We have been using Sensory Bins as a way to incorporate the Season or Holiday into our daily routine for awhile now. However, I have not been very good at documenting them until recently. Buga really enjoys playing with different nicknacks in a tub filled with something tactile – I mean, who wouldn’t? It’s a […]

This is another one of those things I had looked at but never bought…and then I was in the right place at the right time and got this set for $5.00!! I didn’t even know they carried Bilibo…Anyway, it’s one of those great open-ended play things. The only limit to game play is that of […]

Buga and I recently did a craft project I found in a parenting magazine. Early Introduction to Paper Mache – using tissue paper and flour paste. What You’ll Need: 1/2 cup water 1 cup flour bowl old paint brushes tissue paper in 2″ squares 1. spray the bowl with cooking spray or oil 2. tightly […]

Sometimes when we go out shopping I just need a little time to … you know, shop. It is so much easier to get this task done when I don’t have to chase after a 2-year old. She has her own priorities, her own thoughts about where to go, her own shopping list. Sometimes I […]

A Simple Counting Activity. I found these “border strips” at the dollar store – meant for a bulletin board. I cut one up so they became matching manipulatives while keeping another whole. She matches the numbers to the number strip and I tried to create a graph visual with berries. It was cute, educational, and […]

I know I have posted about Pom Poms before but we still use ours for this project so I thought I would post some new pictures and mention it again. It’s a great way to help build fine motor skills and color coding and pattern making. All you need are some Pom Poms, a tray, […]

I know I’ve posted about museums before…and the Please Touch Museum, for sure! We continue to go back and enjoy this special museum time and time again. Here we are enjoying the Rhythmic Rain Forest…the Frogs are kind of like a Xylophone. So much fun! We got to go on the carousel 2 times in […]

This is a really cool Number Chart I found at the Dollar Store. It was a two pack. A Number Chart and an Alphabet Chart were included. I bought two of them and cut one set up. I laminated both the big chart as well as the cut outs and Buga uses them as a […]

An ever so simple tub toy with endless open-ended play possibilities : Ping Pong Balls. You can shoot ’em in a basket, bounce them off the walls, watch them float, catch them with a “net”, push them under and watch them “pop up”…let your imagination float freely! I bought an inexpensive plastic kitchen strainer with […]

Rainbow Fish Frolic Frolic with the Fishes … sort them … count them … catch them if you can!This colorful game is sure to delight your little nature-lover. Each set has ten Rainbow Fishjust waiting to be caught: counted, color-coded, and classified! It is the perfect game to reinforce beginner color and counting concepts. Let […]