If your kids are just learning to write their numbers it’s a great idea to encourage correct number formation right from the start. These free number formation cards are an easy way to get on top of this! Easy to use These cards make it quick and easy for kids to practice correct number formation. […]
Valentine’s Day Play Dough Counting Mats
Practice writing and counting from zero to ten with these free Valentine’s Day play dough counting mats. Perfect for fine motor skill development and for adding a little Valentine atmosphere into your child’s learning! Preparation Download these Valentine’s Day play dough counting mats below. Print off the color or black and white counting mats then […]
10 Ways to Count with Play Dough
I want to count with play dough! Why is play dough such a winner? Is it the squishyness? The ability to use it to create anything? The fact that we can make it so easily with the hundreds of quick and easy internet recipes? Who knows! All I know is that kids love it. I […]
Pre-Writing Skills: Hand Division
Hand division refers to children using just 3 fingers, their thumb, index and middle fingers to hold onto something and move it around. The last 2 fingers, the ring and pinkie, are curled up into the hand. These free activities will encourage your kids to get tons of practice! Holding a pencil… …can be crazy […]
DIY Tools to Create the Alphabet
I love learning stations that get little ones playing around with letter formation. This activity combines play dough (yay) and letter shapes or symbols. Instead of providing the full alphabet only the trickier letters have been added along with the shapes necessary to create the rest of the alphabet in lower case. This way children […]
No Cook Orange Play Dough
There’s not much need for a post as the No Cook Orange Play Dough infographic is pretty self-explanatory. But I guess I’d better write something! I absolutely LOVE play dough. There’s just something satisfying about all that squishing, molding and pounding. No wonder it’s such a great tool for kids whether for fun or learning […]
CVC Transport Mats for Play Dough and Driving!
Kids LOVE play dough. Kids LOVE transport toys. So why not create a learning activity that can use both? That was my thinking when I was mulling over a new activity for learning CVCs (3-letter words such as dog and cat). Since I was focused on transport I decided I’d use ‘go’ and ‘stop’ signs to […]