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CAPSULEby Jamie Reimer

H A N D S O N A S W EG R O W.C O M

Grab & Go Bags!Eleven Supplies to Do All 70 Activities!


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COPYRIGHT

Capsule: Grab & Go Bags! Eleven Supplies to Do All 70+ Activities! © All Contents Copyright 2020 Oak Avenue Media, LLC. All rights reserved.

DisclaimerThis is an eBook including activities that have been done with my own kids, or the kids of contributors to Hands On As We Grow. By doing any of the activities mentioned in this eBook, you are taking sole responsibility of how the activities are done. Oak Avenue Media, LLC, Hands On As We Grow, or their contributors, assume no responsibility.

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Thank you.Jamie ReimerHands On As We Grow®Owner of Oak Avenue Media, LLC

A brainy person does not abuse copyright; instead they respect it and uphold it.

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Meet Jamie

Get Started What is a Capsule? How to use this Capsule

The Full Capsule Supply Checklist

Play Dough Bag

Deck of Cards Bag

Paper & Markers Bag

Craft Bag

Learning Bag

Just for Fun Bag

Capsule Cards

Go-To Lists

Index

page 4

page 5

page 7

page 8

page 20

page 28

page 47

page 58

page 77

page 97

page 122

page 130

The Mini Capsules


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MEET JAMIE

Hi! You may already know a little about me and Hands On As We Grow®, but here’s a peek behind the scenes.

I’m Jamie. I’m not a teacher. I’m a mom, a stay at home mom, who made it a New Year’s Resolution for 2011 to do hands on activities with my kids.

I have three boys, Henry, George and Louis. They’re all very active kids, and that’s reflected in the type of activities we do.

As a way to stay accountable and keep motivated, I began sharing our activities on a blog that became Hands On As We Grow.

This accountability is the secret behind why I’ve continued to do activities with my kids (along with choosing very easy to do activities).

That secret is what I want to share with you. A simple way for you to plan, track and keep motivated to do activities with your kids.

I hope you find this time doing activities enjoyable as you make wonderful memories with your kids.

Jamie Reimerhandsonaswegrow.com

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.

- Richard L. Evans

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GET STARTED

What is a Capsule?

You know that this bag (or capsule) of supplies has at least 70 different activities in there that you could choose from.

The main Capsule is even broken down into mini casules for different types of activities with even less supplies. You can pack each mini capsule separately in separate bags, and have a main one ready for anything.

Take a flip through the pages to see what there all is. Find a way that you will use this the best. Will one bag be best? Or

several smaller bags?

At the end, you’ll find a few go-to lists for when you’re in certain places (restaurant, waiting room, grandma’s, or just busy), these go-to lists will be best used in the one main Capsule bag.

By definition, a Capsule is (n) a compact, often sealed and detachable, container or compartment.

In terms of this eBook, a Capsule is a small bag packed with a few key supplies that will allow you to do many activities.

The purpose of it being a capsule is so that it can go along with you places. To a restaurant to have something to do when you’re waiting for your food. Or keep it in the car to have when you’re in a waiting room, or heading to Grandma’s house, or visiting a friend that doesn’t have kids.

At first, this was considered an Emergency Pack. But as it came together, it became more of a necessary bag of supplies that allows for a lot of great fun in a pinch. Whether it’s when you’re out and about, or just at home.


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How to use this Capsule! This book is filled with over 70 activities for toddlers and preschoolers to do with only 11 supplies in their Capsule bag.

These activities are meant for the kids to do, with the parents help. But not for the parents to do and call their own.

The first thing you’ll need to do is put together your Capsule Bag!

The full Capsule Bag supply list is found on the next page. If you’d like to create the mini capsule bags, those are found in each category.

On the top right of each page (1), the activity is labeled with an icon as to where it is most fitting to do the activity. You’ll find what each of these mean in the legend at the right.

Please use these labels with discretion. These may vary with your comfort level of activities, messes, and your interaction.

You will find five mini capsules: play dough bag, deck of cards bag, paper & markers bag, craft bag, learning bag, and the just for fun bag.

On each activity page, you will find the supplies needed for that activity (2), directions to do the activities in 3 simple steps (3), as well as tips for the activitiy to make it work for you (there may be ideas to simplify the activity or make it more advanced, as well as any supply substitutions when applicable). (4)

Whenever you see the “Click here for details” text on an activity page, you can click to find full details with additional images (5).

best to do at home

great to do when you’re busy or have your hands full (i.e. nursing the baby)

awesome to do at Grandma’s or visiting a friend

good for in a waiting room without a table

great restaurant waiting activities

Legend:

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(2)

(4)

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FULL CAPSULE SUPPLIES

CHECK-IN: After you gather your supplies, post a photo on Instagram to check in with the Hands On As We Grow® community! Use the hashtag #CapsuleActivities

Play Dough Beads

Pipe Cleaners Straws

Paper Scissors

Markers (or crayons) Painter’s Tape

Deck of Cards Stickers

Yarn (or other string) Objects (found wherever you are)

Supply ChecklistYour Full Capsule


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PLAY DOUGH BAG9 Play Dough Activities

with 7 Supplies in the Bag


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Play Dough

Beads

Pipe Cleaners

Straws

Paper

Scissors

Markers (or crayons)

Objects (found wherever you are)

Play Dough BagSupply List

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Play Dough Names: Write large letters to make their name on a piece of paper. Roll play dough into “snakes” to trace the letters with the play dough.

Play Dough & Straw Letters: Grab some play dough and cut up some drinking straws. Draw a letter in the play dough. Trace the lines with the straws.

Play Dough & Straw Structures: Roll small balls out of play dough and stick a straw into one of the balls. Attach the straws and play dough together to build structures and shapes!

Play Dough Numbers: Write large numbers on a piece of paper. Roll play dough into “snakes” to trace the numbers with the play dough.

Play Dough Patterns: Use play dough balls to make patterns based on color.

PLAY DOUGH BAG GO-TO LIST

Play Dough Art: Make play dough art! Set out craft supplies like pipe cleaners, markers, and beads. Then let your child get creative and see where they take this!

Pipe Cleaner Threading: Stand pipe cleaners in balls of play dough. Thread beads onto the pipe cleaners.

Play Dough Stamping: Flatten the play dough into a circle and press small items or toys into the play dough. Lift the toys up to see the design it made!

Play Dough Cutting: Roll play dough into worms or snakes and cut them into smaller pieces.

http://handsonaswegrow.com/toddler-activity-fine-motor-skills-with-pom-poms/


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Play Dough Names

CLICK FOR MORE DETAILS

papermarker or crayon

play dough

Rolling the play dough is the major part of this fine motor activity, the name is secondary.

It’s okay to use several pieces of snakes to make a letter!

Younger kids may need help forming the letters. Instead, you can try straight and slightly curvy lines.

Tips:

Trace the written name with the play dough.

Roll play dough into snakes.

Write their name large on a piece of paper.

https://handsonaswegrow.com/play-dough-name-tracing/


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Play Dough & Straw Letters

play doughscissorsstraws

Instead of letters, practice shapes, sight words, numbers and so much more!

Involve the kids in cutting the straws! It’s a fantastic medium for beginner cutters!

Double down: have your child draw the letter and then trace it! Twice the learning!

Tips:

Trace the letter by poking the straws along the lines.

Draw a letter in the play dough.

Set out play dough with cut up drinking straws.


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Play Dough & Straw Structures

play doughscissors (optional)

straws

Instead of straws, you can use toothpicks or craft sticks.

It can get tricky balancing a 3D structure, younger kids may want to stick to 2D shapes and letters.

Play a game of copycat! Let your child build something and see if you can copy it. Now switch!

Tips:

Attach straws and play dough together to make structures and shapes.

Stick straws into play dough.

Roll small balls out of play dough.


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Play Dough Numbers



play dough

Rolling the play dough is the major part of this fine motor activity, the numbers are secondary.

It’s okay to use several pieces of “snakes” to make one number!

Younger kids may need help forming the numbers. Instead, you can try straight and slightly curvy lines.

Tips:

Trace the written numbers with the play dough.


Write large numbers on a piece of paper.

http://handsonaswegrow.com/play-dough-name-tracing/


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Play Dough Patterns

play dough

You can also make patterns by size, big and small balls. Or make patterns with different shapes of play dough, like squares, dough snakes, and balls.

The simplest of patterns is ABABAB, you can make it more difficult for older kids by doing AABBAABB or ABCABC and so on.

Younger kids may just want to line up the balls regardless of pattern. Use this as an opportunity to label the colors, shape, or size.

Tips:

Have your child continue the pattern with the play dough balls.

Start a pattern for your child to follow by setting out 3-4 of the play dough balls.

Roll two colors of play dough into small balls.


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Play Dough Art


play doughbeads

markerspipe cleaners

Try to not give your child too many instructions with this one - leave it really open ended for them.

Check out this easy way to make homemade play dough (just don’t add the food coloring).

Use whatever craft supplies you already have on hand. Your child may have fun getting to help pick out what to use!

Tips:

See where their imagination goes!

Create art by coloring on the play dough and using the craft items to create!

Set out the play dough, markers, and craft items.

https://handsonaswegrow.com/sensory-play-dough-art-activity/

https://handsonaswegrow.com/how-to-make-homemade-playdough/




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Pipe Cleaner Threading


play doughbeads

pipe cleaners

Add patterning to the mix using the colors of the beads or a pattern of the play dough balls.

Count as you put the beads on, stop when you get to 5, or 10. Repeat for 5-10 pipe cleaners and then skip count by 5s or 10s.

This is a great fine motor control activity for young kids. Don’t push it beyond that.`

Tips:

How many can you put on each pipe cleaner?

Thread beads onto the pipe cleaners.

Stand pipe cleaners in balls of play dough.

https://handsonaswegrow.com/cereal-threading-activity/


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Play Dough Stamping

play doughhard objects (from surroundings)

Younger kids may need help pressing the items down into the play dough.

Playing with play dough is always a great time to talk about colors and textures!

Challenge older kids to see if they can make a picture out of the designs.

Tips:

Lift them up to see the design they made!

Press small items or toys into the play dough.

Flatten the play dough into a circle.


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Play Dough Cutting


play doughscissors

You can also do this with other doughs, like slime!

Don’t worry about whether your child is holding the scissors right when they’re starting, they’ll eventually catch on. Just every once in awhile, change the scissors so it’s the right direction, and so that their thumb is up.

Start your child cutting earlier than you think - let them try it out when they are interested.

Tips:

Roll the pieces back into another snake and do it again!

Cut the play dough into smaller pieces.

Roll play dough into worms or snakes.

https://handsonaswegrow.com/cutting-activities-fine-motor/


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5 Deck of Cards Activitieswith 1 Supply in the Bag

DECK OF CARDS BAG


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Deck of Cards

Deck of Cards BagSupply List

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Number Card Match: Lay out one of each number card from a deck of cards (remove J, Q, K, A). Try to find matches for the numbers you laid out.

Play War: Deal cards between players. Stack cards in piles, face down. Each player flips top card, highest card wins those cards, and repeat! When original stack runs out, use won cards to continue play.

Play UNO: Play UNO by matching suits instead of numbers. Jacks are “skip” cards, queens are “draw 2” cards, kings are “wilds” and an ace is a “wild draw 4”. Kings and aces can be played any time.

