This post contains affiliate links How much do you love classic children’s books? Better question- how much do your kids love them? I honestly felt like my boys would think they were out of date and lose interest because of the muted color palettes, simple story lines, and out-of date vocabulary. When judging a book…
Hopscotch is a great activity for building gross motor skills, counting, and summer fun! As I thought about the game, I wondered how I could adjust it to work on fine motor skills since that is something we are always trying to improve. While my boys can kick, jump, bend, and run with ease,…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} It happens every. single. year. I walk up and down the school supply aisle at Target feeling slightly overwhelmed at all the choices. “Should I get my preschooler the triangular pencils? Round chubby ones? Do they have to be Ticonderoga?? Do schools still require #2 pencils?…
This post contains affiliate links My oldest son loves to practice with his scissors…to an extent. Cutting paper doesn’t necessarily excite him. He usually wants to cut everything else, though! Play dough snakes, plants, even coupons are more interesting than following a simple dotted line on a plain paper! And who says he has to…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} It’s been a good long time since I’ve made made a new cutting tray for my preschoolers. It’s not that we haven’t been doing them (in the last two weeks we’ve re-done the “Spider Web Cutting Tray” and the “Recyclables Cutting Tray“), it’s just I haven’t…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} Flies are a terrible nuisance, but I’m not a big fan of using fly swatters either (I can’t stand the thought of actually killing the pests myself. Hubby is more than welcome to do that job for me. When I try getting rid of flies,…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} Back when I made our first paint stick project for my preschooler (There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Activity), I knew we were on to something special. Paint stick activities are fun ways for preschoolers to practice story sequencing, fine motor skills, matching,…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} Scissors can be a scary thing to introduce to toddlers. Will they cut themselves? Will they cut their hair (or someone else’s hair?!?) Do they really need to learn to use scissors yet? Of course there’s always a risk of cutting things other than the items…
