There are a number of reasons that a parent should consider sending their child to preschool. Preschool is a great learning and social environment that can aid in preparing a child to enter kindergarten and go to school on a …[Continue]
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How Do You Know If Your Child Is Ready For Kindergarten?
Is your child ready for kindergarten? Many parents are concerned when that particular summer rolls. While most children are ready, children mature and develop at certain rates. The differences in development can be significant in young children, and some children …[Continue]
Soft Chicks
Using a paper plate as the body for a baby chick, use cotton balls and glue to cover the plate. Cut out a beak from construction paper and fit it in between two cotton balls towards the center of the …[Continue]
Paper Towel Roll Bird Feeder
Put glue on the outside of paper towel roll. You can use sponges or paint brushes to evenly coat the whole tube. Lay birdseed out on the table and roll the paper towel roll over it until it is evenly …[Continue]
Rocking Ducks
Start by having your child color a paper plate yellow. Fold the plate in half, then glue on a yellow circle on the left top side by the fold. Cut out and add an orange triangle for a beak and …[Continue]
Bird-Watching Binoculars
Glue two empty paper towel or toilet tissue rolls together to form binoculars. Punch holes at one end on the outside of the rolls and tie a string from one to the other so binoculars may hang around neck. Allow your child to …[Continue]
Simple Paper Birds
You can make a simple bird craft from construction paper. Simply cut two different circle patterns out of colored paper. Glue the two circles on a half sheet of construction paper. The smaller circle is the head and the larger the body. …[Continue]
Cereal Bird Feeder
Entertaining toddlers and young children can really be a chore. Their short attention spans and limited abilities some times make it difficult to come up with a variety of activities that will be both engaging and simple. Some of the …[Continue]
Country Paintings
Once your child has figured out how to use paints and create drawings that are somewhat recognizable, you can introduce a myriad of different country crafts that deal with painting. Two examples of how a simple painting project can turn …[Continue]
Country Drawings
Finding activities for your kids can be a challenge, especially if the activities that they are most interested in, involve a lot of money (as is often the case with kids these days). So what if you could have a …[Continue]
Springtime Coloring
Coloring pages are perhaps the most classic of all the kid friendly crafts. Coloring never goes out of style. Encourage kids to use markers, colored pencils, crayons, even the chalk and the finger paints that you made in an earlier …[Continue]
Making Mosaics
Making mosaics is another kid friendly craft. Making mosaics is a simple idea that can be applied to a number of different projects. It is a great kid’s craft because it is nearly impossible to make a bad mosaic and …[Continue]
