Social distancing is just wrong in early childhood. You know it. I know it. But what if you are mandated to do it? Recently, I was on a Zoom call, and an educator told us about her colleagues who had made taped squares in their rooms. In those squares they put a chair...
I could not talk about messy play without mentioning mortars and pestles. This has to be one of my favorite messy tools for indoor play. Children love pounding and mashing. This harnesses the natural childhood schema of transforming – changing the state of a...
Have you considered putting a mud kitchen on your playground? If so, I would like to share my two cents worth. Consider a movable mud kitchen. A simple movable mud kitchen provides children with the raw materials to create whatever they can imagine. It is open-ended...
For over 27 years, Tom Bedard has been building apparatuses for the sensory table. And it all started with a bucket. The bucket answered a NEED at the sensory table – transporting the sand out of the table. Hello! How many of you have fought the “there’s...
For my toddler's birthday this year, I decided to make him a sensory table inspired by Tom Bedard! I didn't really know how this would turn out since I was attempting to create this with items I had on hand, except for the bag of beans. However, I was pleasantly...
Who knew making reindeer food could be so much fun?! Needing a quick and easy gift for my toddler to give to his classmates, I settled on reindeer food. With only 2 ingredients, it's so simple! However, I had no idea how much fun my little man would have with the...
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