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Teaching children about money with jars

October 7, 2020 by Kate 2 Comments

Teaching children to be responsible with money can be challenging, especially when they so often see us wave our cards to make any purchase. As many of my friends ask me, I thought I share with you some simple tips on teaching children about money with jars and cute labels using my Cricut Maker. Sponsored […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, activities for preschoolers, Numeracy, Sponsored Post Tagged With: Cricut Maker, money

Halloween counting activity using numbers 1 to 12

September 21, 2019 by Kate 1 Comment

Halloween is a fun time of year and always inspires learning opportunities. This Halloween counting activity using numbers 1 to 12 is great for helping your children consolidate basic numbers to ten and slightly beyond. Halloween counting activity using numbers 1 to 12 I recently asked in my private Facebook group, Activities for Kids, if […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, activities for preschoolers, activities for toddlers, Halloween, Numeracy, Printable Tagged With: counting, Halloween, numeracy, printable

Skip counting puzzles that are helpful to learn multiplication and more. Great for school aged children and homeschoolers.

Space themed skip counting puzzles

April 23, 2019 by Kate 1 Comment

Space is often a theme that is quite fascinating to children. Stars, planets, the moon, it’s all so interesting and really seems to inspire a great curiosity. It can also be a great theme to inspire the most reluctant learners. Space themed skip counting puzzles Skip counting is a great strategies for teaching children about […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, activities for preschoolers, Fine Motor, Numeracy Tagged With: multiplication, puzzle, TpT

How to support your child in maths at home

August 14, 2018 by Kate 2 Comments

Regardless of how well your child understands the concepts of Maths, sometimes as parents we can feel completely out of our depth and feel unable to support them when they need it. In this post I share with you some simple ideas in how to support your child in maths at home and invite you to […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, activities for preschoolers, Numeracy, Sponsored Post Tagged With: numeracy

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2D shape activity using craft sticks and play dough

June 13, 2018 by Kate 5 Comments

Help your children learn to recognise, name and describe the properties of basic 2D shapes in this 2D shape activity using craft sticks and play dough. This simple shape activity is a great example of where education and fun are mashed together!  I have to admit, I’ve been battling a vicious head cold and so the […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, activities for children, activities for preschoolers, Numeracy, Playdough, Science Tagged With: craft sticks, play dough, shapes

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Learning about numbers and number formation using tin foil

July 31, 2017 by Kate Leave a Comment

Learning about numbers and number formation using tin foil is a wonderful fun activity for kids. It’s hard to believe, but all you need is tin foil! It’s amazingly simple and lots of fun. Possum (aged 5 years) is very good at reading and we have focused quite a lot of learning letters and phonic […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, activities for preschoolers, activities for toddlers, Fine Motor, Numeracy Tagged With: fine motor, maths, tin foil

Making LEGO Duplo Ring Toss game for kids

LEGO Duplo Ring Toss game for kids

May 27, 2017 by Kate 1 Comment

If you’re like me you have lots of LEGO Duplo around the house. Here is a fun little LEGO Duplo Ring Toss game for kids that they can set up themselves and play and score points.   Despite my girls being 2 and 5 years of age, they still love their LEGO Duplo. Many times […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, activities for preschoolers, Indoor play, Numeracy, Play Tagged With: coutning, LEGO, pipe cleaners

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Create a play map using a cardboard box

January 30, 2017 by Kate 4 Comments

We all know that you give a child and gift and they’ll likely play with the box. So often we can get caught up in giving elaborate and expensive gifts when the open-ended(ness) of a cardboard box is what really taps into their creativity and imagination. So here is an idea, get your child to create a play map using […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, activities for preschoolers, Craft, Numeracy Tagged With: cardboard, imaginative play, pencils, recycle

