Indoor Fish Pond

Pinspiration:  Make an Indoor Frog Pond

I was invited to go to the Title 1 Conference in Seattle, Washington a few years back.  The sessions were awesome, but the expo was even better!

While I walked around soaking in awesome ideas and signing up to win the awesome products, I found the Learning Connections booth. The owner, Judy Guenzel, has taken classic children's books and created activity packs to go along with them.  She sells these packs for around $15 each and they come with everything you need to give your child a rich literary experience that often connects to other subjects. She also happens to be such a sweet lady, I talked to her for about 45 minutes and it was not all about business!

I couldn't pass up the Swimmy pack.  I mean, it was math related.  The activities for this books had small sea creatures which could be sorted and counted in many ways.  I love how each activity pack comes with very clear instructions on how to manipulatives as well as questions you can ask.

Anyway, my son fell in love with the little sea creatures and they became the ONLY toys he would play with for a few months.

Around the same time, my father-in-law, who loves geology, gave Jake his first box of minerals, another one of his favorite toys at the time.

Scrolling through Pinterest one day, I happened to stumble upon this pin and it could not have come at a more perfect time.  I made a few felt leaves, and we went on a nature hike to pick up some cool sticks and stones to embellish our indoor pond.

Here is our version of the indoor fishpond.  I love when pins do not need to be followed to a tee and still be perfect for you.

This project seriously took 5 minutes to complete and inspired the theme for Jake's 2nd birthday party.  Check it out!

Happy Fishin'!