Teach kids about the dairy group through fun cooking and reading activities! This hands-on lesson from the 'Little Hands that Cook with Books' series explores healthy eating with engaging books and simple dairy-based recipes.Learning about dairy foods with your child or class? Here's a creative way to create a yogurt parfait and learn about the dairy food group. Plus add a little heart fun to it too!We're working on learning about all the Food Groups in our Balanced Eating Fun Series with ... Read more...
Making Borscht and labeling your fridge!
Explore how one bilingual family introduces culture and language to their baby through everyday moments like making borscht and using labeled objects around the home. A heartwarming glimpse into raising bilingual children with intention and love.My father-in-law taught me how to cook Borscht. Borscht is the traditional Russian Beet Soup, well his version of it! It is well known that if you put a bunch of Russians in one room and asked them to make a certain dish, each dish ... Read more...
The Learning Garden – Making Plant Labels to Teach Reading
A fun print rich idea for making plant labels with kids for your backyard garden. A great way to extend reading outdoors with your child this growing season. We went outside the other morning and saw that the first of our strawberries have begun blossoming!!! I just put these plants in the middle of our flower garden and they are doing well, but didn't have a place marker or label to say what they are. Although it is obvious to even a 2 year old, I am trying not to just garden, ... Read more...
Meat and Bean Food Group ~ Balanced Eating Fun
Discover fun and easy ways to teach kids about the meat and bean food group through cooking activities and children's books in this hands-on learning experience.Meat and Bean Food Group Activities We've been learning about the Food Groups with our children and this week it's all about PROTEIN with the Meat and Bean Group!My husband's family is from India and I've learned quite a bit about how an Indian family eats a variety of lentils, kidney beans, garbanzo beans. I was actually amazed at how ... Read more...
Learning to LOVE Vegetables
Discover fun and easy ways to help kids develop a love for vegetables through hands-on gardening activities. Grow, explore, and learn together with tipsFrom Garden to Table: How Growing Vegetables Helps Kids Fall in Love with Healthy EatingIt’s easy to fall in love with beautiful flowers. Their stunning colors emerging from the tiniest blossom is one of nature’s most wonderful feats. The children gravitate towards our flowers with a strong urge to pick them, and I let them, save the roses and ... Read more...
Giant Pattern Blocks – Teaching Math to Tots with Movement
Giant Pattern Blocks are great for teaching math through movement. I love pattern blocks! The little wooden ones that you can make pictures with, sort by color and shape, teach patterning, symmetry, fractions and more. In fact, I think with just this one manipulative, I would be able to teach most of the kindergarten and first grade math curriculum. They are versatile, easy to use, take up a small space, and are fun to use! My tot, however, is not quite ready to ... Read more...
Cooking Up Knowledge: The Vegetable Group for Kids
Teach kids about the vegetable group through fun cooking activities and children's books! 'Little Hands That Cook with Books' makes learning about healthy eating hands-on and engaging.Let's Eat the Vegetable GroupDiscover a fun and educational way to teach kids about the vegetable food group through cooking and reading. Perfect for little hands eager to explore healthy eating!We're learning about Vegetables this week and how important they are for our bodies. Did you know that you should ... Read more...
Why Outdoor Play Matters: Boosting Kids’ Learning, Health & Happiness After School
Discover the benefits of outdoor play for kids after school! Learn how time outside boosts learning, encourages physical activity, and supports healthy development.Outdoor PlayThe American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a total of 60 minutes of unstructured, outdoor play for kids every day. The benefits are numerous. So the question becomes - Are you kids getting this? It doesn't matter if your kids attend public, private, or home schools. Grade school children need to be outside too. After a ... Read more...
Indoor Planting with Kids
Discover fun and educational ways to start an indoor learning garden with your child. Explore easy planting activities that teach science, responsibility, and the joy of growing plants indoors.Indoor Planting with KidsNow is a great time to start an indoor herb garden or if the weather in your area will be frost free in 8-10 weeks, then it is also a good time to start seeds indoors so they will be ready for outdoor transplanting!Here is a site for general frost free dates in the US. Basil, ... Read more...
How to Foster Creativity and Problem Solving with Toddlers
Tips for fostering creativity and problem solving through play and learning activities.It is important to foster creativity and problem-solving through play. As parents, we strive to raise children who are able to think outside the box and explore who they are and what they enjoy. Here are some ideas for encouraging creativity in your home. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Fostering Creativity and Problem Solving with Toddlers It has been wonderful to have a toddler who is starting ... Read more...
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