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How do Arctic Animals Stay Warm in Icy Water?

Winter is always a fun time to talk about arctic animals. I absolutely loved this idea from Discover and Learn Preschool for exploring how arctic animals stay warm in icy water! Animals like walruses, seals, and polar bears all…

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$Fizz & Add Math Game for Kids$

Fizz & Add Math Game for Kids

This activity might just be even more fun than our Fizzy Reading activity from a few days ago! It is a similar idea, but includes a super fun math game for kids. It is adaptable to all ages: use one dice…

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Addition Pancakes

I love finding ways to repurpose what would otherwise be trash. This past weekend, our little family of five had a fun night out at the bowling alley. We ordered some pizza and everyone got whupped by their mama in…

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Rainbow Discovery Bottles for Babies

Little Sister is at such a fun age…she is so curious about everything! A few weeks ago, my sister-in-law gave her a water bottle to play with during church and she had so much fun watching the water slosh back…

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Shape Turkey for Preschoolers

Little Brother and I had a great time making these Shape Turkeys for Preschoolers! Creating them together gave me the perfect opportunity to review some of the trickier shapes (like octagon and rhombus) while still creating a super-cute Thanksgiving craft! Here’s…

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Silly Putty Melting Jack-O-Lantern

We made homemade silly putty this week and created our own melting pumpkins! This was also a great time to discuss the 3 different states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas) and point out that silly putty is neither one! I am…

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Magic Jack-O-Lantern

This is a super-fun Halloween twist on our Fizzy Balloons experiment. It has been quite a while since we have done this experiment, so the boys had a great time watching the chemical reaction “magically” inflate the Jack-O-Lantern balloon….

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Clip the Color Activity for Toddlers

I have just about every “subset” of young children: a school-aged child, a preschooler, and a baby. I don’t currently have a toddler at home, however, but I recently came across these colorful clips at the Dollar General and knew they would…

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Mixing Colors with Water Balloons

This was a super fun art activity for a hot summer day! We had a great time mixing colors with water balloons! We used water colored with liquid watercolors within each balloon to create secondary colors once they were popped…

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Sum Splat: Learning with Water Balloons

Water balloons are so much fun for the summer! But besides being a great way to burn off some energy, they can also be a surprisingly good learning tool! We used water balloons to create this sum splat game…

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Simple Science Experiment for Kids: Why are there craters on the moon?

Big Brother had his first science fair this past week! He is still very interested in learning about outer space, so he chose (with a little direction) to do his science fair project answering the question, “Why are there…

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Seek and Find Color Hunt

Guest Post by Jody of Growing Book by Book One of our favorite literacy activities to do is go on a seek and find color hunt. It’s super quick and easy to put together and will keep the little…

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Shape Ornaments for Toddlers and Preschoolers

These Shape Ornaments were so simple to make and would be a great craft for toddlers and preschoolers learning to recognize shapes! Little Brother enjoyed getting to decorate some ornaments for our tree while I was happy to sneak…

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Christmas Pom-Pom Sorting

This Christmas Pom-Pom Sorting activity is super simple and great for both cognitive and fine motor development. Classifying and sorting according to a common attribute is an important skill for preschoolers. We chose to sort according to size, but you…

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Domino Addition with Dot Markers

Big Brother is learning to add, so we took the opportunity to turn a traditional game of dominoes into a fun and educational activity. This domino addition with dot markers activity can also be used to teach the concept…

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Counting Sun Spots Busy Bag

We combined a busy bag idea and a little learning about outer space into this fun activity. The child will count the sun spots on the sun and match them to the corresponding numeral found on the clothespin sun…

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Simple Balloon-Shaped Homemade Matching Games

Guest Post by Jen of Mama.Papa.Bubba. As a mama who loves to prepare engaging activities for my little one to discover and explore, I often find that the simplest, easiest to create ones are the most loved (and…

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Number Detectives

Guest Post by Katie of Gift of Curiosity I’m Katie, mom to a four-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl. I’m so excited to be guest posting at I Can Teach My Child today in order to share a fun number…

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