Today I’m sharing our favorite toddler music and some tips on how to have your own music time or music and movement class for toddlers. Toddler Music Back in Ohio, the highlight of Lincoln’s week was a music class for kids and toddlers hosted by a neighborhood friend of mine. We started going when he...

We wrapped up Friendship Week today. We did a lot of discussing what it means to do a friend and what are some fun/safe things you can do with your friend. I created this fun matching game to use in our sensory bin. I dyed some rice for the first time and it turned out perfect! It also reminded me of grass, so I found pictures of kids on the playground. On the cards I wrote words that describe what a good friend does, like share, help, kind, etc. Then, we picked a card, read the word, and discussed the word more. I added these fun "Buddy Builders" from Amazon and they were perfect "friends" for our park. This book is a great way to talk about the nice things our hands can do. Especially, if you have any kiddos who like to use their hands in an unsafe way ;) I also dyed noodles for the first time, too! We used those noodles to make friendship necklaces! We also used a bead kit for friendship bracelets :) Click on image to grab this bead kit! These peanut butter and jelly color matching cards were a huge hit! We played restaurant and worked together to serve the correct colors. I got these from The Homestead Teacher! Grab them HERE! We like to think of words that start with each letter. When we are out, we will see a letter and I always have to think of something that starts with that letter. It totally helps connect learning, so I made these "F is for friends!" page and we decorated the 'f' different supplies. For our play dough invitation, I printed off this cute friendship clip art set from Creative Clips! We put the friends in our play dough and pretended we were playing at the park! The last game we did was this fun math activity! We had to help the boy get to his friends by rolling our dice and counting each circle. It was a great way to practice some counting, number identification, and taking turns! Grab these activities HERE! *NOTE: the play dough friends are not included in this due to terms of use, but they are free for you to download HERE!

If you are looking for creative craft ideas for your young children you need to know these super fun crafts for toddlers to create. These kids DIY crafts are perfect for your toddlers to start learning to craft and express themselves with art projects.

FREE geography matching activity with the 7 continents of the world. Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten to introduce the continents.

A dinosaur theme is a sure fire way to capture little one’s interest and curiosity. Just talking about dinosaurs with toddlers is so much fun! Our week was filled with names to learn, questions to answer and hands on activities to try. Here were our plans for Dinosaur Week: And here are the details of […]

Free printable shapes worksheets for teaching kids the basic shapes. Lots of fun activities to download for FREE!

FUN shape activity for preschoolers using printable road shape mats and hotwheels for learning shapes with a car activity for toddlers.

Find over 100 fun and engaging busy bags for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten and elementary kids, too — perfect for on the go!

FREE Community Helpers 2-piece puzzles, perfect for toddlers and preschoolers to learn about occupations and jobs around the community.

FREE printable game for toddlers and preschoolers to match pets with their cages or homes. Great for language development and learning about animals.

Busy Bags are a great educational way to keep your toddler entertained. We've created 5 free printable activities for your tot's busy bags!

Looking for fun construction site activities for kids? Here are some great homeschooling ideas and activities your toddler or preschooler will love!

Master cutting kids need to practice scissor skills a lot... so here are 20 fun ideas for cutting practice!

Super cute Printable Colors Book for kids is a fun teach colors to kindergarten and preschool students. Print free printable mini books pdf and go!

