Sometimes it’s hard to come up with project ideas for holidays that can also be considered learning activities, but I think making things with salt dough fits that category.
If the kids help you make the dough, you’re getting some … Read More ...
Help Kids Learn Multiplication with These Strategy Mats
There are a lot of different ways to think about how groups of numbers work together when you’re learning multiplication. You can think of them as groups, as numbers being added together, as an array and more.
Childhood 101 has … Read More ...
Make a Solar Oven to Cook Smores
Making a solar oven is a fun STEM activity that’s environmentally friendly, and when you cook smores inside you get a snack, too.
Nourishing My Scholar has the DIY for making your own solar oven out of a pizza box … Read More ...
Opposite Word Printables for Pre-K and Kindergarten
These opposite word printable pages from Itsy Bitsy Fun are so cute. They include really common opposites that are mostly also easy words for little ones who are learning to read.
The printables are coloring pages you can give to … Read More ...
Plan a Fun, Food-Related Unit Study
This strikes me as something that would be fun to do during the summer, or to have a couple of easy activities on hand when you need some quiet time.
Life Over C’s has collected more than 50 food-related activities… Read More ...
Playdough Mazes Make for Quick Setup Learning Fun
If you have a little one who is learning their letters, keep this idea on hand for when you need to occupy them for a few minutes.
Teach Me Mommy shared this idea for playdough letter mazes, which is … Read More ...
How to Use Rocks on the Science Table
The other day my daughter told me one of the things she missed about having centers like they had in kindergarten was the science center. She said it was her favorite place (mostly because only one child was allowed there … Read More ...
Fantastic Fine-Motor Math Activities for Kids
Building fine-motor skills is essential in early childhood, and it’s always fun to combine those physical activities with something that involves other kinds of learning as well.
And Next Comes L has a great collection of more than 50 fine-motor … Read More ...
Check Out this Awesome Summer Music Camp
I love the idea of having little “camps” for the kids when they are home over the summer, and this looks like a great one.
Busy Kids Do Piano is offering a free, five-day music camp for kids, geared … Read More ...
Make a Clay Portrait of Mom for Mother’s Day
There are so many great craft ideas out there for kids to make things for Mother’s Day, but I really love these Plasticine portraits from Make it Your Own because they can be a learning activity, too.
The original uses … Read More ...
Easy Ways to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
It’s Cinco de Mayo, aka May 5th, which is the celebration of the Battle of Puebla, during which vastly outnumbered Mexican forces defeated French invaders during the French-Mexican War (contrary to popular belief it has nothing to do with … Read More ...
Explore the World with Your Kids, By the Book
Growing Book By Book is a fantastic website for encouraging a love of reading, and I think her idea for an Around the World Family Book Club is fantastic.
Each month this year she has picked a book from a … Read More ...
Make a Balance Scale to Use Outside
I love this idea for making a balance scale out of things you probably already have around the house. Attach a couple of buckets to a level (get the full DIY at Susy Homeschooler) and you’ll be ready to play … Read More ...
An At-Home Summer Math Camp to Do with Your Kids
Summer camp and other activities for kids can be really expensive, but just letting kids go feral for the summer months isn’t really recommended, either, for the sake of your sanity and furniture, not to mention their future academic success.… Read More ...
Experiments with Seeds to Do with Kids
My daughter loves to garden and watch things grow. I bought a tiny seed starting kit to put in her Easter basket, and we planted the seeds over the weekend, so maybe by the end of the summer we will … Read More ...