Play Slap Jack: Deal all the cards to players. Take turns putting one card in the middle. If it is a Jack, the first one to slap their hand on the Jack gets it and all the cards underneath. The first player with all the cards wins!

Play Go Fish: Deal 7 cards to each player. Take turns asking others for a specific number or face cards. Say “Go Fish” (draw a card) if you don’t have the card. Once you get all 4 of the same cards, lay them down. The person with the most groups of 4 at the end wins.

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Number Card Match

deck of cards

If your child is just starting to work on numbers, just do a few numbers at a time until they are confident!

If you have some space to move around, place the first set of cards all around the room.

Not quite ready to match numbers? Just sort them by colors, red and black!

Tips:

Pick up a card and find its match. Lay it on top of the matching card.

Lay out one of each number.

Sort through a deck of cards and group them all by number.


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Play War


deck of cards

Repeat until cards are gone (reuse the “won” cards).

From each player’s stack of cards, turn over the top card. The higher card wins and gets all the cards turned over.

Deal a deck of cards equally in stacks between players (2 or more).

This is fantastic for kids that already know their number values, remove face cards for kids just learning.

For older kids, use addition (or subtraction, or multiplication) by using two cards for each hand and then compare the sum.

For toddlers, forget War and play a matching game with the cards!

Tips:

DECK OF CARDS BAG

http://www.pbs.org/parents/adventures-in-learning/2015/07/war-card-game-kids/


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Play UNO

deck of cards

Have fun playing!

Jacks are “skip” cards, queens are “draw 2” cards, kings are “wilds” and an ace is a “wild draw 4”. Kings and aces can be played any time.

This is similar to regular UNO but instead of matching colors, you will match suits (spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds).

For younger children, you can take out the face cards and just try to match the suits, colors or numbers.

You can also use the Jack as a reverse card.

If your child wants to stop playing before someone runs out of cards, that’s okay!

Tips:

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Play Slap Jack

deck of cards

The first player with all the cards wins!

Take turns putting one card at at time in the middle. If it is a Jack, the first person to slap their hand on the Jack gets it and all the cards underneath.

Deal all the cards to players. Don’t look at your cards.

If more than one person slaps at a Jack, the person whose hand is on the bottom gets the cards.

Slap at a card that isn’t a Jack? Give one of your cards to the person that played the card.

This game can take a while so it’s totally okay to stop in the middle!

Tips:

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Play Go Fish

deck of cards




If someone runs out of cards, they can draw one card from the pile when it is their turn and ask for matches of that card.

When playing with 4 or more players, only deal 5 cards to each player.

For younger children, they can lay down their cards when they have 2 of the same card.

Tips:

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16 Paper & Marker Activitieswith 6 Supplies in the Bag

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White Paper

Pipe Cleaners

Markers (or crayons)

Scissors

Painter’s Tape

Stickers


Paper & Markers BagSupply List

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Shadow Tracing: Grab items to trace and place in a well lit area. Place a piece of paper where the shadow is and have fun tracing pictures!

Mail Letters: Fold construction paper and tape together to make a pouch that becomes a mailbox. Set out paper and a pencil to ‘write’ letters and mail them.

Paper Shredding: Fill a large bowl full of different types of paper and let the shredding begin.

Drawing Under the Table: Tape a large piece of paper on the underside of a table. Set out colored pencils or crayons. Lay down underneath the table and create to your heart’s content!

Draw in an Odd Spot: Draw in an odd spot. Tape butcher paper to the back of a chair, on the floor, or under the table.

Shape Match Up: Gather various objects differing in size and shape. Trace the objects onto a piece of paper and match the proper object to its correct outline.

Dot Sticker Designs: Draw a wacky design with the marker on a piee of paper and use stickers to trace the design.

Texture Rubbings: Find some flat objects with different textures. Lay a piece of paper on top of the objects. Use a crayon or marker to lightly color over the objects.

Rainbow Bunched Drawing: Hold 3-5 markers in one hand and draw!

Shape Scavenger Hunt: Cut out several shapes from paper. Write one thing you love about your child on each heart. Hide the shapes and have your child hunt for them!

Continuous Drawing: Draw a picture without lifting the marker.

Connect the Stickers: Make a column of stickers on the left side of a piece of paper. On the right side, put the same stickers, but in a different order. Use a marker to match the pairs.

Beginner Connect the Dots:Draw lots of dots on a piece of paper. Connect them with a marker (however they want!)

Dots & Boxes Game:Draw a grid of dots four wide and four long. Each turn, draw a horizontal or vertical line to connect two dots. When you finish a box, write your initial inside and go again. Whoever has the most boxes at the end wins!

Zentangle Drawing:Draw any shape to start - abstract, geometric shapes, animals, cars, flowers. Divide the shape into sections. Draw any pattern you want inside each section. Try: shapes, hearts, trees, squiggly lines.

Drawing Together:Draw something small on paper - a circle, squiggle, shape, etc. Take turns adding a small detail and see what you make!

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Shadow Tracing

papermarkers

objects from where you are

Place a piece of paper where the shadow is and have fun tracing pictures!

Place the items in a well lit area (or prop your phone with the flashlight shining on the objects).

Grab items from around the house to trace.

If it’s not a sunny day, do this with a flashlight! Build a small fort area to block out the light and shine a light in place.

This is fantastic for fine motor skills and may be difficult for younger ones to do very accurately. It’s okay, guide them to do their best and help them out as they go.

Take this a step further after tracing, mix up the tracings and the objects. Then see if you can match them up again!

Tips:

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Mail Letters

papermarkers

painter’s tape

“Write” letters and pretend to mail them in the mailbox.

Set out paper and writing utensils (markers, pencils, crayons, etc).

Fold a piece of paper in half and tape the edges to create a pouch (mailbox).

Writing for toddlers is basically scribbling. Let them be creative!

Name the mailbox with a letter. Tell them to put a letter in the “H” mailbox. (Hint: Use letters for family or friends.)

Leave this up for days! It is fantastic pretend play and gets your child using their fine motor skills by writing.

Tips:

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https://handsonaswegrow.com/mailbox-pretend-play/


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Paper Shredding

paper

Tear paper into pieces.

Set paper out to explore.

Collect your paper.

You may need to model ripping a few sheets to get your child started.

Older kids can be challenged to make a clean rip from one end of the paper to the other, making strips, or to draw a line to follow when ripping.

For younger kids, start with 1 inch strips of paper to make short rips across.

Tips:

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Drawing Under the Table

papermarkers

painter’s tape

Lay down underneath the table on your back and draw on the paper!

Set out markers or crayons to have handy.

Tape a large piece of paper to the underside of a table.

Markers may stop working if used upside down for too long.

This is a fantastic sensory experience by just focusing on the process!

For added fun, throw a blanket over the table and make it a fort to create in!

Tips:

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https://handsonaswegrow.com/drawing-upside-down/


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Draw in an Odd Spot

papermarkers

painter’s tape

Draw! Leave it up for days and keep adding for the next few days.

Tape paper to the area.

Pick an odd spot to color or draw! Under the table, cover the entire table, on the floor, outside.

Set out different drawing utensils at different times. Some kids don’t like crayons. Try markers or colored pencils.

Don’t be afraid to join in with your child! Seeing you enjoy coloring and drawing will encourage their creativity.

Just doing this in a room you normally wouldn’t makes it new and interesting.

Tips:

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https://handsonaswegrow.com/simple-art-prompt-drawing-table/


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Shape Match Up

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Match the objects to their correct outline.

Trace the objects on a piece of paper.

Gather various objects in different sizes and shapes.

This is a great concentration activity that work on trial-and-error. Also teaches mirror images of things, plus comparing and contrasting.

Try to find objects with distinct shapes to make it a bit easier. Don’t worry too much about it though - just use what you can find!

Older kids can help do the tracing themselves!

Tips:

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Dot Sticker Designs

papermarkerstickers

Trace the design by sticking the stickers to the line!

Provide the stickers!

Draw a wacky design with a marker on a piece of paper.

Older kids can draw their own design to trace.

Younger kids may need help removing stickers, it sometimes help to remove the outer section that’s not the stickers from the page.

For younger kids, start with a small, simple design so they can accomplish it in a short period of time.

Tips:

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Texture Rubbings



Use a crayon or marker to lightly color over the objects to see the texture appear!

Lay a piece of paper on top of the objects.

Find some flat objects with different textures.

This is a great opportunity to introduce new words as you are describing the textures!

Have your child help you find the objects!

Darker color crayons are going to work best. It will be easier to see the objects.

Tips:

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Rainbow Bunched Drawing

papermarkers

painter’s tape (optional)

Draw!

Hold all the markers in one hand (tape around them if desired).

Gather 3-5 markers.

If the markers are too hard to hold, tape them together to make it easier.

They may want to create an actual rainbow, but they may just want to make their own picture!

Work on learning at the same time - have them trace their name, shapes, letters, or numbers!

Tips:

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Shape Scavenger Hunt

papermarkersscissors


Hide the shapes around the house. Have your child hunt for them.

Write one thing you love about your child on each shape.

Cut out several shapes out of paper.

Be creative in the things you love! Be sure to include behaviors they do that you love!

If you have more than one child, make a set of different shapes for each child so you can tell them which shape to find.

After they have found all the shapes, see if they want to make a shape for you or another loved one!

Tips:

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http://handsonaswegrow.com/valentines-scavenger-hunt-kids-love/


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Continuous Drawing

papermarkers

Have fun and be creative!

Try to draw a picture without lifting the marker.

Gather paper and a marker.

See how long of a line you can make without lifting your marker.

Do this with your child and see if they can guess what you drew.

Draw a long line and count how many times you cross over your line!

Tips:

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Connect the Stickers

papermarkersstickers

Match the pairs of stickers using a marker.

On the right side, put the same stickers, but in a different order.

Make a column of stickers on the left side of a piece of paper.

You can switch this one up for anything kids are learning - sight words, match problems to answers, uppercase letters to lower case letters.

You can also do this one big by using butcher paper. Or, use sticky notes spread out all over the floor and have the kids connect them using pieces of yarn.

For older kids, don’t put the stickers in columns. Spread them out all over the paper instead.

Tips:

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Beginner Connect the Dots

papermarkers

When done, they can color in the picture they made!

Use a marker to connect the dots however they like.

Draw dots all over the paper.

If your child knows their colors, draw the dots in different colors and have them connect the same color together.

After they finish, ask about their picture - they might tell you what they made!

Involve your child in the prep and see if they want to make the dots.

Tips:

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https://handsonaswegrow.com/beginner-connect-dots-preschoolers/


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Dots & Boxes Game

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When you draw the 4th wall of a box, write your initial in the box and take another turn. Whoever has the most boxes at the end wins!

Each turn, draw one horizontal or vertical line to connect two dots

Draw a grid of dots at least four dots wide and four dots long.

You can make any size grid you want - add more dots for a longer game.

Younger kids can just color in their box instead of writing their initial.

There are no diagonal lines - each line must go straight to a neighboring dot.

Tips:

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Zentangle Drawing

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Draw any pattern you want inside each section. Shapes, hearts, trees, squiggly lines, etc.

Divide the shape into sections.

Draw any shape to start - geometric shapes, animals, cars, and flowers are great. Abstract shapes will work, too.

For younger children, you may need to draw the shape for them but older kids can create their own!

