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By Kim Vij

A Zoo in My Backyard? Discovering Wildlife with My Baby

Discovering Backyard zoo with your baby

Turn everyday moments into adventures with a zoo in my backyard for babies—spot real animals and insects while enjoying simple, sensory-rich nature play. Babies and Toddlers are naturally interested in animals. Many times your family pet ends up being one of your babies first words. Then they begin to discover animal toys, our toy animals currently get lined up one by one when she's playing with them and carried all around the room. Her next thing she loves ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Animals, baby, Baby Time, Kids in the Garden, Kim, Nature, Outdoor Fun, zoo

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Living and Nonliving Garden Walk with FREE printable

living and non-living lesson plan for kids

Teach kids to pay attention to the world around them with a Living and Nonliving Garden Walk. Free printable to guide their discovery. How do you know if something is alive? For adults, it's an easy question. Your children may not easily identify. Teach them how to decide if something is with a Living and Nonliving Garden Walk How to Organize a Living and Nonliving Garden Walk Not only do I get to garden in my backyard, but I also volunteer one afternoon a week in my daughters' ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: gardening, grade school, Kids in the Garden, outdoor, Preschool, science, Summer

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Germination Science Experiment

A math and science spin off the classic green bean germination science experiment

In this twist on the classic germination science experiment, children will test the germination rate of 10 green bean seeds. From making predictions to collecting data, your little scientists will learn all about seeds and how plants grow. Let's get started with this germination of seeds activity!  Affiliate links to products like the super cute Melissa & Doug Sunny Patch Tootle Turtle Tote Set pictured in the above picture! An Easy Germination Science Experiment for Kids to ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening, Science Tagged With: #afterschool, gardening, Kids in the Garden, Kindergarten, Preschool, Seeds, Summer

By Kim Vij

Seeds Are Everywhere: Fun Ways to Teach Your Child About Seeds

Fun Ways to Teach Kids About Seeds

Discover the hidden world of seeds around us and explore fun ways to teach your child about nature’s building blocks. From seed hunts and kitchen explorations to planting mini gardens and reading engaging books, explore creative ideas to nurture curiosity and appreciation for the environment. Have you ever stopped to think about how many seeds surround us every day? Seeds are everywhere, often hiding in plain sight. Every fruit and vegetable we eat contains seeds, from the tiny strawberry ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Science Tagged With: After School Activities, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Outdoor Fun, Preschool, science, Seeds, Spring, Summer

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Starting Seeds Indoors with Kids

Starting Seeds Indoors with Kids

Discover simple tips for starting seeds indoors with kids! Learn how to create a fun, hands-on learning garden at home to teach children about plants and gardening. Please note that I have no special training in gardening, but that I enjoy teaching my children about the world, having them learn about food and where it comes from, and being able to pick fresh produce to feed our family. Starting Seeds Indoors with Kids I have never been very successful at starting seeds inside. As a ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Amanda, Kids in the Garden, Seeds

By Kim Vij

Caterpillar Math with Recycled Lids

Caterpillar Math with lids

Create a fun hands-on busy bag activity for kids this spring with this caterpillar math game with lids. Start saving your lids for this eco-friendly game. We're having so much fun in BUG WEEK as part of our Virtual Book Club Summer Camp! Today is Eric Carle's Birthday so in honor of him and one very hungry caterpillar it's time for some Caterpillar fun! We created a fun and simple math game using lids! It's works perfect for siblings too.  You can adjust the level of ... Read more...

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Book Activities, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Butterfly, Caterpillars, Eric Carle, grade school, math, Spring, VBC Summer Camp

By Kim Vij

Flower Books for Kids

The ultimate collection of the best Flower Books for Kids

The ultimate collection of beautiful flower books for kids of all ages! We've hand picked our favorite fiction and non-fiction flower books for your child. Let's get reading about flowers! Flower Books for Kids Flowers are all around us, even in our books. There's a large variety of children's books about flowers for you to read with your child. You can explore both fiction and non-fiction stories about flowers as your child explore the world of flowers. We've created the ... Read more...

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

By Kim Vij

Flower Activities for Preschoolers

Flower Themed activities for preschoolers with playdough, paint, flowers and more.

Get creative with these fun flower activities for preschoolers this spring! A colorful collection of flower craft ideas and educational activities for learning about flowers for preschoolers. Let's explore flowers for kids!  Our featured book for this Virtual Book Club for Kids Flower Theme for preschoolers is Lola Plants a Garden.  Have you joined our Virtual Book Club?  Lola Plants a Garden by Anna McQuinn In this adorable storybook, Lola wants to ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Book Activities, Flowers, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Preschool, Spring, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Madeline Math Activity with Flowers

Colorful spiral paper flowers in yellow pot made by kids

Explore a charming Madeline-inspired math activity with flowers that helps kids practice counting, patterns, and number recognition through hands-on fun. Plus a fun step by step tutorial for how to create paper flowers with your child.  Finding ways to encourage our children to think of others is a social skill we focus on teaching our children. This post contains affiliate links to Amazon This months' book Madeline gives an opportunity to talk with your child about expressing ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts, Math Tagged With: Book Activity, Colors, Flowers, grade school, Kim, Madeline, Preschool, Rainbow, Spring, Virtual Book Club, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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Simple Flower Activities for Kids

Simple Flower Activities for Kids. Flower math, flower science, flower crafts for kids

There are so many ways to explore flowers with kids. These simple flower activities for kids will help them explore science, language, fine motor skills, and more! One of my son’s friends knows me as “the flower lady.”  “Can we pick a bouquet for me to bring home?” she asks on every visit. I give her a big smile and nod. “Of course,” is always my reply. She buckles up for the car ride home holding purple flowers spouting out of a water bottle vase. Although many people don’t want kids ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Flowers, Kids in the Garden, learning garden, Preschool, science, Spring

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