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Fun Projects, Activities and Crafts
Mamas, I know how hard it is to keep a little one busy when you just need five minutes to complete a task…
Here, I’ve rounded up some of my favorite products, ideas and activities to inspire you!
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MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT · KIDS · BIBLICAL-BASED DEVOTIONAL
Introducing Managing Your Emojis: 100 Devotions for Navigating Your Feelings
An amazing, well-formatted devotional, designed for kids and jam-packed with fantastic content that touches on so many different emotions readers might experience. It’s like mini-counseling sessions packed into each devotion! This is a definite recommendation that will reassure, help and encourage young hearts and minds from a biblical perspective!
HOMESCHOOL · STEWARDSHIP · FACTS & ACTIVITIES
Introducing All of Creation: Understanding God’s Planet and How We Can Help!
From conservation to protecting endangered species to sustainable living, All of Creation offers young readers accessible and fascinating information on the challenges our planet faces and practical ways we can care for the magnificent world around us. Drawing on science and Scripture, this hope-filled and kid-friendly guide to planet Earth addresses our most pressing questions about caring for and respecting God's world.
KIDS ACTIVITY
Build An Ocean Theme Coral Reef Sensory Tray - Invitation to Play and Learn
Children will LOVE this exciting, hands-on activity that is both sensory based and educational! My preschool-age daughter and I loved building a coral reef out of dry, colored pasta noodles and sand play dough during our summer unit study of the ocean and marine life.
Preschool Crafts
How to Make Quick, Easy DIY Dyed Pasta Noodles for Sensory Play
Using just paint and hand sanitizer, you and your little one(s) can make these vibrant, colorful dry pasta noodles for a fun sensory base or to use as craft supplies! Build gross motor skills by stringing them together or practice color sorting and categorizing by shape. The possibilities are endless!
Kids Activity
Make this easy, DIY sand play dough recipe with your kids for ocean and beach theme sensory play!
My preschool-age daughter (4) and I loved making this simple no-cook recipe for our summer sensory trays, creating hours of sandy, squishy play! With just a handful of simple ingredients, we mixed this up in under ten minutes and were ready to go. After mixing in some gemstones and seashells, we had the perfect sensory play dough base that we can use over and over again. Grab this recipe for yourself and enjoy!
Red White and Blue Invitation to Play
Spark Your Child's Imagination and Creativity With This Fourth of July / Independence Day Collection of Fun!
Get creative and inspire your kids to play with the same toys, in new ways with this fun holiday-themed collection. Keep little hands and minds busy with a wide variety of education and sensory toys, books and crafts using what you have in your own home!
KIDS ACTIVITY
Spark Your Child's Imagination and Creativity With This Valentine's Inspired, “I Heart Dinosaurs” Invitation to Play!
Delight your little one(s) with this fun, colorful box that is sure to spark imaginations and creativity, while encouraging fine motor skills and offering sensory input! Set up this invitation to play in under five minutes so your child can enjoy hours of fun over and over again!
KIDS ACTIVITY
Spark Your Child's Imagination and Creativity With This Holiday-Inspired DIY Invitation to Play!
Delight your kids with this simple, festive tray and scented kit which encourages fine motor skills and offers sensory input! Set up this invitation to play in under two minutes so your child can enjoy hours of fun over and over again!
MESS FREE
The perfect way to keep your littles busy while introducing art and coloring into their day!
Ok Mamas, so this isn’t a revolutionary product but if you’re like me and you just need ten minutes to get something done while your toddler is occupied, or if you’re looking for a fun way to integrate art and crafting into your toddler’s day, this is it! Crayola’s revolutionary Color Wonder Mess Free collection is PERFECT for busy littles and parents who want to maintain unmarked walls (*wink).
Motherhood
How To Spend Intentional Time With Your Little Ones While Cultivating Creativity Through A Focus on Art | Including A Supply List and Tips!
Coloring, noodles, glue sticks, crinkly papers… It’s what preschools and churches have been doing for ages to help children learn and expand their creativity so why not try it at home? It doesn’t have be to grand; even the simplest of projects can be fun for toddlers and school age children. All it takes is a desire to have fun with your child, get a little messy and think outside the box!
Books For Kids
Grow Your Child’s Library With These Fun, Colorful New Releases From Some of Our Favorite Publishers!
Reading to your child is such a powerful way to communicate with them while nurturing their little hearts and minds and creating quality bonding experiences. These amazing, new, faith-based books are ones both you and your child can enjoy, together.
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HOMESCHOOL: PRESCHOOL
Beginning Our Homeschool Journey: Preschool, the Early Years Education at Home - How I Got Started and What I Did, Changed and Learned
Join me as I share our journey into homeschool beginning with the early years education of preschool. Learn the ways I changed our home and rhythms to include learning at home as well as how I started and what steps I took as a first time homeschooler! Find open ended toy suggestions, methods for preschool and our main focus of play-based learning including music, sensory play, dvds and more!