There is an amazing place near us called Butterfly Wonderland, so I knew that I wanted to do a Butterfly week. I find butterflies to be pretty fascinating anyway, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar is such a classic that I was excited about the chance to dive deeper into it. I picked up a butterfly puppet for … More Butterfly Week
Under the Sea Week has been so fun! The ocean has always fascinated me – in part because of the unending amount of creatures and colors, and in part because I think I may be part fish (I love swimming). This week had a lot of water play and it was delightful (and only required … More Under the Sea Week
There’s something about Under the Sea Week that makes me want to play in water all the time. We may not live by the ocean, but we can at least play with shells and beautiful blue water! So this was originally an idea that I found on Pinterest, and as with a lot of those, … More Sea Foam Bubbles
I had picked up a can of shaving cream awhile ago, but hadn’t gotten a chance to use it. Also, I wasn’t quite sure how I wanted to use it. Shaving cream had been a staple in the preschool classroom I worked in, but we used it a lot for letter practice and not necessarily in … More Shaving Cream Hide & Seek
Our first theme week was DINOSAUR WEEK and Ava (and I) absolutely loved it. I was lucky to be able to borrow a lot of dinosaur toys and books from a mommy friend, which helped a ton! From my Theme Week post, here are what we did for our theme categories: Field Trip – We went to … More Dinosaur Week
Some of the best parts of preschool/toddler play is creating connections for them. Watch when they start to put together that the dinosaur we read about in our book looks like the dinosaur we watched on Dinosaur Train, which looks like the dinosaur we saw at the museum, that was mentioned in the dinosaur song we … More Dinosaur Painting
As soon as I picked the dinosaur theme, I knew I wanted to make Dinosaur Feet. It’s really easy and really silly – my favorite. We were having a play date, so I talked to the other moms, who also came with supplies. The night before, I took two tissue boxes and emptied them, then … More Dinosaur Feet
Ivory Soap Snow is a preschool classroom favorite of mine- it’s a little goopy, a little slippery and super squishy. Since Ava has been pretty obsessed with Frozen, Elsa and winter, I knew I was gonna bring this recipe out. It’s pretty easy: One roll of toilet paper – shredded One bar of ivory soap … More Ivory Soap Snow
This is one of my all-time favorite preschool/toddler activities. They think it’s silly and it’s a great tool to help them identify and discuss feelings. It’s really simple. Take pictures of your kiddo making different faces for the different emotions. You may have to demonstrate what you’re looking for and that’s totally okay. Easy ones … More The Emotions Book
This is one of my favorite spur-of-the-moment ideas I’ve had. I think I’d seen this done before but never tried it myself. I was shopping at the Dollar Tree (one of my favorite places to get kid stuff) and saw some floral foam bricks and some fake flowers so I just went for it. In hindsight, … More Play Flower Garden Activity
Noticing the Happy 