Add a Little Learning to Playtime
Today I’m celebrating the one year blogiversary of my friend Jillian over at A Mom with a Lesson Plan. One year! When you stop to think of about it, it’s amazing what can be accomplished in just one year. A…
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It’s Snowing! Contact Paper Collage
Are you looking for a fun and meaningful snowy day activity for your preschool child or student? Make a Contact Paper Snow Scene Collage and help your child: Develop fine motor skills Practice cutting paper Make choices about composition Understand…
Water Beads and Kids | How to Play with Water Beads
Have you ever played with water beads? They’re slippery, squishy, and a surprisingly fun and addictive sensory experience. First: an important message. Water beads are not a toy. While I’ll show you how you could use them as a sensory…
Gluten-free Cloud Dough
 How to Make Gluten-Free Cloud Dough After I posted our Cloud Dough recipe last week, Amy from Kids in the Studio wanted to know if it could be adapted into a gluten-free cloud dough recipe. What a good question! This…
The only Cloud Dough Recipe you will need – just 2 ingredients!
Cloud Dough…Have you heard of it? It turns out that cloud dough is one of the easiest sensory bin recipes around, and it is so rewarding to play with. Even adults will love it. How to Make Cloud Dough When…
Flour and Chalk
I’m always looking for ways to support my kids’ thirst for play while I’m trying to get things done around the house. You can find me on the Kiwi Crate Blog today, where I’m talking about a simple mixing experiment using just…