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Easy Mother’s Day Craft

Easy Mother's Day Craft

Mother’s Day can be an exciting holiday for kids to celebrate. They have so much fun creating something special for their Mom. This easy mother's day craft can create a special piece of art perfect to share with mom.Here’s a fun art project for Mother’s Day that is sure to be a big hit!Here's fun way to show a MOM how colorful and special she is to you. We're making a resist paint art project using a little help from one of our favorite stories.Perfect for a quick Mother's Day Craft to do with ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Art projects, Gift Ideas, grade school, Mother's Day, mouse, Mouse Count, Preschool, School Ages, Toddler, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

40 Acts of Kindness for Mother’s Day

40 Nice Things to Do for Your Mom for Mother's Day

Are you looking for a Mother's Day Gift Idea? Here's a gift that can be made easily but that will bring a HUGE smile to Mom's face and warm her HEART! Here are 40 nice things to do for your mom as a kid... First, go to my DIY Flower Bouget for Mother's Day Tutorial to follow step by step guide. Once you've made your flowers it's time to add Acts of Kindness to the stems. Acts of Kindness for Mother's DayHere are several ideas that will be a hit with Moms everywhere. These ideas include all ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Creative Crafting, grade school, Kim, Mother's Day, Preschool, Random Acts of Kindness

By Kim Vij

Printable Mother’s Day Poem and Craft

Printable Mothers Day Poem for Kids

Create a special keepsake with this rainbow themed Mother's Day Poem and Craft idea!Do you have a special Mom that you would like to wish Happy Mother's Day too? Create a rainbow with crayons, paint, torn paper or even watercolors and print out this Mothers Day Poem. Better yet have your children read it to Mom.Mother's Day Poem for PreschoolersPrint this adorable Mother's Day Poem for Preschool.Here's are the many reason why "My MOM is a Rainbow."Print your own My Mom is a Rainbow Poem ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: grade school, Mother's Day, Preschool, Rainbow, Spring

By Kim Vij

DIY Flower Bouquet for Mother’s Day

Handmade Painted Paper Mother's Day Flower Arrangement

Want to help your child make a thoughtful present for someone special? Looking for a unique gift that combines creativity with acts of kindness? This creative DIY Flower Bouquet for Mother's Day Craft contains good deeds that can literally be tied up with a bow! In this article I’ll show you how to create an “acts of kindness” bouquet with your kids. It’s the perfect gift for Mother’s Day, a birthday, teacher appreciation or anytime someone special needs a lift.Look below for a ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Art projects, Flowers, Gift Ideas, Kim, Mother's Day, Spring, Teacher Gift Ideas

By Kim Vij

May Activities for Kids After School {Free Activity Calendar}

May Activity Calendar 2025

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 year parties, gifts for ... Read more...

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

By Kim Vij

May Books for Kids

A collection of the best May books for kids.

The ultimate collection of May Books for Kids! Discover the wonders of May through enchanting children's picture books that celebrate growth, renewal, and the beauty of nature, offering young readers tales of springtime, gardening, Mother's Day, insects, butterflies, and outdoor exploration.Let's explore these books in May...May Books for Kids Books with themes related to growth, renewal, nature, and exploration would be wonderful choices to read to young children during the month of May. Here ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Reading Tagged With: grade school, May, Preschool, Spring, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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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 KidsBy Becky, author of Kids World CitizenIt’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 experience: playing ... Read more...

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

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10 Flowers to Grow with Kids

Tulip Flowers with yellow and orange held by a child's hand

Looking for what flowers to plant in your garden this season? Here's our pick of the top 10 flowers to grow with kids. I am so happy to be here today thinking about spring and getting into the garden with my kids.Hi, I'm Jen and I write at the blog Kitchen Counter Chronicles. If I look out my window right now, all I can see is snow, snow and more snow. It amazes me how under all that snow the flowers in our garden are busy getting ready to re-emerge. I have always thought of gardening as a ... Read more...

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

By Kim Vij

Painted Cinder Blocks Fun Garden Project for Kids

Pink Flowers planted inside of painted cinder block

Add some wow factor to your patio or balcony with these fun & colorful painted cinder blocks. This is such a wonderful garden project to do with kids and makes a great spring or summer outdoor family activity. We had so much fun making these planters and picking out our flowers. They look amazing on our balcony and bring in some much needed color after all of the cold winter weather.This is a great project for kids of all ages, but because the cinder blocks are quite heavy kids will need ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Art projects, Flowers, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Outdoor Fun, Preschool, Spring, Summer

By The Educators Spin On It

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 postGrowing Romaine Lettuce from Kitchen ScrapsBy Betsy FinnDid you know that the romaine ... 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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