Brainstorm with your kids to give them ideas of patterns to use to start with.

Do this with your child - it’s relaxing and a great way to work on colors and shapes!

Tips:

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https://handsonaswegrow.com/kids-friendly-zentangle-drawing/


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Drawing Together

papermarkers

See what you end up making!

Take turns adding a small detail.

Draw something small on paper - a circle, squiggle, shape, etc.

Try not to lead them into a specific picture - see where their creativity takes it!

Don’t worry if the colors don’t end up being the “right” colors. It’s okay!

It may not end up being a picture of anything. Just cool artwork!

Tips:

PAPER & MARKERS BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/kids-friendly-zentangle-drawing/


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8 Crafty Activitieswith 7 Supplies in the Bag

CRAFT BAG


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Paper

Scissors

Pipe Cleaners

Straws

Painter’s Tape

Beads

Yarn

Craft BagSupply List

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Yarn Wrapped Hearts: Twist a pipe cleaner into a heart and tie a piece of yarn to each heart. Wrap the yarn around the heart shape. Tie off the yarn and then either snip the remaining yarn or use it to hang it as a decoration.

Bead Snakes: Fold and twist one of the ends of a pipe cleaner to form the head of the snake. Thread beads onto the pipe cleaner until almost full. Fold the other end of the pipe cleaners to keep the beads on.

Fork Weaving: Tie a string onto a fork tine. Weave the thread in and out among the tines of the fork.

Straw Necklace: Snip straws into one-inch sections and thread onto yarn or string to make a necklace.

Marble Maze: Cut small strips of paper and pieces of pipe cleaners. Tape them to a paper plate to make tunnels and barriers. Tilt the paper plate to make a marble go around the pipe cleaners and through the tunnels.

Paper Building Blocks: Roll cardstock into a paper tube. Tape to secure along the entire edge. Cut 1.5-2” paper rings from the tube. Smooth out any creases and start stacking!

Shape Garland: Fold a piece of colored paper in half and cut a half shape out, unfold, repeat to make a lot. Tape shapes onto a long piece of yarn. Repeat to make many. Hang them in a window!

Party Flakes: Cut multiple sizes of circles out of paper and fold in half three times. Draw a line across the point of the folded circle and 3-4 lines from that line out to the edge. Cut on the lines that go from the edge to the point. Open it up!

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Yarn Wrapped Hearts

pipe cleanersyarn

scissors

Tie off the yarn and then either snip the remaining yarn or use it to hang it as Valentine’s decoration.

Wrap the yarn around the heart shape.

Twist a pipe cleaner into the shape of a heart and tie a piece of yarn to each heart.

The shape options for this yarn-wrapped craft are endless! Try different holiday and seasonal shapes. Pair this with the book ‘Extra Yarn’ by Mac Burnett.

Allow your child to wrap yarn however they desire. There is no “correct” way to do this, however they may need to extra guidance on how to get the yarn to stay wrapped around the heart.

Try using different materials such as; wire, string or sticks. Or try a more open ended exploration of yarn and pipe cleaners with younger kids.

Tips:

CRAFT BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/simple-yarn-wrapped-hearts/


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Bead Snakes

pipe cleanersbeads

Fold the other end of the pipe cleaners to keep the beads on.

Thread beads onto the pipe cleaner until almost full.

Fold and twist one of the ends of a pipe cleaner to form the head of the snake.

Have older children work on creating a pattern with the beads.

After you make the snakes, have fun playing with them!

For very young children, fold over the very end of the pipe cleaner so they don’t poke themselves.

Tips:

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Fork Weaving

yarn fork (from wherever you are)

Weave the thread in and out among the tines of the fork.

Tie the end of the yarn onto one of the fork tines.

Grab a fork and some yarn or embroidery thread.

This is a great one to do at restaurants while you are waiting!

This will be a bit hard for younger children but they can weave on laundry baskets, stair railings, or cooling racks.

See what kind of patterns your child can make - working on math skills without them realizing it!

Tips:

CRAFT BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/fork-weaving-quick-craft/


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Straw Necklace

yarn strawsscissors

Thread pieces of straw onto a shoelace or yarn to make a necklace.

Snip straws into about one inch sections.

Set out whole straws and a pair of scissors.

Longer pieces of straws are harder to thread all the way through.

Shorter pieces of straws are harder for little fingers to hold.

Tape one end of the yarn onto a surface to hold in place and to keep straws from coming off.

Tips:

CRAFT BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/simple-straw-threaded-shoestring-necklace/


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Marble Maze

paperpainter’s tape

scissorspipe cleaners

straw

With a straw, blow a wad of paper around the pipe cleaners and through the tunnels to follow the maze.

Tape the paper and pipe cleaners onto the plate to create tunnels and barriers.

Cut strips of paper and pieces of pipe cleaners.

For an added challenge, number the tunnels and try to go through the tunnels in order.

For younger children, have them move the paper with their hands instead of the straw.

Have the children design their own maze and then switch it up. Let their creativity shine!

Tips:

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Paper Building Blocks


scissors

Start stacking!

Roll paper strips into a tube and tape to secure.

Cut paper into 1.5-2 inch strips and decorate if desired.

You can decorate the strips of paper with specific colors, or write sight words or letters to work on those!

The kids can work on their scissor skills by cutting the strips of paper themselves.

This is a great activity to work in color recognition (or other learning aspect) just by talking. “Look, you put the green one on top.”

Tips:

CRAFT BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/diy-building-blocks/


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Shape Garland


scissorsyarn

Hang in a window!

Tape the shapes onto a long piece of yarn. Repeat to make several lengths of these.

Fold paper in half and cut a shape out, repeat to make lots.

Stack the shapes one above the other to hang the garlands in a window from top to bottom. Otherwise tape them so they’re side by side to string across the window.

Trace a half of shape onto the folded paper for young kids to cut.

Use 3-4 different colors of paper and have older kids pattern the shapes on the garland.

Tips:

CRAFT BAG


http://handsonaswegrow.com/heart-garland-valentines-day/


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Party Flakes

paperscissorsmarker

Cut on the lines that go from the edge to the point. Open it up!

Fold each circle in half three times. Draw a line across the point of the folded circle and 3-4 lines from that line out to the edge.

Cut multiple sizes of circles out of paper.

You can use tape and yarn to hang them in the window.

The thinner the paper, the better, so it flops around and isn’t so stiff.

You may need to help with the folding and drawing lines, but after seeing it done a few times, see if they want to try it themselves!

Tips:

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16 Learning Activitieswith 7 Supplies in the Bag

LEARNING BAG


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Learning BagSupply List

Paper

Scissors

Markers

Pipe Cleaners

Yarn


Painter’s Tape

Beads

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Bead Patterns: Gather up old buttons, gems or even rocks and create patterns on paper! Create different lines on paper that they may trace with the loose parts.

Pipe Cleaner Letters: Draw simple letters in straight lines on a piece of paper. Trace the lines with pipe cleaners!

How Many? Counting Game: Call out a shape or color and see how many things of that description your child can find. Do it again with a different shape or color.

Measure Distance with Steps:Measure distances by counting the steps. How many steps is it from one tree to another? How many hops? Is it more or less steps when you run?

Rainbow Name Puzzle:Draw the outline & color a rainbow on a piece of paper. Add the letters of their name and cut a part each letter as a puzzle piece. Mix it up and put the rainbow back together again.

Rainbow Name Tracing:Write their name on a piece of paper in marker. Then trace over it with several colors of markers.

Connect the Letters:Write random pairs of letters (not next to each other) on paper. Draw a line to connect the letter pairs.

Jump & Grab Shapes:Cut various shapes (two or three of each) from paper. Hang just high enough out of reach in a doorway using yarn and tape. Jump and grab the matching shapes.

Follow the Letter Maze:Tape a maze on the floor. Write the same letter over and over on the correct path. Write other random letters on the remaining parts of the maze. Follow the letter to drive through the maze.

Follow the Number Maze:Draw a path of one number on a long sheet of paper. Fill in a grid around it with other random numbers. Follow number from beginning to end.

Tape Name & Trace:Tape their name on the floor. Trace the letters using objects and toys from around the house.

Number Scavenger Hunt:Go on a hunt to find pre-hidden numbers at home. Write the corresponding number, or draw dots, on a piece of paper to match the found numbers too.

Stairway Letter Stomp:Write one letter on per piece of paper, several of the same, a few different letters. Stick the letters on the stairs, two or three per step. Stomp on a letter to find them all!

Learning Obstacle Course:Write letters on pieces of paper and place them around the house. Hide them under and on top of the dining room table and chairs. Name a letter when you find it and stomp it! Repeat!

Counting Number Maze:Draw a maze of numbers in a grid pattern on the sidewalk. Walk through it, counting as you go!

Tracing Numbers on Tape:Tape numbers 1 through 9 across the floor, pretty large. Trace the letters with washable markers, wipe it off and repeat!

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Bead Patterns

paperbeadsmarker

Start over and repeat!

Trace the lines on the paper by placing the beads on top of them.

Draw a simple pattern on the paper.

This can also be done with dry pasta, buttons, gems, rocks or any other small items!

Be careful of young kids mouthing the small pieces. You could try this with snack foods if you’re concerned.

Have older kids draw their own design and glue the pieces along the lines for a more permanent craft!

Tips:

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Pipe Cleaner Letters

paperpipe cleaners

scissors (optional)marker

Trace the lines with pipe cleaners.

Draw a few simple letters on a piece of paper.

Grab pipe cleaners, paper, and a marker.

What else can you draw to trace? Squares, triangles? Numbers?

Use some heavy objects to hold the paper in place so that it doesn’t get moved when trying to place the pipe cleaners.

Or ditch the paper altogether and challenge them to make a letter without tracing.

Tips:

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How Many? Counting Game

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Do it again with a different shape or color.

See how many things of that description your child can find.

Call out a shape or color.

This can also be done with letters, numbers or whatever your child is working on right now!

For older children, talk about if they found more red or blue items.

This activity is a great one for the car - they can watch out the window to see what they can find.

Tips:

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Measure Distance with Steps

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Repeat! How many hops? Backwards? How about when you run?

Count how many steps is it from Point A to B?

Determine starting distance and an ending distance - Point A and B.

Walk along with younger kids and count for them, encouraging them to join in!

Choose two points closer together for younger kids, and further apart for older kids.

Older kids can count by 2s when they hop (2 feet=2), or count down from 100 going when walking or running backwards.

Tips:

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Rainbow Name Puzzle

markers (rainbow colors)paper

scissors

Mix it up and put the rainbow back together again.

Add the letters of their name to each piece of the rainbow and cut a part with one letter per puzzle piece.

Draw the outline of a rainbow on a piece of paper. Then, color it in!

If your child has 4 (or less) letters in their name, add a pot of gold or shamrock on each end of the rainbow to have more pieces.

Try cutting apart the letters straight. Make it more challenging with curvy pieces!

You can do this with any picture or drawing! Work on spelling their name, counting, or math problems!

Tips:

LEARNING BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/name-rainbow-puzzle/


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Rainbow Name Tracing

markers (rainbow colors)paper

Keep tracing with several different colors!

Have your child trace the marker with a different color marker.

Write your child’s name on a piece of paper with a marker.

Be sure to make the letters large enough that they have room to trace it several times.

This is also a great way to work on sight words or spelling words for older kids!

