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Written by Nadia T
Published on January 11, 2017 • Updated on May 3, 2021• 3 Comments

Snowman Dress Up Busy Bag

snowman dress up busy bags for kids

I love busy bags for kids because it allows me some quiet time at home by having an already prepared activity ready for the kids. You can use this adorable Snowman Dress Up Busy Bag activity at home or take it with you and use it at a restaurant. (They call that a restaurant kit!) Kids will enjoy creating different versions of a snowman... I have to ask for my frozen lovers, "Do you want to build a snowman?" This would be AMAZING ...

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Filed Under: Seasonal, Winter Tagged With: busy bags, dress up, snowman, winter

Written by Nadia T
Published on January 5, 2017 • Updated on May 3, 2021• 3 Comments

Printable Winter Paper Dolls Dress Up Busy Bag

printable busy bag

I've been looking out for some DIY busy bags, restaurant kits and quiet time activities that would be suitable for toddlers and preschoolers that would encourage new vocabulary words, encourage color recognition and imaginary play. These free printable winter paper doll dress up busy bag clothes was the perfect solution! I love that dress up activities attract a wide range of ages. Kids will play while working on color ...

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Filed Under: Seasonal, Winter Tagged With: busy bag, dress up, quiet time

Written by Nadia T
Published on December 26, 2016 • Updated on May 6, 2021• Leave a Comment

Free Winter Read Build Write Mats

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When winter break is over most kids are going to go back to school and write all about the fun things they did during the school break. This can be made easier by working on some of those tough to spell winter themed words. These Winter Read Build Write Mats should do the trick. By working with Read Build Write Mats your child's spelling and reading should naturally improve.These free printable winter read build write mats are ...

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Filed Under: Activity Mats, Seasonal, Winter Tagged With: read build write, sight words, spelling, vocabulary cards, winter

Written by Nadia T
Published on December 19, 2016 • Updated on May 3, 2021• 3 Comments

Winter Preschool Count and Clip Cards

winter preschool count and clip cards

These winter preschool count and clip cards are perfect for having toddlers and preschoolers practice their math counting skills and number recognition. Kids will love counting the snowman and adorable winter mittens with these free printable clip cards. Clothespin activities are fun for kids because they make it a more hands on learning experience. Winter Preschool Count and Clip Cards These free preschool math clip cards ...

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Filed Under: Seasonal, Winter Tagged With: clip cards

Written by Nadia T
Published on December 15, 2016 • Updated on May 3, 2021• 3 Comments

Snowman Winter Ten Frame Printable

winter ten frames

This snowman winter ten frame printable pdf activity is a great way for kids to practice those counting and math skills. I love that this activity is so versatile that it can be used in so many ways. You can use manipulatives and other little trinkets or you can use finger prints or even do a dot markers too!. These ten frame counting cards make the perfect learning activity that allows your child to work on one to one ...

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Filed Under: Seasonal, Winter Tagged With: christmas, manipulatives, math, printables, subitizing, ten frame, winter, worksheets

Written by Nadia T
Published on December 12, 2016 • Updated on May 3, 2021• 3 Comments

Snowman Clip Card Fractions

clip card fractions

These snowman clip cards fractions are a great way to get the kids practicing their fraction math skills. This perfect winter clip card fractions activity also work on strengthening their fine motor skills because of the clothespins. Snowman Clip Cards Fractions Materials Required – Medium Clothespins – I have these plain clothespins from Amazon and these colorful ones from Michaels. The ones that are pictured here are the ...

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Filed Under: Seasonal, Winter Tagged With: clip cards, elementary, fractions, math

Written by Nadia T
Published on December 7, 2016 • Updated on April 26, 2021• 8 Comments

Do you want to build a Snowman Craft?

frozen craft activity

Do you want to build a snowman ? This printable do you want to build a snowman craft activity will be great for Frozen lovers and crafty kids. This colorful collage kids arts and craft activity is perfect for winter. Not only will kids have some fun building a snowman but this activity will also have them practice their fine motor skills. They will also learn early math skills like counting, shapes, and sizes. Besides, which ...

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Filed Under: Christmas, Seasonal Tagged With: fine motor skills, snowman, winter

Written by Nadia T
Published on October 29, 2009 • Updated on May 6, 2021• 2 Comments

Pumpkin Skills Activity

For today's Halloween related activity we practiced on pincer grasp and hand eye coordination. (I was actually doing this activity for open ended art but I didn't link up to open ended art because it was too structured to be considered open ended art.) Materials needed: Printed pumpkins on paper, food coloring, medicine dropper, and some water. Deen poured the water into the ice tray and then we added red and yellow ...

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Filed Under: Art, Educational Activities, Fall, Halloween Tagged With: art, montessori

Written by Nadia T
Published on October 14, 2009 • Updated on May 6, 2021• 15 Comments

Happy/Sad Pumpkin Finger Painting

This halloween themed happy sad kids pumpkin finger painting art activity is perfect for a toddler or preschool aged kids. Add these cute adorable pumpkins to your halloween home decorations while exploring emotions with your child. Materials Required: Affiliate links are used in this post. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Cardstock (I LOVE and always use this one. It glides through my printer ...

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Filed Under: Art, Halloween, Printables Tagged With: art, feelings, finger painting, halloween, printables

Written by Nadia T
Published on September 24, 2009 • Updated on March 30, 2022• 10 Comments

Playdough, Colored Pasta and Rice Fun!

Today's Open Ended Art theme was Playdough/clay and mosaics. This activity was SO much fun because Deen had his cousins over to play. Its a nice change to be doing open ended art with older children. Their concentration is so much better and they really enjoy themselves. My only regret is that we didn't use clay... these would be so pretty and I have no idea how the homemade playdough is going to look once dry.. I don't think ...

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But really, I got to start again with a new set of eyes to be able to see the world anew! 

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💪🏻Change can be beautiful, even if it feels challenging. ✨

Here we are, at the end of our trip to South Africa (our second home) + these trips here always bring about a lot of reflection. 
Especially with little Alayna in tow. It feels like I’ve come full circle once again with a little one back to where I began my story as a mom. 

Having lived in both South Africa and USA (lived in USA 18 years, SA for 10 years, back in America currently for 7 years, who knows where we will be next year - that’s part of the excitement), 

The one thing I’ve learned in life is that CHANGE is inevitable.
Change is beautiful, even if the colors seem confusing at the beginning.
Sails need to be constantly adjusted. 
Your destination is ever changing. Why be stuck in one place?
Growth can be found in change. 
So instead of fighting change, embrace it.

I believe I grew a lot as a woman through the changes + am actually so appreciative of it.

Sure, at the beginning of change you are in a new experience - one you may feel unequipped for, scared of, and even at times, a feeling of being a fish out of water can overwhelm you.

It’s hard to understand it at that time, but looking back I wish I could tell myself to:

Appreciate the newness + lack of skill you may have right now when there is change around you. 
You will eventually rock it! 
Your small pond felt safe but you’ll find an ocean filled with wonder and delight. 
You will grow! 
You will learn your strengths (and sure, weaknesses too) but push on! 
You will find your voice! 
This change will begin to feel like your norm, and it won’t be new for long.
You will realize your dreams + establish your goals so that who you are at the beginning of that change is but a drop of who you are about to become! 

Tomorrow, I don’t know where the wind will take + that’s okay. I’m adaptable + ready for new adventures. Are you?

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