Our kids are all officially back to school this week — whoo! — but that also means that some of us now have bored preschoolers at home part of the time, missing their big siblings. They don’t want to miss out on the excitement their big brothers and sisters are experiencing, and our terrific sponsor KinderCare is here to help. We are so happy to discover tons of cool activities and craft tutorials on their Adventure Ahead website, which is inspiring us to help our preschoolers get creative with what nature has to offer us this season.
Our readers know we’re all about messy imperfection when it comes to kids’ crafts; we don’t care if it makes your child’s wall or your refrigerator door look Pinterest-worthy, as long as our kids have a fantastic time doing it, and maybe learn something in the process. So we love that KinderCare shares our perspective — you can tell the site really encourages you to let go of complex step-by-step instructions and let your child’s own inclinations take the lead instead.
And yeah, we know it’s hard considering preschoolers make messes. But as experts in early child education since before most of us were born, we figure KinderCare knows a thing or two about the right way to go.
So on their behalf, we’ve really enjoyed putting together some wonderful fall nature crafts for preschoolers that we know ours would totally get excited about Our tip: pull up a chair and make your own crafts too. Your kids will be more focused and you’ll be less likely to micromanage their projects if you’re working on yours. Not that you’d do anything like that.