Outside, check. Water table, check. Now what fun way can we use our water table? Here are 5 ways to get more use out of your water table than the traditional water play. Alphabet Soup: ABC Practice – To help my daughter practice her ABCs, we set up an alphabet Soup. As she pulled out the […]
Bike Wash – Outdoor Fun
It was a HOT day and I wanted a water activity for S to make it bearable to be outside. We pulled out her princess bike, a bucket, dish soap, rags and sponges in order to wash her bike! S squeezed some dish soap into the bucket and then added in the water. I offered […]
Ice Cube Painting
S and I still had our star ice cube tray out from playing with slime; since it was out I decided to make colored ice cubes. I wasn’t sure yet how we were going to play with them, so I filled the ice cube tray with water, food coloring (or you could use liquid […]
Alphabet Soup
S has been learning her ABCs and to quiz her on recognizing the letters we created an alphabet soup. We took all of our plastic magnetic letters (we also used the numbers) and placed them in our water table full of water. Using a slotted spoon S fished out the letters one by one. […]
Failed Bubble Painting turned More Messy Potion Fun
I kept seeing on Pinterest bubble paintings; where the child blows bubble in a bowl of colored soapy water and then you place a piece of paper on top to get the bubble image. We attempted to make bubble paintings and while we got the bubbles to appear on the paper, they were extremely light […]
Outdoor Play: Washing Station
After a winter of sitting outside, S’s sand/water table and toys were looking very dirty! Not to mention the sand had been rained on a couple times and was due to be switched out. So, I asked S if she wanted to help me wash the toys and of course she said yes. I emptied […]
Early Learning: Letter E
S has been saying she loves and cannot wait for Easter since Christmas. I thought it would be fun to have some learning activities centered around Easter. I always mixed up the activities and try to balance the fun with practicing writing and numbers. Below are links to the printables that we used this week: […]
Early Learning: Letter S
Lots of fun things that center around the letter S! After reviewing our letter flash card and talking about words that start with S like spring, St. Patrick’s Day, sun, shamrocks, seal, sea lion, slide, etc., we discussed the date, day of the week and the weather. If you are new to my early learning […]