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 prefer to give home made gifts. But when my daughter had to make valentine’s day gifts for 22 kids in the class in the last minute, I preferred computer printout cards. I know my seven year old can make a beautiful card using my favorite site www.picmonkey.com. Yes, it is my third post with …
I wanted to try out the paper bead with my 7 year old daughter when I read about it in a magazine. An old magazine was lying around the house ( NOT the same magazine in which I read about paper beads :))) which we used to make the paper beads. We choose the paper …
We add the watermark to the photos using the free online Photo Editor www.picmonkey.com Option 1 is useful only when the watermark is used few times.If we want to use the same watermark again and again, we may need to use this method. Here, we create the watermark once and reuse it.It involves 2 steps.Step 1 …
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I know this post is a slight deviation from my regular posts. I spent a lot of time to find out this option and wanted to share it with others. I use the online photo editing site www.picmonkey.com. It has a free as well as a paid version. As of now, I use the …
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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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As the name states,we used coffee as our medium. Not only is it easy, the end result was very satisfactory. My seven year old was very happy about her creations! Not only is coffee painting fun to create, it also smells good 🙂 Materials needed to create coffee painting : 1. Concentrated Coffee 2. Card stock or copier paper …
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 …