Educational Kids Activities

Awesome Children’s Construction Books

April 17, 2023May 18, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

construction books for toddlers and preschoolers

Do you have a construction obsessed kiddo in your life? Then check out these construction themed books for toddlers and preschoolers! Make sure to click through the gallery to see them all! This post includes affiliate links Construction Books for Kids Machines at Work by Byron Barton Machines at Work Board Book A bright book … Read more

Foam Block Building Sensory Bin

April 8, 2016April 28, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Foam Block Building Sensory Bin: Kids will love building silly structures made from foam blocks and shaving cream while practicing their fine motor skills of stacking, sorting, and spreading.

Yesterday we played around with a simple sensory bin made of shaving cream and water beads which the kids absolutely adored. When it came time to clean up this sensory bin, both kids were ready for nap so I ended up just placing a lid on it with a “to clean up” later mental note. Luckily for us not cleaning up our sensory bin right then and there worked out beautifully and with the addition of foam blocks we had another fun afternoon activity! We absolutely love this idea for teaching spreading skills that we found on Happy Hooligans!

Shaving Cream and Water Beads Sensory Bin

April 8, 2016April 27, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Shaving Cream and Water Beads Sensory Bin: Over the last month we have been exploring different ways to play with water beads and our beads are finally reaching the point where they are just about ready to head to the garbage. Wanting to squeeze one last fun activity out of them we mixed our water beads with another one of our sensory favorites — shaving cream! The sensory bin experiment turned out awesome and was a huge hit with the kids!

While the kids did have a blast playing with this activity and it was great for adding a fine motor challenge, it did not hold their attention as long as some of our other sensory bins have. This activity though was fairly low mess, gave me enough time to clean the kitchen while they played (a good 20 minutes), and was super easy to throw together!

iPad Cases than Can Survive Young Kids

April 8, 2016April 23, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

10 iPad Cases that can Survive Young Kids

Let’s face it, kids are rough on things. Check out these iPad cases for kids to see how you can protect your iPad from accidental damage.

Letter of the Week: B is for Bee Craft

April 22, 2023April 15, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

B is for Bee Craft: Lately we have been working our way through our letter of the week crafts. While I am not personally a fan of focusing on one letter for an entire week, these simple crafts are a ton of fun for getting kids exploring letters.

There are many ways this craft can be done, so don’t feel like you have to follow these instructions to a T. We used construction paper when doing our craft because Meatball is all about working on his scissor skills. Other alternatives could be paint and cardstock, washi tape, or even glue and pom-poms.