Timberdoodle's Animals and Their Homes Review

I have a fun product to share with you today from Timberdoodle, Animals and Their Homes.  This kit has six different types of creative activities for your child on the theme of animals and their homes.  Animals and Their Homes is manufactured by Djeco and is geared for children ages 3-6 years old or PreK - 1st Grade.  G has been using it as part of his Art for 1st grade and he has really been enjoying it!

What's included in our kit?

As previously mentioned, there are six different projects that all center around the topic of animals.  All the supplies needed for each project is included and I really appreciate that!  There is also a picture instructional booklet that works as a step-by-step guide for each of the activities.

Activity 1

Materials needed for the first activity

 

In this activity, G got to color two cats - a boy cat and a girl cat.  He then got to embellish his coloring pages with included stickers.  He really likes the reversible grip crayons.

G working on the first cat

And the second cat after completion

Activity 2

Materials needed for the second activity

In this activity, G got to punch out pieces and glue them onto his craft board to create a collage of a circus puppy.  He followed the picture instructions for which pieces to glue first and followed it up with adding googly eyes and puff balls.

 

G working on his puppy

A close-up of his circus puppy, he's so cute!

 

Activity 3

Materials needed for the third activity

In this activity, G got to create two mosaics of a fish and a turtle using stickers.

 

G is halfway through this kit and as you can see he is really enjoying it.  I really like that he has no issues doing the activities independently.  Animals and Their Homes is currently included in Timberdoodle's Kindergarten curriculum kit and we definitely recommend it.

 

Disclosure:  Huge shout out to Timberdoodle for selecting me as a Timberdoodle Blogger.  I received Animals and Their Homes in exchange for my honest review.  All opinions are my own.

Simple STEM Acitivity For Kids At Home

I have a fun activity to share with you today inspired by the book Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building by Christy Hale.  This is one of G's October books from his Little Wonders Preschool that we found at our local library!  It is a delightful collection of simple poetry, illustrations and even photographs that show how constructions created by young children are reflected in architecture all over the world.  We picked one example and made our own creations!

This is the page we used for inspiration.

We used toothpicks, Dots candy, and our imaginations for this simple STEM activity.  I basically put all the supplies on the table and the kids had fun building and creating.  You do want to be careful with younger kids and the toothpicks so they don't injure themselves or others.

Above you can see the foundation that E built.

E's final construction, she did a fantastic job.

G built a pyramid.

Building another one...

He built a square too!

F made several creations.

His absolute favorite was his watermelon.

Up close view of his construction

A had a fun build as well.

 

G was very interested in watching her.

A's masterpiece

I love how the bottom construction looks.

This is an easy activity with endless possibilities that you can complete at home.  You can use gumdrops or even marshmallows instead of Dots.  I thought the Dots were fairly easy for the kids to work with and their creations looked great with them.  Let me know if you give this a try, I'd love to see your own creations!