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Five Cheap Art Materials You Never Expected To Use With Your Preschooler

My daughter is our resident craft expert. She is currently focused on creating conceptual sculptures. At the moment, her sculptures seem to revolve around the use of drinking straws and painter’s tape. I am not entirely sure what these sculptures mean, but I’m sure that it’s something far beyond my adult understanding. Now, it’s not like she doesn’t have a whole box of art supplies to choose from. In fact, she has several large boxes of art supplies. Preschoolers love to use unorthodox materials for their art, and it’s always interesting to see what my daughter chooses to create and … Continue reading →

Christmas Gifts You Can Make for Your Preschooler

Tis the season to be making Christmas crafts. Yes, I know that makes you cringe and put your fingers in your ears. Hee hee. You see, I adore Christmas, I love buying and making Christmas crafts, and I start Christmas shopping in August. Now I’ve confessed, see? I’m one of them. Those people who start doing Christmas stuff in August. But truly, now is the best time to make Christmas crafts. There’s just over a month until Christmas insanity begins and you’re too busy doing holiday events to even think about making crafts for your preschooler. December is a very … Continue reading →

Creating a Preschool Activity Station for the Car

My daughter can’t stand going on car trips. This has been true since she was a baby, and although now she has the maturity to resign herself to complaining instead of hollering at the top of her lungs, it’s still a trial to go anywhere in the car. She also can’t stand waiting for the bus, although the bus trip itself tends to be fairly interesting, since there are a lot of opportunities for people-watching. How do we keep her entertained in the car? The key is to create a selection of portable activities that are not choking hazards and … Continue reading →

Creating a Preschool Craft Station for Home

As I mentioned in a previous blog, we have a lovely little area in our basement that we use to make crafts. We also have a craft area in our living room, or rather, we have a craft box. Now, I am not very skilled at creating crafts, but I do enjoy the process. And I am also one who would forget to do crafts with my daughter if I didn’t have a space to do them and the materials immediately at hand. What do we keep in our preschool craft stations? Most of the materials are not too expensive … Continue reading →

What to do on a Sick Day

My daughter is sick today. Unfortunately, this is not an unusual occurrence during the school year. Luckily for her, she gets better quickly. Sadly for me, I tend to pick up the bug a few days after she does and it sticks. Poor, poor me. I digress. Aside from copious quantities of television, what do you do with a sick preschooler? I’m the sort who doesn’t like being stuck in the house, let alone stuck on the couch with a preschooler who is feeling unhappy. Anyway, if you find yourself short on temper, short on sleep, or short on ideas … Continue reading →