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Alphabet Parking Lot:  Matching Capital and Lowercase Letters

Alphabet Parking Lot: Matching Capital and Lowercase Letters

  One of the boys’ favorite things to play with is cars. They spend hours playing with their assortment of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars. Little Brother used to be the only car lover, but he has now passed along his love…

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Sticky Salt Painting

Sticky Salt Painting

  This was a fun, last-minute activity for both of the boys that took all of two minutes of prep time and less than 10 minutes to complete. It is similar to our salt-absorbing fireworks but uses contact paper instead…

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Paint Chip Mosaic Earth

Paint Chip Mosaic Earth

  Earth Day is Monday, April 22nd. Last year we created this Earth Day project and this year we decided to try something a little more abstract–a Paint Chip Mosaic Earth. I had a few of these paint chip cards…

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Melissa & Doug Lacing Beads

Melissa & Doug Lacing Beads

These Melissa & Doug Lacing Beads are perfect for encouraging fine motor development!  

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My First Cartoon Flipbook

My First Cartoon Flipbook

  Big Brother and I decided we would attempt his first cartoon flip book today. It turned out just okay (mostly because he got tired of drawing his person after a couple cards), but it was a fun experiment nonetheless!   Here’s…

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DIY Motor Activities

Guest Post by Ashley of Me and Marie Learning Winter is here! With the cold temperature and falling snow, winter sometimes means no outdoor play for our children. Which in turn leads to our children having higher energy levels! So,…

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Numbered Heart Game with Dice

With Valentines Day quickly approaching, I thought we would have some fun with number recognition and one-to-one correspondence! This was the perfect activity for reinforcing numbers for Little Brother (3) while also providing some much-needed fine motor practice writing with…

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Golf Tee Painting on Styrofoam

Golf Tee Painting on Styrofoam

  Yesterday I shared with you how we used our pieces of styrofoam for two activities. One was the Letter & Sight Word Pounding activity. The second activity was a bit more creative…we made golf tee and styrofoam paintings! The…

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Sight Word and Letter Pounding

Sight Word and Letter Pounding

As I shared on my Facebook page, we are in the midst of a renovation project at our house converting our small, barely used office into a mudroom. I have been doing a lot of reorganizing over the last several…

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Capital & Lowercase Letter Stamping

This Capital & Lowercase Letter Stamping  idea was inspired by two things I found (that I had forgotten about) as I was purging organizing after Christmas. Little Brother and I did this activity a while ago, but I am just…

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New Year’s Eve Noise Maker

Crafting a New Year’s Eve Noise Maker in my house is a bit ironic…we certainly do not need ANY help making lots of noise around here! But what is New Year’s Eve without even more noise? And just so we’re clear…we…

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Jingle Bell Wreath Ornament

Jingle Bell Wreath Ornament

  After our jingle bell sorting activity, we had lots of fun making this simple jingle bell wreath ornament! This is a SUPER easy craft, but it does take some fine motor control to slide the pipe cleaners through the…

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Jingle Bell Sorting

  Big Brother woke up with a fever, so we stayed in our PJ’s all day, read lots of books, and watched entirely too much TV (which is what you’re supposed to do on “sick days”, right?!?!). Although I don’t like…

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Christmas Letter Banner with Catalog Pictures

Christmas Letter Banner with Catalog Pictures

I went to get the mail yesterday, only to find FIVE catalogs stuffed in our small mailbox. Five…in one day! We’ve been getting an onslaught of toy and home decor catalogs lately (even though I have attempted to remove us…

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Handprint Reindeer Puppets and Treat Bags

Handprint Reindeer Puppets and Treat Bags

This simple reindeer craft can serve two purposes:  Turn the brown bag upside down and make puppets or fill it with goodies to make a cute bag! Here’s what you’ll need:  Brown paper bags, construction paper, glue, googly eyes and…

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Petite Picasso

Petite Picasso

Post by Contributing Writer Jennie “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” –       Pablo Picasso This quote from the famous artist is so true! I remember as a young girl…

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Alphabet Craft:  B is for Bear

Alphabet Craft: B is for Bear

Alphabet Crafts are a great way to reinforce letter names and sounds while also incorporating multiple domains of development. I have attempted a few alphabet crafts with Little Brother, starting with letter “a” (which ended up being somewhat of a…

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Autumn Tree with Leaf Sprinkles

Autumn Tree with Leaf Sprinkles

This festive Autumn Tree with Leaf Sprinkles craft was simple and fun for both of my boys…and it definitely highlighted their own unique personalities! Big Brother had the added bonus of some fine motor practice by tearing the leaves in…

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