Free Splash Pads

 Billericay Park 
12690 Promise Road, Fishers
Hours: Daily through Labor Day, 10am-8pm
Cost: Free

The splash pad at Billericay Park is also in close proximity to the newly added little free library and the English phone booth, representing Fishers’ sister city in Billericay, England. The splash pad runs in four-minute cycles by pressing the activation boards.

Roy G. Holland Memorial Park
One Park Drive, Fishers
Hours: Daily through Labor Day, 10am-8pm
Cost: Free

The splash pad runs in four-minute cycles by hitting the orange posts at each end of the splash pad. Water does not continuously run in an effort to conserve water.

Inlow Park
131st St., Carmel
Hours: Daily through Labor Day, sun up to sundown
Cost: Free
More information: (317) 848-7275

Kids will love this large interactive splash pad in the midst of all the fun.

West Park
2700 W 116th Street, Carmel
Hours: Daily through Labor Day, sun up to sundown
Cost: Free
More information: (317) 848-7275

This farm-themed aquatic playground is a hit with kids big and small. The water area features a splash pad as well as a man-made creek with lots of rocks to climb on.

West Commons Playground & Splash Pad 
920 Central Park Drive West, Carmel
Hours: Daily through Labor Day, sun up to sundown
Cost: Free
More information: (317) 848-7275

This regional playground in Central Park opened last summer and features an innovative playground and splash pad with a futuristic theme to spur your child’s imagination.

Photo courtesy of Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation

Dillon Park
6001 Edenshall Lane, Noblesville
Hours: 11am-7pm through the end of September, weather permitting.
Cost: Free

There is lots of fun to be had at this spray park!  If the water is not flowing, you can activate it by touching one of the two yellow post located at the facility.

Quaker Park
17501 Dartown Rd, Westfield 
Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. daily, Memorial Day through Labor Day
Cost: Free

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Junk Mail

                                        Hey🌞

Children need practice tearing paper before they practice using scissors

This idea is super simple, so don't judge me that this post is super short !

If you get junk mail/magazines you can do this or if you have any paper laying around, you can do this!

Tearing paper requires strength of the small muscles in the hand. These muscles lead to the development of handwriting, cutting , buttoning ,zipping and many more fine motor skills.

See ya 🌝

Toddler Meltdowns and Painting Outside

Heeyyyyoooooo

My kid had me in tears yesterday. He’s one and made me cry more than a angry parent when I had a job as a social worker. Why??? Because he didn’t feel well, he doesn’t know how to tell me what he needs, and he just whiiinnesss to the point of me not being able to handle the sound. Sooo yes I cried. I cried because I didn’t know what else to do 🤷🏼‍♀️
 Side note:He has an ear infection

But guess who’s back back back back again ....

I sometimes forget he doesn’t know how to process his emotions yet and I get frustrated. Here’s a good article on toddlers and how they are in the process of developing that skill.

medium.com/s/child-proof/the-scientific-cause-of-sudden-toddler-meltdowns-269ab920335b

So anyway...

I was going to do this with Reese today ,but it’s supposed to rain all week 🤬

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What I am going to use is a white plastic table cloth that I bought at the Dollar Tree. I also am going to lay finger  paint , paint brushes,and different sponges for him to paint with. I will probably use thumb tacks to tack the table cloth to our fence.

Not my kid or my picture -just using it as an example ⤴️


Thank you 😊

Egg Decorating without the Mess 😉

Happy Spring 🐣


Supplies needed-
Contact Paper
Scraps of paper, ribbon,stickers etc..
Masking tape

What do you do????

1. Draw an egg (or anything you want) on the contact paper (before you remove the back)
2. Remove the back of the contact paper and tape the sticky side facing you to the wall
3.Let your child stick the scraps of paper to the contact paper
4. When they are done cut out the object
5. Stick the object to window or wall for decoration


I found all of these supplies at the Dollar Tree . The contact paper was in the aisle mixed in the the drawer liners

I swear he has Toys 🤦🏼‍♀️

Supplies:
Box
Straws
An object to cut holes into the box

So for some reason it seems like toddlers want to play with random objects around the house . Today mine was obsessed with a cracker box even though he didn’t want to eat the crackers in the box when they were offered to him .

This activity helps your child develop new grasping skills and also allows them to learn through trial and error by maneuvering the straws in and out of the holes. These grasping skills will eventually lead to how they hold a pencil, crayon, paint brush,etc.
(And it also kept him busy with his beloved cracker box for about 10 Min)

Below is a picture to better explain what I mentioned above :

Happy St Patrick’s Day 🍀

Trash⏩Learning

Hellooooooooooooo

You can make every day  things that you may just throw in the trash into learning opportunities!
3 activities
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For the first activity you will need
Egg Carton
Writing object
Things to count

Write numbers inside the egg slots ... match the number of counting objects to the correct number 

Color Matching 

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I found these bear pencil grips at the Dollar Tree but you can use anything you have multiple colors of 

Second Activity -Encourage your child to group matching colors together 

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You need-
Toilet paper or paper towel roll
Tape
Any objects that will fit into the roll ( confetti.. pencil grips(like above).. Pom pom balls)

Tape the roll the the wall..
Encourage your child to drop objects down the roll

Eaasssssyyyyyy!


Thanks for stopping by !!

Fruit Loop And Spaghetti Fine Motor Skills

Hello all!

I have been MIA for a few weeks! It’s been busy. This week we did try out Carter’ s Play Place. It was neat and only $8 for the whole day(we only stayed for 2 hours)!

https://www.cartersplayplace.com/


Supplies-
Uncooked Spaghetti
Fruit Loops or Cheerios
Play Doh

What you do-
Take uncooked spaghetti
Stick the uncooked spaghetti in Play Doh
Demonstrate to your child how to slide the dry cereal onto the spaghetti noodle

This helps build fine motor and hand-eye coordination. If  you have an older child it helps with color recognition and pattern building skills.

My little one struggled with this a little bit so he needs a little bit more practice!

Thanks for Stopping By 💕