If they get tired of tracing their name after one or two times, that’s totally okay!

Tips:

LEARNING BAG


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Connect the Letters

markerspaper

Repeat to connect all the letters.

Have your child start with a letter, find its match and draw a line connecting the two.

On a piece of paper, write random pairs of letters. Don’t put the letters beside their match - mix it up!

This is a twist on connect the dots. There is no need to make a straight line between the pair of letters. Let it be squiggly.

Use washable markers in case they go off the paper.

Be sure to narrate what letters they’re matching up. “You found the letter A, can you find the other letter A that matches it?”

Tips:

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Jump & Grab Shapes

paperscissors

yarnpainter’s tape

Jump and grab a shape to pull it down. Find the matching shape and jump and grab that one too!

Tape the shapes to a long piece of yarn to hang from a doorway (with tape).

Cut two or three of a variety of shapes from paper.

Have your child stand and raise their hand. Hang the shapes “just” at and above that mark, not much higher. Preschoolers don’t jump that high!

Not interested in doing shapes? Try colors, or write sight words, letters or numbers to jump and match!

Make it an obstacle course and put a variety of shapes in several doorways. Start at one door, grab a shape and go to the next door to find its match, and so on.

Tips:

LEARNING BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/jump-grab-shapes/


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Follow the Letter Maze

markerspainter’s tape

Have your child start at the beginning, and follow that same letter through the maze to get to the end.

Write the same letter over and over on the correct path through the maze. Fill in with other letters on all the wrong paths.

Tape a maze on the floor with painter’s tape.

Tip to successfully create a maze: First tape the correct path to go through the maze, then go back and add in all the dead ends.

You can also do this with numbers or shapes!

To redo this over and over again, use washable marker. It erases with a wet rag or baby wipe.

Tips:

LEARNING BAG


http://www.pbs.org/parents/adventures-in-learning/2013/11/connect-the-letter-maze/


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Follow the Number Maze

papermarkers

painter’s tape

Start with the number at the beginning and follow it through the maze by taping it as you go.

Fill in the grid around it with other random numbers.

Make a path for a maze from beginning to end with a certain number on a long sheet of paper (or make it smaller on one piece of paper)

You can also do it without tape and just draw a line through the maze.

You can do this with anything you’re learning: letters, sight words, numbers, etc.

To make a big one, you can tape a few pieces of paper together to make a long sheet of paper for the maze.

Tips:

LEARNING BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/follow-the-number-maze/


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Tape Name & Trace

objects (from where you are)painter’s tape

Place those items on the tape to trace their name.

Have your child collect items, like blocks, cars, or trains from around the house.

Tape your child’s name on the floor with painter’s tape.

Be sure to talk about the letter they’re working on.

“Oh you’re putting blocks on the letter L!” “What will you use for the letter O?”

You can also trace the letters with washable markers. They wipe right off with a wet rag or baby wipes.

You can also trace numbers or any letters you’re working on with your child.

Tips:

LEARNING BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/beginner-object-line-tracing-for-toddlers/


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Number Scavenger Hunt

papermarkers

Go on a hunt to find the hidden numbers around the house and match to the paper.

Write the corresponding number, or draw dots, on a piece of paper to match the found numbers too.

Hide numbers written on paper around the house.

Build their confidence by choosing 3-4 numbers your child already understands and sneak in 1-2 that they are working on learning.


You can even have your child hide the numbers first! It’s amazing memory skill to remember where a number is to have them find!

Tips:

LEARNING BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/letter-number-scavenger-hunt/


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Stairway Letter Stomp

papermarkers

Go on a hunt to find all of one letter and stomp on it! Repeat with the other letters.

Stick the letters on the stairs, two or three per step.

Write one letter per piece of paper. Several of each letter, but a few different letters in all.

Stick to just 4 or 5 letters to begin with.

Write the number you have of each letter in the corner of each sticky note as a cross checker for your child.

Build confidence by using 3 letters your child already knows and add in 2 more to work on.

Tips:

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https://handsonaswegrow.com/letter-hunt-preschooler/


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Learning Obstacle Course

papermarkers

From there, name a letter close by for your child to find. When they find it, stomp on it. Keep going!

Have your child name the letters as they find them. Then stomp on it!

Write letters on paper and put them around the house, like on top of and under the table and chairs.

What makes this an obstacle course is where you place the letters. Make the letters hard to locate or reach. Let them break the rules, climbing on furniture or jumping around.

Place the papers close enough together that your child can step from one to another, but far enough apart that it’s a stretch.

You can do this with anything your child is learning, whether it’s letters, numbers, math facts, sight words, or shapes! Try it!

Tips:

LEARNING BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/learning-indoor-obstacle-course-kids/


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Counting Number Maze

painter’s tapemarkers

Have your child start at number 1, and count their way through the maze to get to number 20.

Write numbers 1-20 in order on the correct path through the maze. Fill in with other numbers on all the wrong paths.



You can also do this with the alphabet or spelling words!


Tips:

LEARNING BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/counting-activity-a-maze-of-numbers/


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Tracing Numbers on Tape

painter’s tapemarkers

Wipe the marker off and repeat!

Trace the numbers with washable markers.

Tape numbers 1 through 9 across the floor, pretty large.

Talk about what each number is as they trace it.

You can start with only a couple of numbers if your child is just beginning to work on numbers.

Don’t worry about how they hold the marker, how they they trace it, or the order they go in. It’s more just to get them familiar with the numbers and to make it a fun way to practice writing.

Tips:

LEARNING BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/tracing-numbers/


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17 Just for Fun Activitieswith 5 Supplies in the Bag

JUST FOR FUN BAG


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Just for Fun BagSupply List

Paper

Scissors

Pipe Cleaners


Painter’s Tape

Straws

JUST FOR FUN BAG SUPPLIES


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Pipe Cleaner Rings: Cut pipe cleaners into 2 inch pieces, wrap each one into a circle and twist. Cut another pipe cleaner in half and stick into a ball of play dough to stand it upright. Slide pipe cleaner rings onto the upright pipe cleaner.

Texture Scavenger Hunt: Go on a scavenger hunt around the area to explore textures. Can you find something that’s bumpy?

Can You Do What I Do?: Sit face to face with your child, ask “Can you do what I do?” Do a motion for your child to copy. Repeat and add on a new motion to copy the entire sequence. Keep adding on and see how far you can go!

What’s Missing Game:Lay out a few small objects. Have your child close their eyes while you remove one. See if they can name the object you removed.

Quick Paper Catch:Drop a small scrap of paper and have your kid try to catch it with two fingers before it hits the ground.

Yoga Stretches:Turn on some soft music and do some yoga together. Try these simple yoga poses: down dog, child’s pose, and up dog. See what other poses you can think of!

Peeling Tape:Stick tape onto a surface. Criss cross tape pieces over each other. Peel the tape strips off, one by one.

Blowing Wadded Paper:Wad up some small pieces of paper. Use a straw to blow the paper and see who can get all of their paper to the other side of the table first.

Transfer Wadded Paper:Wad up some small pieces of paper. Suck on a straw to pick up the paper and hold it. Move it to the other side of the table and let go.

Paper Basketball:Wad paper into “basketballs.” Aim and shoot them into a basket!

Floor is Lava:Write letters (or numbers, etc) on paper and tape to the floor. Call out a letter or have the kids pick a letterr. Try to get to that letter without touching the “hot lava.”

Passing Objects:Stand a roll of tape on it’s side. Stick a pipe cleaner through the hole in the middle of the tape and grab it with your other hand.

Paper Hands & Feet:Trace and cut out your child’s hands and feet on paper. Tape the paper hands and feet to the floor and have your child match their hands and feet to the paper. Re-position the paper hands and feet and repeat.

Tape Jumping Game:Tape lines of tape on the floor equal distances apart and challenge the kids to a jumping game. Measure how far they can jump.

Spy Hunt:Go on a spy hunt! Tape diagonally between walls down a hallway, stick pieces of pipe cleaners to it randomly. Have the kids crawl through, over and under, to collect the pipe cleaners.

Crab Walk Transfer:Gather a few stuffed animals to haul from a starting line back to their home (put away). Transfer the animals back to their home by placing them on your belly and crab walking.

Walk the Line:Have kids walk along straight, curvy, and zig zag lines of tape on the floor, or blow pom poms along them.

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Pipe Cleaner Rings

pipe cleaners painter’s tape

Slide pipe cleaner rings onto the upright pipe cleaner.

Twist the end of a pipe cleaner into a loop, bend and tape to a surface to stand it upright.

Cut pipe cleaners into 2 inch pieces. Wrap each one into a circle and twist to secure.

Pipe cleaners are very sharp, be sure to twist it, or bend the end over so that it doesn’t cut or poke your child.

Make this harder with cereal, pasta, or beads to thread onto the pipe cleaner.

You can also stick the pipe cleaner into a ball of play dough to stand it up.

Add in patterns or color sorting with 2 or 3 colors of pipe cleaners. Also count how many pipe cleaners get threaded on!

Tips:

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Texture Scavenger Hunt

objects (from wherever you are)

Once an object is found, describe it!

Find something rough, smooth, pokey, prickly, and so on.

Explore what’s around your area!

For multiple kids, an older kid can take charge of describing a texture.

Younger kids? Show an example when you describe the texture. See this rock? It’s smooth. Can you find something else that’s smooth?

Take this outside in your backyard. Or try it at the playground or even at a restaurant or waiting room.

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Can You Do What I Do?

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See if they can copy you. Repeat and add on another motion for the next round.

Do a motion such as standing on one leg or a pattern of tapping your head, your shoulders, and then snapping your fingers.

Sit face to face with your child and ask “Can you do what I do?”

Motion ideas: standing on one leg, tapping your head or your shoulders, clapping your hands, blowing a kiss, pulling your ear, and so on!

Two children can mirror each other and have the adult try to guess who is leading the movement.

This activity requires a lot of focus, so it might only last a few rounds and that’s okay!

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What’s Missing Game


See if they can name which item is missing.

Have your child cover their eyes while you remove one.

Show your child a few objects.

For an added challenge, remove 2 objects at the same time or rearrange all of the objects when their eyes are closed.

This can be done anywhere and with whatever you can find - silverware, crayons, anything!

Kids will love to switch places and have you guess which is missing.

Tips:

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https://handsonaswegrow.com/whats-missing-memory-activity-kids/


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Quick Paper Catch

paper

Experiment with different sizes of paper and dropping the paper from different heights.

Have your child try to catch it with two fingers before it hits the ground.

Drop a scrap of paper.

Younger children will find it easier to catch the paper with both hands instead of just two fingers.

Switch places with your child and have them drop the paper for you to catch.

This is a great activity to keep kids entertained at restaurants or anywhere you have to wait a while!

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Yoga Stretches

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Come up with other poses and name them.

Try these simple yoga poses: down dog, child’s pose, and up dog

Turn on some soft music.

These are a great way to wind down right before nap time or bedtime.

Do this with your kids - it will be easier for them to imitate you.

Wear socks if you aren’t on carpet - little feet can slide on hard floors!

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Peeling Tape

painter’s tape

Repeat!

Have your child peel the tape pieces off, one by one.

Stick several pieces of painter’s tape on the table, or other hard surface.

This is amazing for strengthening fingers! Just gripping to pull the tape off strengthens them.

Little fingers may need help starting the piece of tape.

