Best of 2012 Kids Activities

Last week I shared with you my favorite posts in a look back at 2012 on Inspiration Laboratories. I saved my most popular science and play post for today as part of the Best of 2012 Blog Hop.

What Can You Learn from A Cardboard Tube?

This post is one of my favorites {as well as yours}. It is a great example of play-based learning. While exploring the cardboard tube, my son was gaining experiences and forming that precious thing we teachers call prior knowledge {the goal in our lessons is to use that prior knowledge to form connections to the current concepts}. And let’s not forget about the fun! Aiden still plays with the cardboard tube {yes we moved it with us from Florida}.

So what exactly did you like about this post? {I would love for you to tell me in the comments.}

• Did you like the fun play idea?
• Did you like how it was an example of building prior knowledge {building the foundation for future learning}?
• Did you like the science connection?
• Did you like the questioning and investigating?
• Did you like the bonus clean-up tip?

Co-hosts for the Blog Hop

The following blogs are also sharing their best post of 2012 and co-hosting the Blog Hop.

52 Brand New ~ Adventures in Mommydom ~ angeliquefelix.com – The Magic Of Play ~ At home with Ali
B-Inspired Mama ~ Blog Me Mom ~Boy Mama Teacher Mama ~ Busy Kids = Happy Mom
Carrots Are Orange ~ Caution! Twins at Play ~ Coffee Cups and Crayons ~ Confessions of a Montessori Mom
Craft To Art ~ Creative Family Fun ~ Creative Kid Snacks ~ Creative Learning Fun ~ Creative Playhouse
Creative with Kids ~ Cute and Peculiar ~ De tout et de rien: Activités pour le Préscolaire ~ Dirt And Boogers
Edventures with Kids ~ Enchanted Homeschooling Mom ~ The Good Long Road
Frogs and snails and puppy dog tails ~ Glittering Muffins ~ Go Kid Yourself ~ Growing A Jeweled Rose
hands on : as we grow ~ Here Come the Girls ~ Home Learning Journey ~ Housing A Forest
Mama Smiles ~ In Lieu of Preschool ~ Inspiration Laboratories ~ Inspired by Family
It’s A Long Story ~ JDaniel4’s Mom ~ Kids Creative Chaos ~ Kid World Citizen
Kindergarten & Preschool for Parents & Teachers ~ Kitchen Counter Chronicles ~ Laughing Kids Learn
Learn with Play at home ~ Lessons Learnt Journal ~ Life At The Zoo ~ Little Artists ~ Living Life Intentionally
Living Montessori Now ~ Love, Play, Learn ~ Loving My Nest ~ Mama Pea Pod ~ mama miss ~ Mamas Like Me
Mess For Less ~ Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas ~ Momma’s Fun World ~ Montessori Tidbits ~ My Buddies and I
My Little Bookcase ~ My Nearest and Dearest ~ No Twiddle Twaddle ~ Nurturestore
Octavia and Vicky ~ One Perfect Day ~ ourfeminist{play}school ~ Picklebums ~ Play Activities ~ Playdough to Plato
PlayDrMom ~ playful learners ~ playing with words 365 ~ PragmaticMom ~ Putti’sWorld ~ RainbowsWithinReach
Rainy Day Mum ~ Raising Playful Tots ~ Reading Confetti ~ Red Ted Art ~ Royal Baloo ~ Science Sparks
Scribble Doodle and Draw ~ Small Potatoes ~ Smiling like Sunshine ~ Sun Hats & Wellie Boots ~ Sun Scholars
Teach Preschool ~ The Educators’ Spin On It ~ The Fairy and The Frog ~ The Freckled Homeschooler
 The Golden Gleam ~ The Imagination Tree ~ The Iowa Farmer’s Wife ~ The Outlaw Mom Blog
 The Pleasantest Thing ~ This Reading Mama ~ Toddler Approved ~ Train Up a Child
True Aim ~ Two Big Two Little ~ What Do We Do All Day? ~ Connecting Family and Seoul

Best of 2012 Kids Activities

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