Are you following us on Pinterest? Welcome to this week's TUESDAY TOTS. Brought to you by Learn with Play at home (that's us), Rainy Day Mum, and One Perfect Day This Week: Learn with Play at home is showcasing 8 Invitations to Play for toddlers (many suitable for babies too) These great posts all came from last weeks Tuesday Tots linkup where we featured 10 Quiet Activities for Kids What is an Invitation to Play? One of the easiest ways to keep your toddler busy and learning is with a great Invitation to Play. An Invitation to Play is just as it sounds. Inviting your child to play with certain materials. Your job is to provide the collection of materials and your child's job is to investigate, explore and play with as they like. Invitations to Play should be open ended with no set outcome at the end. However, it is easy to steer an Invitation to Play towards particular learning areas without forcing the issue, simply by the choice of materials that you supply them with. For example, for sensory investigations you'd provide them with sensory materials. If your aim is for them to learn more about colours or shapes or numbers, then the materials you include in the Invitation to Play would include those colours, shapes or numbers etc. Here are some fun ideas for various materials that you could set out for your child to explore that were linked up in last week's Tuesday Tots. FEATURED 1. Invitation to play with Light and Colour from Sow Sprout Play 2. Invitation to play with Water (inside) from Learn with Play at Home 3. Invitation to play with Balls and Bowls from Munchkins and Moms 4. Invitation to play with an Apple Cinnamon Sensory Bin from House of Burke 5. Invitation to play with Playdough and Magnetic Letters from Learn with Play at Home 6. Invitation to play with Sensory Materials from Adventures at Home with Mum 7. Invitation to play Tea Parties from Crafty Antoinette 8. Invitation to play with Playdough and Beads from Teach me Mommy Congratulations if you were featured. Feel free to grab a Featured Button. Invitations to Play are a favourite way of mine to set up an activity. Here are a few more we've shared: Numbers and Natural Materials Plastic Food Painting Sticky Table Garden Paint with Recycled Materials ----------------------------------- Please link up your great ideas for children aged 5 and under. Be sure to check back on all the fabulous ideas that are linked up each week starting on a Tuesday. (please read the guidelines before linking up) Happy playing, Debs :) Look where else we are. Are you following along? :) New Here? Subscribe to get all activities sent directly to you Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

Organized by subject matter, here are over 150 ideas for your next co-op class. There are homeschool co-op classes for all age levels and abilities.

Celebrate Australia Day and all this beautiful country has to offer with this list of 24 amazing and unique crafts and activities for kids

Make a busy binder for your toddler or preschooler to help them learn new concepts. DIY the quiet book for your child with velcro and a binder.

I’m so excited about this little project I get to share with you today! And just in time for Earth Day, too! It’s kind of hilarious because it has been a lonnnnng time coming. I started making these books with my students back in October and I JUST NOW sent the last one home. SHEESH. […]

Have you ever wondered how to make oobleck? Oobleck is amazing for kids of all ages. Follow the simple instructions here for so much fun.

Turn car and truck play into literacy learning time with these fun and playful ideas.

This moon sand recipe is so easy to make! With only two ingredients, you'll be playing with this soft and sensory sand within minutes. Moon Sand This moon sand recipe is so much fun. The texture is soft and crumbly, but it also molds really well into different shapes. The kids thought it was the best thing ever! I've tested different kinetic sand recipes before (like this kinetic sand, this moldable play sand and this foam sand), but this one was BY FAR the best. And with only 2 ingredients it's also super easy to make. We loved how the

This week we had a little fun down on the farm in Tot School. This was such a fun theme with lots of engaging activities to explore! Here were our plans for Farm week: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite farm books for the week were:Farm by Mary NovickMrs. Wishy Washy […]

This multi-leveled sensory exploration becoming science experiment is a great entertainer as well as a playful learning experience! fizzy dough experiment

Pretend Play Ideas for Toddlers: A toddler's imagination is a brilliant thing and one of the ways that they learn is through pretend play (sometimes called dramatic play).

Making learning to write and hold a pencil fun for your children with this Planet-Themed Prewriting Activity!

FREE printable toddler activity featuring rooms in a house and furniture to sort in each room. Great for building vocabulary and fine motor skills.

Pinay Homeschooler is a blog that shares homeschool and afterschool activity of kids from babies to elementary level.

You asked for it! Or at least one of you asked for Quiet Time activities for 2-year-olds, and I am always happy to help! Even though it might take me just a little while to get the post together (if you can classify 3 weeks as just a little while ... please do, you kind

FREE Animal X-rays matching activity with 8 different pets at the vet. Great preschool or kindergarten activity to learn about x-rays, the letter x, pets, community helpers, or a vet office pretend play activity.

Looking for some Good Samaritan craft ideas? If so, today I'm sharing five, fun ideas (and free templates) you can use today!

