If there is one thing every grownup who has a preschooler, works with a preschooler, or even knows a preschooler needs—it’s daily preschool activities… daily independent preschool activities to be precise! Those little minds are so inquisitive! That personality… so curious! We definitely want to engage and inspire preschoolers and really lean into all that…
Printable Play Mats for Quiet Time
I have a wonderful printable to share with you today, my friends! A while back, I shared my free quiet bin labels. One of those labels was for a bin for Imaginative Play. And today? Well, today, I get to fill that bin for you for a very, very long time. These FREE Printable Play Mats…
Gorgeous Fall Sensory Bins for Preschoolers
Sensory play doesn’t need to be complicated. Going for a walk outside and feeling the grass with little hands and bare feet, stopping to smell the flowers, crunching up those Fall leaves, listening to the birds as they fly south, all of these things are awesome sensory activities for preschoolers to enjoy in Fall! In…
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. This Easter freebie is awesome for children of all ages to dive into some deep math learning. To begin, I wanted…
Easter Colour Learning {Easter Freebie #2}
This freebie is printable Easter Eggs with colour words written inside. There are so many fun and easy ways to play and learn with these Easter eggs—let me share some ideas with you: How to Play and Learn with Coloured Easter Eggs! A great place to begin is to have your little ones help you…
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 fun Halloween preschool…
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…
Play and Learn with Bandaid Art and Activities for Kids!
Remember the other day when I shared with you how Norah absolutely loves Bandaids right now? Well, no surprise, she still does. Bandaids are actually awesome for developing all sorts of skills in young children. They are a great sensory experience and fabulous for building fine motor skills and hand dexterity too. Today I thought…