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Toddler Activities: Learn to Write Numbers and Letters
Tracing chalk numbers with wet cotton buds
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Outdoor Activity: Tin Foil River
Water play is always a hit with my boys. The weather was perfect for making a river in our own garden using aluminum foil.
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Teamwork Activities for Kids
We are stacking cups with a rubber band and pipe cleaners to promote teamwork. Ability to work together is one of the keys to succeed in life. But in our case this activity is also about building a bond between brothers to show them that...
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Teach Letters Using Sugar
A Montessori writing tray with sugar is an easy-to-make and fun activity to teach a child how to write letters. Alex can write letters with a pencil quite good, but he just could resist the sensory part of the activity.
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Science Experiment: Surface Tension
Here is another simple surface tension demonstration with a ping pong ball. When Alex places the ball in the centre of a half-full glass it is moving toward the side, but when the glass is full the ball changes direction and moves toward...
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Scissors Skills: Sunny Cutting
A sunny way to help my boy to improve his scissor skills
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Montessori Activity: Sound Box with Plastic Eggs
After Easter egg hunt we were left with loads of plastic eggs. So I made this Montessori-inspired sound set. Max had to match sounds, pairing every red egg with one green egg.
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Smelling Challenge for Kids
Testing how sensitive is Alex’s nose to check if he can identify products that are good to eat.
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Science Experiments with Eggs
A quick demonstration of gravity and motion in this experiment with raw eggs before we cook them for breakfast. All we needed was: a toilet paper tube, a paper plate, a glass of water and a bit of curiosity.
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Fine Motor Skills Activity: Water Syringe
Using pippetes is great way to teach a toddler or a preschooler to hold pencil properly for writing. This activity is Ice-Cream themed. Max had to mix colors to make each ice-cream scoop a different flavour.
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Simple Experiment with Straws
Alex is blowing in and observing how results change depending on the number of straws used to seal a bottle.
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Science Experiment: Magnetic Corn Flakes
A quick experiment with magnetic cornflakes for a breakfast. If you read the label on the pack of corn flakes, you will see a list of vitamins and IRON. Magnet attracts that small amount of iron.
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Science Experiment: Putting Lit Candles Out with Glass
This is a simple science experiment but so much learning is happening here. We confirmed that oxygen is needed for fire to burn and compared how different volume glasses influence the speed with which candles go off.
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Magic Colours Using Markers and Water
Alex enjoyed this simple arty project - colour magic with kitchen towel, markers and a bit of water.
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Fine Motor Skills Activity for Toddlers
This quick clothespins with pasta activity is a perfect for our lazy Monday.
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Fine Motor Skills Activity: Playdough and Pasta
Here is a simple fine motor activity with playdoh and pasta that every toddler will enjoy.
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Writing Activity with Stencils
A simple activity we do sometimes with stencils taped to piece of paper. Max loves exploring symbols and shapes while tracing them with pencils. Any stencils are good for the activity.
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DIY Craft: Saturn Using a CD
A little space art project we have done with Max. What should we call that planet?
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Science Experiment: Saltwater Egg
We are back home and we are going back to experiments. A raw egg sinks in water, but can we increase water's density to make it float? Alex adds salt to see what would happen. Then I carefully add fresh water on top of salted one (not to...
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Shadow Tracing for Preschoolers
We took advantage of a sunny day and had lots of fun tracing shadows outside.
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Science Experiment: Pouring Water Down a String
Alex was really surprised to see what water was able to do when we poured it down a string. All I needed for this simple experiment was 2 cups, piece of string that can absorb water and special properties of water (ability to stick to...
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Science Experiment: Ping Pong Ball Tricks
Here are 2 plastic cups for Alex to cover floating ping pong ball. They produce completely different results and it happens due to a small hole at the bottom of the second cup.
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Science Experiment: Ping Pong Ball Follows Running Water
Here is a simple experiment for children at the kitchen that Alex loved. When a ping pong ball is placed straight under running water tap, it does not move away from the water stream. In fact, the ball sticks to it and follows it even...
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Fine Motory Skills Practice: Pencil and Nuts
It’s amazing to watch how quickly children learn. When Alex does this activity first time, he uses both hands to save his little structure from collapsing. But after a few goes, he effortlessly builds a really high tower.