Inside: Childhood has changed, and activities like playing with mud don’t seem to make anyone’s summer bucket list these days. Get kids back outside for old-fashioned fun with nature and invite them to make sturdy mud sculptures. Mud holds many possibilities for exploration. It can be dug for treasure, turned into a mud cake,…
Category: Play & Learn
20 Ways to Play and Learn with Dragons
Inside: From dragon science to dragon art, there are many wonderful ways to play and learn with mighty dragons. Dragon-themed activities are fun any time of the year, but they are especially great on and around Dragon Day, January 16th. Legends about dragons date back to ancient times and can be found throughout…
10 Ways To Play and Learn with a Gingerbread Man
Inside: 10 fun ways to play and learn with a Gingerbread Man theme: cookies, books, art, Christmas tree ornament, science, sensory, and more. The month of December can be extremely busy with holiday parties, traveling, and preparations for Christmas. But don’t let all that business keep you from having fun with your children. Like…
Pirate Science - 20 ways to play and learn
Pirates offer many fascinating science topics – boat engineering, star navigation, cartography. We greatly enjoy looking closely at different aspects of pirates lives and doing related hands-on activities. As you can see from our pictures below we had a lot of fun. And you will too! Besides our own activities, I included the best science-related, pirate-themed activities…
Shakespeare for Little Kids (Unit Study)
Inside: Do you want to introduce Shakespeare to your children, but not sure where to start? Start with our unit study. It combines fun activities and hands-on exploration to get your kids hooked on Shakespeare. I created this unit to share my love of Shakespeare with my children. Some parts of it are suitable for…
The Ultimate Sensory Play Guide
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for a few years you’ve already heard that sensory play is mandatory. If you don’t do it, your kids will never go to college and might even sue you for negligence when they grow up. What’s sensory play? It’s all the fun learning activities that engage senses.…
