Dramatic Play

Create your own ice cream truck using what you already have in your home. Your kid(s) will enjoy creating ice cream flavors, setting prices, and learning about money while running a micro business. Simply print this packet and you’re ready to roll!

You have a great idea for dramatic play, but it involves using cash/coins. Before you invest time drawing it or money purchasing it, try this free printable play money.

Arts & Crafts

Creativity, language, story structure, recalling/retelling, characters, descriptions, drawing, handwriting, reading, spelling, predicting, etc. This simple template, a pencil, and crayons (optional) are all you need for this skill-developing activity. Mama to mama–print more than one template. If your kid doesn’t want to make another story right away, it can be a great activity to pull out again in a pinch.

Research has proven gratitude gives a host of social, emotional, and wellness benefits. It’s never too early to start practicing it! These cards are great for small-scale gratitude (a babysitter or pediatrician) or large-scale gratitude (making a bunch and delivering them to hospital workers, first responders, etc.).

This quick and easy activity can be scaled up or scaled down to match your kid’s abilities. It’s perfect for mixed-age groups of kids as well. They’ll have a blast (and practice tons of skills) following the directions to create adorable playdough sculptures. Once they’ve mastered the basics, they can exercise their creativity to build a creature that’s uniquely theirs!