Fun Learning Activities Kids
What were your favorite memories of recess? Mine were playing four square and twister. I loved rainy days as that’s when my teacher would pull-out a twister mat and a spinner card and we would see which of us were fast enough to contort ourselves onto the correct colors. Recess was the highlight of my [...]
Summer Time WOO-HOO!! Three whole months of summer ahead of you! Whose excited to try some new & cool stuff this season?? Well, if you are anything like me, I have TONS of fun ideas pinned to my Pinterest boards, a huge lists of local things we want to check out, and only a few [...]
Boy activities are essential to a peaceful boy household. Any boy mom will agree! We have featured some of our favorite activities for girls in the past, but today we are ALL boy! Earlier today we featured Frugal Fun 4 Boys as our best blog pick! Now we are sharing some of Sarah’s favorite posts [...]
Learning the moon phases for kids is great for Monday activities! Do you know what the word Monday means? Here is a fun way to teach your child about moon phases? Then read on and learn about the Day of the Moon and more. This week Kids Activities Blog is celebrating the days of the week [...]
We love Christmas. We love December Activities, Lowe’s and their Creative Ideas and building the anticipation for this fun holiday! Today we are counting down to Christmas with our DIY chalkboard and a collection of 27 Christmas Activities. Like our chalkboard? We do! We were blessed with a new home with TONS of wall space. [...]
Our kids look forward to December activities. They love to do a fun activity together each morning. Here is what you have to look forward to this upcoming month from Kids Activities Blog: December Activities We created a list of 27 “Count Down to Christmas” activities. We have created an advent calendar of sorts with [...]
Over the next week, we are going to be exploring ways to celebrate Thanksgiving. We thought it would be fun to kick it off today with a dozen November activities to get you started. Watch Kids Activities Blog countdown to Thanksgiving for even MORE Thanksgiving activities. We love November and filling our days with fall [...]
We have plenty of November activities to keep your child entertained. Here is one great idea for teaching kids how to tell a story. At Kids Activities Blog, we love activities that promote creativity and develop the art of story telling in young children. November Activities Storytelling is a wonderful activity for children, stretching their [...]
November activities are such fun. The rush of Halloween fun is over and fall activities are in full force. We are making a few upgrades here at Kids Activities Blog this month that we are really excited about. We want to give you a sneak peek on some of what we have planned for this [...]
Incorporate some fun strategies for reading to make learning exciting for your child. The reading process can be enhanced with several of the great ideas in this activity. A love of books and starting to read activities are found throughout the pages of Kids Activities Blog. Strategies for Reading Books can be a wonderful place [...]
Preschool art activities can be inspired from anything! Kids Activities Blog loves these two simple preschool art activities created with something that was left over from summer. Isn’t it grand to find something to do with things that you already have at home? Check out how strawberry baskets end up teaching both art and math… [...]
These fun activities for one year olds will encourage your tot to explore her surroundings. Our favorite toddler activities have been researched and tot-tested! Play with baby doesn’t require fancy toys or the perfectly designed nursery. Activities for one year olds often use things already found at home in a unique way. Favorite toddler activities: [...]
We love doing fall crafts with our preschoolers. Thank you!!! In our weekly Wednesday afternoon Kid’s Meme, It’s Playtime, there have been dozens of autumn activities linked up over the years!! There are tons of great activities for kids linked up each week. With the deepening days and the crisper temps – it’s the perfect [...]
An alphabet activity that is hands-on allowing young children to move and wiggle aids in early learning…and is a lot of fun. Throwing away the pencil and using bendable household items for abc formation is a great alphabet activity for little ones! Alphabet Activity Noodle and pipe cleaner letters are so easy to put together [...]
Beach games were on my mind. A while back, I caught a beach activity segment with Martha Stewart on the Today Show. Although I liked many of her ideas and would like to try some of the others eventually, the one that I remembered and knew I could easily execute was her Beach Towel Tic [...]
