Category Archives: Artsy Play Wednesday

Parents: Do You Need to Feel Inspired and Encouraged? {LINKY}

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Do you enjoy doing crafts and activities with your children? Do you feel like time isn’t on your side and you struggle to find the time to enjoy special moments with your children every day? If you answered yes to either question, I encourage you to head on over to my post that I shared earlier today, I think you’ll be very inspired and encouraged! Feel free to link up your fun activities and crafts for children below! I have a few giveaways that are related to Back to School happening on my Giveaway Page: Link Up Your Child Friendly … Continue reading →

Fall Ideas for Little Kids {LINKY}

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Artsy Play Wednesday

Whether we want to admit it, FALL is definitely in the air! The children are back in school now, the leaves are starting to turn and while the days might not be cooler yet, the nights are filled with a crisp fall breeze. I always love this time of year as apples and fall were two of my favourite units that I taught when I was a Kindergarten teacher. A few of my favourites that have linked up on our Artsy Play Wednesday (linky is below) are the following: Do you have any Falls Ideas for Little Kids to share … Continue reading →

Preschool Educational Activities #ArtsyPlay {LINKY}

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apple preschool science experiments

With so much back to school talk lately, I don’t want to leave the preschoolers in the dust as their education experience this fall is just as important! After all, the preschooler years from 1 to 5 are considered to be the formative years and are crucial in a child’s healthy development. Science experiments are a wonderful, hands on way to get preschoolers involved in learning. Tactile science experiments allow children to be fully engaged in their learning. Teaching your child a different language, including ASL (American Sign Language) helps their brain to develop and grow. ASL also allows children … Continue reading →

Helpful and Fun Back to School Ideas {LINKY}

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Blank calendars

I have to apologize to those of you who don’t have school-aged children or Grandchildren! My blog has been over-run with Back to School content. At least my content has been sprinkled with some good recipes like: Both of these would make GREAT additions to your child’s lunch bag, for those of you who DO have school-aged children! Last week, we had a few bloggers link up some fantastic ideas surrounding Back to School that I would like to feature. These blank calendars can be printed out for your child to use to keep track of projects or for the … Continue reading →

Keeping Kids Busy Before They Head Back to School {LINKY}

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Back to school printable

We are starting (keyword here is STARTING) to think about Back to School around here, so when I saw this Back to School Printable linked up last week, I was super excited to check it out and I am very glad that I did. Preschool Powol Packets shares some amazing ideas for preschool children. The owner of this blog, Carla is a former elementary school teacher, turned homeschooler and daycare provider. She is one creative lady who loves to share ideas and resources for parents and teachers of preschool aged children. For those of you who have children going back … Continue reading →

Get Your Child Organized and in a Routine #ArtsyPlay {LINKY}

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How much fun would this Summer Scavenger Hunt be one day this summer? Kids LOVE to go on scavenger hunts! This idea includes a free printable for you to use in order to help your children track their discoveries. When a rainy day is looming, it sure would be handy to have a Rainy Day Bin all ready to go filled with fun activities! Kids love to play with wooden blocks! This post shares 6 new ways to play with wooden blocks. This last activity takes a lot of adult assistance and supervision, but once it is made, oh the … Continue reading →

Summer Crafts for Kids #ArtsyPlay

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Summer Crafts for Kids

We chose a few linked up crafts from last week to share with you here today as we believe they would make fun activities for a rainy day. These summer craft ideas for kids really would be fun any time during the year! Summer Crafts for Kids Have you ever read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See by Eric Carle? It is one of my FAVOURITE books and children love it too as it reads REALLY well as a read aloud book due to the rhyming and rhythm of the text. On a rainy day, why not head … Continue reading →

Keep Your Kids Busy This Summer with These Activities! #ArtsyPlay {LINKY}

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For children, summertime is typically the most fun time of the year! The weather is good (most of the time) and they get to play outdoors A LOT! I am a HUGE believer in letting children play by using their imaginations and just having good, old fun. BUT… Sometimes children come to you muttering those terrible words “I’m bored” and then what? That is what Artsy Play Wednesday is for. Use it as a resource to pin and bookmark some activities that you would like to try out with your children this summer. We’ve got some amazing and FUN Summer … Continue reading →

4th of July Craft Ideas for Kids ~ #ArtsyPlay {LINKY}

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4th of July

While I realize that most of you are Canadian, this week we have decided to share some 4th of July Ideas for kids. Many of the ideas are fun regardless of where you live, so please enjoy some fun together regardless of where you live! Congratulations to our Top 3 posts from last week! If you missed them, check out these wonderful ideas. Last week’s Top 3 Clicked on Links were: Quick DIY Fishing Game from Glittering Muffins Aluminum Can Dimensional Star from Crafty Journal Summer Bucket List from Such a Mama This week, we have some exciting 4th of … Continue reading →