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A Beginner’s Guide to Learning Through Play

Sarah White April 17, 2017 Kid Crafts and Activities2 Comments

Learn how to encourage learning through play with your kids, plus pick up a great resource for learning letters and numbers through play for a great price (and with lots of freebies, too). Affiliate links are included for your convenience. I use the term playful learning a lot, in my …

Play with Magnetic Poetry

Sarah White January 17, 2016 Creativity Boosts / Writing and BloggingLeave a comment

I’ve been cleaning my office this month, and I recently came across a bottle of magentic poetry words I’d kind of forgotten I had. Do you have some of these? They’re actually a lot of fun. If you’re somehow unfamiliar with the concept, it’s a collection of random words on …

Campfire Kit for Indoor or Outdoor Play

Sarah White November 11, 2014 Kid Crafts and Activities4 Comments

When I went to the Arkansas Early Childhood Association conference last month (thanks, Better Beginnings!) one of the workshops I sat in on was all about prop boxes for outdoor play. The presenters offered more than 20 ideas for different prop collections that could be used outside, such as gathering …

Three Great “Toys” for Unstructured Play

Sarah White November 6, 2014 Kid Crafts and Activities3 Comments

As a blog ambassador for Better Beginnings, I am being compensated for this post, but all opinions and content are my own. Now that the holiday season is basically upon us, I know a lot of parents and family members of young kids are starting to think about holiday gifts. …

Shaving Cream Sensory Play

Sarah White September 25, 2014 Kid Crafts and ActivitiesOne Comment

When I know the girl is going to be home for an extended period of time — summer break, say — I try to have supplies on hand for a few special crafty/sensory activities we’ve never done together before. I know she had played with shaving cream and cornstarch at …

An Easy Way to Play: Wooden Pieces

Sarah White June 18, 2014 Kid Crafts and ActivitiesLeave a comment

The girl’s old preschool closed because her teacher retired. We’re really sad to be away from the only school she had known and friends she’s had for two years, but one good thing about this change is that we got to inherit a bunch of craft supplies and other fun …

Sound Games with Easter Eggs

Sarah White March 18, 2014 Kid Crafts and ActivitiesOne Comment

I guess it’s not really time — or just barely time — for crafts and ideas involving Easter eggs, but all my spring holiday stuff is in the same storage bag so we’ve had Easter eggs floating around for a while. And the girl likes playing with them in lots …