Play

One of the biggest obstacles to open-ended play is time. Too often, a child's day is too scheduled to allow them the time to immerse themselves in make-believe. With the …

How many times have you given a child the latest, expensive toy only to have them unwrap it and find more pleasure in the wrapping paper and box than the …

Whether you love it or cringe at the thought of cleaning it up, there's no denying playdough and fine motor skills go hand in hand. Poking, squishing, and rolling "snakes" …

Using the book If You're A Monster And You Know It as our starting point, we played a Roll-A-Monster to review body parts and build our own silly monsters. It's …

In my last post, I shared about Preschool Hammer Practice using common household items. Today, we're going to extend the activity by adding some letter sound practice! Prep your materials: …

One of Jonah's favorite things to do is practice using a hammer...preschool style. If we're working in the basement, he often asks for this activity to work alongside of us. …

I've got a post over at Totally Tots today sharing a fun and easy shape building activity. It's a super simple one to make...like 2 seconds. Easy-peasy! Jonah and I …

Jonah and I have been having some knight adventures! He's taken an interest into castles and knights after reading the book In the Castle by Anna Milbourne. As an extension …

Jonah and I have had some puppet fun this week! I got tired of our fancy puppet theater that kept coming apart and made up a portable, easily stored Puppet …

Jonah and I have been slowly, but surely getting ready for my next post on Totally Tots. (It goes up on Thursday, but every day is full of pure preschool …