There are loads of activities you can do with balls. They are a fun gross motor tool. I love that you can find them in just about any store. Plus they are a basic toy on play with. You can use them a lot outside and really enjoy them. But I want to show you…
I’m always excited about Christmas projects and I love doing them with my girls. Today I’m doing a great activity with cookie cutters, watercolors, and oil pastels. This is a great quick and easy activity you can do last minute! I’m so excited to once again be apart of Rain Day Mums Christmas Advent. It…
Sensory bins happen to be a favorite at our house. Yup, they still are for my girls. Yes, they are older but they still love them. Christmas happens to be a stressful time and having a sensory bin totally helps everyone stay much calmer. Plus it gives me a place I can send them when…
Numbers and counting are something I get asked a lot for every season. There are always fun themes to do. One fun theme I’m doing a little bit this year is Jingle Bells! Jingle bells are so much fun to play with plus a great sensory activity at the same time. Today I have a…
I know that one of our favorite stores has always been the Gingerbread Man. We are always read new books with variations of the story. It is a fun one to read. And now I have a full pack just for a Gingerbread Man theme! I love the themed packs because they give you loads…
Gross motor has always been one activity we do a lot of. We really enjoy doing it. It has always been a great stress relief from school or just when we have too many wiggles. And we love doing books and gross motor. It is fun to read a book and then act out a…
I love doing picture books with my girls even when they are older. It is a great chance for us to practice reading aloud skills. Plus there are so many stories that you can learn about in the books. You have historical, fiction, non-fiction and more! These are all great areas to explore. You can…
Christmas has great themes you can work with. I love having a few different themes to use during this time. Today I have some of the Christmas themes dot the number and counting. These are simple and easy to use. Plus are a great seasonal printable. You have Christmas trees, present and a gingerbread man…
History can be loads of fun to learn about. Each part of history teaches you something. This is one thing I love about the Magic Tree House books. They are always teaching you some small part about history. This time we are in the ice age and see so many fun ways of life and…
Every season change is always fun and Christmas is one of my favorite holidays! I have so many activities and printables to pick and choose from! We always have a blast with it. Today we have a fun new model magic Christmas tree. We love Christmas trees at our house. They are always so much…
I love changing up learning and having to fun learning new ways. Several years ago I made some CVC Christmas trees and we loved them. I wanted to change that idea up for younger kids to have a fun activity for them. So now we have the free Christmas Tree ABC Coloring. The Christmas Tree…
We working the alphabet in many different ways. I know that tracing letter is something some kids need. There are many ways to do this. I also hear loads that people don’t want uppercase and lowercase letters together. That their kids learn one case at a time. And that is a need for these types…
We love doing Thanksgiving activities at our house. I have always enjoyed the holiday. There are so many ways to learn about Thanksgiving. This Roll a Cornucopia is a great way to learn about Thanksgiving foods. It is an easy way to build vocabulary and work on math. It is fun and easy to do….
There are so many fun themes to use during Thanksgiving. I love having new things to use. And the dot the number and counting the number have been fun to have for the different seasons. Today I’m showing up 3 new set the turkey, corn, and pie. Each of these is a great theme for…
I love that each of the Magic Tree House Books has so many great themes to learn about. Today’s book is about the Amazon Rain Forest. It has so many great animals to learn about. We love this series because it teaches us about so many different themes. Today’s book is full of rain forest…
I love doing different projects with my girls. And we always enjoy the different challenges. And we love the idea of exploring different concepts while we do an activity. Today we are exploring shape symmetry with a little coloring and I have some free Shape Coloring Symmetry Art printables. Symmetry is fun because you can…
These free bear counting clip cards are a great way to work on numbers in a fun way. I recently made a fun set of bear clip cards for addition and subtraction with bears and I had someone ask do you have something like this for just numbers. And I said no, but thought hey…
I love that bears can be used in so many different settings. It is great for the fall. It works great for any woodland or forest setting. We have been having fun with the bears this week and I wanted to add something more. So I thought these bear dot marker numbers and counting would…
There are so many fun themes for the fall. But a theme I’ve been asked to if I had more of was more of a forest or woodland theme. And I thought nope I don’t but it is sure a fun theme to explore. You can have a lot of fun exploring with forest animals….
There are so many fun ways to work on addition and subtraction and I love finding new ways to do them. I have always loved clip cards. They are fun for kids and great to use. There are many different types of clip cards and these are fun because they add some basic math and…
Forest animals are a great theme for the fall. There are so many animals you can learn with. I have heard from so many people that they want more activities with a woodland and forest animals theme. So today we have a fun new free forest animals graphing activity. This is a great way to…
I love bear walking because it works so many different muscles on the body while you are doing it. It is also fun for kids to do. They can laugh, roar, and make stomping sounds all while bear walking. These are some simple ideas that require almost nothing to do! We have included links to…
I love that the theme of woodlands or forest is a great one for many different seasons. There are so many animals to learn about with this theme. Plus it has bears and owls which are a favorite at our house. The free Woodland Printable Pack has a few activities that can work for a…
We are having a great time reading the Magic Tree House books. It is always fun to do activities for them. We went with an old favorite at our house gross motor! This is a fun way to get moving while reading. And this book had loads of movements in it. So have some fun…
I love that there are always new picture books to be found. We have always been on the search for new things. We love having different books to read and learn about. You never know what book you might find is a new favorite. We look for books at bookstores, libraries or anywhere we go….
I love having different activities for kids to learn. I know that I’m always looking for something different but it is similar to what we love. Today you have a new fun sight word find that is very simple and easy to use. It has tracing, writing, find and counting all in one sheet. It…
I love to have different activities to keep kids moving. And my girls love it too! You can always have fun and mix things up with the gross motor dice. They are a great way to get kids moving and grooving with different themes that are fun. Today we have the free Halloween themed gross…
There are so many skills you need to learn with math. And one of those is working on math facts. Kids have so many things to learn but one idea of several sets of equations belong to the same math facts is one of them. It is a simple idea that can be hard to…
It is fun to have counting books for each of the seasons. I know that we don’t have one for Halloween. Counting books are great to have for kids because they each get their own and can work through the books at their own pack. They are a great simple easy reader book. Today I…
There are loads of fall themes that are great to use during the fall. Pumpkins happen to be a favorite for us. We have a fun time looking for them in pumpkin patches, reading books about them and so much more. We wanted something fun to decorate for the fall. And I love having my…