We needed to create some graphic organizers to go along with our Grade Two Literacy Curriculum, so I thought it best to make a full blog post on the topic. After all, graphic organizers are a perfect tool for young writers! I wanted to be sure you knew about them. Oh, and I also wanted…
The Best Online Piano Lessons for Kids
I am excited to partner with Simply Piano to bring you this post on Online Piano Lessons for Kids! It was a particularly icy cold winter day and we were particularly cold and bored. Too cold to be out for long, but not much new happening in the house. It was the perfect recipe for…
Sensory Bin Ideas for Kindergarten at Home
Sensory bins are a great way for kindergarteners to work on academic and developmental skills at home. In this post, I’ve rounded up the best sensory bin ideas for kindergarteners to learn about nature and work on literacy skills, numeracy skills, STEM skills, and fine motor skills. With these sensory bin ideas kindergarten-aged kids can…
Math Activities for Kindergarten at Home
Teaching math to your Kindergarten child at home can be a lot of fun! Children in this age group are excited, eager learners who learn best through hands-on activities and exploration. This post will give you many ideas for teaching math to kindergarteners at home through fun, hands-on activities! The hands-on math activities in this…
Art Project for Kindergarten
Looking for the perfect art project for you kindergartner? Search no further – this project has it all! Soap carving develops fine motor skills and knife safety. Your child can come up with his or her personalized design or you can guide them with a pattern or template. The amount of supplies needed is minimal…
Bridge Building STEM Challenge for Kindergarten
Children absolutely love a challenge. Just using the word “challenge” can get them super excited to dive into whatever learning experience you set up for them! This activity—from the Kindergarten at Home curriculum’s Dinosaur unit—is no different. Your child will have an absolute blast with this STEM bridge-building challenge for kindergarten! Children build all the…
STEM Activities for Kindergarten at Home
One of my boy’s favourite things in the world is STEM challenges. And guess what? They are becoming one of my favourite learning tools. Could it be? A simple learning setup that I LOVE that my boys LOVE just as much?! Adding STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) activities to your kindergarten (or any grade!) lesson…
Quiet Play Ideas for Kids with Syringes!
Welcome to this month’s glimpse into the Quiet Time Club! As you might know, each month we choose 5 crafting supplies and base an entire month worth of Quiet Time Play Ideas off of those 5 materials. Typically these materials are ones found in a crafting cupboard (pompoms, elastics, popsicle sticks), but once in awhile…
Water Play Ideas for Preschoolers: Beginning Letters Toy Scoop
I think it’s safe to say that the warmer weather is FINALLY here to stay (fingers crossed) and we couldn’t be happier about it! This means water play ideas for preschoolers will be the name of the game. We need all the outdoor time we can get after such a long winter. Just before we…
Playful Sight Word Games for Kids!
Today I wanted to share with you some of my favourite, hands-on, playful sight word games for kids. There are so many fun ways to practice sight words! But first, we should chat about what sight words truly are. Sight words are words that we want our children to be able to read by sight,…