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Mess-Free Process Art for Toddlers

Today is Day 7 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers series! Just like yesterday’s cardboard painting, this activity is virtually mess-free. Typically part of the draw of process art is that it is messy and fun…but with…

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Painting with Water on Cardboard

It’s Day 6 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers Challenge. Be sure to follow us on Instagram, or you can find all of the activities in one spot using the hashtag #31DaysofIndoorToddlerFun and even share your own…

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Coloring on Sandpaper Activity for Toddlers

It’s Day 4 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers challenge! This Coloring on Sandpaper Activity for Toddlers might seem like an odd activity, but it serves a variety of purposes. First of all, this activity…

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Parachute Play for Toddlers

Years ago I bought this 6-foot parachute to use both at home and when I was teaching the 2 and 3-year olds at church. Until recently when Little Sister discovered it, this parachute had gotten little use at home….

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Bean Sensory Tub for Toddlers

It’s Day 2 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers challenge and I am recycling a very old sensory tub for Little Sister. The beans in this tub are over 4 years old and were last used for our…

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Indoor Toddler Dance Party

Our first activity in the 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers is a toddler dance party! It doesn’t get much easier than this! All you need is some fun music to play! We just turned on Pandora…

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Tracing Shapes with Trains after Reading the Little Engine that Could

Tracing Shapes with Trains: The Little Engine That Could Activity

Happy New Year! We are starting the year off with a classic book for our Virtual Book Club for Kids: The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper. I really enjoyed this book as a child and…

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Peek-a-Boo Christmas Tree

We have been having so much fun with this Peek-a-Boo Christmas Tree! It is a cross between our Peek-a-Boo House and Toddler Approved’s Photo Christmas Tree. Little Sister has loved peeking under the ornaments to see our special pictures!…

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Christmas Tree Stencil Art

Post by Contributing Writer Amy This tree is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers to do together using a cereal box stencil and easy dabbing painting techniques. Sticky gems and glitter glue provide for some fun fine motor practice,…

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Christmas Tree Ball Sorting Activity For Toddlers

Christmas Tree Ball Sort for Toddlers

I am so excited to share with you my favorite activity as of late (besides our LEGO Nativity Puzzles, anyway). Little Sister LOVES this Christmas Tree Ball Sort for Toddlers activity and it keeps her busy doing something besides trying to…

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Learning about Body Parts with Madeline

This month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids is featuring the book Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans. In all honesty, I cannot remember ever reading this book before now! If you haven’t had the pleasure of reading this book, it is about…

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Llama Llama Red Pajama Quilt Color Matching

This month’s book for the Virtual Book Club for Kids is Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney. We have read a few other Llama Llama books, but this specific book was new to us. As we read through the story, the one…

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Wipeable and Reusable Learning Mat

This Wipeable and Reusable Learning Mat is an excellent way to add kinesthetic learning to just about any subject matter! Whether it is letters, equations, sight words, or even books of the Bible, this mat can be easily adjusted…

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Leaf Color Match for Toddlers

Fall is just around the corner. A few of our leaves have already started changing and I am looking forward to the cooler temperatures! I can’t wait to see the myriad of colors that will characterize our October and November…

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12 Creative Bad Day Busters

Post by Contributing Writer Amy You know those days. When you just need to get yourself and your kids out of the house, but because of a sleeping baby, bad weather, or just bad timing, it’s not possible….

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Sticky Apple Tree for Toddlers

Little Sister is at such a fun age right now (18 months) and is learning more and more every day. Like all of my kids, she loves anything interactive that she can repeat over and over again. I have done…

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Apple Sorting Busy Bag

Post by Contributing Writer Kim of Life Over C’s We have been working on colors for quite a while with my special needs preschooler. From time to time, she will say a color name or point to a color,…

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One Easy Tip for Quiet Time Success

Post by Contributing Writer Amy “Quiet Time” at my house was getting to be more like “Diversion Time: Twins Edition.” It was a special time of day to creatively come up with as many different reasons to tip-toe…

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