I have seen salt boxes in several other places around the blogosphere, and I have been wanting to put one together for my children. I finally got around to creating our own salt box one recent evening and we have been using it as a tool for learning shapes, colors, letters, and numbers. Our salt box was so simple to create, and I've really ... Continue Reading
Spray bottle mural
Kids love art. They also love water. They also love BIG things. This spray bottle mural project combined all three of these into one fun afternoon project for my kids. We did this activity a while back but I didn't get around to posting about it until now. At the time, we had done lots of small scale art projects and I was looking for something ... Continue Reading
Math practice through pretend play
Most weeks, I take the kids with me when I go to the grocery store. So they are well versed by now in practices such as bringing our own grocery bags, selecting and weighing our produce, having our items scanned, and paying for our purchase. And my daughter generally loves, loves, LOVES anything to do with food. So after dinner the other evening, ... Continue Reading
Earth crayons for Earth Day
With Earth Day coming up, I was looking for a craft activity to do with my kids. So the kids and I set out to make our own crayons shaped like Earth. Best of all, as we made our Earth crayons the kids got to practice so many wonderful skills!Note: For more kids-friendly ideas to celebrate Earth Day, see my Earth Day Activities for Kids page. ... Continue Reading
Insects Printables Pack
Has spring hit your area yet? We've had some gorgeous weather around here. Of course, gorgeous weather means the insects are starting to come out. But that also means it's the perfect time to learn about insects with my new Insects Printables Pack! I hope you'll download these insect printables and enjoy them with your kids or students. Note: ... Continue Reading
Magic letter learning fun
My son is working on learning his letters. I have been trying to come up with fun and creative ways make letter learning fun for him. We recently acquired some coffee filters, which gave me an idea to put a little magic into his learning.In this next installment of my 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet Series I am sharing a magic letter learning fun ... Continue Reading
Painting with marbles
My kids always get excited when I bring out the paint.Because it's messy, I'm sometimes hesitant to get it out.But painting with marbles seemed like a relatively mess-free way of engaging my kids, so I was interested in trying it out.Painting without brushes was a totally new way of doing art for my kids, so I was curious to see how they would ... Continue Reading
Super sparkly sensory bags
Sensory bags are such a fun, easy way to keep my kids entertained for an afternoon. So knowing that glitter makes everything more fun, the kids and I recently created our own super sparkly sensory bags. These bags were a huge hit with my kids. And I love that they provide some pretty mess-free fun! Note: This and other sensory play ideas can ... Continue Reading
No mess color mixing fun {color science}
This no mess color mixing activity was a great way to engage my kids in some color science. They got to select paint colors to mix together and observe the resulting colors. Plus, they got a lot of exercise with this activity as well! Note: For more fun ideas to help kids learn their colors, see my Teaching Colors to Kids page. Although we ... Continue Reading
Glue monsters
Recently, my mom (i.e., my kids' Grandmum) was over helping with our homeschool preschool day. Just for fun, we decided to make glue monsters with the kids. This was a great project that combined arts and crafts, colors, science, and imagination all in one!Although you can buy colored glue, we decided to make our own colors. Grandmum and I poured ... Continue Reading
