Inside: What is number sense and how can you help your child develop a strong number sense in Math? As the parent of a young child, you might wonder “How can I set up my child for success in math?” In my experience, parents often believe if they can get their child to count to 20 or 100, their ...
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Easter Egg Hunt - An Easy Cutting Activity for Toddlers
Inside: A delightful Easter egg hunt cutting activity for toddlers Easter egg hunting is a popular activity that is loved all around the world, with the tradition of hiding and searching for eggs evolving over time to include not just real eggs, but also candy-filled and decorated plastic ...
Gross Motor Activities for Kids to Learn Their Names
Inside: A list of fun gross motor activities for kids to practise spelling their names and get moving! As parents, we often find ourselves looking for ways to help our children channel their energy into constructive activities, like building a tower instead of emptying toy boxes onto the ...
Best Books for 2 Year Olds
Inside: My list of the best books for 2-year-olds - your child will ask to read these books over and over again! I’m delighted to share with you my all time favorite books for 2-year-olds. The books I have selected as my favorites have gone through all my three kids and with each of them asking ...
How to Create a Strong Foundation for Lifelong Love of Learning
Inside: The most foundational thing we can do to nurture our children's love of learning. As a preschool teacher, parents often ask me, “What can I do to make sure my child is prepared for _______?” (Insert whatever parent sees in the near, or even not so near, future….such as kindergarten, ...
Pizza Shape Matching and Counting Activity for Preschoolers
Inside: An easy shape matching and counting activity for the little pizza lovers! Scroll down to download the free Pizza Math printable. If you and your little ones love pizza in your home as much as we do in ours, you are gonna love this new pizza math activity! This activity incorporates Math ...
20 Delightful Valentine Printables and Activities for Preschoolers
Inside: A heart-filled list of Valentine printables and activities to enjoy with your children on Valentine’s Day. Also, find a free Valentine printable pack for preschoolers in this post! Valentine’s Day can be such a fun and engaging holiday for little ones. Since it’s all about celebrating the ...
Favorite Toddler and Preschooler Learning Supplies and Products List
In this post, you will find links to all our favorite products for home learning, playing, art and organization! This list contains affiliate links. If you click through an affiliate link and make a purchase, I make a small commission at no additional cost to you. Affiliate programs help content ...
Haircut Number Game - A fun counting and cutting activity for preschoolers
Inside: I have a fun counting and cutting activity for your preschoolers and get them excited about math and haircuts. That’s right – haircuts! We’ve combined haircuts with numbers, counting, and subitizing in this activity. Your little ones get to pretend to be the hairdresser and trim ...
6 Favorite Storage Solutions for Your Themed Learning Shelf
Storage solutions aren't just for your pantry or storage room. I love using various storage solutions to display the learning activities on our learning shelf. Read on to see my list of tried and true storage solutions that are affordable, simple, and streamlined. These solutions focus on ...
Everything you need to know about setting up a preschool theme learning shelf
Inside: Creating a preschool theme learning shelf is not as hard as you imagine. Read on for all the pro tips! A theme-based learning shelf is a delightful way to invite children to learn, play and discover their world. I have created countless preschool themed learning shelves over the past 8 ...
Sort Before You Recycle - A Fun Recycling Activity for Preschoolers
Inside: Set up a fun recycling activity for preschoolers to learn about the 4 main types of recyclable materials and how to sort the trash. Download the printable at the end of the page. This recycling activity for preschoolers gets children to sort different items into different materials and ...
South East Asia Discovery Pack
Inside: Fun and engaging South East Asia activities for kids. Download the free printable pack and learn about 8 amazing countries in South East Asia! Get ready to travel the world... from your home! South East Asia Activities for Kids Between 2 to 8yo Inside this mini SEA Discovery ...
Why you absolutely need big trays in your Home Learning Space
Inside: Where to buy big trays and why you need them in your Home Learning Space. What is one of the most used items in our Home Learning Space? No, it's not paint. Not even the crayons. My answer is going to surprise you. It's trays, BIG trays! We have 4 big trays at home and they are ...
