These are always a hit when we make them.  All you need is straws, pipe cleaners and some ribbon.  It is a great fine motor skill and a sim...

Wanna a super cheap (free) painting experience for your kiddos?  Collect some rocks, make your own paint ( HERE is a super, easy recipe us...

I am always amazed how the simplest things can keep children engaged for so long.  The kids in my care love, love, love to use the pipettes...

Have you seen these Duncan Hines frosting flavors?  You can add them to frosting to create your own flavor of icing.  Well, I had picked up...

Want a fun way to use up those pumpkins?  Use them for painting!  After we used ours for hammering golf tees, cut them open, examined the i...

This is a different version of the tried and true "marble painting".  We used golf balls.  The kids had a "ball"!  We u...

 We have been discussing Community Helpers in class. Here is a simple, easy, and fun way to let the kids practice their organizing, coun...

Wow! Life has gotten crazy busy lately. I apologize for the long delays between posts. I will be taking a break from blogging for a bit to f...

This little man loves his tractors, and backhoes, and bulldozers and whatever big machinery you can think of.  He is always looking for thi...

We love making our own musical instruments.  I love when the kids can use their creativity and really get involved in the process of creati...