On The Road 3 Part Cards If you’re looking to expand on your child’s language development at home try using these “On The Road” 3-Part Cards. I use these with my 2 and 3-year-old weekly and it’s a great matching game as well! These 3 part cards are a fun way to learn and keeps them more engaged and excited to learn. These 3 part cards are most commonly used in the Montessori method of learning that we like to implement in our homeschool curriculum weekly. How To Make Your Own 3 Part Cards If you’re interested in how I made them, all I used was my account with Canva.com. It’s been my favorite ..read more

These 10 winter activities for 2 and 3-year-olds are so much fun and great for working on developmental skills as well! Check out the list below and pick your favorites to try at home with your own toddler. These are all easy to prep and engaging for your little ones to enjoy together! 1. Snowflake Salt Painting The first activity idea is snowflake salt painting. Here is a colorful and exciting way to “paint” with toddlers and is also great for working on fine motor skills. Toddlers love focusing on dropping different colors to make their snowflake beautiful and mastering the dropper and tran ..read more

Today we did a Thanksgiving fine motor activity using a turkey worksheet I created with Canva. You can use this worksheet in more than just way and today we used a few different materials and had tons of fun! Practicing fine motor skills can help your child master the pincer grasp later used in school when they start learning how to write. What You Need We created two different activities using this turkey worksheet. Using do-a-dots and pom-poms you can do painting with the do-a-dots or you can use tongs and pom-poms to transfer and match the colors. You can download this turkey worksheet for ..read more

This turkey sensory activity is perfect for the month of November and celebrating Thanksgiving. Using recycled cardboard, colored rice, glue, and markers you can create your own festive turkey sensory activity at home. November is a great month to remember what to be thankful for and celebrate the beautiful fall colors, cozy sweaters, and family. What You Will Need Next time you have an extra cardboard box keep it! These make for so many amazing craft and activity ideas that you can use from just recycled cardboard. If you have a hot glue gun, this will probably work best for this activity ..read more

Working on fine motor skills at a young age helps master those hand muscles needed for handwriting as your child gets to school. This Halloween sorting activity helps work on those fine motor skills and is also a fun way to work on color recognition. If you apply the Montessori learning method at home, this is a fantastic activity to add to your shelf life. Montessori At Home For those who are familiar with the Montessori learning method and applying it in your own home, you know that a prepared environment is key. Adding work to the shelves that allow your child to master the skills they ar ..read more

Halloween is full of exciting activities and craft ideas from funny to scary and tons of vibrant colors. This spooky sensory bin is so quick to put together and your children will love it and stay busy for a long time! Why Sensory Play Is Great For Toddlers Sensory play is great for toddlers because it helps them gain a better understanding of the world around them. At a young age, toddlers rely on their senses to help them learn and adjust to new things. You may already notice your baby or toddler using their mouth to discover everything around them because tasting it is their way of learnin ..read more

When painting with toddlers it is always fun to switch up the utensils they use. Painting with corn makes a pretty cool pattern on the paper when you roll out the paint and is perfect for a fall craft! We used this corn right after we did some corn shucking together. What Materials Do I need? You only need 3 materials for this painting activity for toddlers. After shucking the corn together you’ll use the corn to paint with. Along with the corn on the cobs to paint with you’ll also need a large piece of paper and paint! *This page contains affiliate links to products I recommend. If you ..read more

This washing pumpkins station is a great activity for rainy days and is just as exciting to do outdoors! We love sensory bins in our home and this foamy soap recipe added a more exciting feel to the activity. Sensory bins offer so many skill-building opportunities to further development and are so much fun for toddlers and preschoolers. How To Make Foamy Soap You only need 3 things to create this foamy soap and I got the idea from Mother Could. She has awesome ideas and I highly recommend giving her a follow! I found this a while ago and thought it would be perfect to create a fall-themed pum ..read more

Having little helpers are the best, aren’t they? Shucking corn with toddlers is great for working on fine motor skills and patience. Your child will have fun doing this with you and you can also use it for an art craft as well >>HERE<< Fun Fall Themed Practical Life Activity For Toddlers Fall is just around the corner and we are so excited for all there is to feel grateful for during this season. Watching the leaves change colors is so magical and there are tons to do during this time of the year. This is my favorite season by far and I’m eager to start all the fall-themed activit ..read more

There are so many different things you can use as painting utensils and it’s fun to offer new ones every time to make it more engaging for toddlers. This Fall Leaf Painting activity is perfect for the seasons changing and fun to do with a sibling or mom and dad. The seasons are already changing with school back in session and the leaves falling to the ground. We still have many green trees around here in Tennessee but some are losing their color and dropping. This activity was inspired by Glued To My Crafts and I had to do it with my boys! *This page contains affiliate links to products ..read more