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15 Fun Ways for Kids to Spend More Time Outside

Fun things to do outdoors at home! Explore this collection of fun ways to spend more time outside with your child in the backyard!Explore our ultimate guide to backyard activities for kids! Backyard Activities for KidsThe world our kids are living in feels far different from the one I grew up in. Do you ever feel that way too? I remember my mom telling me to "be home by dark" when I'd run outside to play before dinner with the neighborhood kids.We had a field behind our house that would keep my ... Read more...

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MVP Kids Books: Celebrating Diversity and Building Character

Discover a special collection of books for your toddler, preschool and school age child that celebrates diversity and inspires character. Sometimes the greatest lessons can be learned through conversations that you have with your child while reading a book with diverse characters.This collection of books from MVP Kids®  has created something very special to enjoy with your child.Disclosure: I received books from MVP Kids®  in exchange for sharing about our ... Read more...

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Edible Sedimentary Sandwiches: A Rock Cycle Activity

A delicious edible sedimentary rock activity to help your preschooler learn about rock formations and layers. Making these edible sedimentary rock sandwich with layers is a great way to visualize how sedimentary rocks are formed. Hi! I am super excited to share our edible and delicious sedimentary rock experiments with you today. My name is Carla Mae Jansen, and I recently finished writing A Dinosaur Made Me Sneeze, a picture book about the rock cycle (more on that below!). Anyways, I've been ... Read more...

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Getting the Teacher You Want

This school year is coming to an end and some of us are already looking ahead to next fall. I want my kids to LOVE going to school and enjoy learning. Every year we write a classroom request letter and have been fortunate that our kids have connected well with their teachers.  Because the truth is, a great classroom teacher makes all the difference in the world. Here are some ideas for getting the teacher you want for your child in the upcoming school year.Affiliate linksGetting the teacher ... Read more...

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Learn to Read Simple Sentences with LEGO Pond Animals

Learn to read with LEGO pond animals! Tips for how to teach your child to learn to read simple sentences during pond themed playtime with LEGOS. My kids like to build with LEGO's. We have been working on using more describing words to tell about our structures. This week, my preschooler is trying to use color words more often. We are learning about ponds and so he was trying to build some pond animals. Amazon affiliate links."Look Mom, I made a yellow duck!"Transitioning Kids from Building with ... Read more...

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Survival Guide For Single Parents

It’s difficult enough to be a working single parent, but adding Coronavirus to the mix can feel overwhelming. To help you, we put together a survival guide for single parents.Here are some tips to help divorced parents navigate a lockdown and make the best of this time hunkered down with their little ones. This is a guest post by Liqia Ortega, of Coloring Press as parent of our Parenting with Purpose series. How Divorced And Single Parents Can Prepare Their Family For CoronavirusIn ... Read more...

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Balancing Work and School at Home

Are you wondering how to handle working and homeschooling at the same time? It's challenging! Here are some tips to balance work and school at home with kids.How to actually do this remote-learning thing while also working from home. This is a guest post from Kelly Lieberman I have been working from home for 10 years and we have been homeschooling for 16 years. I have homeschooled and worked through bringing home a new baby, moving to a new state, freak snow storms that left ... Read more...

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Make your Own Blocks for Baby and Toddlers

Here’s a tutorial of how to make your own baby blocks that you can customize with images of your family or holidays too. An Eco-Friendly toy idea for baby.It’s block time at our house!  One of the best investments you can make with toys is to invest in blocks for your little one.  Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. Baby Blocks Activity Ideas There are so many fun ways to play with blocks as a baby and toddler, we've put together a collection of our favorites, ... Read more...

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Helpful Tips for Staying Active at Home with Kids

Explore helpful tips and resources for staying active at home with kids. Here are some fun and easy ways to get moving and work out as a family at home with your child. Let's get ready to MOVE! This is a guest post by Kelly Goede. Remember February? A little over a month ago we were all floating blissfully in our COVID-19-free bubble, unaware of the sucker punch that was awaiting us in March. Now we are attempting to lockdown, to sanitize and prioritize, work from home, and oh yeah—homeschool ... Read more...

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Letter Bugs Busy Bag

Teaching children about letters can be lot of fun when you get a hands-on activity involved with it. Create these adorable letter bugs using lids for a fun Alphabet activity for kids. A fun activity for homeschool preschool or Tot School too!Here's a buggy way to have fun with letters! It's easy to create letter bugs from reused lids and printed letters.  Grab your reused lids and let's get started!  We reused our lids from our squeezable pouches with fruits & veggies ... Read more...

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