I purchased a lovely Sand Art Kit from Creatives and Arts here in South Africa. They have two types of sand art kits. One is a basic kit that is a small pack and the second kit is a kit with these great bottles and trays that make clean up so simple! Sand Art Benefits Include: Works on Fine Motor Skills/Hand Eye-Coordination - Child needs to peel away the area that he wants to put sand and then place the sand in ...
Disney Cruise Fish Extender
Would you like to know more about the Disney Cruise Fish Extender and get some DIY Disney Cruise Fish Extender gift ideas? As someone new to the Disney Cruise Liner you might hear the term "Fish Extender" or (FE) 8and have absolutely no clue what that means. Or, you may have been on a recent cruise and seen gifts hanging outside some of the rooms and wondered how you could join in on the fun. If you read my Disney Cruise secrets, ...
Our Trays January 2012
Color matching activity with paint chips. Tweezer Activity. Placing the Pegs in the holes and then placing marbles on top. Butterfly Pattern. Sorry for the blurry picture ...
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Butterfly Craft Coffee Filter Butterflies
These coffee filter butterflies are such a fun butterfly craft! Materials Needed: Coffee Filter Bags, pipe cleaners, droppers, ice cube tray, food coloring, and water. I could not find coffee filters so I used coffee filter bags and loved its natural butterfly shape. (I just cut the edges off.) To get the colors on each side of the butterfly to be equal you can fold your coffee filter bag in half and then drop some food ...
Our Trays: Letter B Theme
I added these Letter B Themed Tot Trays to our printable letter crafts and activities. Tot trays are amongst our favorite toddler activities and I love tying it to our weekly alphabet activities for kids. I love that my toddler enjoys using the trays and doesn't realize that she is working on her fine motor skills, visual perception and more! Our Letter B Tot Trays Please note that affiliate links may be used in this ...
Bugs Sensory Bin
This Toddler and Preschool Insect and Bugs Sensory Bin is a wonderful way for kids to explore insects. My toddler loved learning about ladybugs, butterflies and dragonflies. This would also be the perfect Spring Sensory Bin too! Read on to see the other Insects and Bugs Crafts that we did. RELATED: Insect Activities for Preschoolers Our theme this week was bugs so I set out a Bugs themed sensory bin for my kids. My ...
Our Trays 30 August 2011
Tot trays are a wonderful way to give your child intentional learning materials that is montessori inspired. Montessori uses a rug to create a work space for the child to use her learning materials. I agree with this. The tray also helps contain mess and allows the child to do their activity in an organised manner. I normally leave our Tot Trays on this shelf (which I prep the night before or often for a full week ahead.) My ...
Preschool – Letter E
These Letter E crafts and printable letter activities are a wonderful addition to your preschool letter of the week curriculum. I'm sure you are here because, like me, you want to find some letter e crafts for preschoolers. Letter of the week craft activities are so much of fun for toddlers and preschoolers alike! Printable Letter Crafts E is for Elephant: D started the week working on a fine motor color mixing activity from ...
7 Awesome Benefits of Finger Painting
Are you wondering what the benefits of finger painting for toddlers and preschool aged kids are? Or how about how finger painting helps with the child's development? There are so many wonderful benefits of finger painting for babies, toddlers and frankly any child of any age! Sure, its a messy art activity but did you know that there are so many sensory experiences going on during this time? The post also includes how to make ...
Our Trays August 15, 2011
Here are our trays for last week. Play dough E mat. Use the magnifying glass to match the small pictures to the big picture. I was disappointed in the magnifying glass that I used which did not actually magnify anything. I will revisit this activity again. D did manage perfectly even without the magnification though. Mama Jenn's color wheel. Placing marbles on the holes. These were A's trays. Carissa's Egg ...
