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Butterfly Art with Watercolors and Hot Glue

We have been all about butterflies at our house the last few weeks. We ordered some new caterpillars to watch and eventually moved them into our Insect Lore Butterfly Garden once they became chrysalises. Little Sister has LOVED…

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Alphabet Easter Egg Hunt & Match

Little Sister (3) and I have been working on letters and numbers more purposefully lately. In all honesty, I have not worked with her nearly as much as I did with the boys. Perhaps it is “Mommy Burnout”…

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Toddler Leaf Lacing

Post by Contributing Writer Amy This fun fall project for toddlers not only helps them work on fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, it also doubles as a fun suncatcher when it’s finished! My toddler (age 2.5) really…

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Laced Leaf Suncatchers

Post by Contributing Writer Amy This project puts together two things I love: fall and laminating! Really, there is something so satisfying about seeing something go through the laminator. My kids were mesmerized watching me run the leaves through…

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Brown Bear Button Snake Retelling

This month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids is one of my absolute favorite books for toddlers: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and illustrated by the talented Eric Carle. We read this book…

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Fly Swatter Fun for the Swimming Pool

Post by Contributing Writer Amy “Stop playing with the flyswatter! You are getting dead bug germs everywhere!” Yep. That was me. I’ve said that so many times. Please don’t tell my kids that “dead bug germs”…

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Olympic Rings Cap Sorting

I have a problem with hoarding plastic caps, mainly those from milk jugs or squeezable yogurt or fruit. As you can see from this activity, I have a TON of caps in a myriad of colors….two gallon-size bags worth,…

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Pinkalicious Roll and Count Playdough Cupcakes

Pinkalicious Roll & Count Playdough Cupcakes

This month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids selection is Pinkalicious by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann. Having two boys first, there has not been much of a draw to this book and I had never read it until now. I purchased it…

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Fizzy Olympic Rings

If the sheer amount of Olympic posts I have on this blog isn’t an indicator of how much I love the Olympics, I am not sure what is! A few weeks ago we participated in “A Very Toddler Olympics”…

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Sight Words in the Sand

I am so excited to share with you 100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids, a book written by my blogging friends Kim and Amanda from The Educator’s Spin on It. Their book just came out a few…

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Birdseed Mystery Number Dig

Post by Contributing Writer Amy Learning numbers is more fun when you get to dig for them! I love to use birdseed in our sand and water table outside (Yay spring!) because birdseed comes in a large bag…

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Corduroy Math: Learning with Buttons

Since I was a little girl, Corduroy by Don Freeman has been one of my absolute favorite books. I was so excited that it is this month’s pick for our Virtual Book Club for Kids. Little Sister and I…

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Peter Rabbit Paper Plate Pop Up Garden

Happy March! This month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids is Beatrix Potter’s classic The Tale of Peter Rabbit. We had so much fun reading this book! Little Brother was especially intrigued with Peter Rabbit…maybe because he would have done…

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LEGO Printables for Colors and Patterns

Post by contributing writer Kim of Life Over C’s My daughter loves everything to do with LEGO® right now. While she is definitely a DUPLO user, she loves playing with her older sisters as they create with their LEGO bricks. Not…

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Reading Sensory Bin

Post by contributing writer Kim of Life Over C’s My daughter has been very reluctant to admit that she enjoys reading. Mostly due to being a perfectionist and not wanting to admit that she needs help. Because of this we work…

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Heart Sensory Matching

I was planning on this being an activity for the boys, as I wasn’t sure Little Sister (almost 2 years old) could comprehend the concept of matching textures quite yet. But I was wrong…she is obsessed with this heart…

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Color Words Printable Book for Valentine’s Day

Our Color Words printable book is a great resource for early readers this Valentine’s Day! Have your child grab his/her crayons for this fun book! Your child/students will be able to read color words and color the heart on…

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Gross-Motor Action Dice

Post by contributing writer Kim of Life Over C’s Do you need an activity that will get the kids up and moving? Is the cold winter weather making you want to hide under the blankets and hibernate until the spring…

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