Not all kids (or parents) enjoy the pumpkin carving process. Children with autism or sensory processing disorders find it uncomfortable. Parents find it too messy. I totally get it. I honestly don’t enjoy the squishy-guishy feeling of pulling out the innards of a pumpkin. That’s why I put together this collection of no carve pumpkin …
Fall is amazing in that leaves provide such a wide opportunity for activities with children. When we were coming out of my son’s preschool the other day, we found two HUGE leaves blowing in the wind. So we chased them down and took them home to use for art. We ended up deciding to make leaf people …
Legos… They are both a parent’s best friend and worst enemy. The Pro: They allow our children to let their imagination loose and build, build, build The Con: They make a quick mess and hurt like a B when you step on one. Our Legos were a mess. They were all thrown into a plastic …
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Home Depot. We love birds. We have quite a variety of feathered friends that visit our deck daily for a snack. We’ve been wanting to build them some new digs to hang on the porch for quite some time now. Especially since our …
The book Tuesday by David Weisner is one of our favorite books. What makes it so great for children is that there are only a few words at the beginning and the end of the book. And the only function of those words is to set the stage for what time it is. …
It’s day 2 of Pete the Cat activities. Yesterday, I shared activities for Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons. Today’s activities are based on Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes. We did activities based on each of the colors that Pete’s shoes turned. The first thing that Pete steps in are …
There is not cost that can be contributed to watching your child explore through art.
We recently got to review the Sun, Moon, and Stars activity box from Babbabox. In the box, there was a book, a paper mache kit to make a nightlight, sunlight-sensitive paper to make a constellation, and a chart with binoculars to observe the moon’s cycle. In it, we got the book Twinkle: Star of the Week …
My three year old loves to paint. I mean he really, really loves to paint. We paint almost every single day, sometimes multiple times each day. While he is perfectly happy to use the same brush and paper every time I enjoy mixing it up. I set out different objects to for him to paint …
we were getting ready to paint for preschool time the other day. Bear had been playing with his whEElBaRRow all morning and asked if he could use it to pAiNT with. though i had a different idea in mind, i wanted to see what he was going to do with the wheelbarrow as it offered several usage options… …
