Playful and easy activities with the aim to teach
Using popsicle or craft sticks make learning more fun.(See ideas here) These sentence sticks work great to teach the parts of a sentence/speech: verbs, nouns, adjectives etc. Use it to make silly sentences or real sentences too! I simply wrote starter words, adjectives, nouns, verbs and adverbs on craft sticks. Then added some Washi tape, […]
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Do this simple floating “eggsperiment” with your young kids to explain water density and add a little science “magic” to your day! You will need: 2 glasses 2 eggs Water spoons salt And two willing scientistsš The most rewarding thing to see is how children experience something for the first time. Sometimes, adults take […]
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For this weeks A-Z Play at Home activity starting with the letter N, I will be sharing a game we like to play wherever: in the car, in the bath, waiting in line at the shops… It is simply called the Naming Game. I made this printable that you can use with a spinner. The printable […]
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It is the last week before our school holidays so we are reviewing learnt sounds. This alphabet Snakes and Ladders game was a super fun way for the grade 1’s to review their ABC’s! With the addition of the ABC’s, this popular game was turned into a literacy game with the idea to have fun […]
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Here is a great activity to show kids you can do magic, but in fact you are teaching them about surface tension! In turn, they get so excited to see that they can also do it. You will need: A bowl Water Cinnamon Soap Place water in a bowl and pour some cinnamon on the […]
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We are halfway through our Play at Home Series and today it is the letter M. We made cute Minions with playdough! A yellow batch of our Microwave Playdough and a few accessories made for a fun invitation to play activity starting with M! I kept it simple for my 4.5 year old, however you can add more items […]
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Afrikaanse alfabet kaarte! A bit of a different post, this one, because it is (mostly) for our Afrikaans readers! However, you can use these alphabet cards to teach Afrikaans as an additional language! Origin of Afrikaans(Wikipedia): “It is the first language of most of the Afrikaners and Coloureds of Southern Africa. Although Afrikaans has adopted […]
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You have asked for it and here it is: 14 Fun Felt Busy Box Ideas in ebook form WITH templates! Use the templates to cut felt pieces for busy boxes, for quiet books or loose for story time on your felt board! I have put together 14 of the most popular(and some new) busy box […]
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This week we are playing with the letter ‘L’ during our A-Z of Play at Home Series! We build a LEGO city, so fun! We don’t own a lot of LEGO yet, and did lost some over time too, so the challenge was on to use what we have and build a LEGO city. I bought this […]
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We all have bottle tops laying around, right? Use them for playing and learning(find more ideasĀ here)! Make this fun colour matching bottle top toddler toy! All you need is: A variety of colours of bottle tops/lids/caps(pairs). I used the bigger ones to be safe. Large Velcro Dots After cleaning the tops, simply stick the dots […]
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