Children will develop a greater understanding of basic shapes and their features with this fun and simple wrapping activity. Yarn wrapped shapes will also help children develop their fine motor skills. I love when learning activities are educational, simple and fun. Possum (aged 3 years) likes talking about commonly found shapes and has a developing understanding of […]
Number matching activity for kids
Simple to make number matching activity that toddlers and preschoolers can do at home or in the classroom. Great for developing number recognition and matching skills. Possum (aged 3 years) has shown a wonderful curiosity for numbers for quite awhile now. She recognises them when we are out and about and regularly asks us to write […]
Sticker Matching Activity
Here is a fun sticker matching activity for kids. It’s great to do with children who are beginning to recognise similarities and differences and making connections between objects and pictures. It’s wonderfully easy to set up too! Possum (almost 3 years) has quite an obsession with stickers! Are your children the same? It’s an obsession […]
Coloured Counting Tubes
It is absolutely true to say that before learning to count a child needs to understand ‘one to one correspondence‘, which is having the skills to be able to match an object with a number or object. Keep in mind that children may not master this skill until well after 5 years of age. Little Possum (aged 2.5 […]
Three to Five: Playful Preschool ebook
It is with great excitement and a lot of anticipation that I announce the launch of this outstanding preschool activity book. If you had a child who is aged around 3 – 5 then this downloadable resource book for you. Covering a wide variety of learning areas, such as math, language, science, art and play, […]
Colour sorting activity for toddlers
Here is a fun and educational colour sorting activity for toddlers that can easily be done at home or in a classroom environment! It has been the last few weeks that I’ve really noticed that Possum (aged 2) showing a greater interest in the colours of objects. She will often blast out with, “that’s green” […]
Invitation to explore wrapping paper and introduce the concept of ‘area’
It has only just ticked over to December and we are already enjoying the thrill of gift giving and receiving. Of course that means that we are also swimming in lots of gift wrapping paper! LOL As usual, I find it hard to simply throw out the scraps of paper that can simply […]
Top Number Games for Kids
Here are are few top number games for kids that are often taught in the classroom. All of them I have used myself at one time or another. These games aim to improve a child’s skills and work towards consolidating their understanding of numbers. The beauty is that most of them can be […]
Teaching Maths using Recycled DVD Covers
I recently had a huge clean out at home. It was the kind of clean out that makes a terrible mess before you see any real progress. Anyway, I came across a heap of old Playstation 2 games. I threw them on eBay but they weren’t worth the 99 cents I listed them for. […]
Colour Sorting Activity for Toddlers
Here is a fabulous colour sorting activity for toddlers that you can do simply at home. Children can be so incredibly curious and will often test and experimenting from a very early age. I love this approach to learning because – it can be used to teach across all areas of a curriculum (maths problems, […]
Making a Number Roll for Learning
A week or so ago I’d posted about a great tool that children could use for learning words. It is since then that I’ve felt inspired to take it further and share with you another learning tool but this time it focuses on number. This number roll teaches children about the different ways a number can be identified […]
Word Rolls
It’s true that every country, state and school can approach reading education differently, however, these little wordy rolls are great to assist children in recognising how words are put together and can often be broken up in diagraphs and phonemic blends. I simply recycled some wrapping paper tubes that I’d normally have thrown out and fortunately […]
Learn with Wax
When I was teaching in the classroom I’d be alway looking for different ways to engage children in their learning and also make it an enjoyable experience for them. One way I would find to engage reluctant learners was using wax with water colour paints! I’ve put together a few ways that you can use […]
LEGO activity for tots
Here is a fabulous LEGO activity for tots to do simply at home. It is wonderful for hand-eye coordination and colour matching. Don’t you just love those moments when children surprise you? Possum and I were playing with a few random paddle pop sticks that I’d left out from a craft activity when she […]
Maths Outdoors
Learning doesn’t have to be restricted to the four walls of the home or classroom. Children get so much out of learning experiences when they are outdoors! We took a tub of chunky chalk and ventured down to the local high school. Asphalt is a great canvas to showcase learning. ____________________ Here is an activity […]