I absolutely love this little “landscape still life” Layla drew this afternoon. She set up the piano bench right by our front door to use as a drawing table. She looked outside onto the street to draw something that caught her fancy.  She said “Mama, that tree across the street is just sooooooo big!! Isn’t […]

Buga drew this picture of a “shark” after a recent outing to the “aquary-min”. I thought it was surprisingly accurate and I love looking back on these little masterpieces.

We have been reading stories and doing story art projects a lot this Spring. I like that we are exploring different types of materials and relating them to books we’ve read. It helps build story-telling skills, memory, and most of all comprehension. Buga likes to experiment with art when I let her get messy and […]

With a little imagination, This: cardboard box Becomes this: personal driving machine Buga found a cardboard box. She pretended to drive it like a car. So we decided to cover it in easel paper, decorate it… and turn it into a car. I added a side-car snack holder so she could grab a snack or […]

I made these wipeable coloring sheets by photocopying some of Buga’s favorite coloring book activities – I copied them at 60% so they would be more portable. I laminated each page, hole-punched it, and bound them together with a metal ring from Staples. We use Crayola Wipeable Crayons with it. I keep it in the […]

As an extension of our Sensory Bin…and an extension of our Bug Find Game within the Sensory Bin, we decided to Draw the bugs we saw….and make up our own bugs! I was shocked by how wonderful and creative Buga was at creating these bugs. I wasn’t sure if she would like this activity or […]

We finally got an Easel!!! It is something I have wanted to get for some time… They had them at IKEA for $14.99 and I thought: “Even if this falls apart in a couple months…for $14.99 we should give it a try.” So we did. And so far, we LOVE it! Sturdier than I expected. […]