For added fun, have your child put the pieces of tape down themself!

Tips:

JUST FOR FUN BAG


https://handsonaswegrow.com/peeling-tape/


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CAPSULE87

Blowing Wadded Paper

paperstraws

See who can get all of their paper to the other side of the table first.

Using a straw, blow the paper to the other side of the table.

Wad up some small pieces of paper.

See what’s the furthest they can blow in one puff.

If it is too hard with to blow the paper with the straw, blow it without!

Set up “goals” to try and blow the paper into.

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Transfer Wadded Paper

paperstraws

Move it to the other side of the table and let go.

Suck on a straw to pick up the paper and hold it.


If you have a glass handy, they can try to drop the paper into a glass.

For older kids, don’t tell them how to do it - see if they can figure out to move the paper without touching it or blowing on it.

This is actually tough to do - try it out with them!

Tips:

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Paper Basketball

paperobject (cup or bowl from wherever you are)

Mark a line to stand behind and throw the wads of papers into the basket to score!

Find and set out a “basket” to toss them into.

Wad up several small pieces of paper.

Older kids can make this more of a game of basketball.

Younger kids can use this as an opportunity to practice throwing indoors, safely.

Instead of paper, you can do this with cotton balls or even socks!

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Floor is Lava


marker

Try to get to that paper without touching the lava (the floor).

Tell the kids a letter (number or sight word) - or have the kids pick one out.

Tape some sheets of paper to the floor. Write letters, numbers or sight words on each paper.

If you do this on hardwood floors, be sure to use delicate surface painter’s tape and test first.

You can mix this up and do it with colored paper too - write letters or numbers on the pieces of paper!

Younger toddlers might not be interested in going to a specific paper. Just have fun jumping from paper to paper.

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Passing Objects

painter’s tape rollpipe cleaners

Grab it with your other hand to bring it through the hole.

Stick a pipe cleaner through the hole in the middle of the tape.

Stand the roll of tape on its side.

You could also use straws instead of pipe cleaners.

If grabbing it with their other hand is tricky, you can help them with that part.

Any roll of tape with a hole in the middle will work for this - it doesn’t have to be painter’s tape.

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Paper Hands & Feet


scissors

Change the position of the paper hands and feet to a more challenging pose!

Lead your kids to position their own hands and feet on top.

Trace the outline of their hands and bare feet onto paper. Cut out them out and tape them to the floor.

After a few times, let your child pick where to put the hands and feet. See what poses they come up with!

After playing, you can trace paint or decorate the hands and feet.

You can even take this a step further and make several hands and several feet in different colors. And tape them to the floor in a grid and call out colors and hands or feet, just like Twister. (Make a spinner too! How fun!)

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Tape Jumping Game

painter’s tape

Hop from one line to the next, lay down and measure how many lines long your child is, see how far they can stretch their legs apart, and so on!

Start at the first line and see how far they can jump, how many lines?

Tape 6 lines of tape on the floor, approximately a foot apart (no need to be precise).

Take this outside with sidewalk chalk on the sidewalk or driveway too!

Socks and slippery floors don’t mix, so test before jumping too far!

Let them wear shoes for this if it’s a problem.

Tips:

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Spy Hunt

painter’s tapepipe cleaners (cut up)

scissors

Crawl under, over, or through the tape to collect the pipe cleaners.

Stick pieces of pipe cleaners to the tape in random places.

Stick several strips of painter’s tape diagonally between the walls along a hallway.

The tape may need reinforcing to stick to the walls. Tape across it with another piece of tape.

With multiple kids, you can make it a race to see who can collect the most pipe cleaners.

Or only use one color per child to find their own color of pipe cleaners as they sneak through the hallway.

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Crab Walk Transfer


Transfer the objects to their ‘home’ by placing them on your belly and crab walking them safely there.

Determine a starting line and a ‘home’ to place the objects (ideally, it would be where they are put away).

Gather objects from wherever you are (stuffed animals work great).

Create their ‘home’ by using a toy box or a clothes basket of some sort.

Let your child experiment to figure out how they want to carry their toys during the crab walk!

Younger kids can’t crab walk? Try this with a crawl and balancing it on their back (use a backpack if it keeps falling off)

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Walk the Line

painter’s tape

Now do it backwards!

Walk forwards, sideways, backwards along each line of tape. Try not to fall off!

Tape several lines of tape on the floor with painter’s tape. Make one zig zag, one straight, one curvy if you can!

Kids of all ages love this activity. It’s great for balance and coordination.

Start simple, slide along the straight line and work up to walking sideways and backwards on the zig zag.

Add on! Blow a pom pom or paper down the line. Keeping it on the line is nearly impossible, but tons of fun. Let kids figure it out through trial and error.

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Instead of letters, practice shapes, sight words, numbers and so much more!

Involve the kids in cutting the straws! It’s a fantastic medium for beginner cutters!

Double down: have your child draw the letter and then trace it! Twice the learning!

Set out play dough with cut up drinking straws.

Draw a letter in the play dough.

Trace the letter by poking the straws along the lines.

Supplies: play dough

scissorsstraws

Play Dough & Straw Letters

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Write their name large on a piece of paper.


Trace the written name with the play dough.

Rolling the play dough is the major part of this fine motor activity, the name is secondary.

It’s okay to use several pieces of snakes to make a letter!

Younger kids may need help forming the letters. Instead, you can try straight and slightly curvy lines.

Supplies: paper

marker or crayon play dough

Play Dough Names

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Play Dough

Pipe Cleaners

Paper

Markers(or crayons)

Beads

Straws

Scissors


Play Dough Bag

Try to not give your child too many instructions with this one - leave it really open ended for them.

Check out this easy way to make homemade play dough (just don’t add the food coloring).

Use whatever craft supplies you already have on hand. Your child may have fun getting to help pick out what to use!

Set out the play dough, markers, and craft items.

Create art by coloring on the play dough and using the craft items to create!

See where their imagination goes!


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Play Dough Art

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Rolling the play dough is the major part of this fine motor activity, the numbers are secondary.

It’s okay to use several pieces of “snakes” to make one number!

Younger kids may need help forming the numbers. Instead, you can try straight and slightly curvy lines.

Write large numbers on a piece of paper.


Trace the written numbers with the play dough.


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Play Dough Numbers

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Roll two colors of play dough into small balls.

Start a pattern for your child to follow by setting out 3-4 of the play dough balls.

Have your child continue the pattern with the play dough balls.

You can also make patterns by size, big and small balls. Or make patterns with different shapes of play dough, like squares, dough snakes, and balls.

The simplest of patterns is ABABAB, you can make it more difficult for older kids by doing AABBAABB or ABCABC and so on.

Younger kids may just want to line up the balls regardless of pattern. Use this as an opportunity to label the colors, shape, or size.


Play Dough Patterns

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Instead of straws, you can use toothpicks or craft sticks.

It can get tricky balancing a 3D structure, younger kids may want to stick to 2D shapes and letters.

Play a game of copycat! Let your child build something and see if you can copy it. Now switch!

Roll small balls out of play dough.

Stick straws into play dough.

Attach straws and play dough together to make structures and shapes.


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Play Dough & Straw Structures

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Younger kids may need help pressing the items down into the play dough.

Playing with play dough is always a great time to talk about colors and textures!

Challenge older kids to see if they can make a picture out of the designs.

Flatten the play dough into a circle.

Press small items or toys into the play dough.

Lift them up to see the design they made!


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Play Dough Stamping

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Roll play dough into worms or snakes.

Cut the play dough into smaller pieces.

Roll the pieces back into another snake and do it again!

You can also do this with other doughs, like slime!

Don’t worry about whether your child is holding the scissors right when they’re starting, they’ll eventually catch on.

Just every once in awhile, change the scissors so it’s the right direction, and so that their thumb is up.

Start your child cutting earlier than you think - let them try it out when they are interested.


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Play Dough Cutting

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Add patterning to the mix using the colors of the beads or a pattern of the play dough balls.

Count as you put the beads on, stop when you get to 5, or 10. Repeat for 5-10 pipe cleaners and then skip count by 5s or 10s.

This is a great fine motor control activity for young kids. Don’t push it beyond that.`

Stand pipe cleaners in balls of play dough.

Thread beads onto the pipe cleaners.

How many can you put on each pipe cleaner?


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Pipe Cleaner Threading

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Play War

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If your child is just starting to work on numbers, just do a few numbers at a time until they are confident!

If you have some space to move around, place the first set of cards all around the room.

Not quite ready to match numbers? Just sort them by colors, red and black!

Sort through a deck of cards and group them all by number.

Lay out one of each number.

Pick up a card and find its match. Lay it on top of the matching card.


Number Card Match

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Deck of Cards

Deck of Cards Bag

If more than one person slaps at a Jack, the person whose hand is on the bottom gets the cards.

Slap at a card that isn’t a Jack? Give one of your cards to the person that played the card.

This game can take a while so it’s totally okay to stop in the middle!

Deal all the cards to players. Don’t look at your cards.

Take turns putting one card at at time in the middle. If it is a Jack, the first person to slap their hand on the Jack gets it and all the cards underneath.

The first player with all the cards wins!


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Play Go Fish

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This is similar to regular UNO but instead of matching colors, you will match suits (spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds).

Jacks are “skip” cards, queens are “draw 2” cards, kings are “wilds” and an ace is a “wild draw 4”. Kings and aces can be played any time.

Have fun playing!

For younger children, you can take out the face cards and just try to match the suits, colors or numbers.

You can also use the Jack as a reverse card.

If your child wants to stop playing before someone runs out of cards, that’s okay!


Play UNO

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If it’s not a sunny day, do this with a flashlight! Build a small fort area to block out the light and shine a light in place.

This is fantastic for fine motor skills and may be difficult for younger ones to do very accurately. It’s okay, guide them to do their best and help them out as they go.

Take this a step further after tracing, mix up the tracings and the objects. Then see if you can match them up again!

Grab items from around the house to trace and head outside.

Place the items in a well lit area (or prop your phone with the flashlight shining on the objects).

Place a piece of paper where the shadow is and have fun tracing pictures!

Supplies: paper

markersobjects

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Shadow Tracing

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Writing for toddlers is basically scribbling. Let them be creative!



Fold a piece of paper in half and tape the edges to create a pouch (mailbox).

Set out paper and writing utensils (markers, pencils, crayons, etc).

“Write” letters and pretend to mail them in the mailbox.

Supplies: paper


Mail Letters

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White Paper

Painter’s Tape

Stickers

Markers(or crayons)

Pipe Cleaners

Scissors


Paper & Markers Bag

Markers may stop working if used upside down for too long.

This is a fantastic sensory experience by just focusing on the process!

For added fun, throw a blanket over the table and make it a fort to create in!

Tape a large piece of paper to the underside of a table.

Set out markers or crayons to have handy.

Lay down underneath the table on your back and draw on the paper!

Supplies: paper


Drawing Under the Table

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This is a great concentration activity that work on trial-and-error. Also teaches mirror images of things, plus comparing and contrasting.

Try to find objects with distinct shapes to make it a bit easier. Don’t worry too much about it though - just use what you can find!

Older kids can help do the tracing themselves!

Gather various objects in different sizes and shapes.

Trace the objects on a piece of paper.

Match the objects to their correct outline.

