This Snack Pairs Perfect with the Five Little Pumpkins Story
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SnackAndGo#CollectiveBias I love to read and have passed the love of books onto the kids. We...
View ArticleMake Getting Organized Fun with Crafty Croc Markers and Labels
I discovered almost as soon as Charlie was born that no two kids are the same. Now that he is three and starting to get interested in learning some of the “school” stuff, I’ve had to find some more...
View ArticleMake Learning Fun with this Alphabet Matching Game
I’ve been wanting to make this set of upper and lowercase alphabet matching rocks for Charlie for awhile now. He is a little rock collector. Wherever we go he has to scoop up some rocks to bring...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide: The Best Education Toys for Christmas
This year for Christmas, most of the gifts the kids will be getting are educational toys that we can use for homeschooling. Not only did I make quiet time bins for them, but we also do activity trays...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide: Magformers Review
Ever since Maggie was a baby, well, a toddler I suppose, there have been certain toys that always grab their attention. My kids love to build. We have so many different blocks and other builder types...
View ArticleSnowman Math FREE Preschool Printable Activity
Since John is finally on board with us homeschooling the kids, I figured I should kick my planning into high gear. While Maggie isn’t old enough for kindergarten yet, I figured that since John is laid...
View ArticleBeyond the Books: 20+ of the Best Apps for Kindergarteners
Do your kids love technology? Mine do and I like to say yes to them when I can. That's why I love having some fun, educational apps for them to play. Check out this list of 20+ of the best apps for...
View Article50+ Games for Kindergartners
For the last few years now, one of my favorite ways to spend quality time with Maggie is by playing games. She loves it, I love it and she gets to learn so much. While her current favorite game...
View ArticleOur Decision to Homeschool
This bright young lady will start kindergarten this fall. When Maggie was born, homeschool never even crossed my mind. It wasn’t until a year or two later that I began throwing it around in my head....
View ArticleCooking with Kids : A New Weekly Series Seeking Guest Writers – That’s You!
I’m great at ideas. I have a ton of things I want to write about. I just don’t have a ton of time. Anyways, for quite awhile now I have been thinking about starting a new series called cooking with...
View ArticleFREE Reading Game: Banana Splits – A Game with Compound Words
I am a fan of making learning fun no matter how old you are. Plus, I love ice cream so I am super excited to share this free game with you. Head on over to All About Reading to get … Continue reading...
View ArticleBooks We Love: Look Inside Your Body
This may be one of the neatest books I have ever seen. With over 100 flaps to life, kids and adults alike will have some fun while learning about how your body works. I’ve learned a few things and we...
View ArticleQuiet Time Activities with Smithsonian Readers
With three little ones and one who no longer naps, it is so hard to find quiet time. I’ve been working on getting the kids’ quiet time bins filled and available so I don’t lose my mind. I fill them …...
View ArticleBooks We Love: Usborne Children’s Picture Atlas
My kids love maps, atlases, and anything that resembles either of them. I’ve been checking out a few different children’s atlases to see which one we would like the best. I fell in love with this...
View ArticleCooking with Kids: Chop Chop Cooking Challenges
We all know that kids can learn a lot from helping out in the kitchen, right?! These guys love to help me out with all sorts of tasks in the kitchen, and I love to challenge them. When I heard …...
View ArticleBooks We Love: Fairy Ponies
While my kids aren’t reading chapter books themselves quite yet, one of our favorites is the Fairy Ponies books. When I first heard about them, I knew my daughter would be in love! We started reading...
View ArticleBooks We Love: My First Reference Book About How Things Grow
I had passed over this book every time I looked through the website or catalog because it just didn’t seem that impressive to me. I was so ridiculously wrong. I had a customer order it and the order...
View ArticleNature Inspired Sensory Bin
Sensory bins are always such a hit in our house. I have a ton of things I like to keep on hand to fill their sensory bins with, but sometimes, the best way to do it is let them do it themselves....
View ArticleBooks We Love: 1001 Things to Spot in the Sea
1001 Things to Spot in the Sea is one book in a series of 16 titles. I love how fun the pages are and my kids are learning so much about different sea animals, different things in the sea habitat, …...
View ArticleEarly Math Books for Babies and Toddlers
I love math, I always have. Now that I have three little ones, I love how easy and how much fun teaching math is to little kids. When you have babies or toddlers, math is all about introducing...
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