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25 Fun Outdoor Activities for 3 Year Olds

Feb 23, 2021

Looking for fun, outdoor activities for 3 year olds? Check out these fun ideas for your next outing with your toddler or preschooler! For someone who has yet to go camping for fear of the bathroom "amenities," I still love the outdoors. Even living in an apartment didn't stop me from finding outdoor activities in our city, from hiking to the beach and even our local park. Now that we've moved and are surrounded by hiking trails (not to mention a backyard), being outdoors has become easier. I want my kids to feel the same way about the outdoors. Even when they were toddlers and … [Read more...]

Art Supplies for 1 Year Olds They’ll Actually Use

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Feb 22, 2021

Gather art supplies for your 1 year old to nurture creativity! Here are the best non toxic arts and crafts supplies and toys for toddlers. Comic books, handmade puppets, decorations for the home. These are some of the creations my kids have made out of miscellaneous art supplies we have lying around the house. Art has been a part of their everyday agenda, even when they were toddlers who could barely hold a pencil. Their art experience was further cemented when they went to a Montessori preschool. Every week, they'd come home with a project that we'd hang and display on the wall. I'd … [Read more...]

10 Awesome Physical Activities for 3 Year Olds

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Dec 22, 2020

Want physical activities for 3 year olds to get your child moving? Whether indoors or out, discover 10 simple activities perfect for kids! How much can this kid read?! I thought to myself. My then-3 year old was and still is a book worm. He'd spend hours either flipping through books or asking me to read to him (I had once timed how long we read in one day, and the total came up to four hours). If he wasn't reading, he was inspecting his toy fire truck, building train sets, or coloring and drawing. All well and good, except I was starting to think that these activities weren't … [Read more...]

10 Ways to Encourage Fine Motor Skills for 5 Year Olds

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Oct 20, 2020

Fine motor skills activities for 5-6 year olds are important as kids enter kindergarten. Encourage hand dexterity—even with an active child—with these fun activities! If you're like most parents, how your child holds a pencil may not be top of mind. But once she enters kindergarten, you suddenly notice how well the other kids hold theirs in comparison. You also realize that she can't write her name well, much less cut with scissors (and forget about pulling a zipper). Come to think of it, you don't even know what her dominant hand is yet. Or perhaps it's the opposite: you're well … [Read more...]

No-Fuss Montessori Fine Motor Activities

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Sep 07, 2020

Check out these Montessori fine motor activities for toddlers and preschoolers! Perfect to do at home, and includes household items and toys. Adjusting to his new Montessori preschool was a challenge for my then-toddler. Going from having one caregiver to himself to sharing a teacher with other children was no easy task. But one activity that helped ease the transition—especially during school drop offs—was the "practical work" he'd do each morning. From pouring water to tweezing pom poms, these activities would make the start of the school day much easier. Not only did he enjoy these … [Read more...]

Easy Gross Motor Activities for 1 Year Olds

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Aug 24, 2020

Check out these gross motor activities for 1 year olds! Using simple toys and household items, these activities are perfect for toddlers. After having three kids (including twins), I can tell you that they do develop at their own pace. One of them walked at 10 months, while another wasn't even interested in crawling until after turning a year old. I worried (unnecessarily) when one couldn't jump for the longest time. Meanwhile, another was dribbling a soccer ball across the living room early on. Still, if you're a first-time mom with no other kids to compare to, missed milestones can … [Read more...]

20 Easy Activities for 3 Year Olds You Can Do Any Day

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Jul 28, 2020

Looking for easy activities for 3 year olds? From crafts to outdoor activities, discover everyday, fun things to do with your child. If you're like me, you've found your child playing with the same toy, day after day. Despite the piles and boxes of toys at home, even you're out of ideas on what he can play with. Perhaps he's even blurted those dreaded words: "I'm bored." As much as I'm a fan of independent play, we can still do plenty to keep our kids engaged during the day. You may have even found yourself getting bored of the same activities or thinking of ways to switch things … [Read more...]

Preschool Outdoor Activities for Summer

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Jul 20, 2020

Check out these preschool outdoor activities for summer! Plenty of fun, learning activities for kids, especially 3-5 year olds who want to get outside. Does your preschooler love to spend time outdoors? This would be all well and good, except for the times when the weather is blazing during the summer months. The poor guy gets stir crazy cooped up indoors, bored playing with the same toys and games. He's not the only one itching to get outside, either—you're also looking for fun activities to do with him. With your partner at work all day, it's just the both of you stuck at … [Read more...]

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