Supplies: paper

markerpainter’s tape

Shape Match Up

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You may need to model ripping a few sheets to get your child started.

Older kids can be challenged to make a clean rip from one end of the paper to the other, making strips, or to draw a line to follow when ripping.

For younger kids, start with 1 inch strips of paper to make short rips across.

Collect your paper.

Set paper out to explore.

Tear paper into pieces.

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Paper Shredding

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Draw in an Odd Spot

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Set out different drawing utensils at different times. Some kids don’t like crayons. Try markers or colored pencils.

Don’t be afraid to join in with your child! Seeing you enjoy coloring and drawing will encourage their creativity.

Just doing this in a room you normally wouldn’t makes it new and interesting.

Pick an odd spot to color or draw! Under the table, cover the entire table, on the floor, outside.

Tape paper to the area.

Draw! Leave it up for days and keep adding for the next few days.

This is a great opportunity to introduce new words as you are describing the textures!

Have your child help you find the objects!

Darker color crayons are going to work best. It will be easier to see the objects.

Find some flat objects with different textures.

Lay a piece of paper on top of the objects.

Use a crayon or marker to lightly color over the objects to see the texture appear!

Supplies: paper

marker or crayonobjects

(from where you are)

Texture Rubbings

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Be creative in the things you love! Be sure to include behaviors they do that you love!

If you have more than one child, make a set of different shapes for each child so you can tell them which shape to find.

After they have found all the shapes, see if they want to make a shape for you or another loved one!

Cut out several shapes out of paper.

Write one thing you love about your child on each shape.

Hide the shapes around the house. Have your child hunt for them.

Supplies: paper

markersscissors


Shape Scavenger Hunt

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Older kids can draw their own design to trace.

Younger kids may need help removing stickers, it sometimes help to remove the outer section that’s not the stickers from the page.

For younger kids, start with a small, simple design so they can accomplish it in a short period of time.

Draw a wacky design with a marker on a piece of paper.

Provide the stickers!

Trace the design by sticking the stickers to the line!

Supplies: paper

markerstickers

Dot Sticker Designs

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Supplies: paper

markerspainter’s tape (optional)

Rainbow Bunched Drawing

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If the markers are too hard to hold, tape them together to make it easier.

They may want to create an actual rainbow, but they may just want to make their own picture!

Work on learning at the same time - have them trace their name, shapes, letters, or numbers!

Gather 3-5 markers.

Hold all the markers in one hand (tape around them if desired).

Draw!

You can switch this one up for anything kids are learning - sight words, match problems to answers, uppercase letters to lower case letters.

You can also do this one big by using butcher paper. Or, use sticky notes spread out all over the floor and have the kids connect them using pieces of yarn.

For older kids, don’t put the stickers in columns. Spread them out all over the paper instead.

Make a column of stickers on the left side of a piece of paper.

On the right side, put the same stickers, but in a different order.

Match the pairs of stickers using a marker.

Supplies: paper

markersstickers

Connect the Stickers

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You can make any size grid you want - add more dots for a longer game.

Younger kids can just color in their box instead of writing their initial.

There are no diagonal lines - each line must go straight to a neighboring dot.

Draw a grid of dots at least four dots wide and four dots long.

Each turn, draw one horizontal or vertical line to connect two dots

When you draw the 4th wall of a box, write your initial in the box and take another turn. Whoever has the most boxes at the end wins!

Supplies: paper

markers

Dots & Boxes Game

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See how long of a line you can make without lifting your marker.

Do this with your child and see if they can guess what you drew.

Draw a long line and count how many times you cross over your line!

Gather paper and a marker.

Try to draw a picture without lifting the marker.

Have fun and be creative!

Supplies: paper

markers

Continuous Drawing

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markers

Beginner Connect the Dots

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If your child knows their colors, draw the dots in different colors and have them connect the same color together.

After they finish, ask about their picture - they might tell you what they made!

Involve your child in the prep and see if they want to make the dots.

Draw dots all over the paper.

Use a marker to connect the dots however they like.

When done, they can color in the picture they made!

For younger children, you may need to draw the shape for them but older kids can create their own!

Brainstorm with your kids to give them ideas of patterns to use to start with.

Do this with your child - it’s relaxing and a great way to work on colors and shapes!

Try not to lead them into a specific picture - see where their creativity takes it!

Don’t worry if the colors don’t end up being the “right” colors. It’s okay!

It may not end up being a picture of anything. Just cool artwork!

Draw any shape to start - geometric shapes, animals, cars, and flowers are great. Abstract shapes will work, too.

Draw something small on paper - a circle, squiggle, shape, etc.

Divide the shape into sections. Take turns adding a small detail.

Draw any pattern you want inside each section. Shapes, hearts, trees, squiggly lines, etc. See what you end up making!

Supplies: paper

markers

Supplies: paper

markers

Zentangle Drawing Drawing Together

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Have older children work on creating a pattern with the beads.

After you make the snakes, have fun playing with them!

For very young children, fold over the very end of the pipe cleaner so they don’t poke themselves.

Fold and twist one of the ends of a pipe cleaner to form the head of the snake.

Thread beads onto the pipe cleaner until almost full.

Fold the other end of the pipe cleaners to keep the beads on.

Supplies: pipe cleaners

beads

Bead Snakes

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Yarn Wrapped Hearts

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The shape options for this yarn-wrapped craft are endless! Try different holiday and seasonal shapes. Pair this with the book ‘Extra Yarn’ by Mac Burnett.

Allow your child to wrap yarn however they desire. There is no “correct” way to do this, however they may need to extra guidance on how to get the yarn to stay wrapped around the heart.

Try using different mate-rials such as wire, string or sticks. Or try a more open-ended exploration of yarn & pipe cleaners with younger kids.

Twist a pipe cleaner into the shape of a heart and tie a piece of yarn to each heart.

Wrap the yarn around the heart shape.

Tie off the yarn and then either snip the remaining yarn or use it to hang it as Valentine’s decoration.

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White Paper

Painter’s Tape

Pipe Cleaners

Beads

Straws

Scissors

Yarn

Craft Bag

Supplies: paper

painter’s tapescissors

pipe cleanersstraw

Marble Maze

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For an added challenge, number the tunnels and try to go through the tunnels in order.

For younger children, have them move the paper with their hands instead of the straw.

Have the children design their own maze and then switch it up. Let their creativity shine!

Cut strips of paper and pieces of pipe cleaners.

Tape the paper and pipe cleaners onto the plate to create tunnels and barriers.

With a straw, blow a wad of paper around the pipe cleaners and through the tunnels to follow the maze.

Supplies: yarn fork

(from wherever you are)

Fork Weaving

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This is a great one to do at restaurants while you are waiting!

This will be a bit hard for younger children but they can weave on laundry baskets, stair railings, or cooling racks.

See what kind of patterns your child can make - working on math skills without them realizing it!

Grab a fork and some yarn or embroidery thread.

Tie the end of the yarn onto one of the fork tines.

Weave the thread in and out among the tines of the fork.

You can decorate the strips of paper with specific colors, or write sight words or letters to work on those!

The kids can work on their scissor skills by cutting the strips of paper themselves.

This is a great activity to work in color recognition (or other learning aspect) just by talking. “Look, you put the green one on top.”

Cut paper into 1.5-2 inch strips and decorate if desired.

Roll paper strips into a tube and tape to secure.

Start stacking!

Supplies: paper


Paper Building Blocks

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Longer pieces of straws are harder to thread all the way through.

Shorter pieces of straws are harder for little fingers to hold.

Tape one end of the yarn onto a surface to hold in place and to keep straws from coming off.

Set out whole straws and a pair of scissors.

Snip straws into about one inch sections.

Thread pieces of straw onto a shoelace or yarn to make a necklace.

Supplies: yarn

strawsscissors

Straw Necklace

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yarn

Shape Garland

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Stack the shapes one above the other to hang the garlands in a window from top to bottom. Otherwise tape them so they’re side by side to string across the window.

Trace a half of shape onto the folded paper for young kids to cut.

Use 3-4 different colors of paper and have older kids pattern the shapes on the garland.

Fold paper in half and cut a shape out, repeat to make lots.

Tape the shapes onto a long piece of yarn. Repeat to make several lengths of these.

Hang in a window!

You can use tape and yarn to hang them in the window.

The thinner the paper, the better, so it flops around and isn’t so stiff.

You may need to help with the folding and drawing lines, but after seeing it done a few times, see if they want to try it themselves!

Cut multiple sizes of circles out of paper.

Fold each circle in half three times. Draw a line across the point of the folded circle and 3-4 lines from that line out to the edge.

Cut on the lines that go from the edge to the point. Open it up!

Supplies: paper

scissorsmarker

Party Flakes

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What else can you draw to trace? Squares, triangles? Numbers?

Use some heavy objects to hold the paper in place so that it doesn’t get moved when trying to place the pipe cleaners.

Or ditch the paper altogether and challenge them to make a letter without tracing.

Grab pipe cleaners, paper, and a marker.

Draw a few simple letters on a piece of paper.

Trace the lines with pipe cleaners.

Supplies: paper

pipe cleanersscissors (optional)

marker

Pipe Cleaner Letters

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Bead Patterns

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This can also be done with dry pasta, buttons, gems, rocks or any other small items!

Be careful of young kids mouthing the small pieces. You could try this with snack foods if you’re concerned.

Have older kids draw their own design and glue the pieces along the lines for a more perma-nent craft!

Draw a simple pattern on the paper.

Trace the lines on the paper by placing the beads on top of them.

Start over and repeat!

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Paper

Painter’s Tape

Pipe Cleaners

Beads

Markers

Scissors

Yarn

Learning Bag

Supplies: markers (rainbow colors)

paperscissors

Rainbow Name Puzzle

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If your child has 4 (or less) letters in their name, add a pot of gold or shamrock on each end of the rainbow to have more pieces.

Try cutting apart the letters straight. Make it more challenging with curvy pieces!

You can do this with any picture or drawing! Work on spelling their name, counting, or math problems!

Draw the outline of a rainbow on a piece of paper. Then, color it in!

Cut apart the paper to make puzzles pieces with one letter per piece.

Add the letters of their name to each piece of the rainbow. Mix it up and put the rainbow back together again.

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How Many? Counting Game

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This can also be done with letters, numbers or whatever your child is working on right now!

For older children, talk about if they found more red or blue items.

This activity is a great one for the car - they can watch out the window to see what they can find.

Call out a shape or color.

See how many things of that description your child can find.

Do it again with a different shape or color.

Be sure to make the letters large enough that they have room to trace it several times.

This is also a great way to work on sight words or spelling words for older kids!

If they get tired of tracing their name after one or two times, that’s totally okay!

Write your child’s name on a piece of paper with a marker.

Have your child trace the marker with a different color marker.

Keep tracing with several different colors!

Supplies: markers (rainbow colors)

paper

Rainbow Name Tracing

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Walk along with younger kids and count for them, encouraging them to join in!

Choose two points closer together for younger kids, and further apart for older kids.

Older kids can count by 2s when they hop (2 feet=2), or count down from 100 going when walking or running backwards.

Determine starting distance and an ending distance - Point A and B.

Count how many steps is it from Point A to B?

Repeat! How many hops? Backwards? How about when you run?

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Measure Distance with Steps

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painter’s tape

Follow the Letter Maze

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You can also do this with numbers or shapes!



