Inside: Homemade chocolate frogs that are simple, healthy, and delicious. This is one magical treat you won’t mind indulging in with your little Harry Potter fans. From the moment I read the first children’s book that mentioned food with my first child, I saw an opportunity — an opportunity to expose my kid to…
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Seven Reasons We Love BigBoxPlay!
Inside: If you are looking to promote a creative, screen-free, unstructured type of child-directed play this summer, this review of BigBoxPlay might help. Like most parents, I learn the most about my kids from watching them play. My kids play a lot. They play together, and they play alone. They play short games. And…
Let it rain: puddle science
Inside: Puddle Science is all about having fun while learning something new. After a rain shower, go outside and try this puddle experiment to learn about evaporation and practice observational and measurement skills. read more
Using Visuals to Enhance Your Studies
Inside: Guest author Amy Pak, from Home School in the Woods, provides practical tips for using visuals with your kids to help them better engage with the material and absorb more information. When we began our homeschooling journey back in the mid-90s, one of the first things I read about was the differences in…
Non-Newtonian Fluid: A Homemade Peanut Butter Activity
Inside: When peanuts are mashed together in a blender to make peanut butter, they form a unique substance called Non-Newtonian fluid. Make some homemade peanut butter with us and learn some physics at the same time. I love to use everyday familiar items to explore complex scientific ideas. If you tell your kids that…
30 Children's Books for June
Inside: Our June books are all about adventure, outdoors, running barefoot, dancing in the rain, digging in a garden, swimming, butterflies, mud, and s’mores. We have a list for every month of the year. Click to be taken directly to that list: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December. Summertime! Swimming, picnics in the park, digging in the…
100 Sensational and Smart LEGO STEAM Activities for Kids
Inside: LEGO STEAM IDEAS! 100 new ways to use the LEGO bricks you already have in your home and have fun practicing math, science, engineering, art, and technology with your children (STEAM). If you are looking for some amazing activities to make use of those LEGO bricks you already have in your home, you’ve come…
6 Unexpected Ways Mud Play Benefits the Body and the Brain (+ Mud Activities)
Inside: Mud play fosters your child’s creativity, happiness, and health. Read on to find out the benefits of mud play + best mud play activities. Playing in the mud was a big part of my childhood. So, it might come as a surprise that when my first child touched mud with his hands for the…
100 Must-Try Star Wars Activities for Kids
Inside: This is a collection of our favorite Star Wars activities: from science & math to engineering & crafts, from sensory bins and yummy treats to Star Wars paper projects, language arts, and printables. There’s something for every little Jedi in the universe. It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment when the obsession began. One…
