When is a book not a book?
When it’s an inspiration for a really awesome activity!
As I was browsing through the Discover & Explore linky from last week, I was blown away by some of the great ideas that were inspired by kids books.
Discover & Explore Linky
I remember the first time my daughter had to do a math worksheet at school — she’s a rainbow kind of girl so a black-and-white worksheet full of numbers was just not her style.
Sooo… she decided to use a different color crayon for each of the problems on the worksheet 🙂 “When life hands you lemons, make it colorful” is her motto!
You don’t need a lot of fancy instruments to create beautiful music.
In fact, kids can make so many types of instruments on their own AND using items you would either recycle or throw away.
We had some absolutely gorgeous and wonderfully creative ideas shared at this week’s Discover & Explore Music linky. So grab that recycle bin and get started!
Not long ago, I walked into our playroom to find my daughter surrounded by all her cooking items and talking aloud to no one. I just smiled and she smiled back.
“What’s up?”, I asked.
“I’m doing a cooking show!”
I guess I had been mentioning Rachel Ray quite a bit (I mean, it was the holiday season and I’m more likely to search for new recipes and tape some of the food shows).
I’m a list-making kind of girl. Pen and paper for me (my tech-saavy teen thinks I’m so old school!)
And every January, I have a penchant for making booklists!
We love reading at our house and are always visiting the library, looking for new books to devour. So I’ve found that having a list really helps. I have a list for myself and also encourage the kids to add to it so I know what books they’re dying to read.
We’ve already had our first taste of winter and the temperatures were brutally cold! So I am ready to find a few new ideas before the next snowy day blows in from the west. Now, I’ll admit that no matter how snowy or cold the day, I do like the get the kids outside for …
Wouldn’t it be great if the kids were able to do more for themselves during the holidays?!
I know, most parents think it would be great if the kids could do more for themselves all the time but I think it’s extra nice if it happens during the busiest time of the year.
So we rounded up a few ideas about how to help the kids be more independent from some wonderful activities shared at the Discover & Explore Life Skills linky last week.
There are so many benefits to getting kids more involved in the kitchen — kids are more likely to try new foods, more likely to eat a wider variety of foods and less likely to complain about what’s being made for dinner 🙂
But what to cook?
I really love this time of the year because there are so many natural items that can be used in craft projects and decorating. Last week’s Discover & Explore linky highlighted fun ways to create with natural items and I was blown away with the creativity of some of the projects — and yet, they …
It’s so important to introduce our kids to the amazing people in our city who keep our community safe and healthy. Kids need to learn who they can go to for help and also a little about the work of community helpers.
There were some excellent ideas for play & learning shared at the Discover & Explore linky this past week. Here are a few of my favorite activities for fun ways to learn about those who serve and protect us —