First, take a walk to enjoy the great outdoors. Rustle through the leaves, enjoy the smell of fall in the air, and make a memory with your kids! Gather up the lovely leaves. This pic is straight out of the camera. Beautiful!
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Play dough monsters can be whipped up in no time and work well as a Halloween party activity. The supplies are minimal and play dough is cheap to make.
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We just had a community program at our local library called “Fall into Reading”. My part was to provide the craft to connect to the stories. It is difficult to find an activity appropriate for multiple ages that is cheap and easy to produce when you have no idea how many kids are going to show up.
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We made adorable play dough snakes! They are full of creativity, color theory, fine motor skills, and fun.
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We are going to play with paint. This differs from painting because a solid surface is used rather than paper. The purpose of the activitiy isn’t to create a product. The goal is to experiment with manipulating a fairly large amount of paint, experience the textures, and play with color theory. In this post the utensils used were a pastry brush and scrapper found in the dollar bins at Target.
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Pool Noodles provide summer time entertainment in the pool, but they can be used for year round learning and fun. This post shares a variety of pool noodle activities that promote learning, motor skills, and social skills. Plus they are just plain fun. So stock up on pool noodles at the end of summer sales and be ready for pool noodle fun all year long.
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Is it exceptionally hot where you live? Water play is refreshing when the temperatures soar. This activity is a combination of science, physics, motor skills, cause and effect, and fun. Plus it is beyond simple. We had a great time with water target play!
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To celebrate summer time we’re making a crown of grass. This craft was inspired by Ms. Lora from our local library’s summer preschool story time. She made this crown with our preschoolers. The kids loved it and they looked adorable. It requires only basic supplies and a wide age group can create them. It is a simple preschool activity to celebrate summer.
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This little competitive counting game is amazingly simple and requires no objects. It teaches counting with one-to-one correspondence and cardinality. It is perfect for the kinesthetic learner who needs to move but can work in the car and on road trips too. It can be played practically anywhere and can be easily adapted to your child’s learning level. This math game is called “Body Count”.
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The heat is on and these simple swimming pool games are cool and fun. They are perfect for any summer day or a pool party. Our local pool limits the number of pool toys and inflatables; and these ideas require very few props and toys. As always, supervision around water is an absolute must. You know your children and their swimming capabilities. The difficulty of some of the games can adjusted by changing the depth of the water. Some can be played in the wading pool, the shallow, or deep end.
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