Still Playing School: toddler

Outside Water Play Ideas for Kids

We LOVE to play and learn with water! It's a natural sensory material that is absolutely a blast to explore outside while kids cool down in the summer! 

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Color Sorting Ideas for Kids

We love to work with colors and rainbows! Fine motor practice is even more fun when it's bright, brilliant, and beautiful color sorting activities for kids!

Fantastic color sorting activities for kids to work on fine motor skills. Great for preschool with a rainbow theme!

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UNO Movement Game for Kids

We play outside as much as we can but lately the weather hasn't been cooperating. What is a parent or teacher to do when stuck inside with active kids who need to move? We turned the classic card game of Uno into a indoor gross motor game! 

How to turn UNO into an indoor recess gross motor movement game for kids!

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Rainbow Tinker Tray

Our Winter Tinker Tray was such a big success that we decided to make another one. But we're craving spring and color so a rainbow themed was perfect! 



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Top 10 Valentine's Day Sensory Bins

I love the colors of Valentine's Day plus interesting tactile sensory bin fillers really invite kids to dig right in! We love have found ten of our absolute favorite Valentine's Day themed sensory table ideas. Which one will you try first?

The best Valentine's Day sensory bin fillers for kids!

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Stamping Shapes Process Art

I am absolutely loving this monthly process art challenge for our kids! Every single time I am surprised by what they come up with when provided with a few art materials. Yesterday we worked on stamping with simple shapes but it turned into so much more! 

Teach kids shapes with this process art invitation to create!

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Winter Fine Motor Activities

Are you looking for ways to keep kids' hands busy this winter? We have an entire collection of polar and snow themed activities for children! The best part is they are strengthening their hands for writing, too!

Winter themed fine motor activities for kids!
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I Think I CAN Sight Word Activity

Do you think you can encourage your kids to practice letter formation with this invitation to play with trains? Our train obsessed toddler loved this hands on learning activity!

Kids can practice letters while they play with their favorite trains!
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