Top Pinterest Boards to Follow for Summer Activities for School Ages Pinterest can be a go-to source for so many things. We highly recommend it to be one of your valued sources for summer learning. We've gathered many of our favorite bloggers who share amazing ideas for school aged children and invited them to join our After School Pinterest Board.It's been a great source of information all year long. We just wanted to take a moment to make sure it's one of the boards you're following from The ... Read more...
Tips for Packing a Travel Activity Bag for Kids
Looking for a way to keep your kids happy and engaged while traveling? With vacation time approaching and here are some simple ideas for creating a travel bag for your next trip. We’ve found ourselves packing a lot of activities for travel bags for kids over the years. While traveling with my 3 children in between soccer games, restaurants, visits to a friend's home who don’t have kids, road trips, hotels, and airplane travel here in the US and also overseas we’ve discovered some items that just ... Read more...
Growing Kale in your Garden with Kids
Follow these simple tips for growing kale in your garden with kids! Gardening is a great way to teach kids about life cycles, the natural world, nutrition, vocabulary and mathematics. It is work (don't let anyone convince you otherwise) but a work that we feel is beneficial to all members of our family and so we make time to garden. Growing Kale with KidsI am often asked about WHAT to grow in your garden. The easiest and most general answer is KALE. Why? Well... This post contains amazon ... Read more...
Blueberry Picking and 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 how old they ... Read more...
Kids in the Garden
This is a post for all you parents and teachers sitting on the fence about whether or not you should try a garden this year (or make your current one bigger). It is time that you removed yourself from that very uncomfortable perch on that fence and come down to dig your fingers into the wonderful earth with the best of us crazy gardeners. It is time to plug in to nature and spend time exploring and learning in the natural environment If not for our own health and sanity, for our kids. Our kids ... Read more...
Using Toys to Model Appropriate Behavior with Kids
We're sharing tips on how to turn "No David" by David Shannon into "Yes David" with your child. Playful ways to make a YES Book using toys to role model appropriate behaviors with kids. Each month we spotlight a new author for the Virtual Book Club for Kids. This month we're featuring books by David Shannon. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. David Shannon has written several books with a beloved character, David. Perhaps it’s because David was inspired by his own writing as a child ... Read more...
Announcing the Virtual Book Club Summer Camp
UPDATE: Join us for our 3rd Annual Virtual Book Club Summer Camp! Sign Up Here! The Organizers of the Virtual Book Club for Kids are thrilled to announce the launch of our first-ever Virtual Book Club Summer Camp! This summer we're teaming up with Toddler Approved and Rainy Day Mum to host a Virtual Book Club Summer Camp! You might be asking what is a Virtual Book Club Summer Camp? Over 5 weeks our blogs will feature Book Themed Activities, Games, Crafts and Snack Ideas to help ... Read more...
Join our Summer Book Exchange
Kids love getting mail and we love doing amazing things with and for our kids! Join our summer book exchange called LOVE BOOKS! Here's the scoop... As Summer approaches we want to encourage our children to read and love books throughout the summer. Here's a great way to have a Book and Activities arrive at your doorstep! We will be hosting a Summer “LOVE BOOKS” Exchange for blogging parents in which we trade names and gift other blogging families with a book and themed projects to go with it. ... Read more...
Screen Free Activities for After School
Want to see improved behaviors and more connections with your child after school? Try these screen-free activities for after school! Screen Free Activities for Kids We just completed a whole week of ScreenFree time together as a family.Ok truth be told I still had to sneak onto my computer in the evenings to get some work done but I really tried hard all week long to not look at a screen while the kids were awake and around me… iPhone was my hardest screen to avoid.For both of my girls it wasn’t ... Read more...
30+ Ways to Say Thank You for Teacher Appreciation Week
The first week of May is always Teacher Appreciation week. Are you ready with a gift idea to give to your child's teacher? Here are 30+ Teacher Gift Ideas that are budget friendly and easy to make!Come take a peek!It's Teacher Appreciation week! In schools all over students and families are getting ready to show their appreciation for their teacher. If you're looking for some last minute ideas we've gathered some of our favorites for you. These are easy, budget friendly and a perfect way to ... Read more...
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