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Breaking the Piggy Bank or Banking 101

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Sorting, counting, and rolling coins is a great way to teach your child about money. We put all our spare change in my son's piggy bank and then when it's full, my son gets to dump it out and we roll the coins together. First we have him sort the different coins, then put the coins into stacks of 5-10, then we roll the coins. Great fine motor skill builder, too, since it takes dexterity to.. ... Read more >

Ages : 4-6 year olds

Materials Needed : Your spare change, coin wrappers from the bank (they will give them to you free)

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Fun with Melting Ice

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Kids will love this game of watching a toy slowly melt out of a block of ice. Begin by cutting the top off an empty, clean milk carton. Put a toy inside and fill the milk carton with water -- you don't have to fill it all the way, just enough to comfortably cover the toy. Then put the milk carton in the freezer until frozen solid. Once it has frozen, peel the milk carton away from the block.. ... Read more >

Ages : 2-6 year olds

Materials Needed : Small toys, empty and clean milk carton, water, your freezer

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The Goldfish Game

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My children all played this precious snack-time game at their preschool, and it has remained our favorite way to eat goldfish crackers. How to play: Explain to your child that you're going to tell him a story while he eats, but he has to be patient and only eat when the story tells him to (sometimes this can be hard, so make sure your little one isn't starving when you start!). Pour a small.. ... Read more >

Ages : 2-6 year olds

Materials Needed : Goldfish crackers or any animal-shaped food

Fruit Shakes

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Here is a delicious and healthy fruit snack. Begin by chopping 5 dates (or any fruit that you have on hand). Then take 1 cup of vanilla soy milk, 2 tablespoon of honey, 1 regular container of yogurt, and put all ingredients, including the fruit, into a blender. (The kids love to help with the measuring and pouring.) Blend until it's a runny mixture. Pour the fruit shake into a fancy glass.. ... Read more >

Ages : 3-6 year olds

Materials Needed : 5 dates or other fruit, vanilla soymilk, honey, vanilla yogurt, glasses, colorful straws, and a blender

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Fruit Kabobs

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Let your child slice some of his or her favorite fruit into bite size pieces with a plastic knife. Your child can then put the fruit onto chop sticks or wooden skewers. This is a great time to practice colors and counting. Enjoy the fruit kabobs immediately, or cover and put in the fridge. Good for playdates, too!

Ages : 2-6 year olds

Materials Needed : Your child's favorite fruits (strawberries, bananas, grapes, melons, pineapple chunks, etc), chop sticks or wooden skewers (with points removed), plastic knife

Straw Beading

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For many kids, stringing beads on a string can be frustrating. You can make it easier if you let them string beads on a coffee stirrer or pipe cleaner. You can hot glue a bead on one end of a straw or bend the end of the pipe cleaner to act as the "stopper" bead, then let your little artist go to work! They can make a multicolored creation, a solid one, or a pattern of alternating colors. .. ... Read more >

Ages : 2-5 year olds

Materials Needed : Coffee Stirrer straws or pipe cleaners, craft beads (pony beads), hot glue gun, bead container.

Cereal Sorting

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In a ziploc bag, put a handful of round Cheerios, square Chex, and rectangle Frosted Mini-Wheats. Divide a sheet of paper into 3 sections- circle, square, and rectangle. Have your child sort each piece of cereal onto the correct column of their paper. You can discuss which group has the most, least, fewer, more, or equal. You can count the cereal in each group. Older children can make.. ... Read more >

Ages : 3-6 year olds

Materials Needed : Cereal in different shapes; piece of paper

3, 2, 1, Blast Off!

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In an wide open space, indoors or outdoors, help your child to count backwards from 10 to 1, then yell "Blast off!" Run in circles a few times, with your arms open wide, like a rocketship.

Ages : 2-6 year olds

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Cinco Means Five

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A great thing to do on Cinco de Mayo is teach your little one some Spanish words! You can select five words such as five colors or five fruits or vegetable or maybe 5 days of the week. You can also teach five words each week after that and not only will your little one become familiarized with Spanish but you will too!

Ages : 1-6 year olds

Materials Needed : Internet, Spanish book, notebook

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