One-to-One Correspondence | Buttercup's Babies

Christmas decorating, practical life style

I’d been mulling this idea for a while, as I noticed Br (4 y/o) is pretty hopeless with buttons. I finally got my tookus in gear and got it finished Monday.

"Christmas Tree", ready to decorate — “Christmas Tree”, ready to decorate

I realized as I watched Br working on it later, it also works on one- to -one correspondence, color discrimination, and is a pretty great fine-motor activity too. Pretty good for some recycled felt and a grab bag of random buttons (which, incidentally, was a great sorting activity)! Continue reading “Christmas decorating, practical life style”

Kid Salsa* (*made BY kids, not OF them...)

Sensory matching "bags"

Plumbing: who new it was fun & educational?

You might want to read this too:

This post was singularly original...wander at will!

Over the rainbow, or at least San Diego- a DIY color sorting activity

Once again I briefly abandoned blogging for a family trip. We actually headed back down to the San Diego area, but this time for a wedding reception.

As we flew, and I prefer to NOT be hated by the other passengers, I had to come up with some things for the boys to play with en route as well as while we were there, because I also prefer my extended family not to hate me. Continue reading “Over the rainbow, or at least San Diego- a DIY color sorting activity”