9 Fun Printable Activities for Kids to Learn about Singapore
Inside: A free printable pack with fun activities for kids to learn about Singapore and a bonus Singapore theme book list! Every July, here in Singapore, when we start to see the national flag everywhere, hear the National Day songs and get excited about our country’s biggest celebration, ...
Zone of Proximal Development - What it means and why you should care
Inside: Read on to discover what is the 'just right' learning zone for your children and when they are ready to learn. When I was working in a preschool classroom, being able to apply a concept known as the Zone of Proximal Development to the early childhood curriculum I implemented saved me and ...
Happy Tooth, Sad Tooth - A Cute Dental Health Printable Activity for Toddlers
Inside: A cute dental health printable activity to teach toddlers the importance of taking care of their teeth and instill good dental habits from young. Scroll down to download this free printable. According to a news article by The Straits Times, 50% of Singapore's preschoolers have tooth ...
Raindrop Shapes - A fun cutting practice for preschoolers
Inside: Here's a fun cutting practice for your preschooler, with a free printable! Do you notice your preschooler taking interest in learning how to cut with scissors? I have the perfect activity for your preschooler to practice cutting! This Raindrop Shapes activity is one of the most ...
Why Repetition Is So Good For Our Kids
Inside: Repetition is the mother of learning and here's why repetition is important for kids. If I had a nickel for every time my preschool students requested the song "We Are the Dinosaurs" by The Laurie Berkner Band during our last circle time of the day, I’d be a rich woman. Back when I was ...
Counting Heart Puzzle - 5 Hands-on Activities for Toddlers to Learn to Count from 1 to 5
Inside: One printable and 5 different ideas for toddlers to learn to count from 1 to 5. Young children learn best when using their hands to manipulate concrete materials. This simple activity is designed with young children's learning style in mind. Counting with concrete materials helps children ...
5 Benefits of Theme-based Learning
Inside: Why schools and children love theme-based learning As you can probably tell, we are huge fans of theme-based learning over at Happy Tot Shelf. Every month, I create a themed Learning Shelf and themed learning activities. This central theme connects our different learning activities and ...
35+ Easy and Fun Activities for 1 Year Olds
Inside: If you are looking for easy and fun activities for 1 year olds, you are in the right place. Read to the end to download The Best Activities for 1 Year Olds Activity Pack! Once your child hits the one year mark, they have officially stepped into toddlerhood. Congratulations! Your life is ...
Easy Sticky Notes Ice Cream Math Activities for Kids
Inside: Looking for easy Math activities for kids? Here's five fun ice cream theme activities to try! There's something interesting about these brightly colored sticky notes that immediately capture children's attention. Pair them with good learning ideas and a cute ice cream theme, these Sticky ...
25+ Super Easy Dot Stickers Learning Activities for Preschoolers
Inside: A collection of the easiest dot stickers learning activities for preschoolers. Set up these dot sticker activities in less than a minute! Dot stickers deserve a busy-mum-life-savior award. On days when I need to whip out something quick to keep my children busy, I know I can always count ...
8 Hands-on Learning Activities for Kids to Understand the Coronavirus
Inside: An activity pack with 8 learning activities for kids to learn more about the coronavirus. Mom, what's happening? That was my 4yo's question when she overheard our conversation about the latest news on Covid-19. She caught me off guard. My mind was racing as I thought how to answer ...
Home Explorer Camp - 5 Days of Fun and Easy Learning Activities for Kids
Inside: Stuck at home? Here's an activity pack with 5 days of fun and easy learning activities for kids! Since we are going to be stuck at home with our children, why not make the best out of them? I imagined it to be like a summer camp at home with my kids. And this idea of a Home Explorer Camp ...
Feed the Monster Preschool Letter Matching Activity
Inside: Learn how to make this cute Feed the Monster Box for a fun preschool letter matching activity! One of the best learning tricks for young children is to keep practicing. By practicing, I don’t mean asking any 4-year-old to do five pages of worksheets or copy the letters A to Z ten ...
