Berry Basket Treasure Chest

Feb 28, 2013

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Want to know how to make this easy Treasure Chest Craft for Kids using a berry basket?

(My 4 year old made this with minimal assistance. It only uses a couple of materials from around the house)


Click for all the details on the Berry Basket Treasure Chest that I wrote for memetales.
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Here are some more Easy Crafts for Kids from us
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Happy crafting,
Debs :)



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Hands-On Activities Inspired by Dr Seuss

Feb 26, 2013

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Welcome to  TUESDAY TOTS for this week



This Week:
Learn with Play at home is featuring

"Hands-On Activities Inspired by Dr Seuss"
(all with added learning!)

These activities were all linked up to last week's linky
featuring 6 Play and Learn Activities for Toddlers




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Due to a fabulous recent Virtual Book Club Dr. Seuss Author Spotlight and the upcoming birthday of the Author himself (March 2nd), last weeks Tuesday Tots linky had a lot of fabulous hands-on activities revolving around the books of Dr. Seuss that we have chosen to feature this week.

Here on Learn with Play at home we try to make learning fun so as to keep children engaged and wanting more.
Dr. Seuss did this for literature as he turned the everyday into almost nonsensical wit and lyrical poetry. Why do I love Dr Seuss books on a whole? Because they are FUN to read. Especially aloud! (And of course the teacher in me loves all the great learning that can be inspired too etc. etc.) 





1) "Cat in the Hat" Practical Life Activities by Living Montessori Now


2) "The Shape of Me and Other Stuff" Activity by Fantastic Fun and Learning


3) 3 "Green Eggs and Ham" Treats by Reading Confetti


4) Dr Seuss Style Tot Trays by Something 2 Offer


5) Gluppity Glup and Schloppity Slopp by Train Up a Child (so much fun!)






7) Dr Seuss Activities for Kids by Parent Teach Play


8) "Green Eggs and Ham" Playdough Fun & Omelette Recipe by Inspiration Laboratories


9) "Hop on Pop" Dr Seuss Games by Coffee Cups and Crayons


10) "If I Ran The Zoo" Activity by The Usual Mayhem


11) Learning with "Green Eggs and Ham" by The Good Long Road


12) 3 Dr Seuss Book Themed Activities by Preschool Powol Packets


13) Dr Seuss' "ABCs" Gross Motor Games by 3 Dinosaurs




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Maybe next week you will be featured.
(please read the guidelines before linking up)


Want more activities for children under 6? 
Directly below, tons of activities are linked up each week 
starting on a Tuesday.
Remember to check back.




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Plastic Bottle Number Bowling!

Feb 23, 2013

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Welcome once again to the "Playful Maths" weekly series brought to you by



Together, let's make MATHS FUN!

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This week we bring you another 2 Playful Maths Activities using Plastic Bottles. 



Today's activity from us focuses on "Counting, Ordering & Making 10" 


This activity also includes number recognitionone-to-one correspondence, counting-on and number writing.


Maths Jargon:
Making 10 (or knowing the numbers that go together to make 10 eg. 3 and 7, 2 and 8 etc.) is a fundamental skill for children to master for further maths involving our base 10 system.

It's very beneficial to have a good understanding as it will help with mental maths problems in the future!
(For example, If asked what 76 + 5 is? you would instantly know that to make to the nearest 10 (80) needs 4 more. So it's 1 more than that. 81... sounds long winded for something that happens without thinking hey?) :)



Ages: 2+
(M has just turned 4. See the bottom for handy tips to Extend or Simplify to meet your child's needs)



Materials: 10 Plastic Bottles (we used 1.25 litre ones), Paint, Brush, Balls.
(Tip: no time for painting? Just write the numbers on with a permanent marker or use large stickers)



Setup: Paint your bottles with the numbers 1-10 and set aside to dry.

I wanted to make them big and bright so that the numbers really stood out from the clear plastic.


When they were dry I set them up so they were ready for my daughter to get home from kinder



She was right into it straight away. 
(Even wanted to do it before a snack. That's saying something haha)



After each shot she counted how many were still UP and how many were knocked DOWN



As we talked about the numbers that were Up and Down I reinforced the fact that there were 10 bottles-pins all together by asking her, "how many bottles/pins all together?"



I suggested the idea of writing down the amounts that were Up and Down and she was very keen to. 
(Note: If she was not keen I would have left it. 
Forcing the learning would not make it fun and she would not want to play)

On her own she found the bottles with the corresponding numbers that she wanted to write and used them to see how to write the number.


Putting the bottles back up and ordering them was one of her favourite parts that she insisted on doing without assistance.



To help her with positioning I put dot stickers on the floor where the bottle-pins could go.

To assist with ordering and one-to-one correspondence you could write the numbers on the stickers.



Then she bowled (and counted and wrote and ordered and added and counted on....)



... and bowled.




Handy Tips:


- Simplify this activity by just having fun bowling and trying to knock them down. Just being around the numbers and hearing them talked about in a real life and meaningful way like this will reinforce understanding without having to push any learning at all.


- You can Extend this activity in many ways:
  • Having the child paint the numbers on themselves
  • Write the numbers as equations  eg. 3 + 7 = 10
  • Fill the bottles with varying amounts of water and rice to see how easily they can be knocked down or not
  • Make predictions as to the number that will be knocked down and see how close you were.

- Mix it up by trying a variety of different balls. Which type of ball is best for knocking them all down?


- To learn new skills and to consolidate their understanding, children need to experience opportunities to practice these same skills over and over again. You will find many of our Maths activities practice the same skills like counting, number recognition etc. using slightly different materials. This is about making it fun and keeping it interesting for kids. Then, they'll want to learn!


- Below are the Paper Tube Activities from both Learn with Play at home and The Imagination Tree
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- Playful Maths. Below are the Egg Carton Activities from both Learn with Play at home and The Imagination Tree
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Don't forget to join us next week for more Playful Maths activities with Plastic Bottles.



Which Everyday Materials do you like using for Maths?



Happy playing,
Debs :)

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100+ Science Activities for kids

Feb 22, 2013

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Science fun from Learn with Play at home



Science fun from Bath Activities for Kids

Science fun from Growing A Jeweled Rose

Science fun from Housing a Forest

Science fun from In Lieu of Preschool

Science fun from Mess for Less




Science fun from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas

Science fun from One Perfect Day

Science fun from Parent Teach Play

Science fun from Rainy Day Mum

Science fun from Toddler Approved

Science fun from Train Up a Child





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Debs :)



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