Every year when I was growing up, my family would pack up the car and drive 16 hours to visit family in Canada. We always looked forward to these visits, which were accompanied by homemade treats, soccer games, and fabulous hat parties. Our hat parties included dressing up with my grandma and cousins in the most outrageous…
Collecting Nature Treasures
Well we had our “false spring” very early this year, and now we are back to a cold winter-ish snap. We are also on a 6 week lockdown. So … you know … what to say … But I am not going to complain too much, because I get to spend my days with a…
Nature Scavenger Hunt (with Printable!)
Who doesn’t love a good scavenger hunt? And a scavenger hunt in nature is even better! Today I am so excited to bring you some nature scavenger hunts for kids that have free printables (to make that fun and learning even easier). As you might know, I have many little ones of all different…
Outdoor Pretend Play: Mixing Up Some Nature Soup
The weather is starting to warm up, and we cannot wait to get outside! A lot of our outdoor time is spent doing gross – motor activities – running, biking, climbing, but we also have a special area of our backyard dedicated to outdoor pretend play. Outdoor Pretend Play: Mixing up Nature Soup Some people…
Seeds and Plants Unit Study!
It is officially SPRING! This makes it the perfect time of year to dive into this Seeds and Plants Unit Study! This unit study for kids is perfect for the whole family to dive into together. It is divided into ten specific topics, covering all aspects of learning about seeds and plants. If you are…
Indoor AND Outdoor Easter Egg Hunt Clues!
Do you know what we have never really done? A TRUE Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt. You know the one’s with printable clues … Start here, find this, then this, and so on … But this year it is going to happen! And, if you are interested, it is going to happen for YOU too! I…
5 Natural Language Development Activities for Toddlers
What is the most important thing for toddlers to learn? What is the one thing, above all others, that will benefit these wee ones most in their years ahead? Of course there are many opinions to these questions – but want to know what I think? I believe (very strongly. VERY strongly) that above all else,…
A HUGE Winter Sensory Bin
We took our winter sensory bin to a whole new level! After Belinda shared with us her huge success with her winter sensory bin I thought we needed to give it a try. To keep it mess free, I thought we would put this winter sensory bin right in the bathtub. Bringing the snow inside…
Toss and Learn- A Gross Motor Activity for Preschoolers at Home
Gross motor activities are so important for preschoolers because they support balance, movement in space and other functional movements required for everyday life and fitness. In this gross motor activity for preschoolers at home, we are going to focus on using the gross motor movement of throwing to help us practice recognizing the letters of…
Halloween Sensory Bin
I’m always looking for fun and festive ways to enforce letter learning with my preschooler. It’s a bonus if the set up is short and the playtime is long. With this Halloween sensory bin, I was thrilled with how easy it was to set up and how many different ways my preschooler played and learned. Halloween Sensory…