My favourite activities to prepare and present to young children are story plays. I love when I find a great book that I immediately want to turn into a story play. “Alfie’s Long Winter,” by Greg McEvoy is one of my, and my students, favourites! The book is perfect for fall or winter! Whenever I...
Sometimes I am really organized and buy specific materials for a craft idea that I want to tryout with my kids. Other times, we use what we have on hand. Often, our spontaneous crafts turn out to be some of our favourites. With Christmas around the corner, and a bit of snow on the ground,...
I am always looking for ways to make math fun and hands-on. This is such a simple craft and holiday math activity for young kids. It would work well as a small centre in a classroom or even as a gift. We started by painting some small wooden cubes green. My kids added one yellow...
Sometimes the most simple idea for an art project for kids ends up being a favourite. I love how these projects turned out and I am so proud of how focused my students were when creating them. I started the period off by reading, “Mouse Shapes” by Ellen Stoll Walsh. It is a really cute...
My kids have started coming up with ideas of things that they want to make out of recycled paper. Today, we decided to make decorative Christmas bowls. This would be perfect as a preschool christmas craft or for older kids. We started by ripping up old, used sheets of paper that were otherwise going to...
As I get ready for the holidays, I love to start with some arts and crafts! These Christmas crafts for kids are super cute and really easy to make. They are sturdy and so simple that my kids were able to make them largely independently. My kids then ended up playing with them and using them...