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This week we are concentrating on color blending to make new colors and the focus for today is PURPLE. We did this by putting red and yellow food dye in water and the results were mesmerizing to watch. We had fun doing this about 7 times and all you could hear was my boy going “whoaaa whoaaa heheheh whoaaa... pretty”. . . . We saved the colored water and used it in his sensory table tubs and made a fun water pouring activity. . . .. . #sensoryplay #sensorybottles #sensoryactivities #sensorylearning #sensoryplayideas #sensoryplaytime #sensoryart #scienceforkids #sciencefortoddlers #stemeducation #sciencefun #learningthroughplay #playbasedlearning #toddleractivities #toddleractivity #handsonlearning #totschooling #totschool #preschoolactivities #preschoolactivity #playtolearn #learningthroughplay #playathome #playmatters #playislearning #playbasedlearning #preschoolathome #kindergartenactivities #makinglearningfun #littleplayideas

We are starting to learn about color mixing, and are starting of with the colour green (color is spelt the Australian way). . . In this invitation to play, I have some paint to mix green and then my toddler can have fun painting the tree green. . To make this more creative, just draw the tree branch only and use different household materials to “stamp” the green leaves onto the tree. Watch my stories under “Homeschooling” to watch my son doing this activity. . . . . . . #mylittleartist #mylittleartist🎨 #paintingactivity #paintingwithtoddlers #toddlerpainting #toddlerplayideas #makelearningfun #momblog #homeschoolingmom #homeschoolingideas #thingstodowithtoddlers #thingstodowiththekids #whattoteachtoddlers #homeschoolmama #homeschoolpreschool #playtolearn #schoolreadiness #learningthroughplay #learnathome #invitationtoplay #playathome #funlearningathome #playmatters #playislearning #playbasedlearning #preschoolathome #handsonactivities #earlylearning #makinglearningfun #littleplayideas

For the next week, we are going to be working on making new colours (colors-spelt the Australian way!) from two existing ones. We are kicking off with the color green and are blending @playdoh to make little green peas. . Then we will have more fun by making more pretend food for our dinner plate). My master chef son loves making sausages and cutting up the carrots. Yummmy who wants to come over for dinner? 😉. . . .ill post the outtakes from this activity with my son in my stories under “homeschooling”. . . . . . #everydayplayhacks #handsonlearning #preschoolathome #earlylearning101 #kidscrafts #craftsforkids #playdough #playdoh #playdohcreations #playdohfood #invitationtolearn #invitationtocreate #invitationtoplay #playideas #playdoughfun #imaginativeplay #learningthroughplay #playbasedlearning #playathome #steamkidschallenge #stemlearning #stemforkids #scienceforkids #artideasforkids #artfortoddlers #homeschoolingideas #homeschoolingactivity #toddleractivities #toddlerplayideas

My son is always trying to shove my necklace in my mouth when I am carrying him, which is what inspired me to make this fun little activity for my 2.5 year old. We threaded some Cheerios with some string (working his fine motor skills) and then he got to sit down and enjoy eating them. We made a few and I now have a few stashed away in ziplocks in the snack cupboard for future days. . .. These necklaces are awesome to take on long car rides, an airplane ride (more about flying with toddlers on my blog), while watching a movie, or just for a fun way to have a snack. It would be fun making these with Frootloops for the color and sweet flavor, but Cheerios are less sugar. . . . .. . . #frootloops #cheerios #cheeriochallenge #cheerionecklace #funthingstodowithkids #funtoddlerfood #toddlerfun #recycleandplay #everydayplayhacks #handsonlearning #preschoolathome #earlylearning101 #kidscrafts #kidscrafts101 #momblog #playideas #toddlerplayideas #toddlerplay #finemotorskill #finemotoractivity #finemotorskill #finemotorplay #finemotorskillspractice #invitationtocreate #invitationtoplay #toddlerboy #toddlersnacks #toddlersnackideas #toddlersnacktime

Here is my fun take on rice play by coloring in a picture with rice AND a few fun gravity tubes to play with. . .@getcreativewith #getcreativewith . This is my FOURTH sensory table setup so far since I got our table from IKEA. So far we have done 1️⃣water play with different jugs, measuring cups, spoons etc.... 2️⃣ Fake Snow with digger trucks to scoop with. 3️⃣Painting tracks with truck wheels and then washing them in the soapy water. 4️⃣Light table with colored shapes (and we even created towers in front of the window’s afternoon sun which created stunning shadows). *️⃣You can find these all in my recent posts and story bubbles. ❓WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR KIDS “FAVORITE” SENSORY TABLE SETUP? Maybe I should give it a try and I’ll tag you in the ones I do. . I was kind of forced into making this because my son had seen two small old bags of colored rice in his arts box and kept bugging me to play with them. So late last night and half asleep, this is what I made him and he loved it so much that it was very hard to pull him away from it today . .WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF SENSORY TABLE PLAY? Children: ⭐️ Learn and engage all 5 their senses by interacting with everything presented to them. ⭐️ Learn science skills: E.g gravity, parts of plants, states of matter, and color mixing while playing. ⭐️Build language, social, and dramatic play skills as the children negotiate with one another to share tools, create stories, and build dialogues. ⭐️Boost motor skills as they manipulate the medium and tools of the day. ⭐️Encourage their creative and divergent thinking as they are invited to explore and come up with new ways to use the materials. ⭐️Cognitive skills are fostered while learning about specific concepts pertinent to the bin’s contents. This idea was inspired by a post by @popsicles_play #sensorytable table #sensoryplay #sensorybin #riceplay #sensorybinactivity #momblog #recycleandplay #imaginativeplay #toddlerkitchen #momblog #recycleandplay #everydayplayhacks #handsonlearning #preschoolathome #earlylearning101 #kidscrafts #kidscrafts101 #playideas #learningthroughplay #playbasedlearning #playathome #steamkidschallenge #montessoriactivities

We have been learning to read and here is a fun activity I made up to encourage him to start piecing letters together. 1️⃣He points to each letter for each word and sounds them out, and then we point to the picture of what it spells and slowly say it while exaggerating each letter in it to make the correlation that those three letters make that word. 2️⃣Then we have a bit of fun matching the puzzle letters on the table to all the letters on the page for more letter recognition. *️⃣Do step 1&2 in any order. *️⃣If your child is still learning the sounds for each letter, this may be a good activity to copy you doing it while pointing and guiding. Never underestimate how much your kids are soaking in, even though they may not have the vocabulary to show you yet!!! Weeks or months later they will completely surprise you with something you taught them long ago, like my boy has many times. Also, it’s a process... lots of practice and they will get better. . . .‼️Sound was off in my video because my husband was on a call during filming and didn’t want to capture a private call all over Instagram! ‼️‼️‼️. . . . #toddleractivities #toddleractivity #learnthroughplay #handsonlearning #preschoollife #preschoolathome #preschoolactivities #preschoolactivity #prekinder #preschoolmom #busytoddler #earlyliteracy #homeschoolmama #letteroftheweek #homeschoolpreschool #playtolearn #learnathome #kindergartenready #preschoolplay #learnabc #phonicsfun #schoolreadiness #letterrecognition #homepreschool #learnthealphabet #montessoriactivity #montessoriactivities #playfulpathtoreading