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All About Me Writing Activity for Young Children

All ABout Me Writing Activities

All about me is a popular theme in the early childhood classroom. That is because children LOVE to talk about themselves! This all about me writing activity is a great way to introduce other academic concepts such as writing. In this lesson, children will draw a picture of themselves, label body parts, and write their names. Amazon Affiliate Links included in post. All About Me Writing Activity for Young Children Learning Objective: Draw a person (you) with a minimum of 5 body ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Activities for Preschoolers, all about me, Amanda, Playful Preschool, Preschool, writing

By Kim Vij

Name Activities for Preschoolers and Toddlers

30 Name Activities for Preschoolers and Toddlers

Learning to recognize your name as a child is such a magical experience! Here are 30 name activities for preschoolers or toddlers to get excited about the letters in their name. Young children are highly interested in their own name and it's the perfect place to start with letter recognition. Disclosure: This post contains referral links to Amazon Name Themed Activities This week we're featuring the theme NAMES for our Virtual Book Club for Kids!  Click here to get the 5 ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: all about me, name activity, Preschool, Toddler, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

5 Tips for Starting a Moms Group

Moms group meeting a various locations with kids like the park and a meeting room.

Looking for fun ideas for moms groups? Here are 5 helpful tips for how to organize your own moms group online.  Let’s get started by exploring these moms group meeting ideas. This is a sponsored post by Meetup, all opinions expressed are my own.  When my daughter was born, I remember looking forward to taking some time off from work and staying home with my daughter. It honestly was one of the most memorable times with my daughter as a mom. However month by month passed and the ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Parenting Tagged With: Kim, moms group, Parenting, Parenting with Purpose, playdate, Preschool, Review, toddlers, Tot School

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Preschool Daily Schedules for at Home Play and Learning

Preschool Daily Schedules for at home play and learning for kids

Not sure how to organize your preschoolers day? Here are 5 different preschool daily schedules from real moms of little ones. Many families are choosing to have their preschooler at home for play and learning. Or you might even have the opportunity to work remotely from home with your preschooler at home. I am often asked, what does your preschool at home daily schedule look like. Because it looks different for each family, I have asked some friends to share their general schedule with ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Activities for Preschoolers, Preschool

By Kim Vij

Science Sensory Bottles Experiment for Density Exploration

Science Sensory Bottles to explore Density with Kids

Finding ways to sneak science and fun in at home can be super rewarding as a parent. This science sensory bottles experiment provides your child the chance to explore the concept of density through colorful crayons and water bottles and a little mystery materials. Plus it gives them a chance to simply learn the art of observing and problem-solving on their own, which is a win in my book. Here's how to make your own Science Sensory Bottles.   This post contains affiliate ... Read more...

Filed Under: Science, STEM Tagged With: After School, Back to School, Crayons, grade school, Preschool, School, School Ages, science, Sensory Bottle

By Kim Vij

Sensory Bottle Math Game with Crayons

Sensory Bottle Math Game with Crayons

Crayons are such an iconic symbol for back to school with kids. Add a sensory bottle math game using a crayon theme for this super colorful math game! Let's have a little math fun with some crayons to celebrate the beginning of the school year! We'll focus on colors, number recognition, graphing, ordinal numbers and even some fine motor skills. Affiliate links used in the post.  Sensory Bottle Math Game with Crayons This math game was such a hit in our house after ... Read more...

Filed Under: Math, STEM Tagged With: After School, Art Supples, Back to School, Colors, Crayons, grade school, Preschool, School

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Teaching Children How to Be Responsible for their Own Backpack

Teaching Children How to be Responsible for their Own Backpack

My mentor teacher the first year I taught kindergarten told me, do not do things for children that they can do themselves. Looking at a classroom full of 28 - 5 year olds, I thought what can they do? Turns out, young children can be responsible for a lot! Starting with their very own school bag! Teaching Kids How to Be Responsible That's right. Who packs their school bag? From day 1, I have my kids (ages 2, 5, and 9) be responsible for everything that enters and leaves the ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Amanda, Back to School, grade school, Preschool

By Kim Vij

Pigeon and Bus Activities inspired by Mo Willems

Pigeon and Bus Activities inspired by Mo Willems Alphabet Game

Learn the letters of the alphabet and letter sounds with your favorite Pigeon. Story time just got funnier with the addition of Mo Willems Pigeon Books at our house recently. In honor of school starting and our recent Bus Tours this summer we wanted to feature Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Has your child discovered the character Pigeon by Mo Willems yet? This post contains affiliate links to Amazon Books. We're excited to welcome you to the Virtual Book Club for Kids ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Reading Tagged With: Alphabet, Back to School, grade school, Kim, Mo Willems, Preschool, Transportation, Transportation Activity, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Back to School STEM Activities

back to school themed stem activities for kids

Get into that creative mindset with your child as they head back to school with these 20 Back to School STEM activities for kids. Explore hands on fun with science, technology, engineering, and math to start off a new school year. STEM fun for the first day of school! Back to School STEM Activities These Back to School STEM Activities are themed with school supplies like pencils, crayons and more traditional themes like buses and apples for a warm welcome into the school ... Read more...

Filed Under: STEM Tagged With: Back to School, grade school, Preschool, School Supplies, STEM

By Kim Vij

Back to School Resources for Parents

Back to School Resources and Activities for Parents

Resources for Parents for Back to School Success! We've gathered tons of resources to help you prepare your child for the first day of school. Explore these tips and tricks to make it a smooth transition filled with memories for a successful school year. As a teacher and Mom of 3 kids I've experienced the first day of school from both sides for over 20 years. Confession... it's my favorite time of the school year! All the excitement of getting ready with your classroom for your new ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Back to School, First Day of School, grade school, Parenting

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