S and I went shopping in her playroom for all her unicorns and fairies to setup a Fantasy Small World. I love to involve S in the setup and prep work of projects; it helps to get her excited. We took her toys, decorative flat gems, and shaving cream outside to S’s clean water/sand table. […]
Animal Tracks + Snow Playdough
Disclosure: My Big Fat Happy Life is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. I believe I have mentioned before that one of my daughter’s favorite books is Who Pooped in the […]
7 Inside Boredom Busters
I do not know about you but we have been having a lot of rainy weather lately which has been keeping us inside. So I am pulling out lots of fun inside activities to keep S entertained. Here are a few of our favorites… Building an Indoor Obstacle Course This is a great activity […]
Dinosaur Swamp Small World Play
S is in love with dinosaurs right now, so of course, we had to make a Dinosaur Swamp Small World Play. Small worlds are a great way to promote imaginative play and to learn and explore different environments. We have been reading a lot of books about dinosaurs, her favorite being the Magic Tree House: […]
5 Ways to Play with a Water Table
Outside, check. Water table, check. Now what fun way can we use our water table? Here are 5 ways to get more use out of your water table than the traditional water play. Alphabet Soup: ABC Practice – To help my daughter practice her ABCs, we set up an alphabet Soup. As she pulled out the […]
Arctic Small World Play
One of the great things about going on trips is being able to explore new environments, learn about different animals and appreciate an experience that we would never see at home. On our recent cruise to Alaska, S was excited to see glaciers and icebergs. Her absolute favorite item to see are animals/marine life. […]
Ocean Small World
S has been talking about wanting to take a trip to the beach – specifically Orange Beach, which we visited about two years ago. So, it was only appropriate that our next small world play be ocean. We had some sand in our water/sand table that I pushed to one side and then S […]
Garden Imaginative Play
Now that spring has finally sprung (at least here in the South) and since S loves to garden we did a garden imaginative play/small world. To make seed packets I took a couple envelopes and added a flower sticker to one and a pea label to another. I filled the envelopes with leftover colored rice […]
Farm Small World Play
I thought that S had some farm toys but after searching through her playroom and only coming up with a couple of horses, I realized that all her farm toys were at her grandma’s. Then I remember that S’s sand/water table came with farm animals and a tractor. Score! We went outside and S started […]
Early Learning: Letter O
This week I will be starting a new series on how I am teaching S. I will be using a combination of traditional worksheets, plus math, science, arts and crafts, and sensory activities. S loves games, puzzles and books, so we will also use those. I have also been trying to keep the activities that […]