Preschool Skills – Lacing Cards

girl working on lacing card

Lacing cards improve hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills in preschoolers I love lacing cards. They are an easy activity to take with you to keep children busy in the car.  There aren’t many parts to them, they don’t take batteries, and they are completely silent. But lacing cards aren’t only a good thing for [...]

Concentration of a Solution

boy making sour face

Don’t you just love this picture?  I can almost taste the tartness that he is experiencing. Why would I have my child drink something that I knew would create such a silly face? He is learning about strength and concentrations of a solution.  I tried drawing pictures explaining how we can take a can of [...]

How to Make Butter

homemade butter

Recently we made homemade butter. Stuart looked at me funny when I told him what we had done that day. He said, “You did what?” Yep, homemade butter. I talked to Nicholas a little bit about how butter is made. I explained that basically you start with heavy cream and mix it up until it [...]

Color Sorting with Dried Beans

little boy sorting with cups

My son loves to sort things. He will sort anything by color or size or whatever criteria he decides on for the moment. Sorting is great for brain development, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skill development.  It’s also a great way for young children to learn about colors, sizes, shapes, and textures. And it’s just plain [...]

Make Meal Time Fun For Kids

Nicholas loves it when we eat dinner in the living room. Gasp! Yes, we sometimes eat dinner in the living room while watching TV. Bad parent of the year award, I know. But is there really a better way to eat pizza on a family movie night? When we eat at the coffee table, Nicholas [...]

Valentine’s Day Bean Bag Hunt

I made some Valentine’s Day bean bags for the kids so we could have a special hide and seek game this morning. This craft is super easy. You don’t even have to sew! Plus, you could use this idea in so many different ways and for different holidays. Check it out. I used some red [...]

Worm Home and other It’s Playtime Fun

GP Worm home

Last week was hot – very hot in Texas.  So our kids played outside but only briefly.  It didn’t stop them from collecting bugs and making a bug home, only they moved the habitats indoors.  It looks like we weren’t the only ones creating bug homes last week!  Jenna and her kids over at Happy [...]