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Gardening with kids: Best tips for 1st time gardeners

Garden Boots in Soil with First Time Gardening tips

Great - you want to start a garden. I'm so glad you are here. Jump right in and get your feet dirty. We all learn the best by just doing it.   Here are some tips, I've learned along the way. Best Tips for First Time Gardeners: 1. Start small. Gardens do take time to plant, maintain, and harvest. Start with an area that you know you will have time to care for. Container gardening is a great way to "get your feet wet" into gardening. Only plant the seeds that you are willing to ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Amanda, Kids in the Garden, learning garden, Outdoor Fun

By Kim Vij

Making Connections through Pinterest

Pinterest has the ability to connect. It can connect us through your friends, family or even through businesses. How have you connected on Pinterest? I'm excited to share with you that I’m on a podcast today on Oh So Pinteresting about Monetizing with Pinterest. During the podcast, Cynthia Sanchez and I also discuss Pinterest’s most recent updates of the Acceptable Use Policy. Before you listen you're invited you to take a peek at the amazing fun I had in San Diego with her and some new ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Blogging Tips, Conferences, Kim, Pinterest, Pinterest Tips, Speaking, Travel

By The Educators Spin On It

Pink Rice Crispie Bars

Pink Rice Krispie Treat Recipe

Cooking with kids is a great way to combine early literacy, math, and practical life skills all into one lesson. My son is 4 and we have made the choice to keep him home for learning. We sing, read, dance, and cook together. Call it homeschooling if you will, I call it parenting! It really doesn't matter what you call it, as long as you do it! And for the time being, we are happily cooking away together. Here is our latest kids in the kitchen recipe. My friend gave us a jar of ... Read more...

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Amanda, Cooking with Kids, Dessert, Little Hands That Cook, Preschool, Recipes, Vegetables

By The Educators Spin On It

Summer Science Camp: Camp Invention

Camp Invention

This post is sponsored by Camp Invention.  All opinions expressed are 100% my own. Summer Science Camp Camp Invention is Great for Gifted Students: I am the parent of a gifted 2nd-grade girl with a strong desire for knowledge. She is the kind of kid who asks the WHYs and then heads to the library or researches online to figure out the answers.  One day, she spent 2 hours making a list of scientific vocabulary words that she didn't know and their definitions (for fun!) When I ... Read more...

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: Afterschool Express, Amanda, camp Invention, grade school, Summer Camp

By Kim Vij

25 Activities with Lids

25 Activities with Lids for Kids

A fun way to use recycled lids is to create games for kids with them. Here are 25 activities with lids for your child to explore today! Did you know that one of our most Popular Posts is 8 Activities for Kids with Lids? There are all sorts of bright-colored lids available. More and more are becoming available on the squeezable pouches for kids too. They are a great way to get fruit and veggies on the go and off-season but you still end up with a plastic item. What do you do with lids? In ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Earth Day, Eco Living, grade school, Lids, PLAY. Preschool

By Kim Vij

School Age Activities for Parents on Pinterest

After School Activities on Pinterest

Your go to guide for what to do with the kids after school. Explore the best after school activities for school ages board on Pinterest. Are you looking for ideas for your elementary school age child? We're excited to share that you can find Activities that support Over the past two years, we've invited over 40 Exclusive Kid Bloggers to share the ideas they create onto our After School Pinterest Board. Are you Following it? Pinterest Board Featuring Top After School ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: After School Activities, After School Link Up, grade school, Pinterest

By Kim Vij

Join the Toxin Freedom Fighters Campaign

This post is sponsored by Seventh Generation. All opinions expressed are 100% my own. Are you a GREEN Superhero? Earth Day is almost here! It’s on April 22. Do you have any special plans to honor it? For Earth Day you can... Most Importantly this year YOU CAN BECOME a Green Superhero Take a self-assessment of your house to see where you are with the chemicals we are impacting our families with every day. When our little ones are first born I think we are naturally more ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Eco Living

By The Educators Spin On It

Gift Guide for Baby and Celebrating BIRTH day!

Baby's 1st Birthday Gift Guide

Discover thoughtful and meaningful birth day gifts for new moms and babies in this helpful guide. Find unique, practical, and sentimental gift ideas to celebrate the special arrival! Our children's "birth" day is an amazingly wonderful day and deserves to be celebrated! Sure, many families have baby showers before or even after the birth of their little ones, but what kind of gifts do you give on the ACTUAL day of birth? Disclosure: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Gifts ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Amanda, Babies, baby, Birthday Ideas

By The Educators Spin On It

ANNOUNCING LOVE BOOKS Summer Exchange 2014

Love Books Summer Exchange

Do you LOVE BOOKS? Would your child like to get a book and activity in the mail? (between the ages of 0-10) Are you a blogger who likes activities that are fun AND educational? YES!!!!! Then this summer 2014 LOVE BOOK EXCHANGE may be for you! Love Books Summer Exchange (2014) This is the Educators' Spin On It's 4th Love Book Exchange and it is going to be bigger and better than ever!!!!! So what is a LOVE BOOK Exchange? Participants select one book and one ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Book Exchange, LOVE BOOKS, Summer Reading

By Kim Vij

Paper Making with Kids Author & Illustrator Denise Fleming

DIY Paper Making inspired by Author/Illustrator Denise Fleming. Include video tutorials for kids.

Learning about paper making with kids! DIY Paper Making inspired by Author and Illustrator Denise Fleming. Includes video tutorials for kids. We're featuring books by Denise Fleming for the Virtual Book Club For Kids! Children are naturally drawn to the colorful images in books by Denise Fleming. She's selected a fun medium to craft her illustrations using Paper Pulp and brilliant imagination.   She works alongside her artist husband and daughter to create these ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts, Reading Tagged With: Crafts, Denise Fleming, grade school, Kim, Outdoor Fun, Preschool, reading activities, Virtual Book Club

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