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LEGO Kidsfest is coming to town!

LEGO Kidsfest is great for preschoolers

Here in Denver, the traveling fun of LEGO is coming to town April 27-29th. This promised to be a fun filled building event full of opportunities to get creative and play with LEGOs, piles and piles of LEGOs!  LEGO Kidsfest is touring the country, so if you  aren’t in Denver, check the events calendar on [...]

Alien Buddies iPad preschool game

Alien Buddies iPad game for preschoolers

Alien buddies is an interactive game by Artgig Apps that your preschooler can play on either iPad or iPhone. It has adorable alien creature characters and tons of learning opportunities. The game includes 4 different types of activities, matching, puzzles, dot-to-dot and stickers. Each activity has multiple options as well. You can choose different levels of [...]

Flubber – Make your own

flubber car

One of our favorite places to visit is the Children’s Museum of Art, where they have rooms full of wonderful sensory experiences, including a tub full of this stuff called flubber. You just stick your hands in this soft rubbery magic and enjoy the way it feels, the way it expands and then rolls into a small ball…it’s just [...]

Colour Matching Easter Egg Hunt

Colour matching easter egg hunt

It’s no secret, for better or for worse, that Easter means lots of chocolate eggs.  The Easter Egg Hunt is a long standing tradition in many households around the world, so why not turn it into an opportunity to help your preschoolers practice their colours. What you’ll need: Plastic cups Coloured cupcake liners Mini-multicoloured chocolate eggs [...]

Counting and color with mosaic gems and a rainbow

Make a rainbow with mosaic gems

We like to use mosaic gems for a variety of different activities. Sorting is one of our favorites because the gems are fun to handle, pretty to look at and there’s a wonderful assortment of colors to choose from. We decided to work on sorting a rainbow of colors for this activity and then turn [...]

The Lorax movie review and extras

The Lorax

We went and saw The Lorax this past weekend and had a fun day enjoying all kinds of Dr. Seuss fun. We went to the early show to try to hit up the before noon $5 per ticket pricing (some AMC theaters offer this great price). However, the show sold out 15 minutes before we [...]

Building with big wood beads

Building towers with big wood beads

One of our favorite thrift store finds are these fantastic big wood beads. I found these in a plastic bag, the whole bunch was under $2 and it’s given us hours of creative play fun. Each wood block has a hole through the middle so we can use them to practice lacing. Because each bead [...]

Pretend Pond Play

Pretend Pond Play

It’s no secret that preschoolers love to play in, on, or beside water.  Without doubt water can be soothing, tactile, exciting, and liberating, but it’s not always possible, practical or safe.  That’s where pretend pond play comes in… At our home we have a small round blue mat which is perfect for this activity.  The [...]

The Secret World of Arriety review

Secret World of Arrietty - scene in the garden

My preschooler and I headed to the theater for a pre-screening of The Secret World of Arrietty and had wonderful time. The illustration alone was well worth getting up bright and early to head out into the Colorado cold morning air to check out this new film. Not a detail was missed in the creation [...]

Using Pattern Blocks for Teaching Math

Giant pattern blocks

Are you looking for a fun and exciting way to teach your preschooler about math?  Do you have a set of pattern blocks?  In my opinion, pattern blocks are a must have for any preschool classroom or playroom.  They are relatively inexpensive, can be used to teach a variety of educational concepts and are absolutely [...]

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Do you have a project you've created with your preschooler that you would like to share? I'd love to hear about it, better yet, I'd love to help you show off your creativity! Send me an email and tell me about your projects, favorite games, books you love to read, activities you adore or anything else you and your preschooler enjoy doing together. I would like to share your fun ideas with the readers of Projects for Preschoolers - giving you credit, of course! Find out how to submit your projects to ProjectsforPreschoolers.com!
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