Felt Apple Activity Your kids will enjoy this felt apple activity over and over throughout the year. My little guy loves the texture of felt and really enjoys playing with it so we have been working on lots of felt projects that you can check out over here. If you are familiar with the [...]
Another fun hand print project! The past few months, Rory has been very into birds. She loves all kinds of birds; ducks, flamingos, roosters, eagles, and owls. Owls are one of Rory’s new favorite animals, she has a book called; “Say Hello to the Snowy Animals,” that she loves. One of the pages has [...]
Monsters. If we didn’t just have a reptile birthday party for the kids we would have totally had a monster bash – these activities look cute and fun. Thanks to all the bloggers who have linked up to our weekly kids meme, It’s Playtime. We glean most of the posts we feature here and on [...]
From an early age, my kids have loved riding bikes. Always looking for something new & fun to do outdoors, we decided to try to come up with some fun games that involved riding our bikes. Here are a few fun ones we liked: How Slow Can You Go? Using sidewalk chalk, draw a 4-inch [...]
Play Bubble Shooter A bubble shooter: a brilliant mechanism combining bubbles and the act of shooting. This Play Bubble Shooter was borne out of desperation. At one time we had many bubble wands. They have since disappeared into their secret hiding places somewhere in our garden. No matter, this Do It Yourself Bubble Shooter is [...]
I love shopping the clearance section when major holidays pass – you never know what you’re going to find or when you might use it, but it’s nice to stock up on random inexpensive things. For example, when all of the Easter items were 75% off, I grabbed a bag of plastic eggs, but had [...]
Sense of Touch This summer, my son and I went to a nature center. Besides some live fish and turtles to look at, there were a few hands on activities for kids. One of our favorites was a group of boxes designed to reach your hand inside, feel around, and try to figure out what [...]
Colored bubbles and paper can make an easy art project that is fun to make and beautiful too. To make easy art with bubbles, you will need: Large sheet(s) of white paper Masking tape Food colouring Bubble soap (See our DIY Bubble Mix Recipe or DIY Baby Bath Bubble Solution recipe for bubble soap) Bubble blowing [...]
If your family hasn’t experienced a movie under the stars yet, I highly recommend you enjoy one this summer. We are big fans of outdoor drive-in movies in our family! To host a “drive-in” movie all you need for the kiddos are a few supplies! Supplies to make cars for the drive in movie: boxes [...]
I went to visit my five year old nephew the other day and he was so excited to show me an art project he made. He told me it was a tape picture. My sister’s family has a piece of art hanging on their wall made entirely of little pieces of tape and my nephew [...]
The relationship between kids and grandparents is one of the sweetest benefits of childhood. This article is inspired and sponsored by DoubleScoop – an app that facilitates this relationship. Today we are listing some of our favorite activities for grandparents to share with kids. These grandparent games can help build relationships and open the lines [...]
It’s easy to complain about all of the summer sun we get here in Texas, but there are lots of fun ways to make the most of it. A couple of weeks ago our family harnessed the heat to make dashboard raisins, and I love Holly’s idea for making a solar oven to roast s’mores. [...]
[BlogFrog_px tk="78-O-JT"]Do your kids obsess about some things? My son loves dinosaurs, he loves learning about science and history through them. And I love how extinct animals are inspiring him., broadening his imagination. This activity is part science, part art, part history, 100% fun and inspired by Dino Dan. RedBox has Dino Dan: Dino Trackers and [...]
I love making toys out of random things we have around the house. I also love repurposing the toys we do have, mixing up parts etc. Often some of the actual toys become much more fun when mixed with some of the non-toy items. The other day it occurred to me that those little plastic [...]
Let’s face it, some days we just don’t get out of the house. On these days, by the afternoon, we have exhausted all of our toys and are starting to go a bit stir crazy. My son has a sand table in the yard which he loves, but again, some days, even that loses its [...]
