First published Sept 2011. Updated 2019. Reading regularly with your child is critical to their development in many ways. There is no better way to increase vocabulary, teach literacy fundamentals, and expose your child to images and words to…
   Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is a beloved chilbook that has become a favorite for kids (and adults) of all ages. It is also the featured book this month for the Virtual Book Club for Kids,…
  I love being able to repurpose things that would otherwise end up in the trash. And if you have children in your house, chances are the two items needed for this activity are plentiful:  bottle caps (from milk and…
Monsters don’t have to be scary! Have fun with monsters with these fun ideas: 1. Monster Sensory Tub 2. Lipstick Tube Monster 3. Mini Monster Fruit Pizzas 4. Monster Finger Puppet Glove 5. Build-a-Monster 6. Magnetic Monsters 7. Playdough…
Prior to having kids of our own, whenever I held a baby in church and didn’t have any toys to entertain them with, I would always give them my lipstick tubes from my purse to play with. The babies could…
Go Away, Big Green Monster has been one of our favorite books to read lately! This is a wonderful book for young children because it is repetitive and has a predictable pattern (as is Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You…
Use the letter “m” to make a unique monster! All you need is a piece of cardboard, some fuzzy fabric (cut into squares), wiggly eyes, glue and a sharpie. 1. Take a piece of cardboard and using a Sharpie, write…
This was Big Brother’s favorite monster activity yet! He spent over an hour playing with the playdough monsters…which is like an eternity in little boy time! We used wiggly eyes (sent to us by Craft Project Ideas), pipe cleaners, and some…
I adapted this idea from Pre-school Play (via Pinterest) and it sort of took on a life of it’s own. First you’ll need to cut up some pipe cleaners… And then use either your hot glue gun or some gorilla…
These little boogers are fun for kids of all ages! There are so many fun ways you can use this puppet glove: Â color recognition, one-to-one correspondence, songs, and monster-tickles…just to name a few! All you need is a gardening glove…
We swapped date nights with some friends of ours this weekend…we went out on Friday (and they watched the kids) and then they went out on Saturday (while we watched the kids). On our night with the kiddos we decided…
This was definitely our favorite sensory tub yet! Even I enjoyed digging around in it! We used water beads, which I first learned about from my friend Julie’s blog. She found the idea on Play At Home Mom. These little…
