Books that Inspire Art I came across this post the other day, Picture Books to Inspire Children’s Art by Stacy Loscalzo on the site the Artful Parent. I immediately ordered the books and they arrived yesterday. To say my boys and I … Continue reading
A Die Within a Die Tired of dice activities yet? This one will get you going again! As I mentioned a while back, one of the coolest types of dice out there is the die within a die. These … Continue reading
10, 9, 8…. BLAST OFF! A Counting Backwards Activity My son has been very interested in rockets lately. He has been drawing pictures of them and building them with his Legos. He is not so interested, though, that he wants … Continue reading
Picture Perfect Letters As a teacher, I would spend literally hours cutting out letters so that they were perfect. Now, when I need some letters for a project, sign or bulletin board, I have a handy trick that works wonders … Continue reading
We have been having a little too much fun with our traffic (and other) signs. Well, maybe I am having too much fun making them… Anyway, the boys LOVE them and have played so many different games with them that … Continue reading
My boys love those signs they put up in stores and restaurants when the floors are wet. You know the ones that say, “CAUTION WET FLOOR” with the little person falling down? They will often see them in a shop … Continue reading
We do A LOT of take-out and most of that take-out seems to be either Chinese and Thai food. As you may know, when you get take-out from these places, you almost always get wooden chopsticks. Over the last year, … Continue reading
30 Things to Do With Your Giant Die So now that you have created your giant die from a paper carton, here are 30 things you can use it for. Since the die is covered with contact paper, you can … Continue reading
How to Make a Giant Die from a Paper Carton We recently finished this carton of Goldfish Crackers and I just couldn’t bear the thought of throwing the empty container in the trash. It was just begging to be made … Continue reading
Sensory Table Gone Mini One of my son’s favorite things to do at preschool was the sensory table. So I dutifully went home and tried to recreate the experience in our big water table, but do you know how much … Continue reading
Cardboard Box Use #2,490 (A Burning Building) My boys love cardboard boxes. In fact, I might even say that they are their favorite toy- the toy that gets the most attention, the most time and care and the most use. … Continue reading
Creating a Book with Favorite Songs and Rhymes One of my son’s favorite songs as toddler was a song called, “The Fire Truck Song.” We learned this song in our gym class and we sang it all the time. You … Continue reading
