Creative Play Central

Take a browse around these sites and you will find oodles of fun, creative, clever play ideas that your children will LOVE! Covering everything from crafts and creative writing ideas, to messy play and math games - and everything in between. All these bloggers are guest writers on the kids' activities site NurtureStore.co.uk :: come visit! http://nurturestore.co.uk/
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Reuse an old CD to make a spinning top- an easy craft for kids and a great science lesson on physics! This STEM / STEAM activity if perfect for kids of all ages and meets the NGSS for Kindergarten on pushes and pulls! ~ BuggyandBuddy.com Science Crafts For Kids, Easy Craft For Kids, Steam Activity, Top Craft, Christmas Clothespins, Stem Crafts, Old Cd, Science Crafts, Science Lesson
CD Spinning Top Craft and Science Project for Kids - Buggy and Buddy
Reuse an old CD to make a spinning top- an easy craft for kids and a great science lesson on physics! This STEM / STEAM activity if perfect for kids of all ages and meets the NGSS for Kindergarten on pushes and pulls! ~ BuggyandBuddy.com
paper plate crafts for kids to make
Fall Craft for Kids: Stuffed Paper Apples
Fall Crafts for Kids: Stuffed Paper Apples- This simple autumn art project for children combines sponge painting and lacing- great fine motor practice and fun for preschoolers and kindergarten! ~ BuggyandBuddy.com
legos with text that reads teach math with lego multiplication division and division on it
Teach Math With LEGO for Multiplication & Division!
Make multiplication and division fun and hands on with LEGO bricks! In this post, learn all the different ways to model multiplication with LEGO and how to help kids make sense of division in a meaningful way. #multiplicationLessons #LEGO #LEGOmath #homeschoolmath #divisionlessons #mathteachingtips
legos with text overlay that reads use lego to teach multiplication and division
Use LEGO To Teach Multiplication and Division!
Make multiplication and division fun and hands on with LEGO bricks! In this post, learn all the different ways to model multiplication with LEGO and how to help kids make sense of division in a meaningful way. #multiplicationLessons #LEGO #LEGOmath #homeschoolmath #divisionlessons #mathteachingtips
Process art at its finest! Set up an art buffet for your kids, along with a long roll of paper, and let them create the day away! Great boredom buster for preschool, kindergarten, or elementary kids.
Art Buffet
Process art at its finest! Set up an art buffet for your kids, along with a long roll of paper, and let them create the day away! Great boredom buster for preschool, kindergarten, or elementary kids.
two wooden pegs with strings attached to them on a white background and text reading rainbowstick craft for kids
How to Make a Rainstick Instrument
Rainstick Craft and science activity for Kids - Explore sound with a homemade instrument! Fun STEM / STEAM activity for kindergarten, first, and second grade! ~ BuggyandBuddy.com
an orange paper bag with a jack - o'- lantern on it sitting in the grass
Paper Bag Pumpkins
Cute craft for Halloween or fall with materials you already have at home. Make a whole pumpkin patch of these paper bag pumpkins or jack-o-lanterns! For preschool, kindergarten, or elementary kids. Not spooky or scary!
the top ten creative ways to explore habitats
40 Animal Habitat Projects & Activities
Creative ideas - shoe box, dioramas and more - for animal habitat projects! Ideas include ocean, desert, rain forest, arctic, forest and pond habitats - great for preschool, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades!
the top ten creative ways to explore habitats
40 Animal Habitat Projects & Activities
Creative ideas - shoe box, dioramas and more - for animal habitat projects! Ideas include ocean, desert, rain forest, arctic, forest and pond habitats - great for preschool, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades!
a child is playing with popsicle shapes on the floor
2D shape activity using craft sticks and play dough
Learning with play comes together in this simple 2D shape activity using craft sticks and play dough. Great for preschool children, at school or homeschooling, it's a great science, stem, problem solving activity that will have them identifying shapes, their properties and in their environment.
there are three different types of dough on the paper with words above it that read, strong smelling playdough
Strong smelling playdough - Laughing Kids Learn
Lonely Planet Kids has released great resources for kids, one about smelly places from around the world. We were inspired to make strong smelling playdough.
a small child is playing with toys in a box that he made out of cardboard
DIY tugging box for fine motor development - Laughing Kids Learn
Simple box with ribbons that lengthen and shorten as pulled is this DIY tugging box for fine motor development. Never-ending fun for young children.