Do you know any children who are naturally patient? I sure don’t. And being a mom for many years has taught me that kids definitely need to be taught patience (right along with me, that is…lol!) But it’s hard to make learning patience into a fun activity. And, for kids, the more fun something is, …
While there are a ton of road trip printables out on the web, sometimes the kids don’t want printables or movies. They want to be happy siblings; getting along and playing board or card games. So, I called in my boys and we all discussed our favorite travel games. Here you go! The Miller Boys’ …
I have spent quite some time pulling together all these links, ideas, etc to help you teach your preschoolers numbers and shapes with tons of free cool math games for preschoolers! If you keep the kids having fun, they never realize they are learning! There are games below that you can play online and games …
At the NY Toy Fair last month, I had to pleasure of meeting Reisa Schwartzman, one of the creators and founders of Griddly Games. I spent a good chunk of time playing her creations at the Griddly Games booth. I was hooked! So, this week I bring you two games that stood out for me …
If you are like me, your lifeline is your phone or tablet. Everything from special calendar dates, grocery lists, and entertaining apps for my kids are stored on at least one of these. Do you worry about your phone or tablet when the kids are using it? I know that every time one of my boys …
Skills this child development activity enhances: Visual Discrimination Imagination For ages: Preschool 4 years + Flip It Materials Needed: Quarter Flip It Instructions: Show both sides of a quarter to your child. Explain the difference between heads and tails, then ask your child to choose one. Toss the coin in the air and let it …
Skills this child development activity enhances: Visual Discrimination Imagination For ages: Preschool 4 years + Which Way? Materials Needed: Quarter Which Way? Instructions: The next time you take a walk with your child, bring along a quarter. Assign an action to heads and tails, for example, heads means “turn left,” and trails means “turn right.” …
Skills this child development activity enhances: Sorting Visual Discrimination Problem Solving For ages: Preschool 3 years + Leaf Tracings Materials Needed: Paper Pencils or Crayons Leaf Tracings Instructions: Create tracings or crayon or pencil rubbings of several different types of leaves, and encourage your child to place the correct leaf over the corresponding tracing. !Monitor …
Skills this child development activity enhances: Sorting Visual Discrimination Problem Solving For ages: Preschool 3 years + Leaf Match Materials Needed: 2 each of several different leaves Leaf Match Instructions: Lay out several pairs of leaves from different plants, mix them up, and encourage your child to match up the leaf pairs.
Skills this child development activity enhances: Sorting Visual Discrimination Problem Solving For ages: Preschool 3 years + Materials Needed: 10 leaves Bright Light Leaf Comparisons Instructions: Gather about ten leaves with your child. Sort through them with him/her and look at the different features. Hold them up to the light and look at the different …
Skills this child development activity enhances: Creativity Gross Motor Skills For ages: Preschool 3 years + Materials Needed: Paint Fly Swatter Butcher Paper Wacky Painting Instructions: Pin up a large sheet of butcher paper on a clothesline outside, or lay it flat on the lawn (weigh down the corners with rocks.) Pour several colors of …
Skills this child development activity enhances: Creativity Observation Discovery For ages: Preschool 3 years + Materials Needed: White Paper White Crayon Watercolor Paints Crayon Revelation Instructions: Have your child make a drawing using a white crayon on a white piece of paper, encouraging your child to press down hard with the crayon. (You may also …
