
Fall Fingerplays (Apples and Pumpkins) Young children love finger plays and rhymes. When my eldest was little, I created a dozen or so felt board sets to go with different rhymes. I wanted my youngest to have the same experience, … Continue reading
Fall Fingerplays (Apples and Pumpkins) Young children love finger plays and rhymes. When my eldest was little, I created a dozen or so felt board sets to go with different rhymes. I wanted my youngest to have the same experience, … Continue reading
Roll a Pumpkin Face I loved our Roll a Lego… Game so much that I created a Halloween version. Here is Roll a Pumpkin Face. Templates To download the FREE templates for Roll a Pumpkin Face, click HERE. … Continue reading
The Sneakiest Halloween Costume Around My son has refused to wear a Halloween costume for what seems like forever (even though he is only almost 6). Every year we would dutifully pick out the costume he wanted and he would … Continue reading
I am really excited to be a guest blogger on Learning 4 Kids today. When you have a minute, please stop by and read my post, Press Pause and Follow Their Lead. Hope you like it! While you are there, … Continue reading
What’s Inside My Pumpkin? I love carving pumpkins. Since we are not in the States this Halloween chances are pretty good that we will NOT be carving a pumpkin although you can buy them here. So what is the … Continue reading
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Puzzle The Very Hungry Caterpillar has made a comeback in our home. My son’s kindy class performed the story at their class assembly a week or so ago so we have been having fun … Continue reading
What child does not like pirates? And what child would not love a pirate map? Well, mine wouldn’t. 🙂 He says he doesn’t like Pirates because “they don’t brush their teeth,” but really, I think they scare him. But maps, … Continue reading
Making Indian Corn I was reading a book to my boys and we came across an illustration of some Indian Corn. My heart skipped a beat because one of the things I miss most about home is fall and all … Continue reading
Yet another fantastic idea from one of my favorite sites, Picklebums. In the post, Drawing on Foil, Mama Picklebums had her children draw on foil with Sharpies. What a genius idea! I knew that I had to do this with … Continue reading
Coffee Filter Butterflies I was so excited to finally find large, white coffee filters here in AU! I have only been able to get natural colored, small, cone filters. So filters in hand, we set out to make coffee filter … Continue reading
Once again dinner time came around (why does it keep doing that??) and I was trying to keep my 3 year old occupied. He grabbed the onion I was going to use off the counter and started peeling it. My … Continue reading
From Green to Gold: Creating Fall Leaves While at the bookstore the other day, we came across a new book and immediately fell in love. The book, Leaf Trouble, by Jonathon Emmett is the story of little Pip Squirrel who wakes … Continue reading