Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

Hands-On Ideas for Your Preschool December Themes {Toddlers, too!}

December 7, 2025 By Sheryl Cooper 2 Comments

Inside: Looking for hands-on preschool December themes? This resource is filled with ideas and free printables to help you plan the entire month. Can be adapted for toddlers, too! You are planning your preschool December themes. You’ve searched Pinterest and there are so many ideas it’s making your head spin. You want activities that can…

Cardboard Squirrel Craft That Uses Pieces from Nature

November 25, 2025 By Sheryl Cooper Leave a Comment

Inside: Invite your children to decorate a cardboard squirrel craft this fall using nature pieces collected from a walk! Nature walks are fun year-round, but there’s something about fall that makes them even more fun. Perhaps it’s all the colors and textures! It reminds me of when we made our fall suncatchers awhile back using…

How to Turn Watercolor Leaves Into a Colorful Banner

November 15, 2025 By Sheryl Cooper Leave a Comment

Inside: These watercolor leaves are made with coffee filters and add a nice fall touch when turned into a banner! Watercolor leaves are a favorite to make at our art center every fall. I shared the process in this post and then, a few years later, I used the same method and turned it into a…

Colorful Toddler Leaf Art

November 10, 2025 By Sheryl Cooper Leave a Comment

Inside: Work on fine motor skills while creating colorful toddler leaf art! Squeezing glue is an excellent method of strengthening hands for writing. Have you invited your toddlers to squeeze glue from a bottle yet? When I first heard this, I have to admit I was skeptical. Would glue drip all over, creating one big…