Native American Attire

Native American Attire

We have been reading several books about the First Thanksgiving and Big Brother has been fascinated with Squanto and the Massasoit Indians. We decided to make {our own interpretation of} a Native American outfit (besides just a breechcloth…). :) Here’s…

Peek-a-Boo House

Peek-a-Boo House

Babies love to see pictures of themselves (and the people they love). They also love to to open things…so today we’re using a couple travel packages of baby wipes to act as doors and windows on a felt house! The opening and…

Cloth Pull

Cloth Pull

Have you ever walked into a room and quickly realized that your child has pulled out every single baby wipe from the wipes container??? Or how about going to the bathroom and seeing the entire contents of the toilet paper…

Clothespin Drop

Clothespin Drop

I first saw this idea on Chasing Cheerios and thought it would be perfect to try with Little Brother (1 year). He had a harder time than I originally anticipated he would with this activity, but it was great to see…

Autumn Tree

This activity is so simple…but it would have looked a lot better had I taken a picture of it on Friday (when we made it) rather than today since all of the leaves look shriveled and wilted. Our plans were…

"Spooly" Pumpkin

Not only is this activity GREAT fine-motor practice for your little one (since it’s basically a lacing activity), it also makes for a super-cute decoration around the house! The inspiration for this little activity came while I realized I had…

Tangled Pumpkin

This is a very simple way to make a fun, homemade fall decoration (and get some fine-motor practice in too). :) There is one thing that I would suggest when doing this activity–use orange yarn! I only had yellow yarn, so…

Leaf Bracelet

Leaf Bracelet

Awww…fall is finally here! I absolutely love fall–the cooler temperatures, beautiful colors, and all of the fun family activities. A few weeks ago we did this little activity with the 2 and 3 year old class we teach at our…

Apple Patterning

This activity involves both cognitive development (patterning) as well as fine motor development (coloring, cutting, and gluing). It was also great practice for learning to color inside of the lines. It was like pulling teeth to get Big Brother to…

Apple Toss

I thought our apple theme was coming to a close, but then I remembered that I hadn’t done a gross-motor activity in this unit yet… This activity will require a lot of creativity and imagination. This isn’t a bad thing…kids…