Learning Activities For Children » *Preschool

Ten Little Fingers (finger play)

Melissa — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:48:56 +0000

Fun finger play to do with even the smallest child.

Ten little fingers (wiggle fingers)
Dance and play.
Ten little fingers
Wiggle all day.

Ten little toes (wiggle toes)
Dance and play
Ten little toes
Wiggle all day.

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Green (Spinach) Ice Cream That Had My Kids Asking For Seconds

Melissa — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:09:44 +0000

I made green smoothies for my kids today. Since it was nice and thick I called it ice cream. They were so excited that they didn’t even ask about the green colour. They both eagerly asked for seconds!

Here is how we made it:

1 bunch spinach
1 cup milk (I used lactaid since my girls are lactose intolerant)
4 spoonfuls of Orange Juice concentrate.
2 cups frozen strawberries.
1 teaspoon vanilla

Usually I want to add sugar to smoothies but this tasted really good without the sugar!

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Rhyming With UpWords

Melissa — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:24:56 +0000

My 4 year old loves to play with the same board games she sees her mommy and daddy play with friends. So I decided to adapt some of those board games for her. One of them is UpWords and since one of her favourite things to do is rhyme we decided to that UpWords was the perfect game to make rhyming words because you can stack the letters. We can start off mat then turn it into sat, rat, cat, hat and so on. She also loves to use the letters to make her name and other family members names as well.

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Block Building Activity

Melissa — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:22:00 +0000

Here is a fun play activity for your child. Build simple objects with blocks and have your child copy what you built. For toddlers start with stacking two or three blocks on top of each other and as your child is able to copy very simple designs gradually move onto more complicated designs that require more blocks. You can also have your child follow a pattern with different shapes and or colours.

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