Christmas shopping has begun! There are so many great gifts out there for kids. But how do you decide what to purchase for them? So many different factors come into play… What are they interested in? What is most educational? What can they get use out of for a few years? All this being said, …
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 …
I’ve fallen off the wagon again….Stopped focusing on the small parts of our days that make them wonderful. Life has been crazy, so instead I’ve been in survival mode. Can you relate? Do you ever feel like you’re missing the little things that make being a family so amazing? The Moments Matter monthly photo challenge …
It’s Thanksgiving time! One book that I’ve always found to engage preschoolers’ favorite books is Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar. So I wrote this fun Thanksgiving felt board story that invokes the same storyline with a Thanksgiving theme. It’s a great way to help preschoolers practice colors and have fun through a new rendition of a familiar …
Can we get real for a minute? October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I read that 1 in 4 women will experience abuse from their partner. In looking at stats, that means that somewhere around 5,000 of you who read this page often have experience it. And that breaks my heart. So, I invited my dear …
Halloween is fast approaching and I’m struggling to cram in all those fun activities I’ve jotted down in my ratty composition notebook. This activity, making caramel apple scented homemade playdough was one of them. Caramel apples are symbolic of fall for us. A trip to the local pumpkin patch isn’t complete without one of their yummy, sticky …
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 …
The Moments Matter monthly photo challenge has helped me to focus more on the little moments in our lives these past few months. I so hopeful that other mommas are benefitting like I am. Often the photo prompts lead me to look for moments that may relate in our day. It’s made me much more …
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 …
Holy cow. Am I the only one whose kiddo goes on and on about Minecraft or DanTDM? I’m going to admit that I’ve no clue what he’s talking about half of the time. But I still listen. Because I need him to know that what is important to him is important to me. Because I …
