You guys, I am so excited about this week’s project! I wanted to do something fun that Lucian would get a lot of use out of. And this is it! I made a tabletop science caddy for all of his fun science tools. This will be perfect for playing and learning at home. This would […]
Browsing Tag: learning through play
Our Daily Routines: A Guest Post with Brigid
Hello friends! Thank you for taking your time to learn a little about me and my successes in parenthood. My name is Brigid Case. I am originally from a small town just outside of Pittsburgh, PA and now reside with my husband and daughter in Davidson, NC Before having a child, I was an elementary […]
Mini Market
I wanted to make something special for Brooks’ birthday. He has so much fun pretend playing so I knew I wanted to do something that facilitated that! We made Lu a kitchen last year, and he loves it, but I wanted to do something totally different! So, I decided to do a mini market. What’s […]
Shape Finders
Our boys are at the perfect ages for shape identification. I saw this idea from a teacher who was using a laminated paper version and thought Lucian could totally use a set. Of course, I had to make them from wood. These are fun for going on an indoor or outdoor shape scavenger hunt! These […]
Squirrel Counting and Matching Puzzle
We have been working on numbers and colors with Brooks and I love puzzles! I wanted to make a puzzle that would combine both colors and numbers! He is really interested in squirrels lately and loves collecting acorns too! This puzzle has numbers 1-10. The corresponding acorn has the same number of circles under it […]
Tracing Board
I saw this idea made out of cardboard and decided I wanted to make it for Brooks! The cardboard option is a great DIY recycle and play option. A prerequisite to writing letters, numbers, and words is to be able make lines and marks, that is why this has a straight line, squiggly line, and […]
Build a Flower
I really enjoy designing and making the build a puzzles! Brooks and I have been planting flowers, vegetables, and fruits for the garden so I wanted to make a build a flower puzzle! Brooks loves smelling flowers when he sees them so I thought this would be great! This can also be used to teach […]
Brooks is Grilling and Chilling
After Chloe did the play kitchen for Lucian I really wanted to do something similar for Brooks! Chloe and I started talking about it and the way our kitchen is set up there really isn’t space for him to have a play kitchen in our kitchen. Chloe sent me the idea of a grill and […]