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Quick and Easy Melted Crayon Art via Lessons Learnt Journal

Quick and Easy Melted Crayon Art

By Pauline On October 14, 2013 · 16 Comments · In Activities for Children, Creative Play, Infants School (5 - 8 years), Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Kids Arts and Crafts, Play, Pre school, Preschool, Primary School (9 - 12 years), Primary School (9 - 12 years) Activities, Toddler, Toddler Activities
I first published a version of this post at Kids Activities Blog  May 13, 2013. At our home, melted crayon art is the no-fail, attention grabbing, fun, art of choice. My sons (and I) love watching crayons melt. It’s exciting, beautiful and oddly therapeutic. Only problem is, the set up for our previous melted crayon [...]
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Fine Motor Activities for Kids via Lessons Learnt Journal

20 Fine Motor Activities

By Pauline On October 10, 2013 · 6 Comments · In Activities for Children, English, Fine Motor Skills, Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Play, Pre school, Primary School (9 - 12 years) Activities, Subjects, Toddler Activities, Work
I am a klutz. I will walk into the side of doorways as I enter a room, bump the side of the dining table as walk past it on my way to the kitchen, and dancing?! Forget that! But… I am a pianist. My mother was a piano teacher and I was playing Fur Elise [...]
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Prewriting Activity Cotton Swab Painting via Lessons Learnt Journal

Prewriting Activity: Cotton Swab Painting

By Pauline On October 9, 2013 · 13 Comments · In Activities for Children, Creative Play, English, Fine Motor Skills, Handwriting, Infants School (5 - 8 years), Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Kids Arts and Crafts, Play, Pre school, Preschool, Primary School (9 - 12 years), Primary School (9 - 12 years) Activities, Subjects, Toddler, Work, Writing
“Your sons have a really nice pencil grip”. I can’t help but beam ear to ear at such comments about their prewriting skills because these boys, my 5 year old twins, are as rough and tumble as they come. If I could bottle up their energy levels and sell it, I would be a rich, [...]
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Phonics Play Printable CVC Stamp It Game via Lessons Learnt Journal

Phonics Play: Printable CVC Stamp It Game

By Pauline On September 30, 2013 · 14 Comments · In Activities for Children, English, Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Pre school, Reading, Subjects, Work, Writing
“I can do silent reading Mum,” says N (5yo) “but I can’t read out loud. I want to read out loud”. My son, N is in preschool and is ever so keen to learn to read. I’m all for reading real books for real purposes. I also believe that learning to read is not a [...]
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