Daily Schedule with a baby and 2 Kids at Home
Inside: Sharing our daily schedule with a baby and 2 kids at home – the changes we made to get us back on track! Just when I’m getting comfortable with our present family schedule, life knows to throw new things my way. Again. By new things, I mean a new baby. At this stage, I’m ...
Preschool All About Me Caterpillar - A Fun Get-to-Know-You Activity for Kids
Inside: Learn fun facts about your little ones with this cute Preschool All About Me Caterpillar activity! Whether it’s first day of preschool or a birthday, this All About Me Caterpillar is a wonderful way to get to know more about our children or students. Make this All About Me ...
Paper Plate Sunflower Word Family Activity
Inside: Learn how to make and use this brilliant sunflower word family activity! Let’s talk about word families first Word Families are group of words that have same ending group of letters and thus have the same ending sound. For example, big, pig, rig, wig are part of the “ig” word ...
20 Hands-On Learning Activities with Bottle Caps and Pouch Lids
Inside: A list of 20 amazingly hands-on learning activities with bottle caps and pouch lids! Bottle caps and pouch lids are two of my favorite materials to use for our DIY learning toys. Here’s why we love them so much: Start Collecting Bottle Caps and Pouch lids Keep a container ...
Bottle Caps Counting Board - A Brilliant Counting Activity for Toddlers
Inside: This Counting Activity for Toddlers made with just bottle caps and a piece of cardboard! Bottle caps are gems in my house. They are one of the best materials for making fun learning toys like this bottle cap ice cream counting board! This Bottle Cap Ice Cream Counting Board is ...
Pompom Ice Cream sensory bag - Absolutely fun 2 in 1 Learning Activity
Inside: How to make this hair gel sensory bag with a cute ice cream twist! Use it to learn counting and color matching. Riley (4yo) is all quiet in our learning room. My heart skipped a beat and I peeped in quickly. There she is, eyes on the pompoms, little fingers pushing them ...
12+ Cute Ice Cream Learning Activities to Delight Every Child
Inside: The best collection of Ice Cream Activities for Preschoolers! Nothing brings more joy than an ice cream treat on a hot summer afternoon. Maybe except this one. A whole shelf of cute and fun ice cream theme learning activities! My children’s faces literally lit up when they ...
Make this Cute Watermelon Puzzle to Teach Preschoolers Fractions
Inside: A cute watermelon puzzle to teach preschoolers fractions Turns out, we don’t have to try too hard to introduce fractions to young children. All around them, they see real-life examples of fractions. When they fold paper. When they cut their birthday cake. When ...
Measure the Worms - Hands-on Way to Introduce Measurement
Inside: An easy measurement activity for preschoolers! "Mom, this worm is 4. And that worm is 2." When my 3yo could tell me the lengths of these worms in her own simple words, I knew this activity is a WINNER. An effective way to introduce measurement to young children In particular, ...
Learn Colors and Counting with this Cute Clothespin Ice Cream
Inside: A fun and easy ice cream colour and counting activity for toddlers and preschoolers! Toddlers and preschoolers will be delighted with this good old fine motor activity with a cool ice cream twist! What’s even cooler is that children get to learn color matching and counting at the same ...
Dot Paint Flowers with Flower Stencils Printable
Children will enjoy this simple invitation to create lovely dot paint flowers with these printable flower stencils and dot paint markers. Encourage your child to experiment with different combination of colors or regular patterns. Or simply dot away randomly and create any patterns they ...
Paper Clips Flower and Leaves Counting
The Best Way Children Learn I always love to create activities that are hands on because that’s just how children learn best! The children use paper clips as petals or leaves for their flowers and this adds such a fun context to this cute counting activity. As the children push each paper clip, ...
Pouch Cap Flowers Counting Box
Is your child learning how to count? This will be a great learning toy for him or her to practice one to one correspondence counting. Wait a minute, what’s 1 to 1 correspondence counting? At around 2 years old, you may start to hear your child counting or singing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ...