The other day, my 3 year old dumped a pack of multi-colored popsicle sticks on the floor. No amount of cajoling or creative attempts could get her to pick up her mess. Then it occurred to me… I had these color scavenger hunt bags in the hutch from years ago… I set up a color sorting invitation to …
It’s late at night. You’re rocking baby while your partner sleeps soundly. At their moment, you are alone in the world… You feel isolated. You feel a bittersweet frustration. You feel smothered and nurturing simultaneously. Have I ever told you that I don’t remember the last time I rocked my son (now 8.5 years old) …
This is the last week of our Toddler Playschool lesson plans. Z was an easy letter as most kiddos this age LOVE the zoo! So I planned lots of fun toddler activities based on the zoo and the animals it houses. This is our last free toddler activity printable for this alphabet series… and it’s …
For the letter Y I thought we’d explore something that most kids like: food. Food is a fun topic for kids because it’s something familiar, but also presents the opportunity to explore new things. So I culled our books and found our top five favorite books on food and planned activities around them. Check out …
I can’t believe that we’re almost to the end of the alphabet in our Toddler Playschool adventure. X proved to be a tricky letter to create a lesson plan around. But thanks to a glimpse of an episode of Pete and the Neverland Pirates, the basis for this week came to me. Pirate activities are …
We’re getting close to ending our weekly journey through the alphabet in our Toddler Playschool. Because we live in the Midwest and get a variety of the seasons (sometimes two in one week), it seemed like weather would be a suitable and interesting topic for the W week. It provides so many learning prompts that …
We are celebrating love all week long!!! Not only do I have some super fun Valentine’s Day activities for toddlers, we’re also extending the theme for the remainder of the week. Find out what children love, and you’ll find out what’s truly important to them. Use these love-themed activities on our letter V free printable to explore …
Exploring opposites with toddlers can be a very enlightening time for them. It’s always so rewarding for me to see those moments when the light turns on and they start to understand a concept. So for the letter U, I put together this free lesson plan for opposites such as up and under. This curriculum …
I can’t lie… I have been patiently waiting for the letter T to come around in our Toddler Playschool for the sole purpose of having a teddy bear picnic. There are so many other fun activities within this lesson plan! These fuzzy stuffed animals just allow for so many different learning tangents to go down. Below you can …
The topic of space always seems to bring up so much wonder in children and adults alike. It has so much to explore and endless possibilities as far as learning activities. That’s what makes it a great theme for a toddle lesson plan for the letter S. So I’ve put together some fun space-themed toddler learning activities …
