Paper Plate Alphabet Matching Game by Amanda Formaro

Paper Plate Alphabet Matching Game

This homemade matching game is fun for toddlers and preschoolers, and serves a few different purposes. It helps with memory, letter recognition and color recognition. If writing out the letters by hand sounds daunting, simply hop into a program like Word and type out the letters and print them to use as templates. I used […]

DIY Water Filter Experiment

This kid experiment shows you how to create a simple water filter and watch how large particles and dirt are slowly filtered out of water. The Experiment Steps: 1. Have an adult cut the bottom off a plastic water bottle and poke a hole in the lid. 2. Place a coffee filter into the water […]

4th of July Patriotic Parachute

This is such a fun project to do with the kids this Independence Day. Send their favorite toys up in the air for a high flying, parachuting, 4th of July celebration! The steps: 1. Cut about a 10″x 10″ square from a plastic grocery bag. 2. Tie individual pieces of string to each of the four corners. 3. […]

Kid Science: Making (Sound) Waves

Sound waves are a tricky scientific concept, but the basic idea is: the slower a sound wave is, the lower it sounds. Tap on the side of a glass of water, and you create sound waves. If the glass is full of water, the sound wave gets slowed traveling through the water, and the pitch of the sound […]

20 Great Tips for Cooking with Toddlers

It’s not uncommon for parents to shy away from having their little ones heavily involved in the kitchen, whether it’s because they’re afraid of them hurting themselves or simply because they dread the impending mess that can result. However, there are plenty of ways to get your toddlers into the kitchen and cooking with you […]

Observation Skills: Red, Yellow and You!

It’s a basic science concept, and one that even the youngest kids can understand: Red, yellow and blue combine to create orange, green and purple. Explore colors with your little ones in these three awesome projects. Magical Color Transfer   Rainbow Breakfast Bento Box from our friends at Tablespoon.com    Painting with Ice Cubes

Imagine That: One Cereal Box. Go.

Kids are amazing makers—just load them up with craft supplies and let them go. Help your kids build their imagination with these fun project starters, all building off of a single recycled cereal box. Duct Tape Recycled Robot   DIY Cereal Box Piggy Bank   Cereal Box Monsters

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