As the crisp autumn leaves begin to fall, it’s the perfect time to turn nature’s beauty into a fun, creative activity with the little ones. A leaf rubbing wreath not only sparks imagination but also provides a great opportunity to teach kids about colors, textures, and the changing seasons — all while making a keepsake […]
Reflecting Rainbows
September 17, 2025 Leave a Comment
Everyone loves rainbows. This is a quick and easy science project to have children make rainbows by a sunny window or outside on a sunny day. By tilting and rotating the mirror the kiddos can catch the sunlight, which will be refracted through the water to create a little rainbow. You Will Need: Small MirrorGlass […]
Outdoor Nature Sorting
August 6, 2025 Leave a Comment
Summer learning has never been so fun! Read “Hello Hello: Opposites” by Brendan Wenzel with the children In your care then sort items you find in nature into opposites outside. “Hello Hello: Opposites” by Brendan Wenzel is a vibrant and engaging picture book that explores the concept of opposites through a wide array of animals. […]
“The Three Little Pigs” Story and DIY Puppets
January 8, 2025 Leave a Comment
My Nanny Kids love puppets and puppet shows. Puppetry is a great way to promote story telling and to foster language, imagination, communication, and more. Using construction paper, white and pink paper plates, jumbo or extra large craft sticks, crayons, markers, glue sticks, and hot glue, I made a few quick puppets for the story […]
Origami Butterflies
August 28, 2024 1 Comment
A girl I babysit on the weekends loved making these origami butterflies I found for free on the itsalwaysautumn web site. I simply printed the two templates and allowed her to color them in with her favorite markers. The instructions on how to fold the butterflies is available on the itsalwaysautumn web site. You Will […]
“Too Many Carrots,” Origami, Carrot Cookies, and Worksheets
September 22, 2021 Leave a Comment
Lesson Plans “Too Many Carrots” is such a cute story about kindness all children love. Rabbit loves carrots and that’s a big problem! In this phenomenal bestseller, Rabbit loves carrots a little too much. In fact, his carrots are crowding him out of his cozy burrow. When his animal friends offer to help, they’re just […]
Phonics Wheel
August 18, 2021 1 Comment
Creative Wednesdays Phonics are an important method of teaching to read by correlating sounds with letters or groups of letters. Phonics Wheels are a fun, easy to make, and engaging activity for young learners. Allow children to create wheels by using word families or make a variety of real and nonsense words. Click here to […]
Cardboard Roll Butterflies
August 11, 2021 2 Comments
I found this easy project on the patchwork parent blog. For little kids I recommend putting primary colored paint close to each other on a paper plate so they can play with mixing the primary colors to make secondary colors when making these butterflies. Older children can decorate the tubes with paint and markers in […]
Scissor Skills and Practicing Cutting
April 28, 2021 Leave a Comment
Creative Wednesdays It’s easy to make cutting worksheets on your own for your nanny kids. The photo shows some cutting strips I made myself. I simply drew lines, dashes, and dots on colorful paper with a permanent marker to draw lines where the kids should cut the paper. But if you prefer to print out […]
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