Pattern Blocks and Play Dough

{For your convenience, this contains affiliate links}     If you follow Munchkins and Moms on Instagram, then you might have seen a sneak peak of this post a couple weeks back. It was totally unplanned and I was caught off guard with how much both of my boys really enjoyed it!   Supplies: Play dough…

10 Ways to Use and Play with Mini Tractor Toys

{For your convenience, this post contains affiliate links} It would be an understatement to say my boys love tractors. Seriously, they dig them (pun intended) đŸ˜‰ And I know they’re not the only ones. These CAT toy tractors are in nearly every tot’s household. They get some major bang for very little buck! Here’s a small…

“The Very Busy Spider” Cutting Activity

{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…

Tape Resist Heart Art

{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links}     I love hearts. Valentine’s Day or any day of the year, hearts are just my favorite shape đŸ™‚ If you’re following Munchkins and Moms on Instagram, then you saw our Heart Art there just a couple days ago (Instagram followers always get a sneak…

Conversation Heart Toast

{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links}    I will be the first to admit I don’t like conversation hearts. At least not the original ones, but I can eat the tangy kind all day long! And they are in every single store and at every singe check out aisle right now. I’ve been…

Tractor Painting

{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links}   I know, I know…we just did a tractor post (Excavating Hearts Construction Zone), but I’m not kidding you when I say these tractors are my boy’s favorite toys! So I can’t help myself when we find another way to use them in our daily activities…

Excavating Hearts Construction Play

{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links}   My boys are really into tractors. Hearts? Not so much. But it’s nearing Valentine’s Day and I have all these sweet little plastic hearts that I wanted to use in themed learning and play activities (we just finished using them in our Valentines Fine Motor…

Valentines Fine Motor Tray

{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links}   This Valentine Fine Motor Tray was so simple to put together, and it was also a great way for my munchkin to practice fine motor control. If you’re around the blog often, you’ll notice we do a lot of fine motor practice, and that’s because…

Invitation to Create with Wagon Wheel Pasta

{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links}   I was out of regular spaghetti noodles the other night, but I had lots of wagon wheel pasta on hand. As it cooked, I looked at the shapes and thought they were really interesting- not only did they look like little wagon wheels, but they also looked like…

Investigating Levers with Preschoolers

{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links}   Before I had my boys I was a 4th/5th grade teacher and one of my favorite units to teach was Simple Machines. There were so many incredible hands-on learning opportunities with this unit that I just couldn’t fit it all in. One project I always…