Guest Post: Simple Fun – Paint with Yogurt

Hello Home Learning Journey readers.  I am happy to be here to help Kendall out while taking time to prepare or care for her new baby.  I would love to share with you one of our favorite things to do, paint. Paint with yogurt We love to paint at my house as most kids do.  I love finding edible foods for them to paint with.  This is great because my toddler loves to put everything in his mouth!  It is also a great sensory play activity to paint with food.  For this day we chose yogurt. Read more [...]

The Weekly Kid’s Co-Op 12/27

Each week, I will feature five posts that were linked to the previous week’s Kid’s Co-Op linky to share with you! What Do We Do All Day? has a post about planting Paperwhites with kids indoors, including step by step instructions and some great pictures. An alternative and safe way to water beads for babies can be found on this baby waterbeads post by Miss Courtney Meets Bobo! Life with Moore Babies has such a cute paper heart basket craft that I know my 3.5 year old daughter would enjoy Read more [...]

Homemade Christmas Rhythm Instrument

This evening Esmeralda and I took a container from the recycling bin to turn into our very own homemade Christmas rhythm instrument.  This is really simple and you most likely already have what you need.  If you do not, you will find all of this at the dollar store.  Not only is this simple, but it is also a lot of fun!  Esmeralda loves to shake it and listen to the "music" her rhythm instrument makes!  If you do not celebrate Christmas, make the same thing and call it a holiday rhythm instrument Read more [...]

Letter H Handprint Painting

To finish off our Letter H week (a bit late), Esmeralda was excited to paint the letter H using her hands for handprint painting! What You Need: Any colored paint.  I personally chose orange, yellow, and red for fall/Thanksgiving type colors. Paper.  I chose a brown roll of paper in the mailing section at the dollar store.  I regret choosing brown though, as my yellow paint is drying and fading into the brown unfortunately. A plate to pour a dab of paint on so the kids can smear Read more [...]