This afternoon we played the game From Head to Toe that is based on the same book by Eric Carle. I was watching a friend’s boys who are just a little bit younger than both of my kids. It was a big hit with all the kids, even though the other boys were able to follow the directions better. The younger kids were mostly just along for the ride Can you wiggle your hips? Can you bend your neck? Can {Read More}
From Head to Toe Game – Eric Carle – Preschool Activity
Painting With Golf Balls
Yesterday afternoon the kids were quickly destroying the house and my sanity (think cowboys and indians with 3 ft. tall kids) , so I knew it was time for an activity. The 3 of us thrive on structure so these activity times are actually the calmest part of our summer days. I picked another art project that my co-teacher did with her art classes. I told the kids we were going to paint, but completely stumped them when I went {Read More}
Painting with Bubbles – Preschooler Activity or Summer Kids Activity
My last 2 years of teaching Kindergarten music I co-taught with the art teacher next door. I saw some really neat art projects and painting bubble art was one of them. I had to make do with just food coloring instead of tempera paint, but it worked for our project. food coloring, 1 tsp dishsoap & 1/4 cup warm water Blow bubbles in the soapy “paint” until they bubble just over the top of the bowl I did this project {Read More}
Foam Stickers – Preschooler Busy Activities
My goal this summer is to have at least one busy activity for every day that we don’t have any outside activities. Today’s activity was more beneficial to Little One’s fine motor skills than Turkey, but he enjoyed it all the same. Really the point of the activity was simply to give me a little break so I could get some work done and since it helps her too it’s a win-win. I told them they needed to fill their {Read More}
Make Audio Books (Books on Tape) For Your Kids
Do your kids ever get tired of the TV? Mine rarely do, but I get tired of them watching. Really they just want to hear/see a story. Since TV watching can have a negative effect if overdone, we limit screen time. Sometimes I just can’t take the time to read to them though. Instead I make my own audio books. I record myself reading books on to cassette tapes or my phone. If you have a microphone for your computer {Read More}
Pipe Cleaners Fine Motor and Reading Preschool Busy Activity
please ignore my horribly dirty kitchen floor I really wanted to tackle the pile of dishes to be handwashed in my sink this weekend. Little One was having a needy day though so I knew the only way to accomplish the task at hand was to get her busy with a new activity. I chose the pipe cleaner stuffing activity this time. I’ve been collecting oatmeal, grits and pringles cans and have punched various sized holes in the lids with {Read More}
Bean Scooping Fine Motor Skills – Preschool Busy Activity
This weekend was a struggle for me. I was sick all weekend and my husband had to work both days. Little One was especially frustrated with my lack of energy and patience. I was determined to get the kitchen tidied so I set her up with a tray, cup of beans/lentils, a scooper and a small jar. Her task was to use the scooper to put all the beans into the jar. She really just wanted to use her hands. {Read More}
Preschool Busy Activities – Jumbo Coloring Books
We’ve had a fairly busy schedule the past couple of weeks and have been doing a lot of yard work, so there haven’t been too many times that a preschool busy activity was needed. Little Turkey does a lot of puzzles, so that’s usually been the activity of choice for busy moments lately. He works 48 pc. puzzles too quickly, so when I need to keep him busy for more than 5 minutes I’ll give him a 78-100 pc. puzzle {Read More}
Chipboard Letter Matching – Preschool Busy Activity
Last week ended up being a fairly busy week so little Turkey mostly worked puzzles during his educational playtime. He’s been doing more and more constructing with his Trio blocks-which we’re thrilled about. He had a friend over to play yesterday and didn’t want to cook! I think it might have been because he didn’t want to share his big kitchen set though LOL. Yesterday I had him sort these chipboard letters. First he matched all the letters (I’m not {Read More}
Bead Sorting – Preschool Busy Activities
This activity wasn’t something I planned. It just sort of happened. Little Turkey enjoyed the bead stringing so much that he’s been asking to do it again. My next plan for the beads had been to have him string the beads into a pattern, but I felt like I needed to give him a smaller amount of beads with enough to make a definite pattern. I was working on sorting them by shape and color and he asked to help. {Read More}