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Hands on phonetics activities for preschoolers

Fun hands on phonetics activity

We used my preschooler’s peg board to do this simple and fun hands on phonetics activity. This activity can be done with mega bloks or LEGO or any other building toys available at home. My daughter was excited to use her toy in a different way!   Affiliation links are used in the post. Materials needed: 1. Peg …

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Alphabet recognition activity for preschool

Erase the letter – Alphabet identification activity

Today’s post is about an alphabet identification activity. As kids and water go together, I need not tell that my preschooler loved this activity as it involved water. I have noticed that she shows a lot of interest if I introduce her to a different sets of medium to work with!   Materials needed:  1. …

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Photoshop video tutorial for kids

Photoshop video tutorial for kids

This post is written in part of the series Photoshop tutorials for kids.  My eight year old has done this video tutorial to explain how to create a burger with layers. Check out how she created burger without layers in this video. This Photoshop video tutorial for kids explains how to create burger with layers only …

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Free beginning readers book

Free Beginning reader books – Vowel a

As I have mentioned in my last few posts, my preschooler is very much interested in alphabets and phonetics. We are playing phonetics game with her for quite sometime now. When I say “cuh-au-tuh”, she responds back “cat”.  She is very comfortable with  “a” but needs practice with other vowels. I have used Bob books with my elder …

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Preschooler activity transferring water

Water transfer activity with kitchen towel

Transferring water with kitchen towel is a very simple activity. As the name explains, the idea is to transfer water from one bowl to another with kitchen towel. This activity was initiated by my preschooler. She was playing with water and was cleaning the spills with kitchen towel. She transferred the water in the soaked …

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Alphabet learning activities for preschoolers

Alphabet necklace – Alphabet learning activity

We are doing a lot of alphabets activities to keep my preschooler’s alphabet interest satisfied. She sees alphabets in every thing. Whenever we say a word, she tries to find out the letters in the word. She tries to read the title of her sister’s book. It is great to see her interest towards letters. …

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Aluminium foil craft ideas for kids

Monoprinted Mother’s day card

I usually like activities that my two daughters can do together. It gives me pleasure to watch them spending time together. As they are 8(almost 9) and 3 years old, I should think about activities which should not be difficult for my younger daughter but should not be boring for my elder daughter.  They both loved creating …

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Photoshop tutorial for beginners and kids

Photoshop tutorial for beginners and kids

I have been writing a series about teaching Photoshop to kids. I took a break from the series as I thought a video tutorial would explain better. My eight year old was willing to help me with the videos. We both found some time over the last week end. So, I am back to continue the series …

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