Ideas and resources
When working on letter recognition with preschoolers, it’s great to use a lot of different activities that present letters to them in different ways.
These printable letter outlines from Powerful Mothering were designed to be used with alphabet stamps so … Read More ...
I like doing little weaving projects with kids because they don’t take a lot of attention span, are great for fine-motor skill development and always come out looking great.
This llama weaving activity from Pink Stripey Socks adds another layer … Read More ...
Here’s another company that’s offering some free educational content for our kids in these weird times. Mystery Science has a selection of its video science lessons for kids from kindergarten through grade five available for free.
You can use them … Read More ...
Here’s any easy STEM activity that you can do with kids of a variety of ages with materials you already have at home.
Buggy and Buddy shared a paper plate marble maze that you can make really simply with construction … Read More ...
Speaking of happy trash, as I was the other day, there is nothing better than giving a kid a pile of stuff and seeing what they do with it.
If yours needs a little more guidance, give them some cardboard … Read More ...
If you’re of a certain age you probably remember Where in the World is Carmen Sandeigo? the crime-fighting, globe-trotting video game turned TV game show of the 1980s and 1990s.
(There’s also a card game version I bought my daughter … Read More ...
Where I live they’ve stopped collecting recycling in order to keep the sanitation workers safe, and while we can still take our recycling out ourselves it feels like we have a lot more “happy trash” around the house these days … Read More ...
If you or your kids are fans of Hamilton: the Musical, you might know about the educational program related to the show known as EduHam. When students attend the show they also go through this program where they learn … Read More ...
Learning about the human body doesn’t have to feel like a science lesson—it can be playful, engaging, and hands-on! This printable body parts matching game from Powerful Mothering… Read More ...
The National Parks Service in the United States has a cool program called the Junior Rangers, where kids can complete activities and learn about the parks they visit and earn a patch or a passport stamp.
While kids are at … Read More ...
Learning about community helpers is a common thing in preschool and kindergarten, and now we are all relying on those vital helpers from mail carriers to doctors to teachers all the more than normal.
Using this printable community helpers two-piece … Read More ...
One of the everyday things that a lot of us to do to help the planet is recycling. But it can be tricky to know all the rules or teach our kids the right way to recycle.
This printable recycling … Read More ...
While we are all home with our kids I’ll bet we’re playing more games than we used to, but there’s no reason those games can’t be a least a little educational.
If you have littles who are learning about numbers, … Read More ...
I recently saw that Sophia, an online learning platform, is offering free access to more than 30 of its college-level courses through July 31, 2020.
These classes are mostly entry-level things like English Composition, American History and Introduction to Psychology, … Read More ...
One of the tenets of the environmental movement is reduce, reuse, recycle, and creative reuse of items that might otherwise get thrown away is one of my favorite things.
It’s hard to recycle paper milk and juice cartons because the … Read More ...
