We haven’t done a lot of alphabet work because I believe in letting the kids’ interest and the rhythms of the season drive the activities
Category: Senses
3-5 (Preschool) 3-5 (Preschool) 5-6 (Kindergarten) 5-6 (Kindergarten) 6-8 (Early Elementary) 6-8 (Early Elementary) Featured History and Culture Music Musical Sound Winter
New Year’s Noisemaker
For most cultures, New Year’s is a time for new beginnings. The traditions usually involve cleansing the home of bad energy and welcoming in luck
0-3 (Babies and Toddlers) 1-2 (Toddler) 1-2 (Toddlers) 3-5 (Preschool) 3-5 (Preschool) 3-5 (Preschool) 5-6 (Kindergarten) 5-6 (Kindergarten) 6-8 (Early Elementary) Featured History and Culture Home Arts Taste
Edible Dreidel Dessert Craft
We actually first made this yummy craft last year with a friend who runs an awesome music program for kids on Long Island (Shake and
0-3 (Babies and Toddlers) 1-2 (Toddler) 1-2 (Toddlers) 3-5 (Preschool) 3-5 (Preschool) 3-5 (Preschool) 5-6 (Kindergarten) 5-6 (Kindergarten) 5-6 (Kindergartners) Fall Science Sight Visual-Spacial Weather
Cascading Leaf Spiral
For those of you who live further north, your leaves have probably already fallen. On Long Island, ours didn’t really hit their peak until the
My kids love the opportunity to taste different varieties of the foods they love at local farms and markets. I was lucky enough to participate
With great sadness, I read The New York Times’ (hopefully premature) obituary for the picture book: The picture book, a mainstay of children’s literature with
1-2 (Toddlers) 3-5 (Preschool) 5-6 (Kindergarten) All Ages Ecology Fall Musical Science Songs Sound Spring Summer Weather Winter
Songs for Four Seasons
We like to sing songs while our crafts dry. For our Four Seasons of the Apple Tree Craft, we used these songs. The lyrics for
0-3 (Babies and Toddlers) 3-5 (Preschool) 3-5 (Preschool) 5-6 (Kindergarten) All Ages Bodily-kinesthetic Featured Home Arts Taste
Pancakes from Scratch
Unless you have a field of wheat growing in your backyard, you may need to take a few shortcuts–but making a batch of pancakes is a great cooking with kids activity that we do most weekends with our children.
0-3 (Babies and Toddlers) 3-5 (Preschool) 5-6 (Kindergartners) 6-8 (Early Elementary) All Ages Ecology Featured Home Arts Science Summer Taste
Jam, Jelly, and Preserves
One week the children picked blackberries and turned them into jam!
3-5 (Preschool) 3-5 (Preschool) 5-6 (Kindergarten) 5-6 (Kindergartners) Art Science Sight Spring Weather
She’s Like a Rainbow
March is a great time for learning about the weather, including rainbows! Kids love rainbows with their bright colors and mystery–and there is plenty of opportunity for scientific exploration!
With our preschoolers, we made dyed pasta rainbows…