The easiest recipe for beautiful, food-safe rice to fill your little one’s sensory bin!
Sensory Play Activity: How to Make Beautiful, Kid-Safe Rainbow Rice
Water Bead Activities: 10 New Ways to Play
Unlock the marvelous potential of your water beads with these surprising and engaging learning activities!
How to Choose the Best Toys: Passive Toys for Active Learners
As parents, we are always searching for what’s best for our children. How can we help them grow? How can we create a home where they will be happy? Start by choosing toys that inspire creativity, learning, and fun!
Why LEGO? Developmental Benefits of the World’s Most Famous Little Brick
We routinely disregard the suggested ages on our childrens’ toys, especially with Legos. Here’s why.
How and Why to DIY
I am no creative genius, but since having kids, I have found time and again that making something myself was better than buying. Generally, I make it myself if it is 1) cheaper, 2) better quality, or 3) better tailored
Sensory Play: Kinetic Sand Treasure Hunt
Kinetic sand is a great option for a sensory bin! Check out how we’re using it for some quiet parallel play time.
Sensory Play: Ice & Water
It’s 30° outside, but at least twice a week, my four-year-old is requesting that we go to the pool. These boys miss their summer water play! To substitute, we are using lots of indoor water activities, especially those involving temperature
Quick & Easy Sensory Play
Got a light table? Here’s one more way to enjoy it with hardly any prep or clean-up. Fill a Heavy Duty Ziploc with water and a little food-coloring. Throw in a few marbles. Lay it across your light table and tape it
Science Activity: Oil, Water, and Color Mixing
Here’s a quick and simple way to add a color-mixing element to a classic oil and water activity.
Oil and Water Science Activity
This simple oil and water science activity helps kids see how oil and water separate from each other. It also includes food coloring, which is always a big thrill for my little ones! This week, we dyed some water and