My toddler is a little ball of fun and loves to keep himself busy. Unfortunately, sometimes being “busy” means making a huge drawing with dry erase markers on the wall (Yes, that really happened). Luckily, I have found that keeping Smiley Man busy learning shapes and doing shape activities, is a great way to keep… Continue reading Popsicle Stick Shapes Activity – Teaching Shapes
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5 Montessori Practical Life Activities for Toddlers
Back when Little Bear was a toddler if somebody told me I should do practical life activities from the Montessori method with my toddler I would have said, “What is practical life in Montessori?” Luckily, I have since learned quite a bit about the Montessori methods, and I really appreciate the practical life activities. Unfortunately,… Continue reading 5 Montessori Practical Life Activities for Toddlers
Easter Themed Tot School Trays
With Easter so early this year, March is full of holiday stuff. I usually only do holiday-themed tot trays once a month (I change the tot trays every two weeks), but with Easter coming up so soon, I had to do the Easter trays right after the St. Patrick’s Day trays. That means that there… Continue reading Easter Themed Tot School Trays
Sensory Bin to Teach Shapes to Toddlers and Preschoolers
This is the very first post for a brand new series. I’ve been working on teaching colors to Smiley Man for several months now and we did a bunch of color activities and ended our color series with a huge link page for teaching colors. Now that Smiley Man knows his colors so well. I am ready… Continue reading Sensory Bin to Teach Shapes to Toddlers and Preschoolers
ABC Scripture Memory Packet
I made these conference packets for the alphabet as a way for Little Bear to learn scriptures AND to learn preschool skills. I’ve been very surprised at just how well these packets do that. Little Bear loves these and he has so much fun during General Conference doing these packets. I plan to eventually have… Continue reading ABC Scripture Memory Packet
25 General Conference Activities for Toddlers
I love General Conference so much, but honestly, it’s difficult to pay attention when I’m trying to keep my kids quiet the whole time. Luckily, I found the most perfect way to eradicate that problem. What is this brilliant solution you ask … drum roll … General Conference activities for toddlers and preschoolers! Check out… Continue reading 25 General Conference Activities for Toddlers
25 General Conference Activities for Preschoolers
LDS General Conference is amazing, but with a preschooler, all that amazing-ness can quickly turn to I-want-to-pull-my-hair-out-ness. My preschooler is generally a well-behaved kid, but expecting him to sit quietly watching talks for 8 hours is a recipe for disaster. Luckily, I have created several General Conference activities for preschoolers and toddlers to keep my… Continue reading 25 General Conference Activities for Preschoolers
Ball Themed Tot School Trays
This is our fourth set of Montessori inspired tot trays. Smiley Man (21 months) does tot school while I am doing homeschool preschool with Little Bear. So far, Smiley really loves these trays and I love it because they are getting my toddler ready for school. Hopefully you can find a few tray ideas and… Continue reading Ball Themed Tot School Trays
Valentine’s Day Sticker and Dice Game
Do you remember that awesome Gingerbread Man Math printable that was all over Pinterest around Christmas. Well, I decided to recreate this dice game for Valentine’s Day. First, we printed the Numbered Heart Printable, got our dice, then I opened a bag of Valentine’s stickers from the dollar store. I told Little Bear that we… Continue reading Valentine’s Day Sticker and Dice Game
Valentine Themed Tot School Trays
Smiley Man is loving these tot trays so much! He really likes that he does his own school work. I really like that he is engaged while Little Bear is doing his preschool stuff. My biggest problem is explaining to Smiley Man that he can only do his trays during school time. :) Even Little… Continue reading Valentine Themed Tot School Trays