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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

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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

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MVP Kids Books: Celebrating Diversity and Building Character

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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

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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

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Survival Guide For Single Parents

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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

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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

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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

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Helpful Tips for Staying Active at Home with Kids

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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

By Kim Vij

Book Inspired Virtual Spring Camp for Kids

virtual Book club for kids activity with dinosaurs

You're invited to join our free virtual Spring Camp for Kids inspired by our favorite dinosaur books! Join now for a week full of dinosaurs as your child connects with favorite picture books. How are you going to keep your kids busy during Spring Break this year? Plus it's perfect for remote learning due to our current situation with social distancing for your little ones. I am so excited to share my fun and easy ideas with you a 5 day virtual Spring Camp for kids! 5 Day Virtual ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Book Activities, Dinosaurs, Preschool, toddlers, Tot School, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

10 Helpful Tips While Working from Home with Kids

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Helpful tips to set you up for success while working from home with kids. Here's how to keep your kids busy when you have to work from home. So it happened as we experienced the past few years due to COVID, we all realized that we'll be working from home would become a new norm for many families. Parenting has always been a balancing act but now it's at a whole new level. We know you've got this covered. However, I'd love to share with you a few tips to set you up for success with ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: grade school, Parenting, Preschool

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