I can't believe it's the last day in June and I haven't shared our sensory bottle of the month yet! Today, I'm sharing our 4th of July sensory bottle. Not only does this look patriotic, but this bottle is a great way to teach about density! Here's what I used in the bottle: 1 plastic Voss water bottle (found at Walgreens, gas stations, and TJ Maxx) 1/2 cup of corn syrup (with blue food coloring) 1/2 cup of vegetable oil 1/2 cup of red lamp oil (found at Michaels) glue to seal … [Read more...]
Fun in the Sun Summer Activities
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by JELL-O brand. As always, I only share products that I love and all opinions expressed are my own. Compensation was provided by JELL-O brand via Mode Media. I'm so excited to share some really Fun in the Sun activities! My kids love to spend time in the sunshine, so we planned some fun activities to enjoy together outdoors! A couple weeks ago I shared our ideas for a Fun in the Sun picnic. Today, I'm sharing all about our fun morning in the sun! (I'm also … [Read more...]
Fun in the Sun Picnic Ideas
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by JELL-O brand. As always, I only share products that I love and all opinions expressed are my own. Compensation was provided by JELL-O brand via Mode Media. When warm weather arrives, you will always find my boys outside! We live in a state with a long winter, so we are thrilled when the weather is nice and we finally can have some fun in the sun! Since the weather has been so beautiful lately, I planned a picnic and fun summer activities for my family to do … [Read more...]
Soap Foam Sidewalk Paint
You may have noticed that we really enjoy playing with soap foam at our house! It's so fun to play with...it's soft, squishy, fluffy, and is easy to clean up! Today I'm sharing how to play with soap foam on the sidewalks. This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for more information. Let me tell you how easy it is to make this! Here's what you need: food processor, blender, or quick stir pitcher (we used a Pampered Chef one, but here is an alternative) dish soap … [Read more...]
Soap Foam – Calm Play Activity
Have you ever made soap foam before? It's one of our favorite activities to do during summer. It's super simple to make and my kids love playing with it. Today I'm sharing my recipe of how to make soap foam with an extra ingredient to make this a calm play activity. This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for more information. Here's what you need for this activity: 2 tablespoons of dish soap (one without a strong scent) 1/4 cup of water food coloring (I used gel food … [Read more...]
100 Picture Books to Read This Summer
Earlier this week I sent out the challenge for families to read 100 books together. The boys are so excited about this and are already adding plenty of stickers to our chart. Today I'm sharing with you 100 picture books to read this summer. I've personally looked through all these books and I've either read them or would read them in the future with my boys. This list contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for details. These books are great for preschool and early elementary … [Read more...]
Can You Read 100 Books? Summer Reading Challenge!
Summer is just about here! While we take a break from our school routine here, we do a lot of reading! I wanted to create a fun way to challenge my little ones to read, so I came up with the challenge to read 100 books together this summer. I also created a chart to track the books we read. On this chart, there are 100 colored circles. After we read a book together, we will either put a sticker on the circle, mark it with an 'X', or stamp it with a Do-a-Dot marker. I also created a … [Read more...]
Jello Ocean Sensory Tray {Guest Post}
Happy Friday! Today we are blessed have another special guest sharing here. Heather is a dear blogging friend from Golden Reflections Blog. She has neat ideas for toddlers and preschoolers and also shares great ideas from the viewpoint as an occupational therapist. One of my favorite posts from Heather is series on whether a child has behavior problems or sensory processing issues. Thanks, Heather, for sharing your sensory play idea with us today! Thank you to Angela for inviting me to … [Read more...]
Dragonfly Craft for Kids
The last insect we are learning about this summer are Dragonflies. My kids are always amazed when they see a dragonfly hovering around. I can't blame them...they are beautiful and fascinating creatures! So today I'm sharing our dragonfly craft for kids. Here's what you need: pipe cleaners (any color) beads 1 pom pom foam sheets glitter paint Start by painting the foam sheets. We used glitter paint, but you could just paint on glue and then add glitter. While the paint is … [Read more...]
Glowing Firefly Craft
We’ve been studying bugs and insects this summer and one creature my boys have been so interested in lately are fireflies! They really are fascinating insects and it’s been fun to see them outside glowing in the summer night. Starting out, we read The Very Lonely Firefly, by Eric Carle. Although this is a fictional story, it still has facts about fireflies in the book. Plus it’s just a cute story to read! After reading, we made a firefly craft to talk about the parts of a firefly. Here’s … [Read more...]