Painting with water is always a HUGE hit with kids of all ages. The activity we're sharing today is a great way for preschoolers to learn how to print letters, numbers and their name, and it's ...
When the weather is this hot, it can be tough to keep kids cool AND entertained for long stretches of time. This is when simple water bins and water activities come in VERY handy! Whether you...
Do you remember doing this as a kid? If you've never tried this activity with your little ones, you MUST! It's so easy to set-up, it's mess-free, and it will keep your kids busy for hours. I'...
This easy water displacement experiment is a fun way to show teach toddlers and preschoolers about water displacement. Using stones and a jug of water, kids will see with their own eyes how wa...
Wouldn’t it be great if your kids had access to a water supply at the sandbox or in the mud kitchen? They can! I’m going to show you how you can add a source of running water to your backyard...
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Toddlers and preschoolers who like creating and playing with water will love this fun and easy outdoor art activity. We’re making window art with foam shapes and water. It’s simple to set...
Make an ocean in a bottle with 3 easy ingredients. One of the fastest and easiest-ever science activities for preschoolers. I love to make homemade toys for the hooligans. Discovery bottles...
This simple backyard water play activity is a super way for kids to learn about colour-mixing, to strengthen fine and gross motor skills, and it’s a terrific way for children to keep cool on a ...
With this Fairy Soup Activity, toddlers and preschoolers can make concoctions with items from the garden, and strengthen co-ordination skills, snipping, pouring and stirring, while enjoying an ...
This coffee shop pretend play activity with sand, soap and water provides hours of open-ended, imaginative play for kids of all ages. It’s become one of my favourite backyard water play activ...
Experimenting with coloured water is a fun activity to help toddlers and preschoolers develop fine and gross motor skills, as well as a lesson in mixing. I love setting up fun and educational wa...
If your kids love science activities and waterplay, they’re going to love this. It’s the perfect combination of both! They’ll be cool and entertained for hours in the back yard with this ...
Gather up the Polly Pockets and a few simple toys, and put together a Polly Pool Party water bin for your kids! This is a great way to keep toddlers and preschoolers entertained (and nice and c...
How to make a homemade water slide for your backyard play space using a camping tarp, garden hose and a bottle of cheap shampoo! The hooligans and I love it when the temperatures turn warm in the...
A Deep Blue Sea Bin is an awesome small world sensory bin to set up for your kids if you’re studying an ocean theme or an underwater theme, or if you’re observing Shark Week! We’re on a rol...
The toddlers and preschoolers in my daycare love sensory bins, and they’ve really been getting into playing with our toy dinosaurs lately, so today, I made this dinosaur sensory bin for them to...
An Ocean Sensory Bin was the perfect thing for the kids to play with today. It’s been super-hot here this week, so I’ve been setting up lots of creative water play activities for the hooliga...
Sprinkler fun – keeping cool on a hot day! Oh, how we’ve waited for this day! We’ve been talking for weeks about how one of these days the weather will warm up enough that we’ll be pull...
Garden soup is one of our go-to water play activities here in my daycare. You can set it up in less than a minute, and it will keep kids busy and learning in the backyard for ages. It’s great ...
A pretend play “doll bath station” will keep your little ones entertained and cool for hours this summer! It’s one of our favourite warm-weather backyard activities. Water play activities ...
This coloured water activity is easy to prep and provides lots of creative, open-ended experimenting. Toddlers and preschoolers will observe first-hand what happens when two colours mix. It’s a...
A homemade water wall is a fantastic addition to a backyard play space! With a recyclables, you can make a water wall for toddlers and preschoolers to play with at home or preschool. It makes ...