Homemade Snow is a fun activity for kids, that uses only 2 ingredients! We love the summer, but the kids have been really missing doing crafts and science experiments like we do during the winter. We spend so much time outside, going places, and enjoying the sunshine, that we don’t spend too much time doing …
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My family took a trip recently to Salt Lake City, Utah, along with my parents, my sister, and her family. While we were there, we wanted to visit the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium. They were kind enough to give me tickets so that I could share our experience with you! Initially, I was planning to …
Most children love crafts projects. That’s why elementary school includes so many wonderful assignments for them. Once they’re familiar with the joy of crafting, it’s easy to teach them new skills that could become lifelong hobbies. Here are 4 crafts to enjoy with kids. Building a Better Mailbox While children today don’t have the same …
If you’ve been here before, you may remember that we started homeschooling preschool the year before last. And then at the beginning of this last school year, I told you about how we were planning goals for our homeschooling year. So why didn’t I blog about homeschooling? The truth may shock you. Because the truth …
12 Ideas for kid costumes you can make at home! My kids love dressing up. For us, costumes aren’t a once a year thing, they’re an every day thing. But I don’t know if you’ve noticed how terribly made constumes from the store are, these days? They’re definitely designed to be good for only one …
Create edible art for your kids with these fabulous products, while earning Bonus Box Tops™ for your favorite school! Our summer has flown by! Between the family get-togethers, swimming, camping, bike riding, and all the other fun summer events, I feel like our relaxed schedule turned into a hectic mess! Previously, I’ve loved doing crafts …
Great resources for fun summer learning ideas including activities, workbooks, websites and apps for both Preschoolers and Grade-Schoolers. I’m a big believer that summer should be a time of play. A time of fun and a break for school but at the same time, I don’t want my kids forgetting everything they’ve learned and not …
You may remember from my post on Homeschooling Goals that one of our goals this year for Miss Magoo is to learn to tell time. We have flashcards and workbooks that help her learn about telling time, but one thing I really wanted to make was a Time Telling Clock. I remember as a kid, …
The Verse of the Week Chalkboard helps families memorize scripture together! I think that memorizing scripture is such an important aspect of the education we can give our children– and ourselves! In Psalm 119:11, it says, “I have hidden Your word in my heart, that I might not sin against You.” When we set scripture …
One of my greatest goals in growing my children’s personalities is that they become truly generous individuals. I know that there are some children who are born with generous hearts and are just truly generous kids, but most of the rest of us are born pretty selfish, and have to be taught generosity. Obviously, my …
I am a firm believer in teaching preschoolers about money. Even before they fully grasp the concept of money’s worth, I think it’s important to be laying the foundation of how money works. Because of this, I’ve given my children chores to do that earn money, since they were probably 2 and 3 years old. …