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Colored Salt (or “How I Didn’t Make Homemade Glitter”)

Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

From: When I saw this “Do-It-Yourself Glitter” recipe all over pinterest (originally from this Sprinkles and Sequins tumbler page) I couldn’t wait to try it. I thought, “This looks awesome! Cleaning up salt will be so much easier than real glitter and I won’t have to worry about […]


Cooking with Kids: Tuna Peppers

Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

From: This healthy recipe from my Great Aunt Grace is great for little hands.

Material:

6 oz canned / pouch light tuna. 20-30 Mild Whole Peppadew Peppers (The original recipe actually calls for Tennessee cheese peppers, but those are impossible to locate in our part […]


Domino Addition

Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

From: This domino math idea was from Erica’s fantastic Confessions of a Homeschooler blog.

Prerequisites: Your child must know how to count to at least 18 and be able to write the numbers from 0 to 18.

Material:

Dominos. My domino addition worksheet. ( Right click on link […]


Spray Painting Snow

Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

From: I saw this fun activity was on Rockabye Butterfly last year, but we had to wait a very long time for it to snow enough for us to try it. I’m happy we finally got a little bit of snow this year before winter was over!

Material:

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Cutting Snowflakes from Coffee Filters

Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

From: I found these easy coffee filter snowflakes at Art for Little Hands.

Material:

Coffee Filters. (You can use plain paper, but the coffee filters are a great size and shape for this activity.) Scissors. (Maped Koopy Scissors are our favorite.) Glitter Glue (optional).

Procedure:

Show your […]


Personal Spelling Dictionary

Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

 

From: Sweet Pea has been (relentlessly) asking us how to spell certain words. My husband mentioned that one of his teachers had created a personal dictionary for each student and that we should try making one for Sweet Pea.

Material:

Any notebook with at least 27 pages […]


Snowflake Silhouette with Masking Tape

Sweet Pea was 3 years old.

From: I saw this fun winter art project on Valerie’s Frugal Family Fun blog.

Material:

3 colors of craft paint. (I preferred to skick with the wintery blues and purples, but you could let your tot choose.) Small bowls for the paint. Canvas paper (or card stock, but […]


Introduction to Scientific Observation: Dancing Raisins

Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

From: I have been looking forward to getting a lab kit for Sweet Pea so I was very excited when I found a Primary Science Set that was suitable for preschoolers. The kit included 10 activity cards and this “Dancing Raisins” activity was one of […]


Annual New Year’s Interview

Sweet Pea shows off her new bike.

Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

Sweet Pea requested a “big girl bike” from Santa.

From: I’m so glad that we have started doing a yearly interview with Sweet Pea. It is always so much fun to look back at all her old answers. I originally saw this great idea at Teach Mama.

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Memory Matching Game with Hershey’s Kisses

Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

From: This easy activity was from The Activity Mom. (Her site has a whole bunch of fantastic ideas and you should definitely check it out if you haven’t yet.)

Note: We used simple Christmas words for this activity, but you could also draw shapes for younger tots, use […]