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Continue reading →: 5 Valentine’s Day Activities For Toddlers and Preschoolers: Gross Motor Edition ❤️If you’re looking for a fun activity to celebrate Valentine’s day with your child, here is the list for you! This list is specifically for gross motor practice, but if you’re looking for fine motor, language and literacy, math and science, or social-emotional activities, we’ve got you covered, too! These…
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Continue reading →: 5 Valentine’s Day Activities For Toddlers and Preschoolers: Fine Motor Edition ❤️If you’re looking for a fun activity to celebrate Valentine’s day with your child, here is the list for you! This list is specifically for fine motor practice, but if you’re looking for gross motor, language and literacy, math and science, or social-emotional activities, we’ve got you covered, too! These…
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Continue reading →: Piaget: The Cognitive-Developmental Theory | Theory InquiriesJean Piaget (1896-1980), a Swiss cognitive theorist, first created his crucial cognitive-developmental theory in 1930. At the time, Behaviorism was the most prominent and popular theory around, so many people overlooked his findings. His ideas did not gain much popularity until 1960.1 It’s hard to believe that his ideas were…
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Continue reading →: Themes in Child Development Theories | Theory Inquiries
Sunny Sprouts’ aim is to help fellow Child Development students (and anyone else who is interested!) understand important concepts and theories related to our field. Sometimes all of the different types of theories, main ideas, and terms are confusing and can easily be mixed up. My hope for this new…
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Continue reading →: Quick and Easy DIY Foam StampsIn thirty quick minutes, you can make these fun and easy DIY foam stamps! The best things about these stamps (other than their ease in their creation) are that they’re reusable and you can recycle cardboard boxes to make them. Materials needed: foam sheets scissors cardboard writing utensils hot glue…
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Continue reading →: Self-Correcting Activities: Christmas Edition!While open-ended activities are wonderful and children can learn so much from them, there are times in which children must be corrected if they make a mistake. In open-ended and some close-ended activities, children wouldn’t know if they’re making a mistake and will keep making them, oblivious to their misunderstanding.…
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Continue reading →: Rainbow Ice Painting: Sensory and Art Activity!Rainbow ice painting is a fun, engaging, and vibrant activity. And the best part: it’s quick and easy to prepare! You can also recruit your little ones to prepare the materials in advance and deepen the experience! This is a great activity to do when it’s hot out, and can…
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Continue reading →: Fall Themed Homemade Play Dough (Cooked Method)Even though winter is just around the corner, it’s never too late to make some fall scented play dough! Adding scents to the play dough adds another great sensory element and nothing smells greater than pumpkin pie, cinnamon, and vanilla! Unlike our last play dough recipe which used hot water,…
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Continue reading →: Homemade Play Dough + Color Mixing Activity (No Cook)Who doesn’t love playdough? This quick and easy playdough recipe provides perfect opportunities for color mixing, learning about cause and effect, and exercising fine motor skills. Just mix together 2 cups flour 1 cup salt 2 tbsp cream of tartar Then carefully pour in 1 cup hot/boiling water 2 tbsp…
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Continue reading →: Children’s Books: 5 Questions To Ask Before You Read
Whether it be fiction or nonfiction, fantasy or reality, children can learn and glean so much from books. However, there are many books that may not promote the values or beliefs you advocate. It sounds daunting to have to analyze every book before you read to your child, but here…
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