My kids were always fascinated by pirates. They loved reading about them, playing with various imaginative play toys we had and they also were great ...
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DIY Pumpkin Patch Maths Game for Preschoolers
We've had fun reading the Five Little Pumpkins by Dan Yaccarino this week. And wanted to create a hands-on pumpkin activity focusing more on number ...
DIY Pumpkin Number Lines for Number Recognition and Counting activities for Preschoolers
Last year we created a Pumpkin Halloween Bunting made from prints that decorated our dining room - sitting around from that I have had extra pumpkins ...
Simple Preschool Apple Science Investigation Using the 5 Senses
Autumn is apple season and it is a great time to try a simple apple science investigation. For preschoolers, it's an ideal opportunity to practice ...
d is for Dinosaur Craft
Continuing with our Letter of the Week Animal Crafts we have taken a little bit of a license with this one and used one of our favourite "animals" a ...
B is for Bird – Animal Letter Craft for Toddlers
Last week we introduced our Alphabet Animal Crafts series here on Rainy Day Mum with our a is for ant craft for toddlers. This week we are moving ...
Simple Spelling Words Wall
Over the last year, we have been working at home on ways of helping my youngest learn spelling words. From multisensory methods to traditional ways, ...
Apple Tree Math – Simple Counting Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers
As autumn seems to have hit and our apple trees are full of fruit it's an ideal time to explore the theme of apples with your toddlers and ...
A is for Ant – Animal Alphabet Craft for Toddlers
Learning to read begins with toddlers learning their ABC's and starting to recognise the beginning letter sounds of words. We are kicking off a series ...
Simple Paper Towel Chromatography Experiment for Kids
One of my favourite experiments to do with the younger students when I taught secondary school science was Chromatography - of course in my lab I had ...
Make your own Giant Number Line with Toddlers and Preschoolers
Number recognition, number order and sequence are all important parts of learning about numbers in the early years. We teach our kids to say the ...
Exploring Transpiration Process in Plants with Celery
The kids and I are really enjoying gardening at the moment, watching our seedlings grow and planting out more seeds. As we watch them grow it also ...
“That’s in my name” Low Prep Letter Recognition Game for Preschoolers
Your child's name is probably the first word they will learn to read and write. Once they've learned how, and you are working on letter recognition, ...
Engineering Challenge: Make a Ring Wing Glider
I’m working with BritMums promoting #TheHolidayMakers campaign, sponsored by The Year of Engineering. It’s all about getting children excited about ...
What’s in your Vegetables for Vegetable Soup? Plant Science Experiment for Kids
With our last post for our Garden Week on Storybook Summer this year we have a fantastic Science Experiment for kids. It was always one of my ...
10 Songs with Actions to Get Toddlers and Preschoolers Moving
Whatever the time of year if you are stuck inside with the kids because of the weather you need some activities to get them moving and use up some of ...
Feed the Animals Vegetable Sorting Game
It's our last week of this year's storybook summer - but don't worry we will be back next year and stay tuned over the summer as I'll be sharing some ...
DIY Feed the Shark Game
For the final activities for our Ocean week for Storybook Summer here on Rainy Day Mum we have a fun DIY game that you can create for your kids that ...
Hooray for Fish Pattern Making Activity
It’s Ocean week and today’s Storybook Summer idea is a simple fish pattern making activity inspired by Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins. Paint colorful ...
Space Science Experiment ~ Exploring one of Jupiter’s Moons
For the final day of our space week for storybook summer we are heading far out into our solar system and exploring one of Jupiter's Moons with this ...
Rocket Craft and Experiment
We're carrying on with our Space Themed Week for Storybook Summer and today we have a treat the author of the children's book is creating the activity ...
