Hot Potato & Freeze Dance

Hot Potato & Freeze Dance

Aug 1, 2020 | Game/Play

Maddie organized a game night, and Hot Potato was one of the games. We used a very real-looking potato from this Melissa & Doug set and played this song (search “salsa freeze dance”) on YouTube (also embedded below), which has built-in stops so...
Pin the Tail on the Donkey

Pin the Tail on the Donkey

Jul 31, 2020 | Art/Creative, Game/Play

Maddie drew the donkey and a few little tails, but you could start this with a craft session: each kid designs a tail, or they all draw a part of the donkey. You know the game–blindfold, spin if you want, try to get the tail on the donkey. We played a few rounds...
Old Fashioned Construction Paper Crafts

Old Fashioned Construction Paper Crafts

May 9, 2020 | Art/Creative

Old fashioned glue and construction paper day! Here are a few things we did, but there are a thousand site that come up when you Google ‘construction paper crafts’ so I’ll let you have a go at that. I do have a few good supplies I found. Supplies:...
Connection

Connection

May 2, 2020 | Game/Play

We first tried to call this game Boomerang, but Connection is what stuck. This is just a talking game we made up…we play in the car, waiting rooms, dinner table… one person starts with a random word (a toddler is a great random word generator) and you take...
Master Class

Master Class

Apr 21, 2020 | Art/Creative

Here’s how I explained it to the kids: Today’s project is to develop and run your own master class. Think of something to teach the other kids then teach it. You have 15 minutes to go think of the plan and gather materials. When it’s your turn, you...