Spring is officially here so we get to do one of our favorite things: go on walks after dinner. There is so much happening during this season… plants are growing, birds are chirping, bugs are crawling. So why not use this time to develop literacy and observation skills? Go for a walk and encourage children …
One of our favorite Christmas traditions is driving around and looking at Christmas lights. We’ve done a Christmas Light Scavenger Hunt in the past, but this year I thought I’d create our own. It’s a simple activity. Just right click the image below to save and print your scavenger hunt. Go for a ride and …
I’m so very excited to announce that I’m a new contributor over at Rainy Day Mum! I want to share my first post with you. It’s based on one of our favorite books, Dragons Love Tacos! This fun activity uses the fun book Dragons Love Tacos and incorporates it into a math-based learning activity for kids. Download the free …
Classifying nouns can be tricky. So when Bear was going over them in school, I created this worksheet for him just to provide extra practice. So I figured I would share it with you all so that you could use it. Because of his interests, I developed a community themed noun classification worksheet that you …
What is love? How do children see various aspects of the ultimate human emotion? We’re coming up on Valentine’s Day, which makes this bookmaking activity perfect for this time of year. I was inspired to do it after reading a book that Penguin Random House sent us to preview. Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la …
The New Year is fast approaching, making it the perfect time to do a year in review for kids! Use this free printable to create a memory that can be repeated year after year to document changes in each child’s interests. This is an activity that can be done with kids of any ages. Year …
I’m not sure if you know it or not, but I’m a contributor at the amazing site, The Preschool Toolbox. My most recent contribution is a Snowman Color Matching Game Free Printable. This activity is fun for toddlers and preschoolers at this time of year. I encourage you to visit The Preschool Toolbox and get the Snowman …
We recently got a chance to review the new book Hoot and Peep: A Song for Snow. Penguin Books sent us a free copy to check out. The kids loved it! My three year old wants to read it almost every night. So I thought I’d create a fun learning activity based on the book …
It’s getting close to Halloween!! I love this holiday because it affords so much in terms of creative and imaginative activities for kids. There are so many great resources to find fun activities for kids during the Halloween season. Here are a few of them that have free printables to use with kids. Halloween is …
It’s the Halloween season! Time to go to the pumpkin patch, make costumes, and go trick-or-treating. There are so many fun activities for kids during this time of year. But one of my favorite memories from school is the “downtime” work that we would do. You know… easy things like crosswords and word searches that …
