by Devmelodies | Sep 20, 2010 | Activities, Early Childhood, Learning Through Play
There are some days where almost everything we do becomes a learning opportunity! It just so happens that most of what we did on this day was connected to the SAME concept! This was one of those days! And get this… my whirlwind learner had even more learning...
by Devmelodies | Sep 16, 2010 | Activities, Early Childhood, Learning Through Play
Here is another fantastic, no-mess, activity that I have carefully stolen from The Frugal Family Fun Blog! Materials: Printout Picture (This one came from Activity Village) Masking Tape Circle Stickers (Or any stickers you choose) Tape down the picture (so that your...
by Devmelodies | Sep 4, 2010 | Activities, Early Childhood, Family, Learning Through Play
Today was the annual Hummingbird Festival at the Sugar Grove Nature Center (Funks Grove, IL) and being that our family is just so fascinated with birds, we made it a point to go this year! We pulled up, hoped on a covered wagon-tractor thing, and into the festival we...
by Devmelodies | Aug 22, 2010 | Activities, Early Childhood, Learning Through Play
I would really like to give credit where credit is due, but I can’t find the blog where this idea came from! Overall, the activity (Marble Painting) is a pretty popular one and this fantastic activity can now be done mess free! Materials: Sandwich Bag Two Colors...
by Devmelodies | Aug 9, 2010 | Activities, Early Childhood, Family, Learning Through Play
So I decided to leap head first into the world of finger paint. I thought for sure, that I had it all prepared as I set out the largest splat mat we own, grabbed a bucket of water, construction paper, a towel and fingerpaint. Farrah and I sat on the floor together...
