Fun Activities for Kids with Oopsey Daisy

April 25, 2011 By
Hello, my friends!
My name is Ali­son, and my lit­tle blog­ging home is called Oopsey Daisy.
I am the queen of oopsey daisies.  I love to cre­ate beau­ti­ful things, and I usu­ally stum­ble a bit (or a lot) along the way!  My blog tells the twists and turns of my craft­ing jour­neys.  I draw upon my teach­ing expe­ri­ence to make fun things for my sweet 2-year-old son.  I also love sewing, orga­niz­ing, cooking/baking, and dec­o­rat­ing our home.
 
I had the won­der­ful priv­i­lege of finally meet­ing Sara in per­son at Cre­ative Estates a few weeks ago.  She is just as friendly and kind as I had imag­ined.  What an amaz­ing lady!  I am so thrilled to be a guest here on Mom Endeavors. 
I’ll be hon­est:  I love to make projects for ME.  But my most ful­fill­ing cre­ations are the ones I can share with my Lit­tle Man. I am always search­ing for ways to make our days together just a lit­tle bit more excit­ing and mean­ing­ful.  Today, I want to share a few ideas for kids. 
Although I can’t carry a tune to save my life, I do love to sing with Lit­tle Man.  One of our favorite songs is  Old McDon­ald.  We sing along using these fun props that I made using a foam-board barn and wooden ani­mals found at JoAnn’s.
I love a lit­tle bit of learn­ing mixed in with fun!  In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birth­day in March, I threw a  Dr. Seuss Play Date for Lit­tle Man and his cousin.  They even dressed up like Thing 1 and Thing 2.
I have a sweet tooth, and guess what??  So does my son!  I truly believe that most fun involves food.  I made this race­car snack for Lit­tle Man when we were learn­ing about cars and trucks.  He loved it!  Plus it was sim­ple to make.

 I love to teach through games, and Lit­tle Man loves match­ing games.  I made this owl match­ing game using lids from frozen juice cans.
Lit­tle Man is just start­ing to become inter­ested in I-Spy Bags.  I made an ocean-themed bag as well as a farm-themed bag.  It has been a great way to occupy him dur­ing church!

Slowly but surely, we are learn­ing our ABC’s.  Lit­tle man loves using this Chicka Chicka Boom Boom File Folder Game to prac­tice nam­ing his ABC’s.  Guess what??  You can down­load your own game to make one, too!
Last fall, I watched kids pre­pare to go back to school, and I got that teach­ing itch.  I started teach­ing “Mommy School” at home.  We have a dif­fer­ent theme for each unit where we learn a let­ter of the week along with a num­ber, shape/color, and nurs­ery rhyme.  It’s very sim­ple, but it gives our days together more pur­pose. These are some of the activ­i­ties we did dur­ing our A is for Apples week.

Now I try to orga­nize all of my ideas and visual aids into pack­ets that are free to down­load.  My favorite unit so far is the Z is for Zoo Mommy School Packet.  We had a “wild” time!  All of the pack­ets I have cre­ated are avail­able for you to print, too!

I am still learn­ing how to enter­tain and teach Lit­tle Man at the same time, but these are some of my favorite tools in my arsenal.
Sara, thanks so much for hav­ing me over to your place today!  
You are fabulous!

5 Comments

Comments

  1. 1
    Joanna says:
    April 25, 2011 at 9:01 am

    The I-Spy bags and the match­ing game are so cool. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  2. 2
    Alison@Oopsey Daisy says:
    April 25, 2011 at 9:12 am

    Thanks so much for host­ing me, Sara!

    Reply
  3. 3
    Katie says:
    April 25, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    Such awe­some ideas! Loved your post Alison!

    Reply
  4. 4
    http://livingatthewhiteheadszoo.blogspot.com/ says:
    April 29, 2011 at 7:59 pm

    I made I spy bags not long ago and bot­tles! Fun. I love the Old Mcdon­ald Barn and the match­ing can lids. What cute and great ideas!
    Thanks for shar­ing!
    Amber

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    Kassandra @ Coffee and their Kisses says:
    April 29, 2011 at 10:44 pm

    I love all the crafts! I’m going to check out the Mommy School pack­ets. I’m doing some “school” with my son and need some more stuff to do. Thanks for shar­ing all of this!

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