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Easy Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids

Easy Valentine Kids Crafts with heart crafts

Let your children get creative this Valentine's Day with these super cute and EASY 15 minute Valentine's Day Crafts for kids. Great for after-school crafting or as an art station at school. Easy 15 minute or Less Valentine's Day Crafts for Kids 1. Make these super cute and fuzzy Love Bug Finger Puppets 2. Brighten up any window with these Heart Sun Catchers 3. Work on fine motor skills with these Foam Sticker Hearts 4. Punch and lace with these cute DIY ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Creative Crafting, Valentine's Day

By Kim Vij

It’s Not Little Red Riding Hood Book Review

It's Not Little Red Riding Hood Book Activity with Bingo Cards

Explore fractured fairy tales with your child by reading the hilarious book called It's Not Little Red Riding Hood by Josh Funk. The story of Red Riding Hood is turned on its head as the Narrator becomes flustered and Red keeps pointing out big problems in the story. We received this book as a gift from the author and publisher. Two Lions, publishes beautifully told stories for children up to age twelve. All opinions expressed are our own in this review. In this ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Book Review, fairy tales, grade school, Multicultural Children's Book Day, Preschool, Review

By Kim Vij

5 Must Read Fall Books and Dot Marker Fall Printables

5 Must Read Fall Books and Fall Dot Marker Printables

Fall books can be such a treasure to read with your child. Here's our top 5 fall book picks along with fall dot marker printables to do at home with your child. A quick and easy way to explore learning concepts at home this fall. This is a sponsored post by Fiddle and Doodle Dabber Dot Markers, all opinions expressed are my own. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. How can you not love to read books with Pumpkins, Leaves, Apples, Farms, Spiders, Monsters, Ghosts as you ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Apples, Book List, Fall, Halloween, Leaves, Little Blue Truck, Printables, Review, Spiders

By Kim Vij

15 Fun Ways for Kids to Spend More Time Outside

Backyard Activities for Kids

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 Kids The 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 ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening, Kids Activities, Reading Tagged With: backyard games, get outdoors, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Nature, Outdoor Fun, Preschool, Review

By Kim Vij

MVP Kids Books: Celebrating Diversity and Building Character

Child holding book from MVPKIDS BOOKS to celebrate diversity and build 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...

Filed Under: Cultural Education, Reading Tagged With: Diverse Books, Diversity, Multicultural Children's Book Day, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By The Educators Spin On It

Edible Sedimentary Sandwiches: A Rock Cycle Activity

child making sandwiches to represent sedimentary rocks using edible items

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, ... Read more...

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: grade school, Preschool, rocks, science, STEM

By The Educators Spin On It

Survival Guide For Single Parents

single parent support child at home at counter with school work

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 ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Babies, grade school, Parenting, Parenting with Purpose, Preschool, Toddler

By The Educators Spin On It

Balancing Work and School at Home

Practical tips for balancing working remotely and homeschooling your child

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 ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Parenting Tagged With: After School Activities for Kids, grade school, homeschool, Parenting with Purpose, Preschool

By Kim Vij

Make your Own Blocks for Baby and Toddlers

baby toddler playing color blocks toys at home

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 ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Kids Games Tagged With: Babies, baby, Baby Time, Blocks, Eco Living, Homemade Toys, Kim, Toddler, Tutorial

By The Educators Spin On It

Helpful Tips for Staying Active at Home with Kids

Closeup on shoe of athlete runner woman feet running on road

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 ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: grade school, Let's Move, Outdoor Fun, Parenting, Preschool

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