Colour and shape matching activity

Simple DIY shape puzzle for babies and toddlers

August 22, 2016 by Kate 27 Comments

This is seriously cool. It’s a simple DIY shape puzzle for babies and toddlers. It is so easy to make and little ones will play with it over and over again! It focuses their attention on matching basic shapes and the properties or characteristics of that shape. As they experiment, they are also build their skills […]

Filed Under: 1 - 3 years, activities for babies, activities for preschoolers, activities for toddlers, Numeracy Tagged With: baby, colour, DIY, matching, preschooler, puzzle, shape, toddler

ABSs and 123 ebook by Laughing Kids Learn

ABCs and 123 ebook

July 8, 2016 by Kate Leave a Comment

It is with great excitement that I announce the released of my latest downloadable ebook, which I have contributed to with a group of other wonderful play based bloggers. It’s called ABCs and 123s. This fabulous resource for parents, teachers, grandparents and carers is packed full of over 40 tried and tested play activities that  your children will love and […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, activities for children, activities for preschoolers, activities for toddlers, Art & Craft, Craft, ebook, Literacy, Numeracy, Parenting, Sensory Play, Video Tagged With: ebook, literacy, numeracy

Free printable number cards for learning with kids. Great for helping them to count, recognise numbers, 1 to 1 correspondence and more

Peg the dot number counting cards with free printable

June 13, 2016 by Kate 83 Comments

Here is my much anticipated peg the dot number counting cards! Yes, I’m giving you a super cool freebie that will have your child enjoying the experience of learning to count numbers 0 – 10, identifying and ordering numbers 0 – 10, identify colours, improve their ability in matching and developing 1 to 1 correspondence.  As a thank you to […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, activities for preschoolers, activities for toddlers, busy bag, Fine Motor, Giveaway, Numeracy, Printable Tagged With: counting, fine motor, free printable, numberacy

Learning about number formation with Sumblox

Sumblox maths teaching tool

November 13, 2015 by Kate 37 Comments

Just when you thought wooden blocks couldn’t get any better, I introduce you to SumBlox wooden number blocks. SumBlox maths teaching tool takes learning maths to a whole new level. They are fun and educational and a great gift idea for kids. I’m also offering a special voucher giveaway to our Laughing Kids Learn readers, so be sure […]

Filed Under: 0 - 12 months, 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Numeracy

Nuts, bolts and washers are fun for kids to play with. Great for developing fine motor skills too.

Playing with nuts, bolts and washers

July 29, 2015 by Kate 5 Comments

Your children will love playing with nuts, bolts and washers. Sure they aren’t something you’d first think to offer your child to play with but they really are fun and great for developing fine motor skills and other important mathematical concepts.  One of Possum’s (aged 3.5 years) favourite places to visit is our local hardware […]

Filed Under: 5 - 10 years, activities for children, busy bag, Fine Motor, Numeracy, Play Tagged With: activity, fine motor, maths, preschooler

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Counting beads on pipe cleaners

July 25, 2015 by Kate 47 Comments

Using colourful pipe cleaners and beads you can set up a fun counting maths activity for kids. This is also really great for fine motor development and when it’s complete you can simply turn it into a busy bag that can be done at another time. Counting beads on pipe cleaners might seem simple enough, but it is […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, activities for children, activities for preschoolers, activities for toddlers, busy bag, Fine Motor, Numeracy Tagged With: colours, counting, fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, numbers, ordering, threading

Counting activity for kids using pompoms

Simple counting activity for children

May 21, 2015 by Kate 30 Comments

Here is a fun and simple counting activity for children. It’s very easy to set up at home or in the classroom, can be designed to suit individual needs and will help children build and consolidate their understanding of identifying numbers and how it’s represented using pompoms.  Numbers are everywhere and it isn’t until your 3.5 […]

Filed Under: 3 - 5 years, 5 - 10 years, Fine Motor, Numeracy Tagged With: counting, fine motor, maths, numbers, numeracy

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My name is Kate and I am a mum to two little girls, Possum and Boo. We have lots of fun together learning with play at home and are pleased to share some of what we do with you.
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