Learn and PLAY with FREE printable playdough mats! These playdoh activities including seasonal printables homemade play doh recipes!

Need some activities that will work for the toddler, the preschooler and the big kids? Try these 20 activities for multi-age groups

Fun STEM activity for outdoor play and makes a great science lesson! (Includes a printable rocket template).

Play Through The Bible is a super fun series chronicling all the activities we did as we worked our way through a children’s bible at a toddler level. Here are all the posts in one spot! Play Through The Bible Introduction Old Testament Creation – Week 1 Adam and Eve – Week 2 Noah – Week 3…

Let's welcome the bugs with these sweet bugs coloring pages for kids!

Science projects for kids can be fun and exciting. Make hands-on science crafts at home with these easy at home science crafts.

I think it’s safe to say that ALL toddlers love a trip to the zoo. We are lucky to have a pretty fantastic zoo close to where we live so we take full advantage of that and visit every few weeks or so. Madelynn always loves seeing what the animals are up to, so I knew this […]

Set of FREE printable world map choices with blank maps and labeled options for learning geography, countries, capitals, famous landmarks

Put together the perfect teacher planner to improve classroom organization! No more messy binders filled with teacher papers!

Learn how to make pretend snow with only 2 simple ingredients. The perfect winter sensory play idea.

Before teaching your kid how to write, it is important that he learns to trace lines. The worksheets in this post help him achieve that end. They contain dotted linear and curved lines in various patterns. While some of the printable pages only have different kinds of dotted lines that need to be connected, there […]

Well, in my 14 years at Zamo we never had rain to contend with during our Celebration of Art festivities... until last night, that is. I must say, that although unusual for San Diego in July, the rain did not dampen the spirit of the event at all:) Attendance was robust and their were tons of smiles to brighten any gloom that drops from the sky may have brought. Again, our incredible classroom teachers and staff were amazing while leading 10 different activities for our community to participate in. Our PTF rocked ticket and food sales. Our administration hung tough in the wet silent auction area. We were visited by our School Board President, the San Diego County VAPA Coordinator, and this morning our SDUSD Superintendent stopped by too. I am so proud of what our kids accomplish every year. It's so great to be able to share the creative work of our students with our school community and VAPA decision makers at the district level and beyond. Thanks to everyone who lent a hand in making the event another great evening of art making and art appreciation! We couldn't do it without you. our school musicians kicking off the evening. rain! Superintendent Marten with Principal Murchison and Mrs. Liggins:) one proud dude! observing and reflecting by writing fan letters to student artists:) from left to right- Principal Derek Murchison, artist in residence Danielle Guimond, VP Robert Vera, School Board President Marne Foster, art teacher Melony Vance, SD County VAPA coordinator Russ Sperling, artist in residence Kathi Arinduque (and her grandson:), and me A peek at some of the hands on activities that kids could participate in. All of the projects below were done by classroom teachers with their classes. Each student is represented on campus in these class displays. kindergarten owls! 2nd grade scratch art! 2nd grade hot air balloons! 4th grade rotational symmetry! 5th grade self portraits! 3rd grade oil pastels! Here's a little video I put together after the event. I think the music suits the spirit of the night pretty well:)

Searching for some printable summer material? Prepare your kids for some cutting, because we have created a fun set of Summer Scissor Practice Sheets to practice on. Let's strengthen those fine motor skills on these

Are you looking for a calm classroom theme? I have five beautiful and unique classroom decor bundles that will help create a peaceful, engaging, and beautiful home away from home in your classroom! These five bundles will be a perfect way to create a calm classroom vibe!

Why you should do music and movement activities with your 3-5 year old. Easy activities for families to do at home or in preschools.

Need some guidance for teaching preschool Spanish? You’re in the right place! Young children are the perfect age to soak up a new language. I'm currently raising my own three kids bilingually, and have taught classes to this age group as well. It's never too late to start, and 3-5 year olds are really fun to teach! In this post I've compiled my favorited strategies for you. To get started in learning Spanish together, you Can Do three things: 1. Outline some beginning topics. You can create your own list, with common preschool topics (think numbers, colors, greetings, etc.)Take a