mywonderfulbaby

[mywonderfulbaby]

27 Tin Can Crafts & Activities For Kids!

There’s always something new for us to discover, as well as old favorites. I am so grateful to have activities handed to us… Fun and easy ones that can be put together in a moment’s notice! You’re awesome Jamie and I appreciate you sharing your activities and ideas!! – Melissa C. “I absolutely love that this takes all the prep work out of engaging my children. It is so easy to just put up the…

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

Farm Animal Counting Activity For Preschoolers

I’ve found that if you want to engage children in a learning activity just add animals. Children are naturally drawn to animals and any time that I can include them in an activity I am sure it will be a success. Just like it will be with this farm activity! With that in mind, what could be more fun than Counting Feet with farm animals? Build Math Skills With This Farm Activity This counting…

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

May Meal Plan Week 1

Welcome to YTF Community, a place to safely share in the challenges and joys of feeding our families. And make all of it easier! Take some of the work off of your plate this week with easy ideas for your family for each meal of the day in the latest YTF Meal Plan. May Meal Plan: Week 1 Quick note to start: I share my weekly meal plans on the Friday before since I know there’s a range of when…

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

New Viking Colouring Pages

We’ve been adding to our new section about the Vikings, with colouring pages for younger and older kids to enjoy.

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

April Meal Plan Week 4

Welcome to YTF Community, a place to safely share in the challenges and joys of feeding our families. And make all of it easier! Take some of the work off of your plate this week with easy ideas for your family for each meal of the day in the latest YTF Meal Plan. April Meal Plan: Week 4 I’m always looking for ways to make food and feeding a little easier, and having a rough plan for meals is…

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

10 Active Fun Ways to Learn the Alphabet (Move & Learn)

There’s always something new for us to discover, as well as old favorites. I am so grateful to have activities handed to us… Fun and easy ones that can be put together in a moment’s notice! You’re awesome Jamie and I appreciate you sharing your activities and ideas!! – Melissa C. “I absolutely love that this takes all the prep work out of engaging my children. It is so easy to just put up the…

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

Farm Sensory Bin for Preschool

Sensory bins are so much more than just lots of fun, they’re also a great way to develop oral language, vocabulary, and social skills. This farm sensory bin is packed with plenty of learning and hands-on fun that will keep your kids engaged and on-task during center time. Add some farm animals, a tractor, and a barn to your sensory bin for hours of creativity, curiosity, and imaginative…

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

Cute New Animals in Costumes Colouring Pages

The kids will enjoy colouring in these cute animals in costumes for Halloween, including a koala in a spooky mummy costume and a snake dressed as a pirate!

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

Toddler Friendly Peel and Stick Tape Art

Click here to read Toddler Friendly Peel and Stick Tape Art on Hands On As We Grow® We love playing with tape! Prepare to have plenty of fun with this super simple peel and stick tape art from Alisha! Fine motor development and artistic expression are essential skills needed for writing development and this activity uses all of these skills. You only need three supplies for this low-prep, fine…

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

Why Serving Dessert with Dinner Works

You may have seen recommendations on serving dessert or treat foods right along with a meal and how it can be a helpful strategy when feeding kids. It seems counterintuitive, but it’s a great way to minimize how much kids fixate on desserts. Here’s why. Dessert for Kids I know firsthand that it often seems like the kids are getting so many treats, and that they’re eating more treats than regular…

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

Nursery Rhyme Dish and Spoon Painting

Nursery rhymes are great ways to build literacy skills. Vocabulary, rhyme, and rhythm of language all help children develop more skills for reading. Different types of activities can lead to exploring a nursery rhyme. This art painting activity can be used to talk about “Hey Diddle Diddle.” And it’s a great color exploration activity, too. Fine Motor Control and Painting In this painting…

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

Topping Up Our Cupcake Activities

We’ve been busy adding some fun new activities to our cupcake topic.

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

Fun Ideas for Kids & Preschoolers

There’s always something new for us to discover, as well as old favorites. I am so grateful to have activities handed to us… Fun and easy ones that can be put together in a moment’s notice! You’re awesome Jamie and I appreciate you sharing your activities and ideas!! – Melissa C. “I absolutely love that this takes all the prep work out of engaging my children. It is so easy to just put up the…

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

Itsy Bitsy Spider Song & Science Activity

What little kid doesn’t love The Itsy Bitsy Spider? I’ve written about the importance of fingerplays in the classroom before, but today we’re going to focus on The Itsy Bitsy Spider with this Itsy Bitsy spider activity! Whether you say Itsy Bitsy or Eensy Weensy- I’ve got some freebies for you courtesy of Frog Street Press! Frog Street Press Loves Teachers! The nice folks at Frog Street Press…

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

New Beautiful Wild Horses Colouring Pages

We love these new colouring pages of stunning wild horses, perfect for older kids and adults too. This pack contains ten colouring pages, with each showing horses in beautiful, natural environments. 

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

10 Stunning Flower Crafts to Make Mom

Click here to read 10 Stunning Flower Crafts to Make Mom on Hands On As We Grow® Every mom loves to get flowers on Mother’s Day, right? Homemade flower crafts made by the kids is even better in my book! This is something we started doing a couple years ago for the Grandmas. At first, it was just homemade cards, but now we’re getting a little craftier as the kids get older. We’re stuck on…

View On WordPress

[mywonderfulbaby]

Humpty Dumpty Letter Crack - Pre-K Pages

Poor Humpty Dumpty has fallen off the wall and cracked. Your preschoolers are going to love cracking their own eggs in this alphabet activity. Preschool is a great time to work on letter identification and matching uppercase and lowercase letters. This activity can be easily adapted to fit the different levels of your students ranging from pure letter identification to working on letter…

View On WordPress