“Exercises that develop your children’s sensory awareness will help them to appreciate their world much more fully for the rest of their lives” -Tim Seldin On Day 2 of Advent we made a Christmas sensory basket with winter/holiday themed items for little one to explore which included: A small velvet stocking Colorful ribbons Small pine cones (be sure to select the non spikey ones) Non … Continue reading Advent Day 2: Christmas sensory basket
Oh Christmas tree…oh christmas tree…lets see how long you hold up to my little curious toddler. Our little munchkin sorta helped us put up the tree and decorations outside this year. But she is not a big fan of bright Christmas lights right now. She has already started taking apart the ornaments and wants to play catch with the ornament balls. We have tried to … Continue reading Advent Day 1
Christmas is the most magical through the eyes of a child. This advent calendar activity list is a great way to introduce family traditions and fun activities to get them into Christmas spirit. Instead of chocolates and gifts, this advent calendar is filled with activities you can do together as a family. Here is what I have planned for 25 days of advent: I will … Continue reading 25 days of toddler advent activities
Baby K is 21 months now, and it’s such a delight to see her recognize alphabets and numbers. Now she starts pointing at alphabets she recognize on number plates, name boards, books and what not. I love seeing that twinkle in her eyes when she is able to recognize them, its like she is finally starting to make sense of the world. She started showing … Continue reading Simple alphabet recognition activities for toddlers
This week we have been learning numbers and we started off learning with this puzzle from iplayilearntoys. This puzzle has helped Baby K recognize the numbers and she has also started saying zero, three, nine and six. This was the first puzzle we bought for her. I have been wanting to introduce a real puzzle board for Baby K ever since she turned 18 months. … Continue reading Toddler activity favorites – 20 month old
We are learning our colors now and here are few activities we have been loving lately!! These are few easy DIYs and a simple toy which has been helping us a lot in learning our colors with 20 month old baby K. Pipe cleaners and egg cartons For this simple activity pain egg cartons in different colors and poke a hole in middle. Use pipe … Continue reading Color sorting activities for toddlers
We got to explore Thinkery for the first time few weeks ago. We were looking for fun stuff we could do on hot Texas summer days and this was a great choice. We went there early morning since they have a “baby bloomers” session on Saturdays 9am – 10am (also on some weekdays). This hour before the thinkery opens to all the big kiddos helps … Continue reading Thinkery Austin – A fun indoor space for kids
It is officially road trip season and travelling with toddlers needs a whole another game plan. It might seem impossible at times but it is doable with some amount of preparation from our part as parents. Think of it from the toddlers perspective, their active brains need to be fed often to keep them engaged. Break your trip down into 15 minute increments of your … Continue reading 5 travel busy bag activities for toddlers
If there is a summer checklist for kids these should definitely be on it, sharing some summer fun ideas here: 1) Library kids activities Most libraries have story times specific days of the week where they can interact with other kids and can also learn some songs. They also hold different activities based on age groups such as puppet shows, bubbles and lap sit music … Continue reading Simple free summer fun activities for kids
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