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Teach Kids How to Spread with a Knife with Blocks and Shaving Cream

Jackie Currie — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:00:00 +0000

Hey Lovelies! I hope you're keeping cool!

I wanted to share one of my favourite activities for toddlers and preschoolers with you.

If you have little ones who are just itching to butter their own toast or make their own peanut butter sandwiches, this is such a fun way to teach them how to spread with a knife.

Take it outside and have some fun with it! They'll strengthen their fine motor skills and co-ordinaiton, hone their knife-spreading skills and get some sensory play and structure-building in as well!

Click the link below to check out the fun! xx

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Magformers Review – The Magnetic Building Toy that Kids Just Love

Jackie Currie — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 04:35:50 +0000

Magformers are fun, educational, magnetic, plastic shapes that kids of all ages love building with. They’re perfect for home, daycare, preschool or the classroom. For your convenience this post contains affiliate links. Recently, we had the great pleasure of receiving this 62-piece Building Construction Set from the lovely folks at Magformers. Have you heard of Magformers? Oh...

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Homemade Block Challenge Puzzle for Kids

Jackie Currie — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:05:22 +0000

Use wooden building blocks and a wooden tray to make a challenging puzzle activity for preschoolers. I love making homemade puzzles for the toddlers and preschoolers in my daycare. We’ve had quite a few over the years: name puzzles, toy puzzles and puzzles made from cereal boxes. Today I came up with this homemade block...

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