I will admit when I first had kids and started helping Santa with the stockings, I needed to learn a thing or two. There is an art to finding just the right items for the stockings — fun but useful, engaging but seasonal and something that Mom probably wouldn’t give to the kids (let’s face it, Santa is waaaay cooler than Mom).
We wanted to make something different for Halloween this year. We’ve done bats and ghosts and pumpkins — lots of pumpkins!
I love it because it involves folding, tracing, cutting and creating — perfect for kids of all ages with lots of ways to practice fine motor skills.
I am beyond excited for today’s Discover & Explore linky!! And for two very cool reasons — First, we are starting our fall themes and I just LOVE Autumn 🙂 And more importantly, I’m thrilled to announce that Discover & Explore is now being hosted on 5 amazing blogs! Discover & Explore …
We had some really fun ideas for easy crafts and activities shared on our Discover & Explore Patriotic Activities. These five great fireworks crafts that can be adapted for any holiday by chaning the color combinations & completed all year round!
Each summer, our kids look forward to seeing fireworks on July 4th. We have a great spot where we are able to view firework displays for 3 locations and my daughter’s favorite part is sitting on the top of the car to see them. July 4th is a great time to talk with kids about …
Welcome to the new Discover & Explore linky! The linky is hosted by Edventures with Kids and Fantastic Fun & Learning. Each week, we will feature a different theme and ask you to link up your kids activities, crafts, recipes, outings, booklists and family-friendly posts. This week, we will Discover & Explore Butterflies! …
If you have blocks, legos or anything that stacks in the house, I’m sure your child has tried to build something. Playing around with engineering ideas and principles helps kids to better understand the world around them and how things work (it’s an early introduction to the world of physics!)
I LOVED all the fun ideas shared this week on the Discover & Explore Halloween linky — more than 100 crafts & activities! It was really hard to choose just a few to highlight but as I was reviewing the fun activities, I realized that there are many kids who enjoy the not-so-spooky parts of Halloween (my youngest is one of those).
Today our Discover & Explore topic is Things that Go! This is always a favorite topic for young kids — cars, planes, boats, trains — anything they can ride, drive or fly. It’s always fun to take kids on a new adventure whether it’s their first train ride, flight on a plane or boat tour. …
When my kids were young, they had no issues with their fine motor skill development. I attribute it to the fact that they loved Cheerios and were always playing tug-of-war with the dog 🙂 But once they hit elementary school, they both began to have issues with their printing and writing. I always thought …
