Goats are tricky, adorable animals. If you’ve been to a petting zoo chances are good your child has encountered a good-natured goat and maybe even fed it a little food from a paper cup. Children are fascinated with animals, so transforming letters into animal shapes is a…
Cutting paper is hard work for preschool children! I still remember the first time I tried to use scissors as a young child. I tried over and over again before I finally figured it out. Scissors take a level of dexterity and hand strength that develops over time. Transform the…
I love easy. Easy activities can be so powerful for kids, and yet such a relief for us Moms. Grab some marshmallows and toothpicks, its time to help your child learn the shapes and a little engineering at the same time, with this build the shapes stem activity. If you…
Can you make the voices for the Three Billy Goats Gruff? One of my favorite teachers growing up was the one who could do all the voices and would tell us the story from memory. She was an amazing storyteller. Stories make such powerful impressions on our kids! Read the…
It’s pretty easy to imagine teaching various math concepts with Lego® bricks. Numbers are a natural part of legos. But, have you ever thought about how your child could be learning the alphabet with lego bricks? This one is a little bit trickier, but it absolutely can be…
Lego® bricks are an incredible tool for learning. Children generally love to play with legos so the engagement factor is almost instant with a lego learning activity. Lego bricks are tactile, hands-on, sensory, and visual which means they touch on a variety of learning styles and can help teach…
Do you remember the first time you heard one of the Aesop’s Fables about a crafty fox? I sure do! I had one teacher in elementary school who made it her goal to read us as many of the fables as she could. Did you know there are…