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Kids Gardening – Best Vegetables to Grow with Kids

Best Vegetables to Grow with Kids in the Garden

Now is the time to learn about what are the BEST Vegetables to Grow with Kids this year in your garden. We are excited to share with you our top picks of vegetables for gardening with kids. Best Vegetables to Grow With Kids By Becky, author of Kids World Citizen It’s just about that time of year to end this miserable cold (finally) and start enjoying spring weather and thinking about what vegetables to grow with kids in our gardens! Gardening is the ideal outdoor learning ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: grade school, Kids in the Garden, Plant a Seed, Preschool, Seeds, Spring, Summer

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Growing Romaine Lettuce from Kitchen Scraps

Growing Romaine Lettuce from Kitchen Scraps : An easy science experiement to do with your kids

A must-try windowsill science experiment for kids: Growing Romaine Lettuce from Kitchen Scraps in step-by-step photographs. Let's get our kids learning and growing, not just today, every day!!!! Here is a simple, but extremely effective science project to do with your children: Growing Romaine Lettuce from Kitchen Scraps. Grab your science journals and record the results. Affiliate links including in this post Growing Romaine Lettuce from Kitchen Scraps By Betsy Finn Did you ... Read more...

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: grade school, Kids in the Garden, learning garden, Plant a Seed, Preschool, STEM, Vegetables

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Kids in the Garden – Learning and Growing

Kids in the Garden Learning and Growing Activities

Discover how time with kids in the garden becomes a hands-on learning experience, teaching math, science, reading, writing, and social skills through nature. Here at The Educators' Spin On It, we strongly urge parents and teachers to PLANT A SEED with your child and watch them grow. Kids in the Garden - Learning and Growing Kids in the Garden - Learning and Growing, is a collection of articles all geared to help parents and teachers interact with their children in the ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Eco Living, gardening, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Outdoor Fun, Preschool

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Gardening Books for Kids

Gardening Books for Kids

A complete collection of non-fiction and fiction Gardening Books for Kids! Make a garden theme bookshelf for your garden unit. Let's explore the nature-inspired books from the garden with your child. Gardening Books for Kids If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a FIRM believer in getting kids in the garden to learn and grow. I would also admit that I am a book addict. My Master's degree is in Reading Education K-12, so you know I'm a fan of reading with and to kids! ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening, Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Book List, gardening, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Preschool, Spring, Summer, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Blueberry Activities, Books, And Recipes

Blueberry Recipes for Kids to make

Tips for blueberry picking with kids. PLUS 30 Blueberry Recipes to get your little ones into the kitchen for some blueberry fun. A fun twist with Blueberries for our Little Hands that Cook with Books Series! I've gathered 30 Blueberry Recipes just for you! When we got home with from blueberry picking with baskets full of blueberries I thought to myself what am I going to make with all of these berries. Here are my top suggestions... 30 Blueberry Recipes for Kids to Make ... Read more...

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Blueberries, Book List, Fruit, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Little Hands That Cook, Preschool, Recipes

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Ready to Blend Blueberry Smoothie Packs for the Freezer

Ready to Blend Blueberry Smoothie Packs for the Freezer

I need quick and healthy side dishes, drinks, desserts, breakfasts, snacks for my 3 young kids. Ready to blend Blueberry Smoothie Packs for my freezer are a great way to save the summer bounty all year AND feed my family healthy on a budget. Harvesting Blueberries for Freezer Blueberry Smoothie Packs Last week, my three little kiddos and I trooped across town and snuggled into a cave of towering blueberry bushes.  The birds chirped. The butterflies fluttered.  The blueberries ... Read more...

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Amanda, Blueberries, Fruit, Recipes, Smoothie, Sunday Supper

By Kim Vij

Blueberry Picking and Gift Idea

You are Berry Special Teacher Appreciate Gift Idea

It’s blueberry picking season in our part of the world! We had so much fun this weekend with friends at a local blueberry patch.  There's is just something magical about going with your family to pick food from the earth together. From birds, bunnies, butterflies and even baby bird just born we really felt one with nature. We even ran into Amanda’s family while we were there. I can’t believe how our girls had basically grown up picking berries together. Can you guess ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Blueberries, Fruit, Gift Ideas, grade school, Teacher Appreciation, Teacher Gift Ideas

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8 Fun and Easy Math Activities to do with Counting Blocks

Discover 8 fun and easy math activities for preschoolers using counting blocks. Build number sense, sorting, patterns, graphing, and addition skills. This post contains amazon affiliate links. I was so excited to find these counting blocks for $1.00 at Target!  They have similar ones at the dollar stores and Michaels too.  We have been playing and learning with them for a few weeks now. Here are 8 fun and easy math activities that you can do with these: 8 Fun and Easy ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Math Tagged With: Activities for Preschoolers, Amanda, grade school, math, Preschool

By Kim Vij

20+ Hands on Math Activities for kids

The best collection of math activities for kids. Fun and easy hands on games and activities to help children build their math skills.

Learning math skills is important for kids of all ages. Start early with these fun and easy hands-on math activities to help children build their math skills. The best collection of math activities for kids! Math activities are important for kids because they help them develop problem-solving skills, critical thinking skills, and spatial reasoning skills. Math activities can also help kids learn how to think logically and make decisions. Helping your child become confident in math is ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Math Tagged With: After School Activities, grade school, Kim, math, Preschool

By Kim Vij

May Activities for Kids After School {Free Activity Calendar}

May Activity Calendar for Kids 2026

Looking for ideas for May? Explore this month a collection of May Activities for Kids to enjoy after school as the school year comes to an end. Plus we’ve included a free May activity calendar just for you! May Activities for Kids May each year seems to become a very busy time of year when you have kids in school. Do you agree? The month kicks off with Mother's Day and Teacher Appreciation. Then, as it comes to an en,d you've started wanting to plan out end of school ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: After School Activities, grade school, May, Monthly Planner, Preschool, Spring

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