We headed out for our annual trip to a special conservation area over the Thanksgiving weekend (I know, it is early here in Canada – or so I’m told. As a born and raised Canadian it is just normal to me …) This year I brought this little gem along. Worked out beautifully for the…
Sticking It to Fall Crafts!
The fall crafting is alive and well friends – though around these parts it sure doesn’t feel at all like Fall. We have been having record breaking hot days! It’s like Mother Nature remembered that she forgot to give us summer and is making up for lost time. When we are not out in the…
Halloween Games for Kids
Halloween! It will be here before I know it. Costumes have been decided (well, one for sure, and the second keeps changing between a hockey player or a baseball player – my money is on a combo of the two). Crafts have already begun, and this year, for the very first time, we will be…
Halloween Preschool Crafts: Pumpkin Name Puzzles!
Halloween Preschool Crafts are a fine art … a careful blend of fun, education, and independence. Well this one has it all! Sammy and I made Pumpkin Name Puzzles and we had a lot of fun – cutting, matching, and gluing. If your little one is learning his or her name, this is such a…
45 of the CUTEST Fall Crafts for Kids
Happy September friends! Autumn is just around the corner, so let’s start things off right with a great big list of easy Fall Crafts for kids, shall we? There is just something about Fall that brings out the crafting side of me … perhaps it’s the beautiful colours that inspire me, or the cooler weather…
Halloween Activity for Preschoolers: Weaving a Spider Web
This year, our family, like many, are deciding to stay home for Halloween. Instead of going out trick-or-treating, we are going to have a celebration with just our small family, complete with costumes, decorations, games, and some treats. This is where our spider web weaving Halloween activity for preschoolers is being enjoyed. My ECE classroom…
Pumpkin Hammering (a pumpkin carving alternative for little ones)
We are not big pumpkin carvers around here which might come as a surprise to some. We are all about celebrating the holidays and tend to overdo most of them. We definitely celebrate Halloween and enjoy lots of fun crafts and squeeze all the memories out of that special day. But we prefer no-carve pumpkin…
Halloween Counting Activity
1… 2… 3… 4… 5… I love the sound of my kids counting from our kitchen table. “Is this right mommy?” “Yep, looks like you have five little ghosts ready to glue on.” Counting is a great skill for your little one to develop, so you won’t want to miss out on this super easy…
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…
Science for Halloween
With Halloween just a couple short weeks away, I knew it was the right opportunity to dive right in with some great activities with my little one. It’s a time I look forward to each year, and this year is no exception. My two older children took great enjoyment and shared a few giggles as…