Inspire your kids to explore science with these play & learning ideas and activities! If you’ve ever watch children play, you can see how much fun they have pretending. Sometimes they are building social skills or practicing their communication and launguage skills. And other times, they are exploring new areas of the world such as …
Last week, we explored one of my favorite topics on the Discover & Explore linky — SCIENCE! I love introducing kid to science – the easy, everyday questions that lead to those amazing discussions when you can see those wheels turning as they come up with more questions about how & why. And here’s the …
Boat crafts are so much fun for kids. First, it’s a very creative activity to create your own boat. And of course, there’s the up side of seeing whether it will float too. We had some great boat ideas shared at the Discover & Explore Water, Boats and Things that Float linky last week. Here’s …
Watching the Olympics can be a great family activity! Kids will not often see sports such as ski jumping, luge and biathalon unless it’s during the Winter Games.
The athletes make it look so easy as they compete — they’ve had a lot of practice in perfecting their sport. But it’s hard to decribe to the kids how much skill goes into become such a great athlete.
And there were some wonderful ideas for Olympic-themed activities that get kids up and moving shared during last week’s Discover & Explore linky!
Over the summer, my daughter was able to do a fossil dig during our visit to Mammoth Site in South Dakota. She had a great time searching for buried bones and learning how pateontologists excavate an area once they discover a fossil.
Have your kids ever asked those amazing questions about the sky and space? How far away are the stars? What is life like on another planet? And what about aliens?
Yep, full of curiosity and questions — such a good thing! Our Discover & Explore linky featured rockets and space exploration last week and we had some really fun ideas that were shared.
I love this time of the year with all the gorgeous colors and the many seeds, leaves and tree fruits that are abundantly available.
Have you ever taken the kids to visit a farm? We have so many conveniences in our lives that most children don’t understand how their food is grown or where it begins.
I’m sure you can remember yourself singing the ABC song at some point in your life. It’s one of the most popular and well-known songs {in fact, just my mention probably has it running through your head right now}. As parents, we devote a lot of time in helping our kids to learn the fundamentals …
It’s important for children to be aware of who in their community can help them & keep them safe.