Identifying, Sorting, and Classifying Marine Mammals

We love hands on science ideas for kids! We learned to identify and classify marine mammals from other ocean life in this sensory sorting activity. 

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Foam Blocks in Water

Our kids love any sensory play invitation that involves water! Foam blocks are so fantastic in water because they float and the water acts as a glue making them stick to each other and vertical surfaces. We thought of so many learning activities with these two simple materials. 

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Nest Nature Hunt

We combined science and math by taking the kids on an outdoors nature hunt to find birds' nests! We loved being outside for this part of our homeschooling day.

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Stamping Shapes in Kinetic Sand

Stamping shapes into kinetic sand is a great opportunity to work on shape identification, count the sides and corners, and compare and contrast the shapes. Our kids loved this hands on fine motor math activity.

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Toss the Globe Geography Game

Our new inflatable globe is perfect for this hands on geography game for kids! We love to plan active ways to learn so this gross motor activity definitely was a big success for us.

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Desert Sunset Paintings

Our kids' desert sunset paintings turned out fantastic! They are so proud of their artwork and all they learned about deserts as we worked on this watercolor technique. 

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Find the Letter Snack Sheet for Kids

Kids love snacks! We added a bit of learning to snack time by creating a letter identification sheet that works perfectly with round pretzels.

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Garden Planning with Kids

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Miracle-Gro Gro-ables. All opinions are 100% mine.

The days are longer and the weather is warmer. It's one of my most favorite times of the year! We are ready to plan and begin our garden. Each season I work to plant seeds of knowledge and wisdom about growing our own food on to our kids.

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Button Stacking Game for Kids

Buttons are one of the most irresistible for loose parts kids! We're using them to cover literacy, math, and fine motor skills all in one with a button stacking and sorting challenge for children.

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