Dedicated to Developing Little Spirits
I am a huge fan of integrating important concepts into our every day life and making it fun. So, today we had our inaugural Earth Day Themed Bath. The bath was a fun and relaxed way to begin conversation around the importance of being environmentally responsible. Here is a list of what we included: Bubbles [Read On]
We had activities planned for this morning. Sometimes you have to scrap it& let your child take the lead. Our older son woke up asking about seeds. Obviously dreaming about the plant life cycle, right? My husband cut up apples as part of his breakfast. Our son was enthralled with the seeds. He saw the [Read On]
I couldn’t resist doing this super cool Borax activity. A great way to integrate basic science concepts into an activity and have a very cool result to display! I was inspired by Sweet and Simple Things St. Patrick’s post (She created the most amazing crystal rainbow!) and Mess For Less’s Crystal Letters (What a great [Read On]
We created an Earth from egg cartons. First, we tore apart and cut up the cartons. Then we grabbed green and blue paint, a few brushes and set up our activity table. Then we painted the cartons and let them dry. In the meantime, we painted a big circle on a piece of poster board [Read On]
Here are a few “back to the basics” Montessori Inspired Easter activities. With their lovely colors and texture, we used jelly beans as our base material with which to work, which, in all honesty was a little challenging given their sweet goodness. Keep an almost 3 year old from popping a few in his mouth [Read On]
We played Earth Ping Pong and integrated basic ideas and concepts about Earth and the Earth Day celebration. We also got a lot of energy out of our systems and worked gross and fine motor skill development. Sometimes the greatest activities occur spontaneously and easily. This activity is one of them. We bought these great
