time to start incorporating activities for school…