Children love to walk in nature and they also enjoy picking up stones and leaves along the way. Most of the children in my daycare group enjoy looking at rocks and collecting a pocketful by the end of our walk. I find it difficult to convince the children to leave the stones and sticks in…
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Land Art – Making Designs With Stones
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Glitter Lanterns
February 2, 2015 by
The weather has been cold and we have been stuck inside. Sometimes a little light helps lift the spirit. My daycare kids love to have fancy lunches or indoor picnic lunches to break-up a cold weather stretch. One easy way to make a meal more special is to simply add a lantern to the middle…
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Nature Mobile
November 24, 2014 by
My daycare children enjoy spending time outside every day. They also love to collect items from nature. Most of the time I send the rocks, leaves and pinecones home, but sometimes it is nice to do a craft with their nature treasures. We decided to make a mobile with our last collection of leaves and…
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Easy Pumpkin Crafts
October 19, 2014 by
We have been talking about pumpkins around here this month and reading many Halloween books. “Winnie’s Amazing Pumpkin” is the children’s favourite book this week. The illustrations are very amusing and the text has a cute “Abracadabra” part that the children can join in on as you read. If you happen upon it at the…
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Handprint Apple Tree Painting
September 15, 2014 by
The air has turned crisp and that means one thing to my daycare children, APPLE PICKING TIME! This is a tradition at our house. Every fall we go apple picking and before our field trip I like to incorporate some apple songs and rhymes into our daily routine. If I start singing the songs a…
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DIY -Simple Cardboard Box Puppet Theatre
June 3, 2014 by
A cardboard box is a beautiful blank slate for my daycare children. The possibilities are endless. The shape and size of this box inspired us to turn it into a puppet theatre. I cut out a rectangle in the top section. We cut off the back section but left the bottom to create a nifty…
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Simple Snowflake Crowns
March 5, 2014 by
My daycare children love to wear crowns or hats. Here is an easy craft we did to celebrate snow. Cut out long strips for the crowns using thick construction paper. Have the children decorate the paper with crayons or markers. Make some paper snowflakes with the children. If your group is very young, simply let…
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3 Snowman Crafts
January 15, 2014 by
Since we are up to our chins in snow and ice around here I decided to give you some snowman craft ideas. All three crafts are geared for young children and don’t take long to prepare or clean up. White Glue Snowman Do you have children in your home daycare who love to squeeze out…
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10 Ideas to Keep Kids Happy With A Box
December 27, 2013 by
I find the first few days back to daycare a bit hard for the children. They have had a change in routine and sometimes the adjustment is difficult. The holidays are a time when regular sleeping patterns are disrupted and sugar intake sky rockets. Houses are filled with extra people and the excitement level is…
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Letter “E” -Letter of the Week Program- part 1
October 21, 2013 by
Welcome to letter E week. The activities for this week are split into a part one blog post and part two blog post. Part two will be posted tomorrow and it contains a story about Letter E using toys. The story also reviews the letters we have covered so far. You can read through the…
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