Hi Everyone, We are so ready to welcome Spring. Though the winter was not bad in California this year, we are looking forward to Spring and started working our ways to welcome it. As a first step we decorated our window with these beautiful bright colored flowers, lady bugs, butterflies and tulips. Materials 1. …
Hi Everyone, Today I am sharing how much fun my toddler had with the multicolored hair rubber bands. I inserted a colored dowel into an used wipes box which had little playdough to keep the dowel in place. I encouraged to push the bands through the dowels. She inserted few but moved on. Color sorting …
Hi Everyone, Today I am sharing the free play of my toddler with baby oatmeal. My daughter did not like the taste of the oatmeal and stopped eating it suddenly. The quantity was not enough to pass it to others. So we used for free play. I love free play as no set up is …
Hi everyone, We tried the playdough recipe from the imagination tree. It came out well and my daughter enjoyed playing with that. Material Needed : 1 cup of all purpose flour (Maida in India) 1 table spoon of Oil 1/4 cup salt 1 table spoon of cream of tartar (available in baking section) around …
Hi All, We did a very simple science experiment to make a rainbow. Though it is not something new, the reason I shared here is my kids really enjoyed the experiment. All we need is two simple materials – A glass of water and a plain white paper. It is difficult to see the rainbow …
When we were playing stacking blocks with my toddler, she showed her interest towards color sorting by stacking the same colored blocks together. I looked around the house for color sorting object. The first thing that caught my eye was pom poms. I introduced her Pom Poms and asked to drop them on the matching …
Thanks to Parties!! The girls get a lot of necklaces. I usually use those necklaces for my toddler’s free play. Gather few necklaces of various colours, length and beads in a wide open container. Your work is done! The toddler will take from there. Touching and observing the necklaces Separating the necklaces Wearing and checking …
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These are the ten activities that my toddler enjoyed the most. These activities helps her to strengthen her little fingers and hands. 1. Pushing pom poms into empty water bottle. 2. Removing clothespin 3. Removing velcro vegetables 4. Removing magnetic pattern blocks from the board 5. Removing CD from the case 6. Tearing cotton balls …
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We had a great time playing with Styrofoam and toothpick. The idea is to push the toothpick into the Styrofoam. This simple activity is great for fine motor skill & hand eye coordination. This activity kept my daughter busy for a long time. If the child has difficulties in push the toothpick, we can do …
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Slow and steady, get me ready – a great book written by June Oberlander is available free at the website of Institute of Education sciences. From the website This handbook, which was written by a retired kindergarten teacher with over 25 years of experience, is intended to bridge the gap between home and school. It …