Activities
It feels so special to go get your hair cut, and where appropriate, your beard trimmed! Let’s play barber as we lather up and pamper our pumpkins and gourds! Set up Time: 10 minutes Directions Gather together some of your favorite pumpkins or gourds. Hot glue some googly eyes on them. Gather shaving cream and […]
When talking about your neighborhood and community, you can talk to children about their neighbors. Do they have any? How far or close do they live? Are they young or old? One of the great things about having neighbors is that we can often turn to them for help–whether it’s for help just to borrow […]
Ponds are beautiful spaces teeming with life! Ponds are small area of still fresh water, that flows from a stream or from an underground water source. Ponds are home to wonderful plants that provide food and shelter for lots of animals, and that help to clean the water and the area as well. One of […]
It feels so special to go get your hair cut, and where appropriate, your beard trimmed! Let’s play barber as we lather up and pamper our pumpkins and gourds! Set up Time: 10 minutes Directions Gather together some of your favorite pumpkins or gourds. Hot glue some googly eyes on them. Gather shaving cream and […]
When talking about your neighborhood and community, you can talk to children about their neighbors. Do they have any? How far or close do they live? Are they young or old? One of the great things about having neighbors is that we can often turn to them for help–whether it’s for help just to borrow […]
Ponds are beautiful spaces teeming with life! Ponds are small area of still fresh water, that flows from a stream or from an underground water source. Ponds are home to wonderful plants that provide food and shelter for lots of animals, and that help to clean the water and the area as well. One of […]
Giving people beautiful things is a great way to demonstrate kindness to people that we appreciate in our community. Let’s make a simple vase out of a recycled glass jar to send children home with some lovely flower arrangements. They can either give it to someone they love (a parent or grandparent), a neighbor, or […]
Chalk is one of those every day materials that is so great, because there are endless ways to use it. To check out all of our chalk activities, just type in “chalk” into our search bar to see all the endless ways you can have fun outdoors. This activity is actually a way to use […]
Use potatoes and carrots at home to make fun stamp cars. This fine motor activity is a great way to discuss car vocabulary as well as shapes! Set up Time: 5 minutes Directions Materials Learning Through Play Language: Vocabulary – Use this activity to discuss the parts of cars. Add the body of the car, […]
Giving people beautiful things is a great way to demonstrate kindness to people that we appreciate in our community. Let’s make a simple vase out of a recycled glass jar to send children home with some lovely flower arrangements. They can either give it to someone they love (a parent or grandparent), a neighbor, or […]
Use potatoes and carrots at home to make fun stamp cars. This fine motor activity is a great way to discuss car vocabulary as well as shapes! Set up Time: 5 minutes Directions Materials Learning Through Play Language: Vocabulary – Use this activity to discuss the parts of cars. Add the body of the car, […]
As we talk about the states of water, it’s so much fun to get to do so many sensory activities that also use the language of experimentation. Children are natural little scientists—their curiosity, their questions, their skepticism, their sense of wonder…all are qualities that scientists use in their every day lives as their questions drive […]
One great STEM activity that you can do with children to understand our water cycles is to make a rain gauge—you can make one for a group of children, or make one per child. This is one of those activities that is less focused on the actual production of the activity (though children can of […]
Challenge the child to line up the cars appropriately to slide through the tunnel. Adjustable the set up for an easier challenge. Have the kids involved in the set up for extra fun! Set up Time: 10 minutes Directions Tips For an easier challenge, flip the ramp to have the tunnels at the top Materials […]
As we talk about the states of water, it’s so much fun to get to do so many sensory activities that also use the language of experimentation. Children are natural little scientists—their curiosity, their questions, their skepticism, their sense of wonder…all are qualities that scientists use in their every day lives as their questions drive […]
Challenge the child to line up the cars appropriately to slide through the tunnel. Adjustable the set up for an easier challenge. Have the kids involved in the set up for extra fun! Set up Time: 10 minutes Directions Tips For an easier challenge, flip the ramp to have the tunnels at the top Materials […]
Farmer’s markets are exciting places, and neighborhoods are lucky to have them! Farmer’s markets are places where people come together to sell their produce, cheese, meat, eggs, bread, snacks, and other goods. Farmer’s markets are a great place to celebrate community, as you might often see the same people each week, while the produce changes […]
As part of our unit “Construction – Houses” we could think of a better activity to provide us with understanding of shelter than to make one ourselves! There are a couple of different options for this activity. One uses trees as the posts to set up your simple tent, while the other uses the side […]
The Very Busy Spider is a book about a spider who works diligently to build a beautiful spider web. Many animals come to distract her from her work, but she stays focused and finishes the job. At the end, she has a beautiful spider web that also helps her to catch her food! Let’s make […]
Farmer’s markets are exciting places, and neighborhoods are lucky to have them! Farmer’s markets are places where people come together to sell their produce, cheese, meat, eggs, bread, snacks, and other goods. Farmer’s markets are a great place to celebrate community, as you might often see the same people each week, while the produce changes […]
As part of our unit “Construction – Houses” we could think of a better activity to provide us with understanding of shelter than to make one ourselves! There are a couple of different options for this activity. One uses trees as the posts to set up your simple tent, while the other uses the side […]
We hope that every good party has some music! There are lots of great dance songs for a party: children’s songs on Youtube, songs from your culture, or even children’s favorite hits from the radio (if appropriate!). In the United States, there’s a very catchy old fashioned tune called “It’s My Party”, originally sung by […]
Bowling is a fun modern game and a great way to get up and move. Did you know that the earliest forms of bowling goes back to ancient Egypt? For this game we’ll recycle some bottles and have fun! Set up Time: 5 minutes Directions Tips If the empty bottles keep falling over, fill them […]
What teams can achieve together is amazing! Even when it doesn’t look like it, working with other people to achieve a common goal takes a lot of hard work, skill and communication but it’s all worth it when you are successful as a team. Set up Time: 5 minutes Directions Tips For young children, use […]
We hope that every good party has some music! There are lots of great dance songs for a party: children’s songs on Youtube, songs from your culture, or even children’s favorite hits from the radio (if appropriate!). In the United States, there’s a very catchy old fashioned tune called “It’s My Party”, originally sung by […]
What teams can achieve together is amazing! Even when it doesn’t look like it, working with other people to achieve a common goal takes a lot of hard work, skill and communication but it’s all worth it when you are successful as a team. Set up Time: 5 minutes Directions Tips For young children, use […]
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