Ideas on how to create with a preschooler
Kid activity ideas come from the strangest places. Does your pediatrician give you the Ages and Stages Questionnaires? On the 2 year old one it asks if they can string small objects onto a string. At the time, I had never tried this with my daughter. So, the morning of her appointment we tried it. […]
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I had so much fun teaching my 2.5 year old daughter how to make a tissue ghost this morning. Making tissue ghosts are a throwback to my own childhood. I’m not sure where I learned to make them, but I made a lot of them when I was a kid. One year I made one
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When you think of creating with your kid, do you automatically think of crafts? Crafts are a great way to create, but creating can also happen in the kitchen. Cooking with your kid can be daunting and require a lot of patience, but it is also so rewarding. As long as you pick age appropriate
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My 2 1/2 year old loves watching birds and neighbors from our dining room table. She thinks I command them and asks me to make more of them show up. About a month ago she got to visit my husband’s work and got a plastic birdhouse. She was so excited about it that we hung
One of my daughter’s first words was “za” which meant pizza. Now that she is 2 1/2, she still answers pizza most of the time when I ask her what she wants to eat. Last week my extended family went and got a 3 foot across pizza. and my daughter ate her fair share of
Kids and PB&J sandwiches go together like…well…peanut butter and jelly. It is a great food to pack when you are going to be out and about as well as a super easy and quick lunch for home. Also, making a modified PB&J with your toddler is also a great way to practice spreading and helping
Do the words painting and toddler in the same sentence make you shudder? They don’t have to. With a couple precautions, a painting project with your toddler can be easy, fun, and not too messy. If you don’t believe me, keep reading about how to paint with a toddler. If you have a baby, check
My two and half year old daughter loves to help me cook in the kitchen. There are definitely lots of pieces she can’t help with, but when I put my mind to it there are often things I can have her do. Getting your toddler to make a quesadilla is a great and safe way