Write the same letter over and over on the correct path through the maze. Fill in with other letters on all the wrong paths.

Have your child start at the beginning, and follow that same letter through the maze to get to the end.

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This is a twist on connect the dots. There is no need to make a straight line between the pair of letters. Let it be squiggly.

Use washable markers in case they go off the paper.

Be sure to narrate what letters they’re matching up. “You found the letter A, can you find the other letter A that matches it?”

On a piece of paper, write random pairs of letters. Don’t put the letters beside their match - mix it up!

Have your child start with a letter, find its match and draw a line connecting the two.

Repeat to connect all the letters.

You can also do it without tape and just draw a line through the maze.


To make a big one, you can tape a few pieces of paper together to make a long sheet of paper for the maze.

Make a path for a maze from beginning to end with a certain number on a long sheet of paper.

Fill in the grid around it with other random numbers.

Start with the number at the beginning and follow it through the maze by taping it as you go.

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Follow the Number Maze

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Have your child stand and raise their hand. Hang the shapes “just” at and above that mark, not much higher. Preschoolers don’t jump that high!

Make it an obstacle course and put a variety of shapes in several doorways. Start at one door, grab a shape and go to the next door to find its match, and so on.

Not interested in doing shapes? Try colors, or write sight words, letters or numbers to jump and match!

Cut two or three of a variety of shapes from paper.

Tape the shapes to a long piece of yarn to hang from a doorway (with tape).

Jump and grab a shape to pull it down. Find the matching shape and jump and grab that one too!

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Stick to just 4 or 5 letters to begin with.

Write the number you have of each letter in the corner of each sticky note as a cross checker for your child.

Build confidence by using 3 letters your child already knows and add in 2 more to work on.

Write a letter on each sticky note. Several of each letter, but a few different letters in all.

Stick the letters on the stairs, two or three per step.

Go on a hunt to find all of one letter and stomp on it! Repeat with the other letters.

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objects(from wherever you are)

Tape Name & Trace

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Be sure to talk about the letter they’re working on.

“Oh you’re putting blocks on the letter L!” “What will you use for the letter O?”

You can also trace the letters with washable markers. They wipe right off with a wet rag or baby wipes.

You can also trace numbers or any letters you’re working on with your child.

Tape your child’s name on the floor with painter’s tape.

Have your child collect items, like blocks, cars, or trains from around the house.

Place those items on the tape to trace their name.

What makes this an obstacle course is where you place the letters. Make the letters hard to locate or reach. Let them break the rules, climbing on furniture or jumping around.

Place the papers close enough together that your child can step from one to another, but far enough apart that it’s a stretch.

You can do this with anything your child is learning, whether it’s letters, numbers, math facts, sight words, or shapes! Try it!

Write letters on paper and put them around the house, like on top of and under the table and chairs.

Have your child name the letters as they find them. Then stomp on it!

From there, name a letter close by for your child to find. When they find it, stomp on it. Keep going!

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Build their confidence by choosing 3-4 numbers your child already understands and sneak in 1-2 that they are working on learning.


You can even have your child hide the numbers first! It’s amazing memory skill to remember where a number is to have them find!

Hide numbers written on paper around the house.

Write the corresponding number, or draw dots, on a piece of paper to match the found numbers too.

Go on a hunt to find the hidden numbers around the house and match to the paper.

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You can also do this with the alphabet or spelling words!



Write numbers 1-20 in order on the correct path through the maze. Fill in with other numbers on all the wrong paths.

Have your child start at number 1, and count their way through the maze to get to number 20.

Talk about what each number is as they trace it.

Don’t worry about how they hold the marker, how they they trace it, or the order they go in. It’s more just to get them familiar with the numbers and to make it a fun way to practice writing.

You can start with only a couple of numbers if your child is just beginning to work on numbers.

Tape numbers 1 through 9 across the floor, pretty large.

Trace the numbers with washable markers.

Wipe the marker off and repeat!


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For multiple kids, an older kid can take charge of describing a texture.

Younger kids? Show an example when you describe the texture. See this rock? It’s smooth. Can you find something else that’s smooth?

Take this outside in your backyard. Or try it at the playground or even at a restaurant or waiting room.

Explore what’s around your area!

Find something rough, smooth, pokey, prickly, and so on.

Once an object is found, describe it!

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Pipe cleaners are very sharp, be sure to twist it, or bend the end over so that it doesn’t cut or poke your child.

Make this harder with cereal, pasta, or beads to thread onto the pipe cleaner.

You can also stick the pipe cleaner into a ball of play dough to stand it up.

Add in patterns or color sorting with 2 or 3 col-ors of pipe cleaners. Also count how many pipe cleaners get threaded on!

Cut pipe cleaners into 2 inch pieces. Wrap each one into a circle and twist to secure.

Twist the end of a pipe cleaner into a loop, bend and tape to a surface to stand it upright.

Slide pipe cleaner rings onto the upright pipe cleaner.

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Just for Fun Bag

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Quick Paper Catch

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Younger children will find it easier to catch the paper with both hands instead of just two fingers.

Switch places with your child and have them drop the paper for you to catch.

This is a great activity to keep kids entertained at restaurants or anywhere you have to wait a while!

Drop a scrap of paper.

Have your child try to catch it with two fingers before it hits the ground.

Experiment with different sizes of paper and dropping the paper from different heights.

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Can You Do What I Do?

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Motion ideas: standing on one leg, tapping your head or your shoulders, clapping your hands, blowing a kiss, pulling your ear, and so on!

Two children can mirror each other and have the adult try to guess who is leading the movement.

This activity requires a lot of focus, so it might only last a few rounds and that’s okay!

Sit face to face with your child and ask “Can you do what I do?”

Do a motion such as standing on one leg or a pattern of tapping your head, your shoulders, and then snapping your fingers.

See if they can copy you. Repeat and add on another motion for the next round.

These are a great way to wind down right before nap time or bedtime.

Do this with your kids - it will be easier for them to imitate you.

Wear socks if you aren’t on carpet - little feet can slide on hard floors!

Turn on some soft music.

Try these simple yoga poses: down dog, child’s pose, and up dog

Come up with other poses and name them.

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Yoga Stretches

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For an added challenge, remove 2 objects at the same time or rearrange all of the objects when their eyes are closed.

This can be done anywhere and with whatever you can find - silverware, crayons, anything!

Kids will love to switch places and have you guess which is missing.

Show your child a few objects.

Have your child cover their eyes while you remove one.

See if they can name which item is missing.

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What’s Missing Game

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Transfer Wadded Paper

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If you have a glass handy, they can try to drop the paper into a glass.

For older kids, don’t tell them how to do it - see if they can figure out to move the paper without touching it or blowing on it.

This is actually tough to do - try it out with them!


Suck on a straw to pick up the paper and hold it.

Move it to the other side of the table and let go.


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This is amazing for strengthening fingers! Just gripping to pull the tape off strengthens them.

Little fingers may need help starting the piece of tape.

For added fun, have your child put the pieces of tape down themself!

Stick several pieces of painter’s tape on the table, or other hard surface.

Have your child peel the tape pieces off, one by one.

Repeat!

Older kids can make this more of a game of basketball.

Younger kids can use this as an opportunity to practice throwing indoors, safely.

Instead of paper, you can do this with cotton balls or even socks!

Wad up several small pieces of paper.

Find and set out a “basket” to toss them into.

Mark a line to stand behind and throw the wads of papers into the basket to score!

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Paper Basketball

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See what’s the furthest they can blow in one puff.

If it is too hard with to blow the paper with the straw, blow it without!

Set up “goals” to try and blow the paper into.


Using a straw, blow the paper to the other side of the table.

See who can get all of their paper to the other side of the table first.

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After a few times, let your child pick where to put the hands and feet. See what poses they come up with!

You can even take this a step further and make several hands and several feet in different colors. And tape them to the floor in a grid and call out colors and hands or feet, just like Twister. (Make a spin-ner too! How fun!)

After playing, you can trace paint or decorate the hands and feet.

Trace the outline of their hands and bare feet onto paper. Cut out them out and tape them to the floor.

Lead your kids to position their own hands and feet on top.

Change the position of the paper hands and feet to a more challenging pose!

Supplies: paper

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Floor is Lava

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If you do this on hardwood floors, be sure to use delicate surface painter’s tape and test first.

You can mix this up and do it with colored paper too - write letters or numbers on the pieces of paper!

Younger toddlers might not be interested in going to a specific paper. Just have fun jumping from paper to paper.

Tape some sheets of paper to the floor. Write letters, numbers or sight words on each paper.

Tell the kids a letter (number or sight word) - or have the kids pick one out.

Try to get to that paper without touching the lava (the floor).

Take this outside with sidewalk chalk on the sidewalk or driveway too!

Socks and slippery floors don’t mix, so test before jumping too far!

Let them wear shoes for this if it’s a problem.

Tape 6 lines of tape on the floor, approximately a foot apart (no need to be precise).

Start at the first line and see how far they can jump, how many lines?

Hop from one line to the next, lay down and mea-sure how many lines long your child is, see how far they can stretch their legs apart, and so on!


Tape Jumping Game

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You could also use straws instead of pipe cleaners.

If grabbing it with their other hand is tricky, you can help them with that part.

Any roll of tape with a hole in the middle will work for this - it doesn’t have to be painter’s tape.

Stand the roll of tape on its side.

Stick a pipe cleaner through the hole in the middle of the tape.

Grab it with your other hand to bring it through the hole.

Supplies: painter’s tape roll

pipe cleaners

Passing Objects

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Kids of all ages love this activity. It’s great for balance and coordination.

Add on! Blow a pom pom or paper down the line. Keeping it on the line is nearly impossible, but tons of fun. Let kids figure it out through trial and error.

Start simple, slide along the straight line and work up to walking sideways and backwards on the zig zag.

Tape several lines of tape on the floor with painter’s tape. Make one zig zag, one straight, one curvy if you can!

Walk forwards, sideways, backwards along each line of tape. Try not to fall off!

Now do it backwards!


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The tape may need reinforcing to stick to the walls. Tape across it with another piece of tape.

With multiple kids, you can make it a race to see who can collect the most pipe cleaners.

Or only use one color per child to find their own color of pipe cleaners as they sneak through the hallway.

Stick several strips of painter’s tape diagonally between the walls along a hallway.

Stick pieces of pipe cleaners to the tape in random places.

Crawl under, over, or through the tape to collect the pipe cleaners.

Create their ‘home’ by using a toy box or a clothes basket of some sort.

Let your child experiment to figure out how they want to carry their toys during the crab walk!

Younger kids can’t crab walk? Try this with a crawl and balancing it on their back (use a backpack if it keeps falling off)

Gather objects from wherever you are (stuffed animals work great).

Determine a starting line and a ‘home’ to place the objects (ideally, it would be where they are put away).

Transfer the objects to their ‘home’ by placing them on your belly and crab walking them safely there.

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Printable Lists of Ideas forWhen You Need Them

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How to use theseGo-To Lists These Go-To Lists are exactly what they say they are. Print them off and use them as a go-to whenever you’re looking for something to do!

Each Go-To List has activities that are perfect to do in a certain situation, whether it’s at the restaurant waiting for food, waiting room, at Grandma’s, or you’re trying to get dinner on the table and you just don’t have any free hands to help with the activity.

