Keeping younger kids busy
We all have times we need to keep younger children busy independently – while you work or homeschool, or simply take a break from the court jester life. How do you do it? There are tons of ways to...
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Busy bags
Remember the post I did on keeping younger kids busy a few weeks ago? One of the options was busy bags. A busy bag is a task for younger kids, all grouped together and ready to be brought out to...
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Busy bag: Pompom sort
This busy bag consists of a bunch of pompoms, a set of plastic tongs, and an ice cube tray. Sounds kind of weird, right? Except ds 2 loved it. When his big brothers tried to help him with some, he...
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Busy Bag: Pipe cleaner lacing
This bag has an assortment of different colored pipe cleaners and a handful of felt buttons (shapes with holes in the center). This can be strung together by color, by shape, or by patterns of colors...
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Busy bag: button sort
This busy bag is a handful of different colored and different shaped buttons. There were a total of 6 colors and shapes and two plates with three sections each, so it’s good for sorting colors and...
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Busy bag: Felt cooking
I’m putting together two busy bags that are very similar here. This is a review for felt “cooking” – assembling felt pieces into a sandwich (Hungry? DS2 wants to offer you a sandwich!) and pieces for a...
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Busy bag: Baby version – paper recycling
Another busy bag idea (see the more serious busy bag ideas here.) This one is a little tongue-in-cheek, but my 10 month old baby had a blast with our bag of paper recycling. She shredded and ripped...
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