Little Hands, Big Learning
This is the corner of Mom Is Forever for the preschool years — simple, hands-on ideas you can set up at the kitchen table or on the back porch. Activities are grouped by the skills they build, so you can follow a child's interest or fill a quiet afternoon.
What You'll Find Here
Early Concepts
Animals and zoo animals, colors, counting, number recognition, letters, shapes, sorting, and patterns.
Crafts & Keepsakes
Handprint and footprint keepsake crafts, plus coloring pages and simple seasonal projects.
Sensory & Motor Skills
Sensory activities and motor skills play that keep small fingers busy and learning.
Around the Calendar
Calendar time, back to school, apples, pumpkins, and winter themes like mittens, penguins, and snowmen.
Seasonal Themes
Holidays and changing seasons are an easy way to refresh the activity shelf. Fall and September bring back-to-school and apple ideas, October turns to pumpkins, and winter months call for snow, snowmen, and polar bears. Christmas and Easter themes round out the year with crafts and coloring.
Apps and Screen-Time Ideas
Technology can sit alongside crayons and glue. The iPad apps section includes reviews and ideas such as My First Puzzles – The Alphabet, the 20Stamps app for creating photo stamps, and a water transportation theme with printables, simple patterns, and apps. There are also notes on turning off location services tracking on an iPhone.
- App reviews written from a parent's point of view.
- Printable pages that pair with a theme.
- Simple patterns for early math and sorting.
Planning the Day
A printable daily schedule from "And Next Comes L." was shared here in April 2014, along with classroom organization and calendar time tools. A routine chart on the wall can help little ones know what comes next.
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