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Art Projects for Kids Large Scale Painting via Lessons Learnt Journal

Art Projects for Kids: Large Scale Painting

By Pauline On November 5, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Activities for Children, Creative Play, Infants School (5 - 8 years), Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Kids Arts and Crafts, Messy Play, Play, Pre school, Preschool, Primary School (9 - 12 years), Primary School (9 - 12 years) Activities, Toddler, Toddler Activities
We’re a family of six. There’s a Dad, Mum, and four kids. My children have squabbles, (potentially many); usually over space and wanting the same thing, at the exact same time a sibling is using it. Distraction works sometimes – “Oh, look at that!”, “Please come here and help me with this”, “… a lizard!!”. [...]
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Colourful Activities for Kids via Lessons Learnt Journal

10 Colourful Activities for Kids

By Pauline On October 17, 2013 · 3 Comments · In Activities for Children, Creative Play, Infants School (5 - 8 years), Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Kids Arts and Crafts, Messy Play, Play, Pre school, Preschool, Primary School (9 - 12 years), Primary School (9 - 12 years) Activities, Toddler, Toddler Activities
Me, at the ice-cream shop, trying to pick a flavour (or two). Choices, choices, choices. If there’s a green tea flavoured ice-cream, that usually gets picked. The other possibility is pistachio. Yum… But if those aren’t on the table, well…. choices, choices choices. When I was a kid though – it would be Rainbow ice-cream, [...]
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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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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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