Buttons are great for sensory play and are super easy to find buttons for all year or even seasonal buttons. This is a simple sensory bin for kids in prek and kindergarten. You can have fun digging through the buttons with all the different mix of button types that you can find. This is a…
I love to have matching sets of activities. And we loved the ABC Dot the letter & Trace the Letter. And I thought it would be fun to have a number version of it! This free dot the number and trace the number are a great no-prep printable to work on number digits. You have…
My youngest just loves to play with buttons. We use them in a lot of our hands on activities. When we got the book Corduroy for this months Virtual Book Club. My youngest wanted to make sure we did some kind of counting with the buttons. This activity is easy to set up activity. It…
Pete the cat is a favorite at our house. We love doing activities with the books. For this months Virtual Book Club we picked Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons. This is such a fun book to read. It is full of math and counting. It is a great book to introduce some…
Last year about this time we had a Button Sensory Bin. We loved it. Now we have a slight take on part of it with an ABC Sensory Bin. We have been using these buttons and letter tiles forever. It was just after Halloween my youngest walks up with the alphabet buttons, bin, rice and…
I love doing activities with buttons and seasonal buttons make it so much fun! I found several great Halloween themed buttons at Michael’s, JoAnn’s and AC Moore. It has been a few days of lots of activities with them. This is a simple activity to set up and use. The buttons came in four colors…
Numbers are always fun to learn with. This number button sensory bin is a way to put two activities together. It is fun to look for the number and a great sensory activity as well. We just love using buttons at our house for hands-on activities. My youngest has been working on her numbers every…
Buttons are a fun flexible activity for kids. I was introduce to the idea of doing more with them in The Happy Mommy Handbook: The Ultimate How-to Guide on Keeping Your Toddlers and Preschoolers Busy, Out of Trouble and Motivated to Learn. I feel in love with the idea of doing activities with something so…
Sorting Letters from Name What you need: ABC buttons letters from the name (I got mine at Walmart 4 packs), basket, and sorting bin. Mary started the 4 letters. Mary said each letter as she sorted them. Matching Button Letters to Written name. What you need: ABC buttons letters for name sorted and paper with…
I do a lot of sorting activities with Mary (31 months). She loves them but I’m always looking for something different to do. I was reading in The Happy Mommy Handbook by Katie Norris and Susan Case and saw an idea for buttons. I have since found out that buttons are a lot of fun…