Babies
Rip! Tear! Babies love to rip, crinkle, and squish things. Let’s explore their tactile and auditory senses and let them create a paper collage. Continue reading
Babies
Rip! Tear! Babies love to rip, crinkle, and squish things. Let’s explore their tactile and auditory senses and let them create a paper collage. Continue reading
Age 3+
Let’s get creative today! Dig into your recycled box, grab those old coffee cans, cardboard boxes, marbles, golf balls, or anything that rolls, and let’s paint! Preschoolers will discover abstract art with this simple, fun craft. Continue reading
There’s nothing that will excite a budding biologist, botanist, or ecologist more than a nature walk. You can observe birds, hunt for worms, squirrels, collect nuts, pinecones (Cayden loves these), and rocks! Bring a bucket and the kids can collect specimens like leaves, seeds, flowers, or bugs. Bring a magnifying glass so the kids can study nature and all their collected treasures up close, or spy ladybugs, or raindrops, and see the world in a new way. Encourage identification skills by having the kids find different types of leaves or flowers native to your area. (Look for regional field guides on enature or do an internet search for the “native plants” of your state.) Have fun exploring nature trackers!
Tip: Bring your colored egg carton from the previous craft to collect things that match your colors (shhh, great sensory, plus color matching – 2 x bonus, yay!)
Things to bring:
Fun extras: (Dollar Tree has a bug net and canister, magnifying glass, 1.00 each)
Good morning! Let’s make an eye-catching sun catcher brightens any window and makes a great science and art experiment. I spotted this fantastic experiment on Education.com. Continue reading
Put away your paint brushes and open up the freezer, its ice painting time! Paint with ice helps kids practice their color recognition and counting skills while observing paint go from a liquid state to a solid state, then back to liquid again. Continue reading
Have you ever tried to dye pasta? It’s super simple and uses just a few basic household items! This recipe is per (1) 1 lb. box of pasta! We did 3 boxes total. Continue reading