This storybook coding activity pairs a lovable little mouse with Christmas algorithm art to teach preschoolers what algorithms are, practice listening ...
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Christmas Tree Decorating Ten Frame Activity for Preschoolers
My middle son LOVES all the Laura Numeroff books. His favorite two are "If you give a Mouse a cookie" and "If you give a Pig a Pancake". Earlier this ...
Kids Love Sticks Board Game
I’m super excited for the opportunity to join the 2018 Storybook Advent put on by Rainy Day Mum, and I was even more excited when I realized I got to ...
Stick Man Paper Plate Puppet Craft
Stick Man is a firm favourite amongst children, parents and teachers alike, and with good reason; Julia Donaldson has a gift for funny and entrancing ...
Stick Man Inspired STEM Number Building Activity for Kids
If your children are like my son, they love to pick up sticks while they are on a walk. They can use some of the sticks they have collected to explore ...
Bear Ordering and Sorting Inspired by Bear Stays Up for Christmas
One of our favourite themes from last winter's virtual book club for kids was bears - we created a fun way using bear paws to learn to read and spell ...
Bear Stays Up Late for Christmas 3 Part Montessori Cards
My kids and I love the Bear and Friends books by Karma Wilson. The stories are gentle and applicable to kids, while the rhymes are sweets and easy to ...
Bear Stays Up for Christmas STEAM Project for Kids
It's December, and for my family, it means reading lots of Christmas-themed books and doing lots of fun-related activities. Bear Stays Up for ...
DIY Pirate Maths Sorting Game for Preschoolers
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 ...
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, ...