Please be aware that there are a lot of repeat activities between each of these Go-To Lists. This is because many activities are suited for multiple places.

Go-To Lists for When You Need Them:

WHEN YOU’RE BUSY: great to do when you’re busy or have your hands full (i.e. nursing the baby)

AT GRANDMA’S: awesome to do at Grandma’s or visiting a friend

WAITING ROOM: good for in a waiting room without a table

RESTAURANT: great restaurant waiting activities


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Measure Distance with Steps: Measure distances by counting the steps. How many steps is it from one tree to another? How many hops? Is it more or less steps when you run?

Rainbow Name Tracing: Write their name on a piece of paper in marker. Then trace over it with several colors of markers.

Texture Scavenger Hunt: Go on a scavenger hunt around the yard to explore textures. Can you find something that’s bumpy?

Blowing Wadded Paper: Wad up some small pieces of paper. Use a straw to blow the paper and see who can get all of their paper to the other side of the table first.

Paper Basketball: Wad paper into “basketballs.” Aim and shoot them into a basket!

Passing Objects: Stand a roll of tape on it’s side. Stick a pipe cleaner through the hole in the middle of the tape and grab it with your other hand.

Crab Walk Transfer: Gather a few stuffed animals to haul from a starting line back to their home (put away). Transfer the animals back to their home by placing them on your belly and crab walking.










Shadow Tracing: Grab items from around the house to trace and head outside. Place in a sunlit area. Place a piece of paper where the shadow is and have fun tracing pictures!


Paper Shredding: Fill a large bowl full of different types of paper and let the shredding begin.


Draw in an Odd Spot: Tape butcher paper to the back of a chair, on the floor, or under the table.




Beginner Connect the Dots: Draw lots of dots on a piece of paper. Connect them with a marker (however they want!)

Yarn Wrapped Hearts: Twist a pipe cleaner into a heart and tie a piece of string to each heart. Wrap the yarn around the heart shape. Tie off the yarn and then either snip the remaining yarn or use it to hang it as a decoration.




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Texture Rubbings: Find some flat objects with different textures. Lay a piece of paper on top of the objects. Use a crayon to lightly color over the objects .


Shape Scavenger Hunt: Cut out several hearts from paper. Write one thing you love about your child on each heart. Hide the hearts and have your child hunt for them!




Dots & Boxes Game: Draw a grid of dots four wide and four long. Each turn, draw a horizontal or vertical line to connect two dots. When you finish a box, write your initial inside and go again. Whoever has the most boxes at the end wins!

Zentangle Drawing: Draw any shape to start - abstract, geometric shapes, animals, cars, flowers. Divide the shape into sections. Draw any pattern you want inside each section. Try: shapes, hearts, trees, squiggly lines.

Drawing Together: Draw something small on paper - a circle, squiggle, shape, etc. Take turns adding a small detail and see what you make!


















Draw in an Odd Spot: Tape butcher paper to the back of a chair, on the floor, or under the table.


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Shape Garland: Fold a piece of colored paper in half and cut a half shape out, unfold, repeat to make a lot. Tape shapes onto a long piece of yarn. Repeat to make many. Hang them in a window!

Party Flakes: Cut multiple sizes of circles out of paper and fold in half three times. Draw a line across the point of the folded circle and 3-4 lines from that line out to the edge. Cut on the lines that go from the edge to the point. Open it up!





Rainbow Name Puzzle: Draw the outline & color a rainbow on a piece of paper. Add the letters of their name and cut a part each letter as a puzzle piece. Mix it up and put the rainbow back together again.


Connect the Letters: Write random pairs of letters (not next to each other) on paper. Draw a line to connect the letter pairs.

Number Scavenger Hunt: Go on a hunt to find pre-hidden numbers at home. Write the corresponding number, or draw dots, on a piece of paper to match the found numbers too.

Stairway Letter Stomp: Write one letter on per piece of paper, several of the same, a few different letters. Stick the letters on the stairs, two or three per step. Stomp on a letter to find them all!




What’s Missing Game: Lay out a few small objects. Have your child close their eyes while you remove one. See if they can name the object you removed.

Quick Paper Catch: Drop a small scrap of paper and have your kid try to catch it with two fingers before it hits the ground.

Yoga Stretches: Turn on some soft music and do some yoga together. Try these simple yoga poses: down dog, child’s pose, and up dog. See what other poses you can think of!

Peeling Tape: Stick tape onto a surface. Criss cross tape pieces over each other. Peel the tape strips off, one by one.


Transfer Wadded Paper: Wad up some small pieces of paper. Suck on a straw to pick up the paper and hold it. Move it to the other side of the table and let go.

Paper Basketball: Wad paper into “basketballs.” Aim and shoot them into a basket!


Crab Walk Transfer: Gather a few stuffed animals to haul from a starting line back to their home (put away). Transfer the animals back to their home by placing them on your belly and crab walking.








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Quick Paper Catch: Drop a small scrap of paper and have your kid try to catch it with two fingers before it hits the ground.


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Texture Rubbings: Find some flat objects with different textures. Lay a piece of paper on top of the objects. Use a crayon to lightly color over the objects .





Dots & Boxes Game: Draw a grid of dots four wide and four long. Each turn, draw a horizontal or vertical line to connect two dots. When you finish a box, write your initial inside and go again. Whoever has the most boxes at the end wins!

Zentangle Drawing: Draw any shape to start - abstract, geometric shapes, animals, cars, flowers. Divide the shape into sections. Draw any pattern you want inside each section. Try: shapes, hearts, trees, squiggly lines.

Drawing Together: Draw something small on paper - a circle, squiggle, shape, etc. Take turns adding a small detail and see what you make!









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Rainbow Name Puzzle: Draw the outline & color a rainbow on a piece of paper. Add the letters of their name and cut a part each letter as a puzzle piece. Mix it up and put the rainbow back together again.


Connect the Letters: Write random pairs of letters (not next to each other) on paper. Draw a line to connect the letter pairs.


Texture Scavenger Hunt: Go on a scavenger hunt around the area to explore textures. Can you find something that’s bumpy?



Peeling Tape: Stick tape onto a surface. Criss cross tape pieces over each other. Peel the tape strips off, one by one.


Transfer Wadded Paper: Wad up some small pieces of paper. Suck on a straw to pick up the paper and hold it. Move it to the other side of the table and let go.






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painter’s tape 34, 35, 39, 40, 54, 55, 56, 68, 69, 70, 71, 75, 86, 90, 91, 93, 94, 96Paper and Markers Bag 28-46, 103-107Paper Basketball 89, 118Paper Building Blocks 55, 109Paper Hands & Feet 92, 119Paper Shredding 33, 104Party Flakes 57, 110Passing Objects 91, 119pasta 61, 80patterns 15, 17, 45, 51, 52, 56, 61, 80Peeling Tape 86, 118Pipe Cleaner Letters 62, 111Pipe Cleaner Rings 80, 116Pipe Cleaner Threading 17, 100pipe cleaners 16, 17, 50, 51, 54, 62, 80, 91, 94Play Dough & Straw Letters 12, 98Play Dough & Straw Structures 13, 99Play Dough Art 16, 99Play Dough Bag 8-19, 98-100Play Dough Cutting 19, 100Play Dough Names 11, 98Play Dough Numbers 14, 99Play Dough Patterns 15, 99Play Dough Stamping 18, 100Play Go Fish 27, 102Play Slap Jack 26, 102Play Uno 25, 102Play War 24, 101puzzles 65

Quick Paper Catch 84, 117

Rainbow Bunched Drawing 39, 105Rainbow Name Puzzle 65, 112Rainbow Name Tracing 66, 112ripping 33rubbings 38

addition 24alphabet 11, 12, 13, 32, 39, 42, 55, 62-75, 90

balance 95, 96basketball 89Bead Patterns 61, 111Bead Snakes 51, 108beads 16, 17, 51, 61, 80Beginner Connect the Dots 43, 106Blowing Wadded Paper 87, 118building blocks 55

Can You Do What I Do? 82, 117Capsule Cards 97-121catching 84cereal 80checklist 7colors 15, 18, 23, 25, 43, 55, 63, 65, 66, 68, 80, 92, 94connect the dots 43Connect the Letters 67, 113Connect the Stickers 42, 106Continuous Drawing 41, 106coordination 96cotton balls 89counting 17, 41, 63, 64, 75, 80Counting Number Maze 75, 115Crab Walk Transfer 95, 120Craft Bag 47-57, 108-110craft sticks 13crayons 11, 14, 16, 28-46, 57, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 90cutting 19, 53, 55, 56, 57

Deck of Cards Bag 20-27, 101-102distance 64Dot Sticker Designs 37, 105dots 43, 44, 72Dots & Boxes Game 44, 106Draw in an Odd Spot 35, 104drawing 12, 34, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 57, 61, 62, 65Drawing Together 46, 107Drawing Under the Table 34, 104

embroidery thread 52

flashlight 31Floor is Lava 90, 119Follow the Letter Maze 69, 113Follow the Number Maze 70, 113Fork Weaving 52, 109fort 31, 34

garland 56go fish 27Go-To Lists 10, 22, 30, 49, 60, 79, 122-129

hearts 45, 50How Many? Counting Game 63, 112hunt, scavenger 40, 72, 81, 94

Jump & Go Shapes 68, 113jumping 68, 74, 90, 93Just for Fun Bag 77-96, 116-120

Leaning Obstacle Course 74, 114Learning Bag 58-76, 111-115letters 11, 12, 13, 32, 39, 42, 55, 62-75, 90

Mail Letters 32, 103Marble Maze 54, 109markers 11, 14, 16, 28-46, 57, 61,62, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 90maze 54, 69, 70, 75Measure Distance with Steps 64, 112measuring 64, 93mirror images 36multiplication 24music 85

names 11, 39, 65, 66, 71necklace 53Number Card Match 23, 101Number Scavenger Hunt 72, 114numbers 12, 14, 23, 24, 25, 39, 62, 63, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 90

obstacle course 68, 74

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scavenger hunt 40, 72, 81scissors 12, 19, 40, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 65, 68, 92, 94Shadow Tracing 31, 103shadows 31Shape Garland 56, 110Shape Match Up 36, 104Shape Scavenger Hunt 40, 105shapes 12, 13, 36, 39, 40, 45, 56, 63, 68, 69, 74shredding 33sight words 12, 42, 55, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 90slap jack 26snakes 11, 14, 15, 19, 51socks 89sorting 23, 80Spy Hunt 94, 120Stairway Letter Stomp 73, 114stamping 18steps 64, 73, 74stickers 37, 42sticky notes 42, 73, 74Straw Necklace 53, 109straws 12, 13, 53, 54, 87, 88, 91string 50structures 13subtraction 24supply checklist 7

Tape Jumping Game 93, 119Tape Name & Trace 71, 114Texture Rubbings 38, 105Texture Scavenger Hunt 81, 116textures 18, 38, 81threading 17, 51, 53, 80throwing 89toothpicks 13tracing 11, 12, 14, 31, 36, 37, 39, 61, 62, 66, 71, 76, 92Tracing Numbers on Tape 76, 115Transfer Wadded Paper 88, 118

uno 25

Valentine’s 50

Walk the Line 96, 120weaving 52What’s Missing Game 83, 117

yarn 42, 50, 52, 53, 56, 68Yarn Wrapped Hearts 50, 108Yoga Stretches 85, 117

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