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Category Archives: Directed Play

Bully the Ball Catching Bull Cow: A Free Upcycled Project

Posted on February 19, 2013 by admin
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I am in love with this little guy!  I needed something fun to round out our C is for Cow unit and so Bully was born.  Caleb named him and they literally have played this game for 2 days straight! … Continue reading →

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Spare Parts: Tips and Our Favorite Upcycling Projects

Posted on February 12, 2013 by admin
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I have been wanting to do a post on this for a while because our up-cycling bins have been so helpful to us over the past year.  They are a great tool for anyone with a boy in the house … Continue reading →

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Free Printable Letter Play Dough Mats (set 2)

Posted on December 30, 2012 by admin
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I have not forgotten my promise to make the rest of the play dough mats for My Father’s World K units, it has just been going VERY SLOWLY.  I finally have the second set complete.  For those who are seeing … Continue reading →

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Multi-Cultural Playdough Gingerbread Men

Posted on December 14, 2012 by admin
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I love when I can weave in elements that include everyone’s skin color in our house. It just reinforces that God made us all beautiful and unique and those things should be celebrated! For this activity I just grabbed some … Continue reading →

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A Car Wash Day

Posted on May 20, 2012 by admin
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This was fun for everyone and easy to set up.  I love projects like this because they have different steps which teach the kids different things and get them involved on many different levels.  Before we began we took a … Continue reading →

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Mud Pies and Naked Fannies

Posted on May 20, 2012 by admin
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What’s more fun then playing outside in the mud?  Well I can think of A LOT of things, but for my boys, they were all about this.  Since we live in very much of a neighborhood there was no where … Continue reading →

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Bottle Top Boats

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin
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About 2 months ago I made the decision to take a break from “pre-school” and do more directed play that everyone can participate in. It has been a good choice for us.  I got this original idea from the “Family … Continue reading →

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