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…
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…
3 Ways to Play and Learn with Sticky Notes
I love sticky notes. I have ever since my days in the classroom. In fact, I remember one year for Christmas a family gifted me a huge basket full of pens and various sized and shaped sticky notes and I was actually over the moon excited. It felt like Christmas morning as a child! Now…
Easter Number Games {Easter Freebie #3}
Are you getting into the “Easter fun and learning” zone now my friend? I hope so! I hope you are seeing how easy, fun, and natural learning can be with these little Easter freebies. We have learned letters on Day 1, colours on Day 2, and today we are diving in to learning all about…
Easter Colour Learning {Easter Freebie #2}
Welcome to Day #2 of Easter Freebies! I hope you enjoyed learning with letters yesterday – there are so many fun ways to practice those ABCs. Today we are going to be playing with and learning about colours! This Freebie is printable Easter Eggs with colour words written inside. There are so many fun and…
Christmas Advent Calendar and Activity Pages!
It is time to get in that Holly Jolly spirit, my sweet friend! And what better way to get in that spirit than with a fun and simple (emphasizing that word SIMPLE) little Christmas-themed learning activity each day? I bring you my Christmas Advent Calendar! Print this little guy off, pop him up on the…
Halloween Countdown Calendar
Do you have a couple bats or ghouls who are excited about that big day ahead? If so, you are going to love this 5-minute activity filled Halloween countdown calendar! Get ready to count down to Halloween with your toddler or preschooler enjoying one simple, no-prep Halloween-themed learning activity each day. If I have learned…
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…
The Fine Motor Apple Tree Game!
I am excited to partner with Wikki Stix today to bring you this post and G I V E A W A Y ! (More information on that at the bottom of this post!) You may remember awhile ago I shared with you a quiet bin idea involving pipecleaners and buttons and making little 3D…
Playing Card Puzzles {3 Ways!}
Who is looking for something fun, quick, and easy to prep to give those kids a bit of independent quiet time? Me! Always me. Every single time, it’s going to be me. I feel as though I am channeling N’Sync … It’s Gonna Be Me. (Know what I mean? Or are you too young to…