I was a total bookworm when I was a kid. I was the little girl who took books to the beach and read my summer vacation away. I had an insatiable appetite for all things written- books, magazines, cereal boxes, etc. You know what I didn’t like, though? Numbers. Numbers were far too cut and…
We are officially stocked up on back to school supplies- new glue sticks, full boxes of crayons, and beautifully perfect #2 pencils (nothing screams back to school more than #2 pencils)! Each of those school supplies are going to be used for loads of fun home preschool activities (see: Glue Bin, Melted Crayon Art, and…
“I spy, with my little eye, a triangle!” Have you played I Spy with your kids to find shapes in their environment? I Spy is a great preschool game that takes zero supplies and keeps kids happily entertained for a while! And while the classic version of the…
This post contains affiliate links This week we have the honor of judging the #earlylearning101 challenge on Instagram and the theme is SHAPES (not familiar with the challenge? It’s hosted by Early Learning 101‘s Instagram account where every week a new educational theme is chosen. Guest judges choose from all the contributions and feature four…
This post may contain affiliate links. You probably remember doing the classic marshmallow and toothpick building challenge in middle school. You know the one, where the teacher passed out a bag of ‘mallows and box of toothpicks with the challenge of creating the tallest tower in one class period. I know it was one of…
Hello spring!! So we’ve been enjoying spring themed preschool activities around here (see our Nature Cutting Tray) when I was struck with inspiration to extend the activity for my kids- sorting the freshly dissected parts of a flower! This activity is a total two-for-one win because in preparing one activity, you can get another one…
Beep. Boop. Beep. I am a robot… My nearly four year old likes to pretend play he’s a robot. The problem is he has the game all wrong, robots are supposed to take orders from their master (ahem- me). I should be able to push button and have my little robot clean up all his…
Whew, we took quite a break since first starting this series! Adding two new family members will do that to a blogger, though. Now we’re getting back on track and I’m sharing the fourth post in our “Exploring Numbers through the Senses” series. We’ve already completed sight, sound, and taste, today is all about touch.…
Welcome back to our “Exploring Numbers through the the Senses Series”! This is the third post in and we are exploring numbers through taste… kind of…. Forgive me that I don’t quite know how to TASTE numbers. What I decided to do was help build a conceptual understanding of quantity (totally numbers related!), and I’m…
In the past, I’ve done a couple story sorting activities with my boys (Goodnight Moon Story Sorting). They were fun, easy to put together, and provided LOADS of educational benefits. While sorting is typically considered a math skill, in a story sorting activity, we combine math and literacy- winning! Today I put another twist on…
