How to make Play Dough

Play Dough
What You Will need for Play Dough?

• Some good recipes, You can add color and smells with food color , powder paint and food flavors ,(see below)
• Enough dough, melon sized, to pound, pull, pinch and punch for each child.

TANGRAM FUN

Kids practice putting shapes together with this airplane tangram. Perfect for helping early learners practice how shapes fit together to form larger shapes, this tangram puzzle requires critical thinking skills that every kid should practice. Plus, it helps children master early shape recognition, despite size or orientation.



Print the attached pattern cards, cut and laminate.

Have the children use the pattern pieces below to recreate the picture on the pattern card. 

Earth Day Painting Activities for Kids - Footprint

Earth Day is a great opportunity to organize activities about our environment. The smallest can easily distinguish the sea and the land on the following painting activity. Use blue for all seas and oceans and green paint for the land. 

Ask and learn :

How many oceans are there? 
What are the seven continents and five oceans of the world?

For Earth Day WaterPainting with Toddlers, all you need is a

·       paper

·       green and blue paint

·       bucket of water

·       sponge

Earth Day Painting Activities for Kids - Footprint

In case of Earth Day project I suggest to go for the footprint instead of hand-print. This will give you a chance to say:

Let's Walk Together Through The World!

·       Draw a globe sketch on the paper

·       Paint the little feet

·       Walk around the world

·       Wash feet immediately

Lets learn more about the world and have fun!

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Healthy party foods for kids at Easter

Traditional party food, such a cakes, sausages,  influence kids's behavior. Better to try some healthy food also, especially when you  have so much sweets around the house.

Healthy party foods for kids at Easter

Healthy alternatives:
fruit, cucumber wholemeal bread, apple, orange,

Try to decorate the plate, especially at Easter.

Here you can find some ideas, with healthy solution.

Egg is one of the nutritious food. You can offer it in different ways.

I love the idea to find out different ways to use carrots and radish.

Fruits:

See how easy it is. You can involve your child to create cute plates and enjoy the food together.

Happy Easter!

Father's Day:Celebrate father's day with storytelling

I'm as lucky as can be, the worlds greatest dad belongs to me!

Celebrate father's day with a storytelling. Popular Short Story for Children is:The Adventures of Pinocchio. Geppetto loves Pinocchio, and he gives his own breakfast and ABC book to him.

"Book s and stories are important in all part of Physical, Intellectual, Language, Emotional and Social development.

1. For physical development book helps to develop gross-, and fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination (e.g.: pointing at the picture).
2. For intellectual development book helps to learn about the word as it gives new information. Books promote thinking, memorising and fantasy. Books play a very important role in intellectual development. Books help in imagination, concentration, gives new knowledge or with repetition children can easily memorise words, which will help them in their further studying.
3. Language development is mainly based on books. And this concerns to both spoken and the written language. Through storytelling children learn sounds, rhythms that occur in language, signs and symbols, but most importantly children learn to listen carefully.
4. In relation to emotional development as these stories are enjoyable children will have their favourite characters, and they can feel empathy with the characters. During story time children will laugh, scream, shout etc. as they interact with the story teller, they show the characters’ feelings with enthusiasm. Books provide a reach imaginative world and it gives a great pleasure to the child. Story telling is often a rest time before sleep.
5. Story telling is often happens in small groups, where children can improve their social development. They interact with the group, learn turn taking, sharing and plenty things about the society, and moral codes. Also children learn respect for books."

Read more >> Why Storytelling helps children to develop?

How to teach the days of the week?

My first calendar:

Sometimes you may think memorising is hard. It is not!

You only need to connect pictures to words, and this will help you or your kids to learn easier.

Great idea! Make every meal a party

Great idea! Make every meal a party

Healthy eating can stabilize kids energy, sharpen their minds, and even out their moods. By encouraging healthy eating habits now, you can make a huge impact on your kids’s lifelong relationship with food and give them the best opportunity to grow into healthy, confident adults.

So make every meal a party!

Healthy breakfast tips for kids

Healthy lunch tips for kids

How many calories do children need?

Salt dough handprint, joy for kids, memories for mothers

Salt Play Dough

• 1 cup salt
• 1 cup plain flour
• Half a cup of warm water

Perfect Play Dough - Perfect activity

Since I've tried the home made play dough, I must tell you, this is the best fun.
Children love to work with them, and makes them happy.

My favourite recipe is "The Perfect Play Dough", it really last long, has the best texture.

Here are the things you need for the cooked Play Dough:

• 1 cup white flour
• 1/2 cup salt
• 2 tablespoon cream of tartar 
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 cup water
• food coloring

 and here is the recipe >>

Here I gave some cake decorating tools for kids, as they are as good as the toys. :)

Paper plate Horsie, horsie

How to make Paper plate Horsie, horsie?

Materials Required:

•    2 Large paper plates
•     Coloured Cardboard
•     Thread
•     Joggle eyes

Easter rabbit craft

This rabbit is a simple cut and colour paper craft that is fun for young children to make.  It makes a great project for preschool and kindergarten kids and works well for an animals, pets, Easter theme.

Instructions:

• Print out the template.
   
• Colour.
   
• Cut out the template pieces -- parents can help cut out some of the more difficult pieces. 
• Fasten together, hinging the joints using the paper fasteners

Bike week - Why bicycle is good for kids?

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Bike Week is a great opportunity for children to get on the saddle – and have a great fun with they parents or friends.

Bike weeks are organised all around the World.

From 15 to 23 June 2013 a National bike week has been organised in Ireland.

Several cycling events all over the country are organised by local authorities, community groups, charities and cycling groups.

Why bicycle is good for kids?

These times, when all kids are just busy with the electrical toys and games, we all have to fine the way to encourage them to get more exercise. To go outside, get frees air is just one benefit for cycling.

Children will learn more about the World if they have hands on experience. See the nature, the animals, the flowers and the trees. All these things look simple at the first, but if you go deeper and try to explore the World around you, you will be amused how complex and beautiful it is.

Also you will get more exercise; you will be fit and strong.

So check out when you can join to the community and go together for a nice trip.

Enjoy the Summer time enjoy yourself!

Paper Plate Craft - Artwork using plates: animals

Paper Plate Horse

Artwork using plates: animals

Paper Plate Chicken

Paper Plate Craft                                                  

Paper Plate Ladybird

Paper Plate Turtle

                                                           

How to make Paper Ladybird

 It's super easy and it's a great way to have fun. Make a paper plate Ladybird.

Fun with balloons

Source: themetapicture.com via Heidi on Pinterest

Make your child special and let her enjoy the party.
Unique ides can bring Sunshine to your life. Ask her if she likes this.