I love activities which are very easy to set up but fun for my toddler. This activity is one of them. She is working on her fine motor skill too. Materials needed: 1. Cup 2. Kitchen towel 3. Hair band 4. Tooth picks 5. A container to hold the tooth picks Cover the mouth …
Today I am sharing few games that I played with my 8 year old when she was young. The best part of these games are they don’t absolutely need anything to play with. We have started playing few of these games with my toddler. Most of these simple games can be played while waiting or …
This post is written in part of California Staycation blog hop 2014 -places to visit with kids in California. We enjoy going to Russian river that it has become a family tradition on every summer. Russian river is surrounded by tall redwood trees. Bay area beaches are known for cold water and windy weather …
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I am happy to be part of ABC’s of nature series, hosted by School Time Snippets! For 26 days, 26 bloggers share a letter of the alphabet and a nature themed idea. This post is about letter “T”.Nature is rich in texture. It has both tactile and visual texture. Please join me and my toddler, …
We have used vegetable mesh bag for painting and to develop problem solving skills. This time we used for fine motor skill, hand eye coordination and tripod grasp. Materials needed: 1. Vegetable mesh bag 2. Two bowls 3. Beans 4. Tape Cover one of the bowls with the mesh bag. Tape it on the sides of …
As soon as my toddler got comfortable with sorting, I introduced her to matching. She loves matching activities and everyday she asks for one. According to her it is called memory game. Still I am figuring out how she got that name. 1. Animal matching This is the first matching activity we did. I took …
Today I am sharing a game that requires a very easy setup. The materials required for this game are very easily available at home – a dowel, two chairs and half a dozen of cloth hangers. As I said, the set up is very simple. Connect the chairs using the dowel. Invite the child to …
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This simple and fun activity kept my toddler busy for more than 10 minutes. I tore newspaper into pieces and put them into a vegetable mesh bag. I encouraged my daughter to take out the paper from the bag. Initially she tried to make the paper fall. But the bag had a long neck and …
I started playing this simple game with my toddler to develop sense of balance. Then it got extended by both of my daughters. To play this game, you need only a small ball and various objects to carry the ball around. The aim of the game is to carry the ball from one place to …
My 2 year old counts everything whenever she sees more than one of the same object. So I thought she might enjoy this simple fun game. I was right! Materials needed: 1. Dice 2. Masking tape 3. Beans 4. Vegetable steamer 5. Sharpie Preparation: 1. Counting up to six is way behind my daughter’s current …