I wanted to do some watercolour painting with the boys, but we had no paints *sigh*. Luckily I came across this lovely blog, The Artful Parent, which has many wonderful art activities for children including how to make your own watercolour paints. It seemed easy enough, and I had all of the supplies in my pantry, so we gave it a shot!
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These lava lamps make for a retro and SUPER easy science experiment. This is all you need to make them at home:
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Since visiting the Spark Science Centre, I thought it would be a lot of fun for the boys to have their own light table to experiment with at home. It wasn’t until we were reorganizing our basement, and getting rid of some clear plastic tubs, that I was actually inspired to make one. I came up with a simple design and soon after, as I was congratulating myself on my clever ingenuity, I decided to Google ‘DIY Light Table’… my ego was instantly deflated. Evidently I was not the only one to come up with this brilliant plan, as you can see here, and here (just to highlight a couple). Haha! Oh well, it was still a HUGE hit with my little bugs 🙂
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Fostering and developing fine motor skills in toddlers and preschoolers is a significant precursor to kindergarten. Strength and dexterity in the hand, fingers, and wrist are essential in manipulating learning tools with ease and confidence. There are numerous ways to promote fine motor development through everyday activities and play. Here are just a handful of activities I have done with M and B:
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Today is New Year’s Eve! Time to say good-bye to 2012 and prepare for a fresh, shiny start to 2013! We are having our family over for a New Year’s Eve dinner, as well as for some fun festivities later on to ring in the New Year. We are going to have 6 kids, ranging in ages from 1-7, so I thought it might be fun to have an early New Year’s celebration just for them before they head off to bed.
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