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Learn the alphabet with Cars: How to make Letter Matching Roads

Letter matching roads: a great way to practice the alphabet outside. Letter learning fun!

My daughter has difficulty tracking objects with her eyes and so we’ve worked on quite a few mazes in the past few years. Mazes are great for requiring kids to use and strengthen hand and eye coordination. We used to go through a LOT of maze books, until I got smarter and started to make my own. This Letter Matching Roads maze is quick to make and FUN to drive cars on. Not only is it good for strengthening hand-eye coordination, but also brings in a little alphabet learning. Making ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Alphabet, Amanda, cars, Letter Activities, Outdoor Fun, Preschool, Transportation

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Transportation Theme Preschool Unit | How Many Cars Equals 1 Pound?

Scale with Cars for Math Activity for Preschoolers

My kids love playing with cars. Over the years we have slowly amassed quite a few from garage saleing and hand-me-downs. We love to put them in a line, count them, sort them by color and zoom them around the floor. Today though, I have challenged the kids to find out: How many cars equals 1 pound. Affiliate Links included in this article. Measuring Vehicles Weight Challenge MATH Learning Objective: Using standard units of measurement to determine weight. Estimated ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Amanda, cars, Playful Preschool, Preschool, STEM, Transportation Activity

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Car Color Sort: Outdoor Math for Littles who LOVE Matchbox Cars

Outdoor Car Play and Learning Cars and Colors

Have a little one that grabs a green car and says red? My preschooler seems to need a lot of practice hearing and saying the color words before they seem to “sink in.”  This car color sort is such an easy way to bring colors and sorting (a math concept) into playtime. We take this easy math activity out anytime the kids are playing on the driveway with chalk.  Scroll to the bottom for ideas on how to adapt it for kids who have mastered the car color sort and need an additional ... Read more...

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Amanda, cars, Colors, outdoor, Preschool, sidewalk chalk, Toddler, Transportation

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SPLASH, GIGGLE, and LEARN. How to set up Car Wash Subtraction

Car Wash Subtraction: Child having fun washing cars and learning math outdoors

Learn and Play CARS! An Outside Math Activity for Kids: How to set up a Car Wash Subtraction Activity for kids. Great for ages 3-7! Car wash subtraction is the perfect summer play and learning inspiration. It’s a casual way to start bringing the idea of subtraction, or take-away, into your child’s vocabulary. Early mornings with my preschooler are my favorite time of day. He’s in a good mood. We can be outside before the sun gets to hot. And I have my morning coffee. This outside math ... Read more...

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Amanda, cars, math, Outdoor Fun, Preschool, Transportation

By Kim Vij

Songs About Holi for Kids to Celebrate

Holi Videos for Kids

Celebrate Holi with your child with these fun songs about Holi for kids. A fun way to learn about the story of Holi Festival with your child with songs, videos, and books and how people around the world celebrate Holi! I've found a special Holi book that your child will love for this festival too! Learning about various traditions in other cultures is one thing I encourage all families to do with their children.  It helps us to grow and appreciate the diversity that exists in the ... Read more...

Filed Under: Cultural Education, Reading Tagged With: Around the World, grade school, Holi, India, Preschool, Review, Songs

By Kim Vij

Holi Books for Kids

holi books for kids

Take a look at this growing list of adorable Holi books for kids to learn about this Hindu festival. Explore and learn about the festival of colors as Hindu families welcome spring. In recent years there have been so many more diverse children's books published. One of the topics that have grown in options is these colorful Holi books for kids. Holi Books for Kids One of my favorite holidays to celebrate with my family is Holi. A playful day full of colorful fun as we welcome ... Read more...

Filed Under: Cultural Education, Reading Tagged With: Around the World, Book List, grade school, Holi, India, Preschool, Spring, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Holi Fun to Welcome Spring

Celebrating holi with family and friends with kids

Celebrating Holi with kids? Here are fun ways to introduce this festival of color to your child plus a few special craft ideas too including a Holi t-shirt. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. DIY Holi T-Shirt for Kids We prepared for our Holi Color Fun this year by making our own Holi T-shirts. This way we can continue to wear them and remind us of all of our Colorful Fun for Holi. It was literally made in just a few minutes but turned out to be a big hit with both ... Read more...

Filed Under: Cultural Education, Kids Activities Tagged With: Bilingual Babies, Cultural, Festival, Hindi, Holi, India, Spring

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GIANT Color Wheel Collage

Giant Color Wheel Kids Activity #eduspin

Create a giant color wheel collage with your kids! A fun, hands-on art project that encourages sibling teamwork, creativity, and color recognition. I LOVE when kids are busy collaborating with each other on big projects. This particular activity encourages kids to look for colors in their papers, magazines, and craft closet materials and glue them to a GIANT color wheel collage. Disclosure: Affiliate links to products. GIANT Color Wheel Collage Learning Objective: Children will ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts, Kids Activities Tagged With: Activities for Preschoolers, Activities for School Ages, After School Activities, Art projects, Colors, Creative Crafting, grade school, Preschool, Rainbow, Toddler

By Kim Vij

Cloud Themed Spelling Word Game with ABC Beads

ABC Beads on cloud cutouts to create sight word game for kids.

It's time for a cloud themed spelling word game! Here's a playful way to get your child practicing their spelling words AND having fun with weather at the same time. Print out your spelling words and grab a few bags of ABC Beads at your local craft store and it's time to PLAY! Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. This spelling game was inspired by the book Little Cloud by Eric Carle as part of our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids. Little Cloud by Eric ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: After School Activities, Eric Carle, grade school, Preschool, Rainbow, Sight Words, Spelling Words, Weather

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Quick and Easy Rainbow Busy Bag for Kids

Rainbow Busy Bags for Preschoolers and Toddlers

This 3 in 1 rainbow busy bag is easy to prepare and fun to play. Great for helping young children improve fine motor, develop early math skills and make literacy connections with words and letters. Affiliate Links are used in this post. Quick and Easy Rainbow Busy Bag for Kids There are times when we all need a little color to brighten our day. This activity is great for young children of a variety of different ages. Have a preschooler? Encourage them to help you hunt for and cut ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Amanda, Busy Bag, Colors, Playful Preschool, Preschool, Rainbow, Spring

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