Crafting Ideas for the Whole Family I was never much of a crafter before having Ella, but her enthusiasm for crafting has been infectious, so we now have a wide variety of over 300 crafts for both kids and adults! All of our crafts come with printable instructions and many even come with printable templates…
I have some bird-obsessed children, so a bird unit study was the perfect way to learn the “b” letter sound as part of our “sss is for sounds” phonemic awareness series. This unit study incorporates elements of Reggio and Montessori Preschool, and using any of these ideas will make learning the “b” letter sound fun!
We love healthy Halloween snacks for kids, and this banana ghost pop is a spooky snack kids can help make. All of the kids got such a kick out of these treats, and all of them (except for the one year olds) were able to make their own without any help. I could have had the kids cut up…
Halloween provides many opportunities for children to explore, experiment, express themselves, or… experience trauma. Here are our family’s top five tips for preparing children for Halloween scares. While it is important for each family to develop their own “Halloween Culture” (or Halloween alternative if you don’t celebrate), it is also important to acknowledge and prepare for…
Ella loved the pumpkin spice oobleck we made recently, but it is kind of a one-time use sensory activity for kids, so I thought we’d try our hand at a pumpkin spice play dough! We’ve made this pumpkin spice play dough twice now, with a slightly different recipe each time. One version uses…
