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Rainbow Stacking Stones – a Balancing Activity for Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 08:20:06 +0000

Here's a fun rainbow stacking activity you can make for your kids, and the colours are perfect for St. Patrick's Day or for Spring!

It's a quick and easy project for your older kids to make, and your toddlers and preschoolers will love playing with it.

They'll learn colour order and size order, and they're balancing skills will be challenged as they try to build the perfect rainbow-coloured tower without tipping it over.

Isn't it pretty?!

Click the link below to check it out!

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Tin Can Stilts – Classic Childhood Activity

Jackie Currie — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 04:59:58 +0000

Make a set of tin can stilts with a couple of coffee cans and some rope. The kids will have fun walking around the yard on them, just like you did when you were a kid. Who remembers clomping around on a pair of tin can stilts when they were a kid? Remember how fun...

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10 Backyard Balancing Activities

Jackie Currie — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:15:22 +0000

Here are 10 of our favourite balancing activities in our backyard play space. Most of these can be balancing activities can be made for free using items you already have around your home and yard. These fun and engaging outdoor activities provide kids with plenty of opportunities to develop their muscles, gross motor control and balancing...

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Indoor Cardboard Hopscotch – a Rainy Day Activity for Toddlers

Jackie Currie — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:57:41 +0000

Make a cardboard hopscotch for a fun indoor activity for toddlers and preschoolers. Great way to burn off steam when you’re stuck inside on rainy days. When the weather is nice and we’re playing outside, the kids get lots of gross motor activity doing all of their favourite things in the backyard. It’s not so easy for...

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