Well, it’s been a while since my last post – been busy with lots of things and the kiddos of course but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy with our activities!! So here is day 24 of 100 Activity days! Found these small wooden letter cubes that are used for crafts, stringing a necklace, … Continue reading
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Leaf Painting – Day 23 of 100 Activity Days
So we are well into the fall season now…so that means there are pumpkins, scarecrows and pumpkins everywhere! I love this time of season the most for the changing fall leaves – all the beautiful colours of the leaves. So I decided we needed to do a fun fall craft. We collected some leaves from … Continue reading
Clouds in a jar – Day 21 of 100 Activity days
It’s been a while since I’ve posted my 100 activity days so here is day 21 – Clouds in a jar! I saw this experiment online and thought with all this rain we have been getting it would be great to show the kids how clouds work! I filled up a jar with water and … Continue reading
Pom pom sorting – Day 19 of 100 Activity Days
Little Miss A needs a lot of colour sorting, naming practice so I decided to do some fun pom-pom activities for the kids today. Had to come up with something that would help Miss A with colour recognition as well as keep Mr. O entertained and maybe learn a bit too! Oh the trials of … Continue reading
Colour & Number Wheel – Day 18 of 100 Activity Days
I’ve seen this activity online and thought it’s a great way to incorporate lots of different types of learning all in one! (Love it when I can multi-task learning!) I picked up the little dots at the dollar store (did I ever mention how much I love the dollar store!! 😀 ) What you … Continue reading
Felt shapes & quiet time activity
I saw this idea here http://www.rockabyebutterfly.com/2012/01/button-board.html I knew this was one activity I had to do for the kids, as I really needed something to ‘wind them down for sleep time’ They get so hyper right before bedtime, even story time becomes a game and they end up running around the room = frustrated, tired … Continue reading
Fizzy Colourful bombs – Day 15 of 100 Activity Days
So we’re well into the summer days that are filled with pools, sunshine and boredom! The kids are keeping me busy with trying to come up with new and fun ideas … so here is the next idea I came up with! Fizzy Colourful bombs – combines science with some fun play! You will … Continue reading
Coloured Beads -Day 14 of 100 Activity Days
I’ve seen these pony beads crafts online – most of them involve you melting them into a mold and making interesting jewellery, book marks, etc. While I like the idea I think my kids are too young for that, knowing them they will want to put things into the oven and touch the hot beads… … Continue reading
Coloured water play – Day 13 of 100 Activity Days
Today was a hot and humid day and I was at a loss as what to do with the kids, they were inside most of the day doing crafts, colouring and stuff like that. When little Miss. A proclaims ‘I want to go outside’ ok so after that her brother jumped on the bandwagon and … Continue reading
Toy Car Wash -Day 12 of 100activitydays
So here is another great idea for imaginative play! A toy car wash!! Such a simple idea but the kids loved the idea of washing their toy cars, trains, etc. All you need is a bucket or a big tray to hold the soapy water, brushes, sponges, toothbrushes, rags and a water hose to clean … Continue reading